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Sindoor, Strikes, and Silences: Unmasking the Theatre of War and Falsehood

Posted on 25th June, 2025 (GMT 12:10 hrs) ABSTRACT I. A Mock-Up Investigative Article The Shadows Over Pahalgam: Five Unanswered Questions After the Attack By: Investigative Desk | Special Report | June 2025 Pahalgam, Kashmir — On a quiet afternoon turned nightmare, gunfire shattered the scenic calm of one of Kashmir’s most visited tourist regions. Yet, beyond the bloodshed and grief, a…

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Crimson Civility: An Epistle on Sindoor, Civil Codes, and the Sanctity of Scars

Posted on 23rd June, 2025 (GMT…) Abstract This letter—framed in reverent satire and historical dismay—is addressed to the Hon’ble President of India, Supreme Custodian of Sanskar and Semiotics. It interrogates the symbolic glorification of sindoor as a sacred index of Hindu marital tradition, tracing its semiotic genealogy not to divine scripture alone, but to prehistoric violence and…

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Searching For Unhappy Socrates: Pleasure of Suicide in India 3

Key Points Research suggests happiness and suicide rates in India are inversely related, with lower happiness linked to higher suicide rates, especially among youth. It seems likely that social factors like weak support, inequality, and urban stress drive this correlation, particularly for young adults. The evidence leans toward economic issues, like unemployment, and mental health gaps also…

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Searching For Unhappy Socrates: Pleasure of Suicide in India 2

AbstractThis study examines India’s performance in the World Happiness Report (WHR) 2025 (rank 118, score 4.389) and its suicide rate (12.4 per 100,000, 2023), focusing on social and global constraints such as weak social support, inequality, and limited passport power. Drawing on John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism (1863), which prioritizes qualitative higher pleasures, the analysis contrasts…

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Searching For Unhappy Socrates: Pleasure of Suicide in India

Abstract This survey note provides a comprehensive examination of the correlation between happiness and suicide rates in India, leveraging data from the World Happiness Report (WHR) 2025 and the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2023, supplemented by recent studies and global comparisons. The analysis integrates socio-economic, cultural, and mental health factors, acknowledging data quality…

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I. A. India’s Performance in the 2024 Global Gender Gap Index: A Critical Analysis of Educational Attainment and Literacy Claims The Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI), published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), evaluates gender parity across four dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment. In 2024, India ranks 129 out…

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Corruption, Normalization, and the Procrustean Bed: India’s Grave Crisis

Posted on 20th June, 2025 (GMT 21:50 hrs) ABSTRACT This paper interrogates the normalization of corruption in contemporary India through the theoretical frameworks of Michel Foucault and Theodor Adorno. Rejecting the moralistic and legalistic definitions of corruption as insufficient, it argues that corruption functions not as a deviation from institutional norms but as the normative logic of…

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1.A. Environmental Performance Index (EPI): A Deepening Crisis India’s environmental decline, as captured through global composite indicators, reflects systemic ecological distress and fragmented policy implementation. Among the most revealing of these instruments is the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), a data-driven framework developed by Yale and Columbia Universities. The EPI evaluates…

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The Suicidal Futility of War: A Mourning for Civilization and a Call for Disarmament

In a century that has witnessed the holocaust, the mushroom cloud, and the machinery of endless war, humanity stands at a precipice—armed to the teeth, yet soul-starved. At Once in a Blue Moon Academia, we issue this statement not with the confidence of policy architects, but with the sorrow of witnesses—mourners of a civilization unraveling under its own inventions. War, once glorified as the…

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A Snarky Ballad of a Certain Rabble

Oh, gather ‘round for a riotous tale,Of the world’s largest, richest party, where sanity’s frail!Sprung from shadows that shirked the fight,No freedom’s flag for them, no hero’s light. They spin a yarn of glory so grand,A fairy-tale Bharat, built on quicksand.“Divide and conquer,” their sly little game,Pitting brother ‘gainst brother, fanning the flame. With holy howls, they cloak their…

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A Cry for Justice: The DHFL FD and NCD Holders’ Battle Against Political and Corporate Nexus

ABSTRACTThis letter addresses the plight of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) Fixed Deposit (FD) and Non-Convertible Debenture (NCD) holders, whose hard-earned savings remain ensnared in a financial scandal marked by alleged corporate malfeasance and political collusion. It explores the contentious acquisition of DHFL by Ajay Piramal, a businessman purportedly favored by the ruling…

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Thy Hand, The Great Monarch

O thou, self-crowned titan on delusion’s throne,Megalomaniac, with a heart of jagged stone!Paranoia’s whisper fuels your ceaseless schemes,Hypocrisy cloaks your words in gilded dreams. From Gujarat’s ashes to Pulwama’s cries, Pehlu’s blood stains your vote-hungry lies.A puppeteer of pogroms, you pull the strings,While motabhai’s shadow guards your dealings. Snoopgate’s shadow, Madhuri’s silent…

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Godi Media and the Erosion of Indian Democracy: Crony-Sponsored Yellow Journalism?

Posted on 1st June, 2025 (GMT 16:53 hrs) ABSTRACT This article examines the phenomenon of “Godi media” in India, characterized by media outlets aligning with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and its implications for press freedom and democratic integrity. Focusing on the controversial appointment of Sudhir Chaudhary to Doordarshan for a ₹15-18 crore annual package and his airing of a…

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Oligarchs, Jokes, and a Pinch of Democracy: An Agit-Prop

Posted on 29th May, 2025 (GMT 13:09 hrs) Not A PLAY (Statutory Warning: not an intoxicating mobile game!), BUT AN AGIT PROP Disclaimer: This agit-prop features the names of notable Non-Godi Media journalists and speakers. However, the statements attributed to them in this narrative are entirely fictional, crafted from imagination based on the concerning context of contemporary Indian…

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Spect-Actors of the Dust and Debris: A Play

Characters: Václav Havel, Jerzy Grotowski, Badal Sircar, Augusto Boal, Circomedia (a wiry, acrobatic sprite), Utpal Dutt, Bertolt Brecht, Paulo Freire, Konstantin Stanislavski, Lauren Gunderson, Modi, Karan Thapar, Spect-Actors Dress Code: All characters wear black jackets except Modi and Karan Thapar Genre: Theatre of the Absurd, Poor Theatre (Per un teatro povero), Epic Theatre, Third…

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From Hungry "Thieves" (?) to Quora’s Ban: Victims Fight Crony Capitalism

Posted on 22nd May, 2025 (GMT 11:20 hrs) “We ain’t thieves! Just hungry!”The title card, an inscription shows “We ain’t thieves! Just hungry!” appears in the department store scene of Modern Times (1936), where the Tramp (Charlie Chaplin), a night watchman, encounters three burglars rifling through goods (45–50 minutes). Spoken by the burly leader, the line reveals their desperation as…

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“We ain’t thieves! Just hungry!” The title card, an inscription shows “We ain’t thieves! Just hungry!” appears in the department store scene of Modern Times (1936), where the Tramp (Charlie Chaplin), a night watchman, encounters three burglars rifling through goods (45–50 minutes). Spoken by Big Jim, the burly leader, the line reveals their desperation as unemployed workers driven to steal food…