Author: Karthik Govil

The leader of Opposition recently made several statements in parliament. The Prime Minister had to correct several of these statements. The citizens of Bharat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections voted for a more diverse parliament. Here, they chose the INC as the natural alternative to the BJP, a narrative that has been flipped on its head in recent times. While the BJP is traditionally seen as the alternative to the zeitgeist of the INC, we see the narrative reverse in the case of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. While the INC is better at setting a national narrative, being…

Kalki 2989 AD is is the Sci Fi premiere movie that Bharat wants to promote on the global stage. The movie garnered controversy when people felt some of the artwork in the movie was copied from video games and dystopian movies. Marvel, Star Trek, Halo and Doom seemed some of the references which were too blatant. Many others also filed open petitions and threatened the movie with copyright suits. The story itself is copied from Children of Men, or at least the movie is accused of the same. But despite all these accusations and more, most don’t care. The film…

Delhi floods in the north-central part of Bharat, namely Haryana, Delhi and Western UP took place and rocked the people. Here, the north-west winds and the easterly winds coagulate and hence this area is prone to extreme temperatures.  As both these winds meet around Delhi, there is very little movement of air in this region. Hence, pollution, greenhouse gases, clouds and other particulate matter enter this region and coagulate here, which gives Delhi its increasingly extreme temperature. While the rains and the hot desert winds from the northeast were both blocked by the Aravalli hills in Gurugram, the traditional village…

Recently, the Bharatian and Egyptian Air Force conducted one of their several joint military training exercises. This comes in light of the increasing military cooperation between the two countries, rising over the years. This drill between the Bharatian and Egyptian Air Forces was conducted at Egypt’s Berighat Air Base, and we saw stunning visuals of the Rafale planes of both countries flying past the Pyramid graves of the Great Pharoahs. The delegation for this military exercise was led by Shri Ajit Gupte, who is Bharat’s Ambassador to Egypt as well. Narendra Modi was the first Prime Minister since 1997, whereas…

Formerly Kerala, soon to be Keralam, has recently passed a legislation to change its name to “Keralam” in all languages under the 8th Schedule of the Bharatian constitution. This would make it compulsory for the state to be called “Keralam” in the Malayali language. This, thankfully, challenges the dominance of the Hindi language in the subcontinent. However, the aim to make Keralam as “Keralam” in all languages sounds a bit troubling. Why is this, and how can we do better? History of Indic Languages This controversy begins with the failure to pass Shri Ambedkar’s resolution to make Sanskrit the national…

Whistleblower and founder of WikiLeaks, Shri Julian Assange, has walked free today, after spending 5 years in Britain’s jail. Who is Julian Assange? And what is the impact of WikiLeaks on Bharat? Let us discuss below. Who is Julian Assange Julian Assange is the founder of WikiLeaks, and a journalist most notably known for whistleblowing the US military and landing in jail. Born in Australia, he took to computer programming at a very young age and started hacking devices. He made a name for himself as an ethical hacker, and founded WikiLeaks in 2006 to compile and report on information…

Recently, social media influencer and socialite, Archana Makwana, went to the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar on International Yoga Day to perform Yoga Asanas. Archana meditated in the Harmandir Sahib, and proceeded to perform Shirsha Asana, an Asana mentioned in the Hatha Yoga scriptures, afterwards. Who is Archana Makwana? Archana Makwana, who is 34 years old, went to Harmandir Sahib on International Yoga Day and served at the langar there. Afterwards, she meditated by the Amrit Sarovar, and then performed the Shirsha Asana by the Amrit Sarovar. After having herself photographed for doing langar and yoga asana, she left and uploaded…

Recently, Vikram Sampath has announced a new History collective, called Foundation for Indian Historical and Cultural Research, or FIHCR for short. This fellowship is for those who are inclined towards history. It particularly caters to those Indians who want to tell the history of Bharat from a decolonial and Indic lens. The fellowship is named after Sir Jadunath Sarkar. Sir Jadunath Sarkar was a historian during the pre-independence era. His works focused on telling the truth about the Mughal history of our civilization. This fellowship is named after him. The fellowship will be handed to 5 fellows, who will get…

Two big arrest warrants were issues this week that made headlines. This was the warrant of the renowned journalist and author Ajeet Bharti by the INC Karnataka Legal Team Head BK Bopanna, and the other was against controversial activist Arundhati Roy filed by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena. Both cases do highlight the lack of laws to protect journalists, activists, authors and others in the fourth pillar of our democracy. This is not the first time we have seen these incidents pop up. Journalists like Manish Kashyap also were sent to jail for reporting on the racial discrimination…

The Union Public Service Examination, or UPSC is an annual exam for the civil services. These civil services include the indian administrative services, indian police services, indian foreign services and the indian revenue services. Each of these services have several departments under them which look into different matters. For example, the foreign services are divided according to countries where they are operating. Auxiliary departments like the Forest Services also exist independent of these four. The revenue, police and administrators are assigned their duties as per their posting. The duties revolve around collecting funds from the people and executing government policies…