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Every year on the full-moon day or Poornima in the Hindu calendar month on Shravan we Indians celebrate the our divine festival of Raksha Bandhan. On this auspicious day a sister ties a sacred thread on the wrist of her beloved brother and also pray for his long life in order to celebrate the festival, the brothers in return give gifts or money to their sister. This depicts the unconditional faith they both have in each other. Raksha Bandhan means the bond of protection or care. Today, in this Blog I will discuss the popular stories which are said to be the origin of Raksha Bandhan. To be specific there are many stories but I will discuss the most popular among them.  Image is for representative purpose only Image Credit: livehindustan.com Lord Indra and the Demons Picture representing Lord Indra and a Demon Image Credit: mygodpictures.com One popular notion is that Lord Krishna himself narrated the story of Raksha Bandhan to Yudhishthira in the Indian epic Mahabharata. Once Yudhishthi

The recent religious turmoil in Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath case, Ayodhya-Ramjanmabhumi case have brought to light the places of worship act and recently the Supreme Court has allowed 6 petitions challenging the legality of this act. In this Blog I will discuss the provisions under this act and what has the Supreme Court said in this act. Image is for representative purpose only Image Credit: verdictum.in Before knowing about the provisions under this act we must first know to whom and where does this act apply. This act applies to the whole of India and may come into force after its enforcement i.e 18th September 1991.  SECTION 3-Of Places of Worship(Special Provisions) Act,1991 Section 3 of Places of Worship(Special Provisions) Act, 1991 is titled as Bar of Conversion of places of worship  it says that- No person shall convert any place of worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof into a place of worship of a different section of the same religious denomination or of

 Ever since we started studying Civics or Political Science in our School we all must have come across the name "Fundamental Rights" we all know that our Indian Constitution is the lengthiest Constitution in the world, India itself is the worlds biggest Democracy it is because the enormous rights our constitution provides us. Fundaments rights are enshrined in Part-III of the Constitution from Articles 14 to 32. Seven Fundamental rights were written in the Constitution however the Right to Property was removed as a Fundamental Right by the 44th Constitutional Amendment of 1976 since then is has been made a legal right.  We need to remind ourselves that if the Constitution provides us Fundamental Rights then there are some Fundamental Duties also which every citizen is entitled to do. The only difference between Rights and Duties are that Fundamental Rights are "Justiciable" and Fundamental Duties are "Non- Justiciable". Justiciable means that no one even t

 The Incumbent President Shri Ramnath Kovind is all set to demit his office on 24th June'22, following which the newly appointed President Draupadi Murmu will take oath on 25th and will aquire accomodation is the Rashtrapati Bhawan or Presidents House in New Delhi. In my Blog published on 26th June'22, I talked about the  Powers of the Indian President and similarly in another Blog published on 11th June'22, I talked about how the President of India is elected and what are it's privileges, tenure, oath and removal . In today's Blog I will talk about the facilities Provided to the retired President of India along with it's spouse who can also be called The First Lady. Image Credit: shortfeed.in The President's Emoluments and Pension Act of 1951 lays down the rules for providing Pension, Facilities and medical treatment to the retired President as well as it's spouse also. Privileges of the Ex-President. Any person who has held the office of the President

The severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka has brought the Island nation to its feet, whether it is in terms of economic crisis, political situation or the deteriorating condition of the common citizen. With it's incumbent President fleeing the country, Sri Lanka has a question of who will the successor of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. What will be it's future and how can it improve itself from the abysmal condition. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, if the incumbent President has resigned or had stepped down for certain reasons, then ultimately the current Prime Minister will take over the post as the acting President unless the Parliament appoints any successor. There is a provision that the speaker should give a 3 days prior notice to the parliament and immediately elect a new person. The current Prime Minister shall hold the post of the President for 30 days and he cannot step back to his previous post once he/she is elected the President. Protestors celebrating the resignatio

 In India, the Hindu devotees are all set to celebrate the divine festival of Mahadev(Lord Shiva), considered by many Granthas as the destroyer of the world. Sawan is celebrated in the fifth month according to the Hindu calender, it begins from the first day of the full moon and ends in the third week of August, the day of the next full moon day. In Tamil, this festival is known as Avani and it is the fifth month of the solar year. This festival is very important one for the Hindus in the entire sub-continent. During this festival devotees perform fast on each Monday of the festival to pray Lord Shiva and according to the Drik Panchang on Tuesday they fast for Goddess Parvati which is also known as "Mangal Gauri Vrat" It is believed that on the Poornima of full moon day the stars rule the skies hence the name Shravan Nakshatra is derived from this. Today in this Blog I will share a very interesting story behind the celebration of this festival and how it is celebrated acros