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Those at bottom, dipped, Those on top, grew: The Story of India's "K" shaped economic recovery. ~Preet Since the dawn of COVID-19 in India, and the restrictions put in place to tame the surge and set this country free of this disease, i.e. from the February of 2020, the country's economy has been hit hard. India saw a financial downtrend like never before. The government kept on extending the restriction, and Indians saw the longest lockdown in a row, and there were constant concerns and protests about the loss of livelihoods and crumbling economy of the nation. These concerns were tried to be extinguished by the claims of a 'K' shaped recovery. The recovery did happen, the economy did boom again and is growing rapidly, but ultimately a price was paid by the poorest of the Indians, as they stand at the negative half of the 'K' shaped recovery. Since 1995, India has seen a constant rise in the annual income of the poorest 20% of households, but this pos

Parakram Divas: Paying homage to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th Birth Anniversary. ~Preet The man of utter strength and unmatched will power who was courageous enough to decide to take on one of the strongest military power on the globe in the contemporary, head on. The man who was not afraid of death and rather moved ahead to write his own fate with his charm, merit and guts. This man is none other than Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and no wonder we celebrate the birth anniversary of this strong and influential leader as 'Parakram Divas', the day to honour and learn bravery, endurance, firmness and fearlessness.  To pay homage to him and recognise his contribution, the government recently decided to install a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate. This is to commemorate his 125th birth anniversary. The government would be conducting a year long celebration in memory of Netaji.  The formal laying of foundation stone of this statue was done on 23rd of Ja

  The Flame Of Amar Jawan Jyoti now glows with that of the National War Memorial. ~Preet In an unexpected move, the Government decided to shift the historic Amar Jawan Jyoti and merged it with the war memorial flame. This iconic monument was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi after the 1971 Liberation War Of Bangladesh. This monument stood as the living memory of all the brave Indian soldiers who were martyred in that war. This Amar Jawan Jyoti was shifted to the War Memorial on 21st of January 2022.  This move of the Central Government aggravated the congress veterans who stepped up and registered protests. Some went ahead to claim that the Jyoti has been extinguished by the dictum, to which those in defence claimed that the Jyoti is not put off, rather it is merged with the National War Memorial.  Prime Minister Modi, while referring to this said that, there was construction of many new things post independence just for a few families, to rectify this, now monument

Electoral Bonds: A speed breaker on road the of democracy?                                      - Preet It is very well said that, money corrupts the wisest of minds , and politics, always being at the brink of dishonesty, is believed to face a magnanimous threat due to this innovative system of funding the ideology one stands up for, called the Electoral Bonds. The system initially pitched as a way to promote transparency in the process of funding the political parties one supports, now seems to be a hindrance in the same.  Recently the 19th tranche of electoral bonds were on sale from 1st of January to 10th of January, it was brought up to serve as an alternative of cash donations, and this time it has drawn attention, given that there are assembly elections in five states in a few months.  The current events have made the system of electoral bonds a motion of general discourse, and that is a good sign, for it depicts the interest of en-masse in the politics of the nation. A democrac