Category: Nation

Governments commonly wield propaganda as a weapon meant to control. Propaganda is the action of influencing public opinion by omitting or manipulating information (Propaganda). Governments of varying ideologies utilize propaganda, and some of the most persuasive and convincing examples are from extreme left or right-wing leaders. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong are all…

Nation-building refers to the process of developing a national identity using the facilities of the state. The aim is the unification of the people in a society with different origins, histories, languages, cultures and religions, within the boundaries of a self-governing state, forming a unified constitutional and legal dispensation. Such examples are the national public…

Achin Bhattacharyya (2019) states that the feeling of nationalism is indispensable to the idea of building a nation. Bahattacharyya (2019) states that apart from religion, sport is the only common thread that binds people together and helps in developing a feeling of patriotism and unity that can counter regional factionalism and sinister design of various…

‘We shape our buildings and afterwards, our buildings shape us (unquote Winston Churchill) Nation building is the process of the conception of a country that functions, encompassing the bits of a non-functioning one. Its an evolutionary progression, not revolutionary, as it takes a long period of time. Despite the movement of people from the present…

A Constitution is a document which comes into existence primarily when a Nation is formed. Tracing back to the history of governing authority of the State, the inception can be marked from the time when the Divine Power (Almighty) governed the humanitarian society. When, gradually the society started growing, the Divine/ Supreme power was vested…

I would like to express my thoughts on the topic ‘Peace’. Peace, according to Oxford dictionary is a state of tranquility and calm or rather a state of non-violence and no war. The theory of peace implies solving disputes, difference of opinions and misunderstanding without use of violent methods. Peace is universal. It is seen…

Before considering whether the key to international peace is to populate the world with powerful states, the very definition of international peace must first be contested. As the concepts of peace and power are human constructs, every theoretical approach defines them in different terms. Peace is most often considered to be the absence of war…

Unemployment is a term that everyone is familiar with, whether they have experienced it or someone they know has been unemployed. Unemployment is not a pretty term, usually it is a term that is frowned down upon by many people. Unemployment can lead to families having to live day by day on a paycheck. Unemployment…