Gun Control – Blogs by Pratyush

Posted on March 18, 2019November 7, 2022 by Pratyush

The epidemic of gun violence

This blog was sadly inspired by the tragic mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques in Christchurch (15th March, 2019) which killed 50 people (as of the date of writing) and injured many others. This was not the first in recent times (Sandy Hook, Parkland, Las Vegas, Peshawar, Garissa, being the more recent ones in…

Posted on February 25, 2018February 25, 2018 by Pratyush

Loss of Privacy – Utopian or Dystopian World?

This write-up was triggered by a recent article in the National Geographic magazine on “Big Brother and Surveillance society, et al”. Central question of the article is…is it a necessary evil, the new Orwellian world that may in fact be good for society (unlike George O’s bleak and frightening outlook) and where and how do…