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The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 - Why Are People Protesting Against It?

The world history has always been a repository of various territorial conflicts. Any external factor, no matter whichever era they belonged to, had faced strong retaliation from the natives of the region. Perhaps, this is due to the attachment they feel about their motherland which provides them enough courage to fight against all odds and stay united. There are several instances when a small yet determined group of natives successfully pushed back forces thousand times stronger reminding us about the strength contained within oneself while loving the motherland. In the year 2019, protests going in and around North Eastern states clearly indicates rejection of the Citizenship( Amendment) Bill, 2016, and has been termed as something bringing threat to the unity and integrity of the region by the masses. The way illegal immigrants are defined will change after passing of the Bill in both the houses. This was introduced in Lok Sabha on July 15, 2016, which aims to modify one of th...

Usual Yet Undesirable - An Eye Opener

So, writing this travel blog after a long period of time. It was 7th of February, 2019, and I was at Gauhati University for participation in ongoing State Youth Parliament organised by  MyGov  after being selected in the top 5 from district level. I, along with one of my friend reached there on time, though the competition started little late. We were given four topics, on one of which we had to speak for about 4 minutes. Participants, one after the other, started talking about their chosen topics. Initially, everyone was spreading their thought on the topic named "One Nation, One election"  when the trend ended abruptly and another topic named "Swacchata - Building a mass movement" came into the trend. Some of the fellow mates spread their words on the remaining two topics as well with a view to secure their spot on the list of the top two participants who will go to Delhi to attend the National Youth Parliament.  Halfway past the program, when my friend t...