🖋️ From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane Equity Squads and Transparent Justice
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🖋️ From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane
Equity Squads and Transparent Justice
The UGC’s proposed “Equity Squad” guidelines aim to protect all students—irrespective of caste, gender, religion, or community—from discrimination and abuse. Representation is ensured with reserved seats for SC, ST, OBC, women, and persons with disabilities, but the majority of positions remain open to all. Fears that general-category students will be excluded are misplaced; seven out of ten seats are unreserved, offering broad participation. Justice has no caste. These squads are designed not to punish arbitrarily but to prevent harassment, ragging, and the tragedies that sometimes follow. Institutions must safeguard the dignity and education of every student. Importantly, this is not rigid law but evolving guidelines, subject to review and change. Rather than succumbing to divisive narratives, society should see this as a transparent mechanism to ensure fairness and protect young lives.
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Speed, Negligence, and a Stolen Childhood
The heart-wrenching tragedy in a Pune housing society, where a five-year-old child was crushed by a speeding car within a supposedly "safe" gated community, is not just an accident—it is a stinging indictment of our collective recklessness. Societies are designed as sanctuaries for families, yet speed, distractions like mobile phones, and sheer apathy have turned these playgrounds into death traps. A single moment of oversight has permanently shattered a family’s world. This viral video shouldn't just evoke fleeting sympathy; it must spark a radical change in driving etiquette. Speed limits in residential zones and school areas are not suggestions—they are lifelines. We must awaken to the gravity of our responsibility behind the wheel before another innocent life is sacrificed to the altar of negligence.
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The Persian Quagmire: Can Air Power Subdue Iran?
The massive deployment of U.S. aerial tankers from Qatar’s Al-Udeid base, coupled with the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln nuclear carrier near Iranian waters, signals a looming confrontation. However, history warns that air superiority alone rarely clinches victory. Iran is a fortress of diverse geography—stretching from jagged mountains and frozen peaks to vast deserts. This terrain is a nightmare for ground forces, a challenge the U.S. military may lack the stomach to endure. Iran’s strategy is clear: attritional warfare. As body bags return to American soil, public opinion in the U.S. inevitably turns volatile. By dragging the conflict out, Tehran exploits Washington’s greatest weakness—domestic impatience. With the IRGC having crushed internal dissent, the regime remains consolidated. Unless the U.S. commits to a grueling ground invasion—a feat fraught with peril—Hassan Rouhani’s successors hold the home-turf advantage. Whether this "Tanya" (Trump) led aggression sinks American interests remains a question only the heavens can answer.
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The Rising Political Cunning in Mumbra
Sahar Sheikh, the newly elected corporator from Mumbra, presents a deceptive facade of youthful naivety. However, behind this "childish" exterior lies a calculating and radical politician. Her recent justification regarding the "Green Mumbra" controversy—claiming it merely referred to her party’s flag—is a classic display of political maneuvering. While some dismiss her arrogance as the over-exuberance of a first-time winner, her sharp retorts reveal a deeper, tactical mind. She represents a new breed of politicians who masterfully play the "shatranj" (chess) of communal identity. Though she frames her words as innocent, her strategic depth mirrors a "Shakuni-like" cunningness that could reshape local power dynamics. In a democracy, while ideologies battle, the foundational reality of the nation remains unshaken. Yet, the rise of such sharp, uncompromising figures suggests that future political battlegrounds will be defined by strategic wit and deep-seated radicalism rather than mere developmental agendas.
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Parking Lot Politics: Borrowed Power
The Thane episode of 2010 illustrates a deeper truth about identity politics. A newly elected MLA, representing Mumbra–Kalwa, strutted in with arrogance, backed by followers and police. Yet his authority was borrowed, not rooted. He was “parked” in a Muslim-majority constituency until the community found its own representative. That prediction has come true: AIMIM now dominates, promising to “paint Mumbra green,” while NCP lies in ruins. The lesson is clear—non‑Muslim leaders who rely on minority vote banks are placeholders, not permanent power centers. Demographics eventually reclaim representation, and borrowed power fades. This pattern is visible beyond Thane, in Kerala and elsewhere. Leaders who mistake temporary arrangements for entrenched authority will inevitably face irrelevance. Political arithmetic without genuine roots is only a countdown to displacement.
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