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Our Cultural Heritage

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  Our Cultural Heritage For thinking minds to blossom, for arts and sciences to develop, a primary condition is a safe and secure society. A rich culture is impossible in a community of nomads where people struggle for life. India has got all the gifts of nature. Nature yielded enough food and man did not have to toil very hard for meeting the basic needs. Before we proceed further, let us understand what Culture is. Culture is the storehouse of symbols, ideas and materials products associated with a social system. In India, great civilisation and culture have flourished from time immemorial. The diversity of India is tremendous. It is a land of many languages. It is home to many ethnic groups. But there are certain common links which act as threads and effect unity among diversity. India has many great traditions. Cultural heritage stands for things that have been passed on from earlier generations to the present generation. Of special significance are the works of literature, mu...

Are we really aware of our Fundamental Rights?

Yesterday, in Lok Sabha, Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 was passed, which is going to amend the Criminal Identification Bill, 1921. Clearly, it is also another colonial era act like UAPA which was earlier amended in 2019. So, there are three things which need to be discussed . Our government is turning into a colonial era government where people were not allowed to express their opinion? . Our government is doing all these, to control the crime data which is rising day by day drastically, and even if somehow Our police manage to catch the criminal, we do not have enough powers to investigate the crime effectively. . Due to lack of awareness about constitution in normal population which is almost 70% of the total of our country, there is minority of people who are raising voice against violation of our Fundamental Rights, don’t we in immediate need of awareness regarding supremacy of constitution in our country? To understand this bill and why it is violating the Fundam...

Why do we need to get harassed to understand harassment?

  Why do girls understand harassment after being harassed? This is the constant question moving around my mind and soul from last 3 months when i have visited an assaylum, where i met many girls who are survivors of sexual assault at their young age, and these evils are even from their families. So I just thought it would be best to write about it. Shweta : The baby Princess There is this girl Shweta who is now studying in 12th standard, full of life and aspires to become Doctor one day. Nobody can imagine that she was harassed at the age of 4. His uncle came to visit her home, and pampered him with chocolates and stuff. As she belongs to a middle class family, not even her mother taught her of good touch and bad touch. So his uncle, after getting drunk came to her room, where she was studying and excitedly she just ran off to play with him. First he took her into his lap, then started touching her private parts rashily. She asked for help but before anyone came she was harassed ba...