THE PEEPAL TREE

Cinema: How Cinema Shapes Society – A Look at Film and Culture After the invention of the camera, someone must have thought—what if this world could be recorded in motion too? But that's the point—if we can imagine it, it means it's possible. If someone says cinema is nonsense, then believe me, they are dismissing one of the most important parts of the world with a single word: "nonsense." Over time, cinema has evolved. But many misconceptions still exist in society regarding cinema. In reality, this society doesn't deserve good cinema, yet cinema has no ideology of its own, which is why it just keeps going. Still, social thinkers believe that cinema should serve a purpose—it should exist for their welfare—because they can’t take care of their welfare without it! They believe that whatever they consider good should be shown in films. And if they feel that cinema is not showing what they deem good, then cinema is held responsible for the downfall of society. ...

What Is Media Literacy and Why It’s Crucial in Today’s Digital Age? In this technological era where technology has answers to almost all our questions, information plays a very big role. We have numerous mediums through which we constantly come to know something or the other. We listen to this information, speak the same, and spread it as well. This is a time where there is no limit to what information can be. Everyone has the means to create and spread information, and in such a situation, many questions arise. If people have something, how do they use it? How accurate is the information people are spreading? How wisely are they thinking about it? Is there a need to set some boundaries for it? Because today everyone has a phone in hand, and not everyone has studied journalism, yet more than half the people are doing this work without any formal education in journalism or media. So, is there a need for education in this as well? That’s where the topic of media literacy comes in. ...

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Just as Article 6 of the Constitution explains how a person migrating from Pakistan to India can become eligible for Indian citizenship, in the same way, Article 7 of the Constitution talks about those who migrated from India to Pakistan and under what conditions they may or may not be considered citizens of India. What does Article 7 say? “Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan.— Notwithstanding anything in Articles 5 and 6, a person who has after the 1st day of March 1947 migrated from the territory of India to the territory now included in Pakistan shall not be deemed to be a citizen of India: Provided that nothing in this article shall apply to a person who, after having migrated to the territory now included in Pakistan, has returned to the territory of India under a permit for resettlement or permanent return issued by or under the authority of any law.” Explanation of Article 7 Article 7 of the Indian Constitution is about those persons who, after Marc...