Acid attack is one of the most heinous crimes which make the life of the victim irrecoverable, especially women. It is a form of “violent assault” which is define d as the act of throwing acid intentionally on the body of another person to disfigure, torture, or kill. 72% of the reported acid attack s have involved women while the most common age group involve d is 18-28 years . In 78% cases, the attack is due to rejection of love, refusal to marry, denying dowry or sexual advances, quite a reflection in itself of how prevalent male egoism, patriarchy, and misogyny are in society. ACID ATTACK: A TOOL FOR CRIME Acid, owing to its nature has been in use always for many purposes. During ancient times, it was used in metallurgy and for etching. With an increase in usage, the demand increased and so did the supply. But this apart from accelerating the advancements gave rise to the misuse of acids. The misuse begins with the use of acid as a weapon of vengeance. Some of the prom...

LGBTQ is an acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people. All around the world, these people have been subjected to discrimination and hatred on the grounds of who they are and whom they love. LGBTQ people in India also are subjected to torture, blackmail, imprisonment, and fear of expressing themselves and much more just for being who they are.  The Indian Penal Code, 1860 under Section 377 deals with unnatural offenses. Before declaring this part of Section 377 unconstitutional in 2018, homosexuality was considered unnatural, and having sexual intercourse with the same-sex was a crime punishable with 10 years of imprisonment. After a long fight for the rights of queer people, this was decriminalized on 6 th September 2018, and consensual gay sex was legalized. Source: livemint.com People often confuse a person’s sexuality in defining their character and gender. No matter what a person’s sexual orientation is, he or she is entitled to his or her rights. W...

In the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health is an issue that has drastically affected people all over the world. People are facing depression, stress, and anxiety which is because of disruption in the daily routine of people. Although mental health is generally considered a common term, many conditions that doctors recognize as psychological disorders have physical roots. Many casualties have also happened due to mental illness during these difficult times. People have different opinions and thoughts about this where some are correct while others are simple myths. First, let’s look at its definition. Definition Mental health refers to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being. It is all about how people think, feel, and behave. People sometimes use the term “mental health” to mean the absence of a mental disorder. According to WHO, “Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities can cope with the normal str...

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 ...