Can Religion and Politics Co-Exist? On the outer margins of the debate over the place of religion in politics, there are two extreme positions, each fuelling the fundamentalism of the other. Now, religions do not advocate suicide bombing, though there is no doubt that many abuses are carried out in the name of religion. And religions do not need to be theocratic: They can easily co-exist with secular forms of government...

Relevance of Rajya Sabha During the last 50 years, Rajya Sabha has emerged as a Parliamentary I./institution of great repute and has contributed immensely to the success of our parliamentary democracy. It has given representation, as Shri Gopala swami Ayyangar, a legal luminary and a member of the Constituent Assembly had aptly said, ” to the seasoned people who may not be in the thickest of political fray, but who might...

Should India Have A Non-Politician President? The ongoing debate on the election to the office of the President of India 1 and the majority of the public is unaware of the importance of the office of the President of India. The President is not merely a Chancellor sitting at convocations, but an important constitutional functionary. The President requires to act independently and his actions require constitutional knowledge as well political wisdom....

Theories of International Relations International relations theory attempts to provide a conceptual model upon which international relations can be analyzed. Each theory is reductive and essentialist to different degrees, relying on different sets of assumptions respectively. As Ole Holsti describes them, international relations theories act as a pair of coloured sunglasses, allowing the wearer to see only the salient events relevant to the theory. An adherent of realism may completely disregard...

The Rise and fall of The Modern State System   Given practical form by the new nation states of Western Europe such as France in the late Middle Ages or Prussia in the nineteenth century, the old state system rested on the idea that by concentrating power in a single head or center, the state itself could be sufficiently controlled and its environment sufficiently managed to achieve self-sufficiency or at least...

Indo-Us Civilian Nuclear Agreement The Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, known as the Indo-US nuclear .1 deal, refers to a bilateral accord on civil nuclear cooperation between the United States of America and the Republic of India. The framework for this agreement was a July 18, 2005 joint statement by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George W. Bush, under which India agreed to separate its civil and military nuclear...