CHANGES THAT WILL CHANGE INDIA Published originally in the all India monthly journal Drishti in May 2016: https://www.drishtiias.com/pdf/changes-that-will-change-india.pdf At the stroke of midnight hour August 15, 1947 India did not rise to life and freedom. When our leaders self-congratulated themselves to have achieved ‘freedom’, nothing significant had changed at grass roots , except that browns had replaced whites. The landless labour working in mines continued his deplorable life under dominant caste contractors, the life of peasant drenched in sweat under the scorching sun reeled in misery as land reform failed miserably, and the stig-ma of pollution still belonged to untouchables as Puranic literature ruled the hearts of ‘Independent Indians’. The only thing that had changed after independence was that we got a dream. A dream of an egalitarian society guaranteeing social justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity to all its citizen...
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INNOVATION IS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF NEW INDIA
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"The best way to be a part of future is to shape it". The National award winning Bollywood movie Padman (2017) , features superstar Akshay Kumar, in which he plays the role of a middle class Indian husband who deeply loves his wife. One fine day, the protagonist (played by Akshay Kumar) finds out that his wife had been using a dirty unhygienic piece of cloth in her mensural days as she was unable to afford expensive pads. This deeply hurts him, being the caring person he was in the movie. And this leads him to innovate an affordable, home made, mensural pad. This invention solves the rural women's problem of safe and affordable mensural hygiene in the movie. Such hundreds of common yet extraordinary stories of Innovation are shaping the future of new India. ...
A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF CYBER SECURITY IN INDIA
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" Data is the New Oil " : Klaus Schwab ( Executive Chairman, W.E.F) These were the words of world renowned intellectual Klaus Schwab, the founder of World Economic Forum at the recently concluded Davos summit in 2022. It shows the importance of cyber space in times to come. In this essay we are going to understand the causes and status of cyber crime, and finally delve into some pragmatic solutions at hand to increase cyber security at personal and organisational level starti...