Welcome to the Sixth edition of Insights Weekend Debates. You can access details of last Five debates here. And the topic is: Should Betting Be Legalized In India? Five days ago, the CBI Chief opined that betting should be legalized in India. Former England captain Geoffrey Boycot has also expressed the same opinion in the past. But …
This is the Fifth edition of Insights Weekend Debates. Last one was a huge success. The topic for this week’s debate is related to Formation of New States. The Topic: Do We Need More Small States? Agenda: As Telangana turmoil refuses to calm down, the clamor for more states is getting louder. What about the performance of …
Welcome to the Fourth edition of Insights Weekend Debates. You can access details of last Three debates here. As we posted earlier today, this week’s topic is related to Science and Superstition. And the topic is: In India, Superstition is Part of Tradition and Culture, Hence Tougher Laws Are Antithetical to Our Cultural Ethos Abolishing all …
Last week’s debate was also successful. Thank you all. Below is a PDF of views expressed by all the participants. Insights Weekend Debates – 3 (PDF) Topic for this week’s debate will be on Science and Superstition. Debate starts at 6 pm.
Welcome to the third edition of Insights Weekend Debates. You can access details of last two debates here. As we posted earlier today, this week’s topic is related to Secularism. And the topic is: In its true sense, India is not a Secular country Some critics argue that India privileges Hinduism over other religions and there …
Last week’s debate was also successful. Thank you all. Below is a PDF of views expressed by all the participants. Insights Weekend Debates – 2 (PDF) Topic for this week’s debate will be on Secularism. As usual, topic will be announced at 5.45 pm and the debate begins at 6 pm. Feedback Required! Give feedback …
This is the second edition of Insights Weekend Debates. Last one was a huge success. As we posted earlier, the topic for this week’s debate is related to Gender Issues. The Topic: Is More Affirmative Action A Solution For Women Empowerment? Agenda: Discrimination against women is entrenched in our society. When the society fails them, …
Last week’s debate was a huge success. 58 people participated in the debate. 235 comments were posted in three hours (22,000 words, equal to 150 pages book). The highlight of the debate was a comment by 1982 batch IAS officer and the author of the book ‘Breaking Free Of Nehru’, Mr Sanjeev Sabhlok. We thank …
Topic for this week’s Insights Weekend Debate is: “We Need an Alternative to that of ‘Growth and Development’ to Eradicate Poverty and Bring Prosperity.” Agenda: Development as we know has failed to uplift millions of people from poverty. Over emphasis on economic Growth and Development, and the promise of its benefits trickling …
A topic has been decided for tomorrow’s Debate. Majority wanted topic to be disclosed. [polldaddy poll=7480052] There were two comments arguing strongly against disclosing the topic too. After considering two different opinions, we have chosen the middle path. Instead of giving name of the topic, we will disclose its broad theme. Tomorrow we will start …
Debate – Week One Last month few aspirants had asked me to start a forum for them to discuss civil services related issues. Now time has come to explore this idea. A new forum will not be started though, but an alternative idea has struck me. It will be named ‘Insights Weekend Debates’. What is …
