Anay Pethe
Co-founder @ 51A, Partner @ Pethe Shrotri Legal. Being a student of Philosophy and Environment, I believe in eternal exploration of self and the world and am using the way of thought and action to do so.
-
TEST OF THE CONSTITUTION – THE CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT, 2019.
Each and every democracy on face of the Earth has gone through fire and blood. The making, running and prosperity of every democracy have passed through a period of turmoil. The ways in which things have been handled, have decided the future of the nation. Solving foundational issues has resulted in rise of a mature democracy. To put it simply, this is very similar to running a joint family. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has created misunderstandings, confusion, violence and fright. We cannot underestimate the importance of this bill. It is basically about the granting of citizenship to the illegal migrants entered into India from certain countries belonging to certain religions.…
-
THE LAW OF ‘NATURE’!
Environment needs to seep into our thought process. We may be following the societal norms, the national laws, the religious norms but it is high time we hear the ‘Laws of Nature’ We hear demands of a strong nation, development, Reservations, a Mandir, secular University campuses; not that they are right or wrong but that we need to add to the list – Our right to Environment irrespective of nationality, religion, caste, creed. The Capital is facing a Health Emergency. The water crisis has always been there. Droughts, heavy rainfalls have been there too. But the ones facing these problems were farmers, not us. Today we have started taking these…
-
सम विरुद्ध विषम
मूळ मुद्दा हा आहे की सध्याच्या काळात अशी विधाने नैतिकतेला धरून आहेत का? काही वर्षांपूर्वी माझ्या परिचयातील एक व्यक्ती मुलगा होण्यासाठी खूप प्रयत्नं करत होती. एका गुरूंनी सांगितल्यानुसार काढे घेऊन झाले, पूजा-उपवास करून झाले. देव दर्शन यात्रादेखील पूर्ण झाली. प्रयत्नाअंती त्यांना मुलगी झाली. अखेरीस सासूच्या दबावामुळे व मनापासून आराधना न केल्यामुळे प्रयत्नं असफल झाला असा निष्कर्ष काढला गेला. मनूने गर्भधारणेविषयी बरेच काही लिहून ठेवले आहे. त्याच्यानुसार स्त्री संग किंवा संभोग सम तिथीला झाल्यास मुलगा होतो तर विषम तिथीला झाल्यास मुलगी होते. ‘गर्भाधान‘ विधीमध्ये असे करता येऊ शकते. आयुर्वेदातसुद्धा मुलगा होण्यासाठी श्वासोछ्वासवर आधारित उपाय सांगितले आहेत. इंदुरीकर महाराजांच्या मते भागवत धर्मात आणि ज्ञानेश्वरीतही मुलगा होण्यासाठी हेच उपाय सांगितले आहे आणि तेही हेच…
