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Search for true love

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We hardly ever say it but we yearn to love and be loved. And when we come to talk about it, we come off as completely stupid because our experience is far from imagination. It is true, I can’t completely explain what love means but I will say this – if someone puts my happiness above their own, for my sake, they definitely love me. And I am happy to say that I have found not one, but two souls that love me. They are my mother and father. And it might surprise some, but I love them too. Valentine’s Day, the day to celebrate love is just around the corner but I won’t be shopping flowers and chocolates for some girl. Love, as celebrated according to Valentine’s Day, is really just a celebration of carnal attraction. It doesn’t celebrate the love of brother-sister or father-daughter. The day doesn’t even recognize that there is love in other relations. In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, people spend extravagantly on vain gifts and trinkets to express their love and to me it seems l...
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Successful Nation is free from law misuse

Today , abuse of laws in India is at its prime. Kerala HC recently dismissed a fake case in POCSO Act. Be it a well-reputed person or an ordinary one, no one is safe from the shortcomings of law. In recent years, government has formulated a new law called POCSO. This law is intended to protect minors from sexual abuse. This law tips the scales of justice in favor of the accuser by considering their statement as absolute. The defendant has to prove they are not guilty – this is not justice but discrimination. The accuser requires no evidence, no proof, they just have to point finger to sully a man’s reputation and prove them guilty. This law seems to be good in the sense that the victim gets complete justice and the convict cannot escape law but what if the defendant is innocent? There is no recourse under POCSO Act for the  defendant. They are deemed guilty from the start.   In a democratic nation which promotes  equality, a law like this is a threat to equality.   A...
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