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News Capsule For The Month of August 2025

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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 sign up using the email on the left sidebar.  Article of the month Kerala  Renowned Malayalam writer and scholar MK Sanoo passes away.  Actor and artist Kalabhavan Navas passed away. Kerala's '2-Rupee Doctor' AK Rairu Gopal Dies At 80. Swiggy delivery agent killed as speeding private bus hits bike near Kochi. R I Praveen, a resident of Deepa Cottage, Mariapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, has enrolled in the prestigious institution, breaking a long-standing gender norm in this classical dance form tradition.  'Gandhi is my hero': Kenyan Govt official Ali Hare Ruwa conducts research on Gandhian philosophy in Kerala.  NRI booked for wife's suicide in Sharjah detained at the airport. Kerala CM calls for a report on school and hospital buildings needing repair or demolition. 30 bottles of coconut oil were stolen from the Kochi store; cash, othe...

The Problems with Westphalian Nation-State System

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We all associate ourselves with various identities such as Indians, Chinese, Pakistani, Americans, Canadians, French, British and much more. Why do you think we all associate with all these more? Are there any other identities which people associate with?  The identities which I mentioned before are relatively new compared to other identities such as religion, language, caste, and various other identities. It is not to say that people never had such feelings towards nations or the state. But the idea of loyalty and love for the motherland was very important which offset various other identities. The question we are arriving at is what is the motherland, who made and how it formed.  What we refer to today as a Nation or Country refers to what we know in political science as a Nation-State. Today almost all the countries we know are categorised Nation-States and some even as State-Nations. International Relations and Political Science suggest that states are the most important a...

News Capsule for the Month of May 2024

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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 sign up using the email on the left sidebar.  Article of the month Kerala  State not to impose power cut says KSEB.  Traffic restrictions were introduced in the town of Aluva for highway work. Jayaram's daughter Malavika ties the knot with Navaneeth in Guruvayur. Schools and colleges are to remain closed in Kerala as the government issues guidelines to tackle heat waves.  6.5L Aravanna to be destroyed by TDB.  V Sivanandan takes charge as the Cusat registrar.  85 people were hospitalised in Thrissur due to food poisoning from eating Kuzhimandhi. Police ignore bus driver's complaint against Trivandrum mayor and MLA. A Luxembourg company part-owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman says it is considering legal action against Cyprus, alleging it has lost more than US$7 billion worth of assets as a result of regulator...

Are we secular?

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#opinion Is India a Secular Country? The most common answer would be yes. This is because the Constitution says so. I don't want to disagree with that. There is another set of people who will claim that it is secular because the Hindus of the country didn't demand a theocratic nation. Although I will ask other questions that might make you rethink your conscience. Are we as a country secular? Beyond the Constitution, what keeps us secular? In recent days, both academic and social media discourse have been largely focused on what happened to India's secularism. Is it still alive and relevant, or has Modi's Hindutva overshadowed it through his majoritarian policies? It is peculiar to see that this discussion is only echoing in the left-liberal echo chambers, which have always been opposed to PM Modi since 2013. This is amidst the fact that many states in India still have state-controlled temples, and no secularism discourse talks about it. The death of secularism has been...

Sports and Politics- Convergences and Divergences- A Podcast

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Greetings to all listeners and readers!! Sports has always been an exciting topic for everyone to talk about. It doesn't merely represent entertainment; rather, it has transcended beyond external influences and power politics. Countries, governments, corporations, etc., aim to use it primarily as a lucrative avenue and a means to project power. Furthermore, while sports has historically had a Eurocentric origin, it has evolved into more than just a pastime for many, including countries in the Global South. Beyond being a source of entertainment and a lifestyle choice, sports has emerged as a significant career option. Undoubtedly, it has the transformative power to shape and change people's lives. Through, this podcast episode will dive through all these topics directly from the expert on all these topics.  About The Guest  Alan Bince is a Neuroscience PhD candidate working at Maastricht University, Netherlands. Growing up in the UAE, his passion for sports started at a very y...

Political Events to Watch for In 2024

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2023 ended with a hope for another year of normalcy. Everyone expects 2024 to be as good as 2023. Politically speaking, 2024 will be one of the most important years for world politics. Hence, this year is something that you should be surely watching this year. 2024 will have more elections than any year to date. Over 7 out of 10 most populous countries in the world are heading for polls this year. India, the most populous one, will have a two-month-long election process in the summer. Elections in India are like festivals.  CREDITS- WIKI More than 3 Billion voters will select their leaders which will affect the population of more than 4 Billion people. This is more than half the world that is heading for polls. It is not just full democracies electing but even semi-democracies, hybrid regimes and much more. Besides elections, there are two major conflicts happening- the Russia-Ukraine War and the Israel-Hamas conflict. There are other minor issues affecting people’s lives as well s...