#HashtagNil.

The newly enacted Bihar Special Armed Police Act, 2021 [Bihar Act 03, 2021] has been in discussions in and out the political circles of the state. The bill which was passed amidst unprecedented ruckus in the Legislative Assembly of Bihar on March 23 received the assent of the Governor the following day. The members of opposition in the assembly sat in protest of the bill outside the speaker’s office claiming that the act would mean giving police undeterred powers to exploit the public. There are claims and counterclaims from all the sections and they were alleged to have been manhandled and beaten by the police when they refused to vacate the office. The two major concerns of the opposition regarding the bill are; that it gives police special powers to arrest anyone without warrant merely on the basis of apprehension and the other relating to bar over courts from taking cognizance of any offence committed by police officers; as it reflected upon from the claims in the briefing by the...

The flow of binaries in opinions that were manifest through the trends of personal space in the social media throughout the day is the reason I have chosen to write over such an unconventional topic. Amidst multiple pendency, choosing to throw it open unlike most of my writeups lately is not without the fear of being judged for my opinions. But as a note of caution, more on the part of request, I would be more than happy if you can help me improve my understanding rather than silently moving away. I wouldn’t reciprocate that anyway. The best part of being open to learning in life is that you keep on moving every time you learn something new. Stiffness in thoughts and non-acceptance of other voices most of the times, are indicators that you have restricted yourself from novelty. We are bound to think in our limitations and it distinguishes us from all others out there. People are considered to be a product of their situations, of the situations that they come across and the situations t...

The only significant direct interaction I remember with him was during his lecture at the Department of Economics. He had nothing against Kashmiri Muslims in a lecture that lasted over 2 hours, and I was watching at him, awestruck, that how could this be for a person whose whole community was cleansed from their nativity, and he didn't even once talk anything against the people directly responsible for it and instead talked of the larger perspective, his cherished friendships with them; even then. But his well-drawn conclusions were so backed by facts and logics that the audience could hardly differ on them, whatsoever their ideology be. I had always heard a lot about him from my seniors. But even after listening to two of his elaborate lectures on Kashmir, I wondered where according to him the solution lied, because he was a person so objective in his expression that one remained mesmerized in his explanations of Shaivism and Reshi culture of Kashmir, and forgot to ask him about t...