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Impact on India if Donald Trump becomes President of United States

  Donald Trump’s incessant statements on India outsource the possibility of a negative impact on India-U.S relations if he becomes the president of United States of America. As he has claimed to “ acknowledge the tremendous danger and uncertainty of certain people coming into U.S”, his determination to wreck the alliance between the two countries is unquestionable. Yet, the possible outcomes of the proposed policy regarding H1-B visa by Trump could bring the continuous brain-drain to an end. If the minimum wages for H1-B visas are raised, then it would constrict STEM professionals from obtaining U.S visa easily. It would simultaneously prevent big Indian IT companies and American companies to outsource bright talents to U.S from India. Therefore, they would be impelled to outsource the software development in India which would result in the arrival as well as consumption of increased amount of dollars in India itself. This would, in particular, help the economy to improve. ...

Have people twisted feminism for misandry?

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Feminism, as opposed to misandry, is an ideology that evokes equality for all the sexes instead of demeaning the social, political or any other status of men in the world which the later does.  Today, a woman’s eminence as a feminist is often criticized as being anti-men and threatening to the rights of masculinity. First of all, misandry implies anti-feminism. It’s an approach by few who hates men in particular and do not want them to be given power in any arena. Now, there are instances where feminist themselves have called for the denigration of men and sexual discrimination among others. Misandry is same as misogynist while holding men in place of women. On the other hand, if we go back to the first movement of feminism, we could actually relate to the fact that feminism stands and upholds gender equality, be it men or women. While people have often criticized a women’s approach to feminism as standing against men, there are a lot many examples where women claiming themselv...