The World Through My Pen

It is hard to trace the origin of sloganeering or probably beyond my capability to do so but if we consider the broad meaning then sloganeering is an act to unite like-minded people, incite them and instill within them a sense of oneness, predominately for some cause. If I am not very wrong, if so I can stand corrected, sloganeering was made famous during the early days of uprising by rebels against the tyrannical rulers. In India, during the struggle for freedom, slogans were made to get people together and rise up against the British Raj. "Inkalaab Zindabaad" was one among many that was probably the most used and by far the most useful slogans used during those days. The two words simply mean "Long live Revolution" but the greater meaning had a great impact in the minds of millions who dreamt of waking up in a free country. Inkalaab Zindabaad was so famous that even in today's generation we use it almost anytime we wish to show our dissent towards s...

February 9, the fateful night that gave a new shape to students' politics in India. This was the day when an event to mark the death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was held at the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. The twist to the tale was that a few students shouted anti-India or anti-national slogans during this programme. Now the question arises, did the students actually do that? And a bigger question, did Kanhaiya Kumar raise the anti-national slogans? If so why? Well India is a democracy and the true sense of democracy is directly proportional to freedom. However, there is a thin line between freedom and being anti-national. However, raising slogans can in no ways be considered anti-national and slapped with sedition charges. This student of JNU, Kanhaiya Kumar was just like any other student of the university, with no such links to his being extraordinary surfacing to the fore till date. But his alleged action made ...