The Diligent

Arkajyoti Dutta Research Scholar, Bose Institute With the onset of corona virus infection spreading as a pandemic disease affecting over 3.5 hundred thousand people in more than 192 countries in just three to four months, the conspiracy and anti-conspiracy theories have been looming at large in a worldwide manner. Of course the lack of vaccines and medications required for the treatment of the deadly COVID-19 virus is one of the major reasons for the rise of these conspiracy theories along with the fact that home arrested minds love to feed on gossips. Idle mind is devil’s workshop and these workshops are being fueled by electronic and social media. Every one of us loved listening to stories told by our grandparents and we believed those tales to be true with a willing suspension of disbelief until we grew up, but have we? The most important conspiracy theory that hit us even before the corona virus is that SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 has been bioengineered. The virus wa...

Arkajyoti Dutta Research Scholar, Bose Institute  Fascism is like herpes. It waits stealthily within the realm of democracy and waits for years for the loss of horrifying memories (like immunity of host organism) of the Democratic people, whose forefathers torn the shackles of tyranny, to resurface with the flares of patriotism. The moment Democratic people starts looking at Fascism as a mere historical event, the germination of Fascism initiates. Fascism, like death, is inevitable. The, necessary and sufficient, strength and weakness of Democracy is that it is of the people. Who are these people? These are the same people who fights for twenty minutes before placing an order in a restaurant and ends up ordering Mutton Biryani and Chicken Chap (although some have changed their trends to Chicken Chow Mein and Chilly Fish). These are the same people who would complain about potholes and then read articles on “11 different ways to reduce your income tax”. These people are non...