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Communal Imbalance in our society!

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Photo by <a href="https://visualhunt.com/author/0577cd">Redfishingboat (Mick O)</a> on <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/2e03c0">VisualHunt</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/"> CC BY-NC</a> Disturbed, disdained, distorted and divided in opinion with people on the violence that has marred Maharashtra over the past many days. Cities coming to a standstill, leaders of right wing groups agitating mobs, who pelt stones at average people, just to create a tense situation and leave the social fabric tattered.  I'm not getting into details of why the clashes began, which was unfortunately incited during the celebration, or commiseration of the  Battle of Koregaon , 200 years ago. One section of society calls it their  watershed moment , while the other call it a  loss of sheen moment  for their ancestors.  Such was the difference of opinion between these two sections of society, which...

Cyber bullying - A societal misfit!

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Photo by <a href="https://visualhunt.com/author/012355">wentongg</a> on <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/e59b7a">VisualHunt</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> CC BY</a> I've heard and read of cyber bullying and the effects it has on people. I sometimes wonder what can be so drastic on the internet, that it makes someone cut short his/her life just because of the agony one has to go through! Let's dive deep into what cyber bullying is all about, and how a certain level of shaming can be the fuel for someone to do something as drastic, as driving themselves towards the death rattle. Cyber bullying is a form of rebuttal or rebuking over the internet. It generally involves a lot of difference in opinions and complemented messaging, which drives animosity, hatred and jealousy towards a person. It can sometimes get extremely personal and lead to character vilification.  Cybe...