Some great playwright once said that “ what’s in name? Even if we call Rose by some other name, it would smell sweet!” Well true that Mr. Romeo-Juliet, even if we call Rose by some other name, like for instance ‘Porcupine’ or ‘Cactus’, it still be having the same sweet scent. Yet, somehow it wouldn’t feel right. That’s why, it’s necessary to have ‘right’ names, be it me, you, or for that matter, even a country. India, as we today know this particular geographical location in South-east Asia, wasn’t always India. For years she was Aryavarta , then for some decades, she was Jambu-dweepa or for other times, Bharatvarsha. A major reason behind this was that as time transcended ages, the geographical frontiers kept changing; once till Afghanistan in the north-west and for other times up to Myanmar in deep east. Source- opindia.com  However, this vast expanse kept shrinking, and on the mid-night of 15 th of August 1947, ‘India’ was born. After some 70 years of her ‘ Nam-Karan’...

“Just living is not enough… One must have sunshine freedom and a little flower. ”           Freedom of the states has always been a controversy. There were a total of about 565 princely states in India when she got her freedom. A long year ago India made a tryst with destiny and the British paramountcy lapsed at the stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947. In the year of 1947, India was divided into two dominions (India and Pakistan) by the Indian Independence Act 1947 passed by the British House of Commons. Under the partition plan provided by the Indian Independence Act, the rulers of these princely states were given an option either to join India or Pakistan or to stay independent. Mostly all the princely states joined either India or Pakistan. Only 3 states were there who didn’t take any decision before Independence. Those states were Junagadh, Hyderabad and Jammu and Kashmir. Firstly talking about Junagadh, the ruler of Junagadh was ...

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of the frontier.” -United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights Introduction: Freedom of speech and expression is a natural right, which a human being acquires on birth. It is regarded as the first condition of liberty. In the hierarchy of the liberty, the freedom of speech and expression occupies an important position. Therefore, freedom of speech and expression is the mother of all the other liberties. The very first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. Freedom of speech and expression is one of the most important fundamental rights of the Constitution of India. India is a democratic country; and it is said that in a democracy the right to free expression includes the right of the community to be heard and be info...