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The Never Ending Debate on Reservation in India

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When we say the word, reservation everyone means and refers specifically to caste-based reservation.  Reservation is applicable in educational institutions and in government jobs, PSUs, at the governmental level, politics, and administration. But in India, it opens up for a variety of debates in India on society, economics, and justice.  Why Reservation and specifically Caste-based Reservation? Countries around the world have various types of affirmative actions, and in India, it is primarily through reservation. Due to the backwardness and historic disadvantages faced, India has a system of caste-based reservation, enshrined in the Constitution of India, yet has been practised since the 1932 Poona Pact. It tries to undo the historical injustices, remove existing caste discrimination, and give equal opportunity to all. The constitutional objective of reservation is adequate representation of historically excluded communities, not poverty alleviation.  Even though Art...
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Crime, Law, Politics and Police Reform

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Last week the Hatras issue dominated the headlines. The crime is said to have a caste, economic, gender, and legal aspect of it. Here will be discussing all these here.  I am coming here and writing about after watching it and understanding why we Indian population is behaving weird on social media, that even educated people like us fall for propaganda. It took me days to actually digest what was happening and to come into a logical conclusion to put forward the research.  Link to Soch video What is a crime?  For understanding crime, you need to understand What is a tort? A tort is nothing but a wrong committed against an individual entity (can also be a property).  Credits Wikipedia Unlike a tort, Crime is defined as a wrongful act not only against an individual but also against the State(essentially meant as a society). Crime is believed to affect society as a whole. It is tried in a criminal court.  Even though right and wrong is purely a subjective conc...
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