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  Why is Football not being encouraged as much as Cricket in India? In India, there are a lot of people enthusiastic about Cricket. It is the same for Football but isn't being recognised. Why is it so? The fanbase cricket has in India is huge, but we shouldn't neglect the fact that it is the same with football. There are many guys who dream about being a football player. This doesn't happen because some of our parents feel football isn't gonna support us. If it doesn't support us, so does cricket. Cricket isn't India's only sport, there is as much hype for football as cricket. Football isn't recognised, as it probably requires more money and you need more physical strength. Regardless, the talent is not recognised. What can we do to promote Football? We can promote Football in many ways, if the right thought is given. We can Set up a lot of Football Coaching centres, Football trials/selections for representation, Broadcast Football matches on main sports...

                                                   Pseudo Feminism A few bad eggs spoil the basket, in this case, pseudo-feminism is a bad egg, and it tarnishes the true sense of feminism. If you pick up a dictionary, this is the meaning you're going to find for the word, Feminism: an ideology that promotes social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men. Here I would like you all to emphasize the word ‘ equal .' The definition indicates that there should be no discrimination against either sex. In India, You are not allowed to look or say anything to a woman specifically when she is independent as she has her own social media handle, empowered and an influencer with more than 50,000 nincompoop followers who follows her only to see the half-naked pictures that she proudly uploads on social media in the name of freedom and equality. The...

  What is stan culture and why is it toxic? This popular term is a portmanteau of stalker and fan. First originated from a 2000 song by Eminem which went by the same name. Stan culture can be defined as a  hyperbolic obsession towards a particular person, usually a pop celebrity. While this obsession can be directed towards anyone in general, stan culture is synonymous with K-Pop obsession, in particular, BTS. Now BTS is a South Korean, seven-member boy band that debuted in the early 10s. They gained momentum around 2013, subsequently garnering hundreds of millions of fans. This was all fun and games until the fans evolved into an unhealthy faction of obsessed stans, who are rather fanatical about the boy band and are resistant to any form of criticism towards their idols. Stan culture is also characterized by harsh reactions towards opinions against the idols. This results in the individual’s bad image in society. This breaks relationships as nothing good was ever born of an ...

   The Genesis of Disguised Tyranny I recently watched a TED Talk given by a young man about the Indian Education System. He spoke informally, in a casual and friendly tone, even made some hilarious jokes between statements, but the audience’s response wasn’t all that significant. I knew the answer for this, the answer for why the room was awkwardly silent throughout the course of his speech, and the answer was obvious--The audience was in favor of the system.  Picture this: A peaceful scenery, disciples of the village Guru offering presents to him. The Guru teaching and inculcating values, religion, science, and math to his students. Blissful, isn’t it? Enter Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British historian, who scoffed at the prevalent system of education in India and suggested his very own version, known popularly as Macaulayism.  Enough history, let’s snap into the 21st century: The education system incorporated into India by Macaulay is now a multi-billion-do...

  THE BREAKUP STORY So you’re over there hurting…deeply.  You miss your last relationship.  You miss the company.  You miss the expectation that you have plans.  And you especially miss having someone to talk to and say good night to.  But then there are those days (or moments) where you suddenly have this confidence that you’re so much better off without them.  Or how you held your breath a lot just to avoid rocking the boat, so to speak.  Or how a lot of your needs were NOT met despite being with them for so long. So the question is Were you just in a relationship, or were you in a conscious relationship? This is the million-dollar question. So what exactly is a “conscious” relationship? For me, being in a conscious relationship means that both of them in a relationship are doing the inner work to heal & are coming together through willingness and choosing each other every single day.  Well, what’s the difference between a conscious re...

  INDIA & CHINA – The Economic Race China is a 15 trillion dollar economy, but why isn’t India??  Improfane Econ! Factors: 1.Education: China : China’s Academic Talent Search Programmes. The Best and the Brightest are identified - and fully sponsored for education. No Minorities or Majorities. India:  69% Seats in Engineering Colleges and Medical Colleges are reserved based on Community and Caste. The Best Talents find themselves abandoned by their Own Governments – Doesn’t matter if it’s Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi or MMS or Vajpayee or Narendra Modi. In 2020 - In 8 States - only 0.9% of Doctors came from the Forward Castes and only 9.3% Engineers. China: 80% of students who did their Masters abroad return home within 15 years to China to serve their Government Contracts in their respective fields. They are offered many benefits - Fewer Taxes, More incentives, etc. India: Less than 7% of Students return home to India after 15 years. Sure they’ll do all this flag-wa...

  Does society need religion to uphold ethics? Nearly 93% of the world’s population are theists or people who believe in one/many God(s). Therefore, being theistic is a norm in each and every society of the world. Theists believe in a spiritual entity that supposedly is omnipotent and offers protection in exchange for worship. While this concept is not scientifically backed, it has billions of followers across the globe. One of the main arguments that theistic philosophers have put forth in response to the growing atheistic tenet that religion is unnecessary is that the concept of God, whether real or not, acts as the Almighty, watching over good and bad deeds, thus enforcing morals and ethics in a society.  Listening to this argument, one may perceive that religion is a guarantee of peace and harmony, but before one gets carried away, we must also look at the various violent acts that were religiously motivated, ISIS, KKK, RSS are all religious groups that have wreaked havoc ...

 Is campaigning resistant to COVID-19? It’s been more than a year since India began its battle against the COVID -19 pandemic. In March 2020, the country was confronted with the emergence of the virus and a simultaneous lack of resources to tackle the same, especially medical infrastructure, and so the Indian government decided to go for a nationwide lockdown. Despite the negative consequences related to the economy, this firm measure helped to curb the spread of the virus while India acquired the necessary resources and began working on vaccines. Now India is in danger of facing a serious second wave where cases are rising exponentially and the response seems to be slow. One reason behind this is the heavy influence of politics that is rooted in almost every aspect of life in Indian society. Take, for example, the government’s reluctance to impose reasonable restrictions during public gatherings that took place from August last year. The election is another occasion that has been...