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Emigration Is (Not) Bad: Rethinking the Debate

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The Ministry of External Affairs, in a question to the Rajya Sabha, gave a response that over 2 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in 2024. Since 2022, every year, this is the figure of number of Indians giving up Indian citizenship. The past two to three years in India have seen extensive talk about the number of people moving out and relinquishing their citizenship. People also give a very catchy term for that- "Brain Drain", where intelligent and well-qualified citizens are leaving the country for opportunities elsewhere. Then there is the argument of demographic change, where regions are seeing young people leave for green pastures and old people remain with no one to take care of them. All of them are true and valid points, but there is another side of the debate which we often ignore and miss.  The causes of migration can be broadly categorised as push and pull factors. Only if both of them work together, mass migration usually happen. As we have already discussed m...

How Whatsapp affects our daily lives?

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Whatsapp is now the most downloaded mobile app on android phones with 100 Billion downloads. It is thus the most widely used and most sought method of communication. Everyone with a smartphone will surely be having a Whatsapp account. It's now a common trend for us to say "Send it to me on WhatsApp". It maybe messages, long texts, doc files, PDFs, photos, voice mails or videos. Let us look into how Whatsapp has affected our lives. Positive changes- Simple and easy to use - You don't need much knowledge of the system or internet to operate. Just install, enter no, your account is ready. Even chatting is very easy. Reduced the complexity of communication - Sending a Whatsapp message happens less than in a second. You will automatically see a tick mark if it is sent. Gone are those days, when you had to stand in a queue for making a call or even sending an e-mail. Nowadays, even college mates or office colleagues will have Whatsapp groups. Excellent Featu...