Category: Op-Ed

by Vrinda Bhandari, Amba Kak, Smriti Parsheera and Faiza Rahman. Introduction On 24th August 2017, a nine judge bench of the Supreme Court in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy vs Union of India passed a historic judgment affirming the constitutional right to privacy. It declared privacy to be an integral component of Part III of the Constitution…

The Qatar diplomatic crisis of 2017 serves as a narrative uncovering the inner workings of international alliances and therefore international relations. Viewing the crisis from multiple perspectives in the form of how popular news sources from different countries portray the crisis, this article touches the various themes that the narrative unearths. The first theme includes…

Cryptocurrency, generally referred to as “digital currency” or “virtual currency”, is a mode of financial exchange that enables users to virtually pay for goods and services without the presence of a central regulatory authority. It is characterized by peer to peer (P2P) transactions. Cryptocurrency is backed primarily by user consensus. Bitcoin can only be sent…

While independence in India was a major achievement, India also faced various challenges in uplifting the country that had perished over the colonial period. One of the challenges was to protect the interests of the excess labour who lived in very poor conditions. India continues to be a labour surplus country to this date with…

Bitcoins and the popularity of other cryptocurrencies have overshadowed the underlying technology which makes cryptocurrencies possible. Following the topic “Simplifying block chain” in a previous post, in this post-Shubham Patel explores the application of blockchain to diverse fields. Towards the end, some major challenges to the technology are also outlined. A simple definition of the…

What if you can no more travel by Uber? What if you can no more buy Apple products from the USA, aircraft from Israel and various other products? What if you could only see the Eiffel Tower of Paris or Kawachi Fuji Garden of Japan in pictures and only dream of going to? Could that…

In the digital age, many new innovations have disrupted several industries and the incumbent players involved therein. However, all the cumulative impact of these innovations fall short of what the Blockchain technology is capable of. Shubham Patel explores the working of blockchain system and the problems that gave rise to such a technology. A comprehensible…