Karina Pandya

  Indians say it is important to respect all religions. However major religious groups have very little in common and choose to live separately. It is over 75 years since India gained independence and India has definitely lived up to its post-independence ideals where people from different religions can live and practice freely.   While the majority of the population is diverse and devout where most of the world’s Hindus, Jains and Sikhs live; it is also home to one of the world’s largest Muslim populations and to millions of Christians and Buddhists. Religious tolerance is seen as a central theme of the country and it is viewed that being truly Indian is when an Indian can respect all religions. Tolerance is observed as a critical civic value.    In addition to this, there are many shared values which accompany a number of beliefs across the country. Not only do a majority of Hindus in India believe in karma but an identical percentage of Muslims do as well. Many Ch...

The Parliament’s budget for 2023 will start from January 31 st   and will continue till April 6 . This Union Budget 2023-24 may be the last full before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which are re-elected every five years to elect 543 members. The election for the new set of members to the House of the Common People, i.e. the Lok Sabha which is the lower house of India’s bicameral Parliament will be elected by the citizens of the country from a selected number of candidates who represent their parliamentary constituency.    The Finance Minister who is currently, Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on February 1 st . On this day the ‘Budget Speech’ will be read out which highlights the salient points of the entire budget. The budget session which began on Tuesday began with an address by President Droupadi Murmu to the joint sitting of two Houses of Parliament. An Economic Survey was also tabled in the Parliament ahead of the Union Budget. The session will take ...