humanity
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I am Indian. Why Is the Government Sending Me Into Exile?
The letter from the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs showed up in September 2019. My mom sent me a WhatsApp message of the letter, illuminating me that the Government regarding India was denying my Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI). India doesn't perceive double ethnicity and the OCI - an extremely durable visa for people of Indian beginning - is the closest comparable to double citizenship and given to a huge number of Indians all over the planet. I had 21 days to answer and to challenge their cases; it was day 20 when I had gotten the letter. On the off chance that I didn't answer it would be assumed I had nothing to say in the have any meaning and my OCI would be dropped. I answered by email quickly to challenge their cases, with the Indian Consul General of New York recognizing receipt, and a printed version of which was conveyed to the Home Ministry. Then, on November 7, after The Print revealed that my status was under survey, the public authority declared by means of Twitter that my OCI status had been removed. This was the main I knew about it.
By Abhishek Gupta4 years ago in The Swamp
The Tragedy of the Privates
Private property is rooted in the philosophical thought experiment that is the “tragedy of the commons”. By this “Hardin refers to a tragedy of overgrazing and lack of care and fertilization which resulted in erosion and underproduction so destructive that there developed in the late 19th century an enclosure movement” (Cox 52). By this logic private property is validated because without owner ship then there is no responsibility for maintenance to any one individual making the commons a place where all take from but none contribute to. The result is a destruction of the environment needed to produce value. By taking land from the commons and making it private the idea is that individuals now how vested interests in maintaining the land and making it productive. Yet, when we critically examine the condition of the planet today we can see that private property may actually lead to a sort of tragedy of the privates. As we have seen private property has not quite been enough to produce sustainable productive structures. Rather “logical imperialism allows imperial countries to carry out an ‘environmental overdraft’ that draws on the natural resources of periphery countries” (Clark and Foster 330). Moving to privatize the next piece of land to fully exploit when the last one has been depleted. Not for a community but for a subset of businessmen, investors, and asset holders. Thus, we see that “Capitalist accumulation and the "market economy" are fundamentally parasitical regimes” (O’connor 1).
By Arjuna Fournier4 years ago in The Swamp
Media Markets and Marketing Games
The first instinct of both parties in the United States is to blame the other for the political problems of the present. Any political debate between them seems to descend into a game of creative name calling that has little purpose and even less potential for achieving real dialogue. It is always taken for granted that these two sides are lightyears apart.
By Thomas Sebacher4 years ago in The Swamp
The Freedom to Learn and the Path to Peace
My daughter recently overheard a conversation I was having with my husband about Ukraine. You’d be surprised what kids pick up on and what they are curious about. We started talking about it in the car on the way to the store. I remember my parents broaching difficult subjects while stuck in traffic. Likewise, I’d occasionally ask them some difficult questions from the back seat of the car. There you have a captive audience.
By Leslie Writes4 years ago in The Swamp
Ukrainian Bridal Dressmaker Uncertain about Future Amid War
For the past few weeks, I have been messaging the seamstress who designed my wedding dress in 2020. She is now a Ukrainian refugee living in Moldova. She is struggling with trauma from her exodus from Ukraine and from watching news stories about her region getting bombed and attacked by Russians.
By Andrea Lawrence4 years ago in The Swamp
Freedom Means Responsibility
Widely traveled, I say with certainty there is no better place to live than the United States (in my humble opinion). Americans have freedom to travel across the country and outside of it, at will. The pandemic over the last two years has placed some restrictions on the American people we are not used to; however, we're not oppressed nor experiencing the destruction of homes, schools, hospitals, churches, and apartment complexes. We don't have soldiers rampaging towns, raping, murdering, and committing genocide, as the Ukrainians currently are at the hands of the Russians. We can't imagine explosive mines on our streets, yet the Russians have mined the cities of Ukraine as they exit. Obviously, Putin is committing war crimes, and just like the Nuremberg trials so many years ago, those guilty should be found and tried.
By Andrea Corwin 4 years ago in The Swamp
