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POLITICS
"Politics can be a good thing when we bring people to the table to sit down, work together, compromise and get things done for the common good."
-Bill Gindlesperger
Machines vs Jobs, AI vs Humanity: Are We Repeating History?
I asked ChatGPT to sum up AI’s role in today's world, and here’s what it said: “Rumors about my arrival are to be proclaimed no more,...
Education, Elections and Expectations: Student Elections as a Case Study in Psephology
Disclaimer: All views and opinions expressed are those of the author/authors’ and are not indicative of views held by The Stephanian...
The Stephanian Forum
Nov 6, 2023
An Interview with Mr. N.K. Singh
Mr. N.K. Singh, a distinguished Indian politician, renowned economist, and former IAS officer, presently serving as the Chairman of the...
Team Stephania (2023-24)
Oct 26, 2023
How the British and French sent the Middle East to the noose
Throughout our lives, the Middle East has been a region synonymous with warfare and instability. Regardless of our age, we’ve heard of a...
Arish Isa
Oct 2, 2023
Framing Women’s Sports Rethinking How We View Our Female Athletes
Why is it that so many people think women’s sports are intrinsically less interesting than their male counterparts? ‘Framing Women’s Sports:
Avaantika Vivek
Mar 2, 2023
Garlands
An unlikely comparison between wars and garlands, a heart-breaking state of affairs and the complete breakdown of a system. The war widow...
Priyel Kumar
Oct 17, 2022
India’s Political Landscape is Ideologically Bereft
Around the world, right-wing populism is on the rise. Since the mid-2010s, we’ve seen one election after another ending in the victory of...
Shilpa Mariam Joseph
Apr 18, 2021
Surface-Level Activism
When the very same people who chose to stay quiet during Sushant Singh Rajput’s unfortunate death become overnight ambassadors of mental...
Mariam George
Nov 18, 2020
Dissent, But Make It 2020
Taking dissent online is not a new phenomenon. It has been used by activists in countries where governments are ‘repressitarian’- meaning
Diya Maria Abraham
Oct 4, 2020
Protests: A Plea for Justice or an opposition propaganda?
The Stephanian Forum delves into the significance of protests through a cogitative analysis of history. It is a widely held belief that...
The Stephanian Forum
Jan 20, 2020
Over-efficiency of Parliament: A dangerous precedent?
By Debanjan Das, 1st History. The recently concluded parliamentary session was indeed an eventful one. It was for the first time that the...
Debanjan Das
Oct 22, 2019
The Angry Hanuman
Devak delves into the history, cultural ties, and the significance of what at first glance seems like an illustration with no political...
Devak Namdhari
Nov 24, 2018
Brexit: A Convoluted Step Towards Economic Prosperity or Jeopardy?
As Prime Minister May and the Conservative Party scramble through the cumbersome Brexit process, it is vital to assess the economic...
Gulhaider Zaidi
Sep 28, 2018
06.09.2018
One of our editors reflects on the landmark judgement of the Supreme Court, taking a significant step towards the vision of a more equal...
Eshaa Jain
Sep 20, 2018
The Illusion of Democracy
In his first article for the Forum, Suchintan reflects on the nature of the world’s largest democracy and questions its deeply rooted...
Suchintan Das
Aug 31, 2018
A National Disaster, But the Nation Does Not Seem to Notice
Kerala’s picturesque landscape dotted with 44 rivers, 30 tributaries, 42 dams and 1500 km of backwater canals has been ravaged by the...
Shreya Mary Abraham
Aug 19, 2018
Monsoon Session of Parliament: Few Bills, Protests and a No-Trust Vote
One of our readers, Jaspreet, pulls back the curtains on the monsoon session of the parliament and looks past the theatrics of the 18...
Jaspreet Kalra
Aug 18, 2018
Cracks in an Age-Old Alliance: Gauging the Trump-NATO Summit
With the two-day summit in Brussels now in the rearview mirror, it is all but clear, that even close allies have lost their patience with...
Sehaj Bhatti
Jul 20, 2018
The Politics of Language
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Arshad Muhammed
Aug 27, 2017
When Despotism gets garbed in Democracy
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Aishwarya Mukhopadhyay
Aug 6, 2017
Shocking: Ugly Pillow Fight Delays Winter Session of Parliament
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Archit Jain
Jan 17, 2017
On Secularism and a Happy Co-Existence.
Secularism, a term as intrinsic to my understanding of India as electoral competition. But, apparently for some in the current political...
Pragya Jat
Oct 15, 2015
Politics of Economic Security in Contemporary India
Upon an analysis of economic security missions in contemporary India, I was made aware of their various manifestations. In accordance...
Arunansh B. Goswami
Jul 28, 2015
Should We Be Upbeat About Ufa?
By Urvi Khaitan, IInd History The eyes of the Indian media were drawn more towards the meeting between Modi and Nawaz Sharif, Prime...
Urvi Khaitan
Jul 15, 2015
The Battle for Delhi
By Aniket Baksy - Economics III, Divya Murugesan - Economics III, Prashant Kumar - Economics III and Usman Zafar - B.A. Programme I...
The Stephanian Forum
Feb 9, 2015
Hong Kong – Time For Change?
By Pratishtha Mamgain, II year Economics Since September 2014, Hong Kong has witnessed unprecedented widespread protests that reiterate...
Pratishtha Mamgain
Jan 25, 2015
Velvet Glove, but Iron Fist?
By Roy Joseph, Economics (Hons.) IIIrd year The Indian Armed forces have protected the frontiers of the country valiantly and...
Roy Joseph
Jan 17, 2015
Fighting Bullets with Pens and Ballots
On numerous accounts, the popular saying “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” has been proven right, but not as accurately and...
Divya Murugesan
Dec 26, 2014
Truths and half truths – A session with Natwar Singh
Truth is a dangerous thing, and revealing it to the world, even more so. As a first year in my first month of College, the last thing I...
Urvi Khaitan
Dec 16, 2014
Unapologetically Political With Natwar Singh
“If I were to change three things in the way the Congress ran the government, I would say a) there should be no corruption b) there...
Pallavi Rachel George
Dec 16, 2014
Taxing Tobacco Troubles
Prime Minister Modi’s Budget was appreciated for many reasons, one among them being the hike in the prices of cigarettes and other...
Michelle Cherian
Dec 16, 2014
A golden chance for Myanmar?
“Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an...
Pratishtha Mamgain
Dec 16, 2014
AFSPA: Uncompromising or compromised upon?
Close to six decades have passed since Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the tiranga atop the Red Fort signifying India’s tryst with its...
Michelle Cherian
Dec 16, 2014
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