Rise For India

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11 Harry Potter characters that we can easily find in our own government

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The diversity in our country which we constantly talk about is also clearly evident in our politics as well if you look closely. There are all kinds of characters in our system, from the good guys to the ugly villains. This makes me relate our political figures and bureaucrats to the famous series of Harry Potter. Yes, you heard it right; I am trying to compare our famous … [Read more...]

Gita as the National Scripture – The last time I checked we were living in a secular country

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When the tricolor fluttered high in the sky on 15th August 1947, the world witnessed the birth of the world’s largest democracy. And it also witnessed the onset of one of the worst communal riots ever, with the Muslim and non-Muslim population clashing during the partition of India. With time, everything began to ease and on 26th January 1950, the architects of our constitution … [Read more...]

10 Politicians Who (Hopefully) Killed Their Careers In 2014

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It won’t be wrong to say that 2014 was a huge year for Indian politics. There was so much going on everywhere. People like Narendra Modi shot their way to glory while others like Rahul Gandhi had to bite the dust. In the midst of all this, we also came across politicians who tried to dig their own coffin. These famous politicians, whom I am about to name, have done some … [Read more...]

6 reasons why India may become a SUPERPOWER in 2015

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India has been rapidly developing for the past few years. But there have been few difficulties like low literacy rate, low per capita income, corruption, lack of infrastructure etc etc that has stopped India from emerging out as a Superpower. But with the coming New Year, comes new hope for India to fight against these evils. As the new plans for coming year suggest, even if … [Read more...]

7 things that would happen if an engineering student runs our country

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A ‘government’ is the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc. Sounds a bit too boring? Let’s make it interesting. Today, it’s our politicians, who are in charge of taking all the major decisions related to our country but … [Read more...]