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SHOULD SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BE LEGALISED IN INDIA

  Should Same-Sex marriage be legalised in India? Our Indian society is constantly evolving. Over hundreds of years ago, Sati Pratha was a norm in Hindu society until it was criminalised in 1829 and has now ceased to exist. The remarriage of widows which was once impossible has now become a norm of society. A trend is also seen in the reduction of female infanticide, child marriage, the purdah system, the dowry system, polygamy, untouchability and many more. All these which were once impossible, are practical today. Today, our modern society has its own needs and demands. Women and minority rights, breaking gender stereotypes, breaking the taboos around sex, and the question of identity, that is, the difference between the sex and gender of a person.  All this is a result of our society welcoming the new changes and imbibing them. The law and governance play an important role in this to shape public opinion and ensure just practises in the society. The question largely debated today
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What's a court like? My first visit to Session's court.

What is a court like? Is it anything like the courtroom like we have seen in our bollywood movies? Does the judge say "order order" every now and then? Not at all. Being a first generation lawyer and a person who luckily never got into any court cases, I had never visited a court. Now that I have chosen to be a lawyer, I was really interested to see the court proceedings. Luckily, I went to the Bombay Session and Civil court today as our college lectures got cancelled. There is one thing that many people donot know is that anyone can visit court and listen the hearings that are held( except for certain crimes where camera trials are held). One need to have a valid identity proof to enter the court.  Bombay session court is huge and old. The British architecture makes the court look magnificent. There are various court rooms in the premises and each court room is assigned a particular type of case. For example , all cases related to Narcotics are dealt in court room number 44.

Death of Democracy legally NO, democratically YES!

There are times when we do something and regret it immediately. There are also times when we regret we did something long back. Some of our steps backfire on us and some of our actions literally mock us. Today is such a day for Mr. Rahul Gandhi. A reluctant politician who was given the job of carrying forward the legacy of his family, of leading the Congress party and the nation. The man who has immense courage to take up all the trolling and criticism. Pappu as people popularly call him. Yet again, stand in the parliament and give a speech, just to be criticized and trolled right after it ends. The man is no longer a  parliamentarian. Rahul Gandhi's conviction which followed his disqualification came as a big shock for most of us. For sure, it is the most exciting news for any common Indian news viewer. The mere thought that one of the biggest politicians, the so-called PM face of the Congress party was convicted in a petty defamation case by a district court is startling. Well, n

Does advertising really help consumers in making well considered choices ?

Does advertising really help consumers in making well considered choices ?  What is one thing that you come across everywhere, no matter whether you are at home, in the market, on a highway, a train, watching a movie or in a flight? It is the advertisement. You get to see them in form of television ads, you tube ads, pamphlets, in the newspaper, billboards and so on. Excitingly, we are surrounded by advertisement all around us because as a popular saying goes, " jo dikhta hai, wahi bikta hai ". The main purpose of advertisement is to sell. Companies have been running advertisement for time immemorial with some television ads like "washing powder nirma" becoming part of our life. The advertisement industry has evolved with time and digitalisation. Instead of radio or television, now we get to see numerous ads , which is truely irritating, on you tube, while reading online news articles, playing games or even listening to music. In fact, I can hardly remember the time

STIGMA AROUND HOMOSEXUALITY IN INDIA

I was dismayed when I saw a pamphlet in the local newspaper which claimed that a certain medicine could cure the disease of homosexuality. Similarly one can find numerous youtube videos of people giving tips to cure homosexuality. Homosexuality is not a disease and hence it is not something that can be cured or should be cured. There is a lot of stigma around sex and gender in Indian society. Anyone who does not fit into the so-called norms that society has created has to go through the torment of his own family, friends, and relatives. Homosexuality is the attraction of people of the same sex. A homosexual person, unlike a heterosexual person, does not feel attraction for the opposite gender. It is something that is characterized in a person since birth and is only realized by a person later when they mature. There are a lot of myths about homosexuality in India. Those myths are not even addressed in our society because it is taboo to talk about homosexuality. This has given rise to h

I should have helped?

 It was a humid day in July in New Delhi, India. It was around 3 p.m. that it started raining which was a respite from the scorching sun of the afternoon. I wished to sit in the balcony of my PG and have some chai-biscuit but I had no time to appreciate the rain. I was running late. I had my coaching at 4 p.m. and I had not yet taken bath. It isn't like taking bath was necessary but I could not go with my messy hair with Riya recently passing smiles at me. I quickly took a bath, packed my bag, and checked my phone for the time. It was 3:15. Also I saw a text from my friend, Darshan, that he had already left for the coaching. It was our legal studies class and a new teacher was going to take up the topic of constitutional laws.     The little rain did no good to the weather. Although the sun had gone, the weather had become incorrigibly humid. I was quite late and so I had to walk briskly to the metro station. The long queue at the metro station was an add-on to my delay. Why am I n

Craze for Shark Tank Season 2 no less!

The Shark Tank India season 2 is out and the viewers are really crazy about it. Social media is swarmed with memes and clips from the show with people loving the amazing business ideas and pitches, the expertise of the sharks, and the fun fight among the sharks to invest in an idea. The keen audience never fails to notice any facet of the show ranging from the eloquent dressing sense of the shark Namita Thapar or the crazy dialogue and style of the shark Aman Gupta or the classic way in which the shark Anupam Mittal talks. The audience loves the philanthropic side of the shark, Peyush Bansal, and the quickness with which the shark Vineeta Singh take decisions. Although, the absence of the shark Ashneer Grover is a major missing from season 2 which was quite anticipated after his controversial resignation from his own company. The audience loved him in season 1 for his straight talks with the pitchers and understanding of making large businesses. Ashneer's way of talking about busin