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Politicia / Edition 11 / 2020 / Issue 2 / September / Online America Decides Contents EDITORIAL Editorial .......................................................................................................................................................... 03 “Hope The West wants The Gulf Between Politics and Science .......................................................................................................... 04 Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, to go local but the How To Kill A Rebel ...................................................................................................................................... 05 Whispering ‘it will be happier’...” East wants to move Film Review: 42 .............................................................................................................................................. 06 - Alfred Lord Tennyson towards a global One Scam To Rule Them All .......................................................................................................................... 07 approach. The new Another Face of Black Lives Matter ............................................................................................................... 08 When I sat down to write this editorial, I realised world disorder has The Stand Off .................................................................................................................................................. 09 that the Covid-19 was still invading our lives. It is put global politics Predicting The Next President......................................................................................................................... 10 almost impossible it’s been around for this long. in a fix. Despite All About Self Reliance - Aatmanirbhar Bharat ............................................................................................. 12 There are thousands, millions or even billions all the challenges A Step Forward ............................................................................................................................................... 14 of problems to solve. The optimist in me says there is a glimmer This Day That Year ......................................................................................................................................... 14 that the planet we are living on can be saved if of hope in every A Match Made in Heaven ............................................................................................................................... 15 everyone starts being more attentive to their sur- catastrophe. Learn- The Right Key? .............................................................................................................................................. 16 roundings, respects nature, and cares about the ing in times of dis- Compass: Intelligence Agencies ..................................................................................................................... 17 environment. aster requires seiz- The Fate of Sudan ........................................................................................................................................... 18 ing opportunities which include forming spaces Pranab Mukherjee : An Obituary .................................................................................................................... 19 Imagine a world where there’s no coronavirus, to ponder, being vigilant and attentive, creating Cartoons .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 trash, air pollution, widespread hunger, poverty new modes of intelligence, developing alterna- Tweets ............................................................................................................................................................. 21 and war. You must think it’s a utopian dream tive explanations, and performing novel acts. A under the present circumstances. Luckily, for crisis can test your patience and resilience. The some of us a flawless world like this is still a odd situations in which people find themselves possible reality. However, as this year has pro- can sometimes yield fruitful lessons. We must gressed we did not see profound changes in the dream of a future in which fundamental, social frenzied world. Global political disorder has been and political changes offer us hope of fulfilling with us for most of human history. human aspirations. Answers to international EDITORIAL BOARD problems usually require teamwork and cooper- The pandemic has impacted intercontinental ation among countries. Editor-in-Chief Creative Editor relations and affected the political systems of numerous countries; causing postponements of If our civilization has to survive, we need to apply Kartik Tripathi Ayaan Suhail judicial activities, isolation or losses of multiple powerful strategies. Peacebuilding and stabilisa- politicians and delay in elections due to fears tion are the need of the hour. Despite our best Senior Editors Editors of spreading the virus. The reaction to the pan- efforts, homo sapiens are not going to wipe demic has led to an unprecedented increase of themselves from this planet. When the Sheikh Harsh V. Singh Varad Venkat governmental power. The supporters of small of the UAE was asked the question “Why does governments worry that the state will be unwill- your country need a Ministry of Happiness?” He Aaryan Mahipal Mrinank Chandar ing to give up that power once the crisis is over. answered, “I want my people to have a better life This has been the case in numerous historical now. I want them to be getting a decent educa- Shreyansh Jindal Aarav Upadhayaya occasions. tion now. I want them to have access to the best medicine and be healthy now. Not in 20 years.” Samanyu Raj Malik Aditya Mishra Perhaps, the Presidential elections in the US I firmly believe that the goal of the governments are a silver lining. Will international politics re- across the globe should be to create a happy, Correspondents Special Thanks align after the election of the POTUS? The New safe and peaceful society so that future genera- Education Policy, Navelny poisoning, the Keno- tions can take pride in their survival. Arnav Goel Mr. Apoorva Joshi sha Protests, judicial issues, the Indo-China bor- der dispute etc. are the current pressing issues. Kartik Tripathi Meet Baani Kaur IT Team Some of these have been highlighted in this Editor-in-Chief issue. India lost one of its finest politicians as Staff Editor Mr. Rahul Sridhar former President Pranav Mukherjee bid the final adieu. The present-day transnational situation is Ms. Kiran Tripathi Mr. Prashant Arora evolving with extreme changes, and the world economies of all the major superpowers includ- Mr. Puneet Pandit ing the USA, the UK, Russia, China etc. have taken a big hit. For the first time in almost three The views in the Magazine are of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Magazine and School. decades, the prosperous Australian subcontin- Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is strictly prohibited ent fell into a recession. Copyright: Politicia 2020 All Rights Reserved Write To Us: [email protected] 02 Politicia Politicia 03 Welham Boys’ School Online Edition Welham Boys’ School Online Edition The Gulf Between Politics and Science HOW TO KILL A REBEL It’s worrisome to note that many students in India scientific minds. But today, scientists in politics, today, even students of science, cannot appreci- actively trying to change the status quo, have be- Phrases like “Russia’s vociferous Putin critic” and experts”. Although International politicians ate the application of science in their political be- come somewhat of an anomaly. What was previ- and “a thorn in the Kremlin’s side” have often have said the incident appears likely to have liefs. Students are looked up to as champions of ously seen as home turf for scientists and intellec- been used for Alexei Anatolievich Navalny, a been state-ordered, they have urged Moscow to rational and honest thought, however, this turn of tuals has changed rapidly to become something Russian opposition politician and anti-corruption prove its lack of involvement. Khe Kremlin has events in India is disconcerting. entirely different. And these glaring contrasts campaigner who recently came to limelight after denounced attempts to blame the Russian state between today’s politics and yesterday’s politics falling ill on a flight from Siberia and being rushed for the poisoning as “absurd”. Mike Pompeo, US The ‘student’ has come to be seen as a hallmark make it difficult for anyone to be optimistic about to a hospital in Omsk with suspected poisoning. Secretary of State also said on Wednesday that of intellectualism and political activism. Issues the future of Indian politics. there was a “substantial chance” that the order to seemingly important only to students have time Navalny has, in the past, called Mr Putin’s par- poison the dissident “came from senior Russian and again evolved into larger political movements. Something even more alarming and disturbing is ty a place of “crooks and thieves” accused the officials.” This case has prompted international The present Prime Minister started his career in the vacuum of scientific temper that is beginning President’s politics of “sucking the blood out of calls for Russia to carry out a transparent inves-