A Law Student's Contention

The hearing in the matter related to the entry of the women in Sabarimala Temple is in full swing before the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court. Looking at the mood of the court and the past track record, most probable outcome is that that this ancient ‘patriarchal’ practice of exclusion of women between the age of 10 to 50 years will be wiped from the canvas of the history as petitions against such age-old practices are admitted only after Justices are determined to restore the balance into the society by obliterating such unconstitutional and discriminatory practices which often trembles their soul. No one can argue the fact this practice which has been practiced since times immemorial discriminates between men and women. The controversy is that before entering Sabarimala Temple a 41-day penance/ tapasya is to be observed and it is believed that only after enduring these harsh conditions for 41 days continuously, one can feel the splendor of god Ayyappan. This ‘ tapas...

A switch was made to democracy from monarchy when kings abandoned the divine duty of serving the people. Without this duty, only the structure of monarch remained as residue, a form without its soul. It was then that broad masses rose up in rebellion to clear away this purposeless post of 'king' and established the aesthetic edifice of Democracy. This process of conclusion of king’s dynasties is not a standalone example, whenever the spirit of the idea has been abandoned such processes have ensued to restore the essence of public service in the leaders by establishing a more efficient system. It may be argued that what happened with King’s in the past is also happening in with the contemporary democratically elected leaders i.e. democracy has lost its essence and its aim of serving the people. Democracy today has become a cliché and is taken synonymous with elections, as soon as elections are concluded the elected representative leaders are nowhere to be found betraying T...

The times are such that two of the most readily available things in the contemporary world are memes and Rights. Every country provides a number of rights to people but Political Rights is a special segment that is exclusively reserved for its ‘ citizens ,’ its nationals. They are the ones who have the right to decide the future of the country essentially by deciding who shall lead them and take the country to new heights that citizens have always aspired for. Presently one becomes the citizen of the country by virtue of birth or by the process of naturalization. That essentially means that to be a determining factor in the future of the country you only have to take birth there! And once you attain a certain age no other minimum qualification is required. Contemporary democracy coupled with the universal adult franchise has put up a system where everyone is having a right to choose the government even though he may not have even the bleakest idea about the power he w...