The Young India

Kartikey Sehgal

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I am no expert on particle physics. Even for the concepts I know, I often recheck them on the internet or in books. But I feel—like a million others—that particle physics connects to life. And I cannot go on any further without halting and gathering my thoughts, perhaps on paper first, and then typing them out on to a computer screen and finally referring to online notes. …

Kartikey Sehgal

Social Activist Anna Hazare is fasting against corruption and in favour of a long-pending ‘anti-corruption’ bill’. (news source)

An act of desperation, defined at least by allusions to death, should be prefaced by an explanation for the desperation.

Never mind the obviousness of the situation. Death leaves no chance for any future discussions.

In the case that the people still have a mandate to vote, they may exercise it and make an informed and respectful decision. Our country has a functioning …

Ananth Venkatesh

The insurrection of a sizable segment of the Libyan populace against the Libyan autocrat, Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, is a continuation of the popular mutinies that have characterized the Mohammedan world recently.

The civil strife is anchored in tribalism as the Colonel’s tyranny has spawned loads of loathing for his tribe. The demonstrators on the Libyan lanes predominantly belong to the opposing tribes of Libya that desire to witness the dethronement of the Colonel and his tribe.

It is strongly possible that the demonstrators …

Ananth Venkatesh

Mubarak certainly shouldn’t quit now. The Egyptian Parliament should, first of all, amend the constitutional provisions to make the imperfect Egyptian democracy more perfect.

Egypt may very well become a democracy but a dysfunctional one characterized by internecine and interparty political squabbling, which could very well make a weary Egyptian populace desperate for stability, which could tilt their support towards the IB.

The bloody protests on the Egyptian streets against the continuation of the Presidency of Hosni Mubarak have become an international topic, …

Kartikey Sehgal

Ananth Venkatesh
India must quickly establish cordial relations with the dominant force now in the Nepalese polity i.e. Maoists. The gruesome comrades of the Nepalese Maoists in India could learn many lessons from them, with the principal one being unswerving allegiance to peaceful politics.

The ideological closeness of the Nepali Maoists with that of the Chinese might provide some serious obstacles to the Indo-Nepalese alliance in the future.

Despite her loss, Hillary Clinton’s candidature was significant.
Ananth Venkatesh calls it “a measure of the matureness of American democracy and its steady evolution”.

He states clearly the reasons for which American women were suppressed and prevented from the democratic freedom enjoyed by men.

Ananth Venkatesh tells us why Benazir Bhutto was important for the world, for India and for women rights.