Tag: Featured
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Turning 6 Stronger: A Look Back At Last One Year of FaultLines

“Ever since I made tomorrow my favorite day, I’ve been uncomfortable looking back.”- Paul Harvey. FaultLines looks back at six years of existence and first year of its revamped avatar, here is the story of this blog to you. 6 years, 70 plus articles, 1900 subscribers worldide-and growing stronger. Sprung, stumbled, run, fallen, rolled over,…
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One Belt One Road: The Chinese Expressway of Global Economic Dominance

In the 21st Century, China has seen itself as a leader of the Developing World. In the early years of Communist China its leader Mao Zedong presented the country as a champion for the developing world and provided like-minded regimes with both military and development assistance. In the 1970s, following Mao’s death, China focussed its…
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Crusades: The war between Christianity and Islam for Jerusalem

The first crusade set the whole ball rolling for two centuries of war between the world’s two most practiced religions. Christianity and Islam were at the gates of each other to conquer land and enslave men, women, and children. Medieval Europe was under a strong influence of Christianity. People believed in religious values and words…
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Understanding Ronald Reagan’s Reaganomics

Reaganomics is President Ronald Reagan’s conservative economic policy that dealt with the 1981- 82 U.S recession and stagflation. Stagflation is the stagnant nature of the economy within double-digit inflation. Reagan differed from his predecessors President Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon on how the government should be involved in the economy of the country. Ronald…
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Redder than Red: The Rise of Xi Jinping

For a man who has accrued unlimited power and today sits as one of the most powerful leaders on the global table, transparency has been a weakness. Chinese Xi Jinping’s rise in the Chinese political framework has been debatable and mysterious, adding to the hysteria around the communist party and its leader Xi himself. Graphics…
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Thailand Daily: How Tourism makes a billion-dollar economy

In the second part of How _________ makes a billion-dollar economy, FaultLines looks at the economy of evergreen tourist destination, Thailand. Thailand’s attractiveness as a tourist destination remains evergreen as millions of tourists continue to flock to the Southeast Asian nation, providing much-needed momentum to its economy. As a part of Vlog: Viren Tak takes…
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Why are so many countries witnessing protests in 2019?

As the year 2019 comes to an end, FaultLines looks back at what binds many protests in many countries. Mass protests have broken out in countries from Lebanon to Spain to Chile and Bolivia. All are different – with distinct causes, methods, and goals – but there are some common themes that connect them. The…
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Wake up Indians, Have some shame and take a step towards women’s safety; said No Indian ever!

As a part of one of the first open blogs, women speak about rape in India and how much of that could be blamed on society and administration. 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Case, 2017 Unnao Rape Case, 2018 Kathua Rape Case, 2019 Hyderabad rape case- As the list goes on Indians will feel more casual…
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Decoding Venezuela: Why South America’s most prosperous country is in socio-economic conflict

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó has declared himself interim president following large protests, galvanising opponents of current socialist President Nicolás Maduro. More than three million Venezuelans have fled their country over recent years, blaming hunger, lack of medical care, rising unemployment, and violent crime. Venezuela is located in northern South America and borders the North Atlantic…
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The Saas-Bahu Saga: Story of reluctant Gandhi ladies who kept Congress going

“Sonia nahi ye aandhi hai, Doosri Indira Gandhi hai!”, through this jingle the Congress tried to popularize Sonia Gandhi when she entered politics and held the helm of the Congress party. The Saas-Bahu saga of Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi who kept Congress going when the seat of power looked far and dark. An Indira…