Many important events and revolutions contributed towards the development of human rights. First, the earliest charters of human rights are to be found among the three British Constitutional documents, namely the Magna Carta (1215 AD), the Petition of Rights (1628 AD) and the Bill of Rights (1689). These three documents…
The political philosophy of liberalism has been subject of criticism at the hands of its advocates as well as its opponents, by the former on account of their polemical interpretations and by the latter, on account of their indictment of the premises of individualism. Both as a doctrine and as…
The Council of States is the Upper House of India’s bicameral Parliament. The adoption of bicameral legislature for the Union of India is guided by three sets of reasons. First, Rajya Sabha as the name implies, was to be chamber for representing and protecting the rights of the states in…
The desire to conserve is the underlying theme of conservative ideology, though it is not the sole objective which conservatives of all shades seek to obtain. The characteristics of conservatism, as evolved in different forms and conveying the fundamentals of conservatism can be identified. The conservative view of society is…
‘Women are physically weak than men’- these are the lines that we have heard since ages. Gender stereotyping has always been a great hurdle for the women. Women are always taught that they are inferior to men because men are physically strong than women folk. Work that requires strength is…
