Thomas Hobbes: "Justice is what you think it is" Me: "It is Justise"

‘Justice’ and ‘Social Justice’ belong to that category of words which people use frequently and variedly. They have a vague sense of what they are talking about. But when asked to consciously define these words, they fail to articulate properly. ‘Nation’ and ‘luck’ are other such words. So how is a concept like Justice to be understood? Is the understanding similar for all people or is it fundamentally different? Is it constant or does it change with the context, region and time? Similarly, the concept of Social Justice also raises many questions like, is it as simple as understanding ‘social’ literally and then clubbing it together with meaning of Justice? In this essay, an attempt is made to bring about an understanding of Justice and Social Justice by using metaphors (mostly biological) and real-life examples. And I have tried looking at Justice from a

A novel idea to strengthen Panchayat raj institutions

We have a direct democratic system where every citizen votes to elect their representatives to the Parliament. Here's a novel proposal - Let's have the local self-government institutions play a role in electing the MLA’s & MP's. Let the Sarpanches (who are elected directly by the citizens) be the ones who