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What Makes What?

The question is often asked, “Why public institutions don’t work for the betterment of public”. It is not a new one or cannot be said to be a development of some recent phenomenon in the polity. When nothing works for the betterment, we look up to the judiciary which also disappoints many times, correct me if I’m wrong. And in the end, when nothing works perfectly then we take the aid of the constitution. The Constitution, the ‘Grundnorm’ of our country is the fundamental document encoded with principles on which the entire country ought to work. So, why these institutions which inherit the authority from one of the most humanistic, egalitarian, liberal, and even secular constitution fail to fulfill the standards of it. Does it have anything to do with the establishment of institutions, the legacy they carryforward for the time prior to the establishment of this fundamental document? The Judiciary, the Bureaucracy, the institution of public utility including the Police and other securi

Acquaintance

To  all the people I have ever known You claim  to know me and  I claim to know you. Wearing  masks of different sizes and shapes  You claim to know me and I claim to know you.  Do you know what makes me numb or do I know what hurts you?  What matters you the most and  what means world to me?  Yet you claim to know me and I claim to know you.  What were our dreams and how those dreams  were ruined?  Neither I could perceive nor you could conceive Yet, you claim to know me and  I claim to know you. What I see in you is Illusion. What You see in me is Delusion. Our actions are controlled by this  confusion  And yet you claim to know me and I claim to know you. The pain, the suffering, the thorn on our paths And how we used the imaginary chart. To embark on a journey towards a perilious task.  Neither you can understand nor I can comprehend Yet you claim to know me and  I claim  to  know  you. How insomniac  I  feel  and  how  unsettled  your  thoughts  seem  to  be.  When darkness engulf

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2020 AND CURRENT ENVIRONMENT

The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm Sweden from 5-16 June in 1972 and the conference is also known as Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. UN established World Environment Day on 5 th of June 1972 the first day of this conference and after two years on 5 June 1974 the first world environment day was celebrated with the theme “Only One Earth”. In 1987 the centre for the activities was decided to be rotated every year so that different countries can host it. For almost last five decades WED is being celebrated on 5 June every year by more than 143 countries and awareness of environmental issues with action for protection of our environment are being encouraged. This year Colombo in partnership with Germany was hosting WED and this year its theme was” It’s Time for Nature”. WED 2020 was different in nature of its celebration as gatherings for activities, programs, sapling plantation etc. by institutions, NGOs and Organizati

लफ्ज

जल्दी में , जबरन उढेलते हो खोखले 'लफ्ज़' और लौट आते हो। भीतर नीहित है जो उससे अछूते हो, नींद में बुदबुदाते हो चुकाते हो लफ्ज़। 'खामोशी' भी लफ्ज़ है लेकिन मौन है दैखती है सुनती है बूझती है और लौट आती है गर्भ में लिए - सृजनात्मक लफ्ज़। ~पल्लवी