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Poverty and politics.

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"Poverty is a political choice"  an UN Rapporteur, Philip Alston, stated on 22 June, 2018. The Special Rapporteur's report says of the SDGs (sustainable development goal) that "The UN and it's member states are sleepwalking towards failure... Five years after their adoption, it is time to acknowledge that the SDGs are simply not going to be met." When elections approach, politicians conduct campaigns and also promise the public that they will be provided home surveillance, better environment cleaning measures, effective transportation, and whatnot. They basically bribe people. Most politicians make promises only for namesake and to get votes. Now, taking this into consideration, the minimum cost will range around crores. So, overall the amount/expenditure during elections (only) is beyond imagination. Henceforth, an obvious question: Why do the nation still faces destitution?  Won't it be more helpful and progressive for the nation if instead...

Racial Discrimination

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Racism is the belief that some races of people are better than others. Some people who think having fair skin gives them superiority, scorn people having dark skin tone. People may experience racial discrimination because of stereotyping, overt prejudice, hostility or negative feelings held by someone about a racialized person or group.  Racists don't even want to be touched by people with dark skin, disrespect them, mistreat them and show contempt.  The movement Black Lives Matter,  most active in the United States, was founded in 2013 in response to exoneration of Trayvon Martin's murderer.  Victims killed by the police in the US include Daunte Wright (age 20 ), Rayshard Brooks (age 27 ), Daniel Prude (age 41 ), George Floyd  (age 46 ), Breonna Taylor (age 26 ), Stephon Clark   (age 22 ) and the list is ongoing. Notably, reasons behind these killings aren't even valid.  Fight racism, stand against racial hatred, systemic r...

...right to love?!

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What has law got to do with love? Society can't decide or tell you whom you can date and whom you cannot. There is no specific or right way to express /show love. Being in love and expressing it, vary from person to person. LGBT+  is an initialism that stands for lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender, including "LGBTQIA+".  Some people don't accept them. They don't accept same gender marriage. They disdain them. And for what? Cause they're dating someone of the same sex? But what's wrong with that?  Every person can date whoever they want to and be in love. It's certainly not a crime to love, but then why some people make it a big deal when people of same sex are in love?  Everyone has the right to love. It doesn't need to be written down or mentioned in the Constitution.  People who don't accept LGBT+ are referred as homophobic.  People who identify as LGBTQIA+  (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, pansex...

What is feminism?

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Some people have misconception that feminism means only the rights and protests for women.  Simply put, feminism is about all genders having equal rights and opportunities in every field.  Throughout most of Western history, women were confined to the domestic sphere, while public life was reserved for men. Women were denied the right to study, to own property, to run a business or to participate in public life. Women were barred from most professions. Such restrictions on women still continue in some parts of the world. Issues that affect feminism are the division of domestic labour, the media, social inequality and many more.  People use terms like 'you're a girl, you're not allowed to do that', 'stop crying, boys don't cry', which are completely unacceptable. We have to normalize women running a business or doing jobs and also, men staying at home.  Here is an amazing song lyric by Tupac, which I praise, "And since we all came from a woma...