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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...
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What went wrong for LDF, Media and Pollsters in Thrikkakara?

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 On June 3rd 2022, an important result came in the Politics of Kerala, it had nothing to change the state socially, politically or even decide the future of the state. Yet, there has been an important result which has shook the political landscape in the commercial landscape of Kerala, ie Kochi. On one hand, some people underestimated their own strength while others overestimated the outcome, where did the change happen? Credits Onmanorama #opinion Here are a few things which I think whether it's political parties, leaders, media and even subject experts got it wrong in a single bypoll of a singled out constituency. In the last article, we discussed the hype involved in the election, and why ministers, MLAs and media are involved too much. LDF expected to be victorious with less than 5000 votes margin, while the Media predicted a tight fight, UDF cut down their expectation to less than 10,000 votes. With the declaration of voting, the percentage dipped below 70% which alarmed UDF b...
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Newscapsule for the Month of May 2022

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  Following are the top news for the month.   If you wish to follow and get notifications of future articles, you can signup using the email on the left sidebar.  Kerala  Kerala's draft fintech policy unveiled.  Smriti Irani visits Rahul Gandhi's constituency Wayanad.  Thrikkakara election declared by ECI; candidates- UDF-Uma Thomas, LDF- Dr Jo Joseph, NDA- A N Radhakrishnan.  Voting ends in Thrikkakara after a month long campaigning and preparations.  Two killed in Chengannur after K-Swift bus, car collision.  KSRTC furore over as salary payment grows, govt pays salary as KSRTC couldn't  Twenty-Twenty not to contest Thrikkakara elections.  AAP leader Kejriwal visits Kizhakambalam, the turf of Twenty-Twenty and forms an alliance called as Janapaksham.  Silverline Project- Govt not to put survey pillars instead, opt for Geo tanning and GPS based survey methods.  Thrissur pooram festival held after two years in full swi...
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