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Travelling along the path carved by the biased and self-righteous society, we are not unfamiliar with one of the hypocritic statements,             "Don't judge a book by its cover." The statement has its share of truth, it sounds unfair to draw any opinion or judgment on a situation without acknowledging the whole picture. But surprise, surprise!! We have our judgy ' padoshwali ' aunty, know-it-all ' ristedaars ' and  future-predicting parents. Of course, the real world doesn't work that way.  It has taken the saying as only a 'saying' literally. The world does judge the book by its cover. We all do consciously or not.  Falsely accusing an innocent as a pickpocket in public just from the face and even predicting the reaction of a random person,  at times it's to the point, and sometimes not. Well, let me take you to the brighter side of the theory . It's an art. It's the art of judging the present with previously known patterns wh...

Image Source : History Crunch They are a group of left wing activists. That is a right wing party. His parents are conservatives . She is a liberal .  These are the terms most of us have used or hear someone else use almost daily in some news. But what do these really mean? What is left? What is right? How can ideologies be linked with some arbitrary direction? Who are conservatives? What are they trying to conserve and who are liberals and what do they want liberation from? The story dates back to 1789, during the time of French Revolution, when the people were fighting for their rights. Between the dates of June 13, 1789 and July 9, 1789, a group of people gathered together at the National Assembly to discuss.... Well to discuss a lot of things, but in due respect of your time, and  sticking to the topic at hand, let's focus on the positions of the people present there. Just like in the a war, the two armies position themselves on the opposite sides of the field, in a very...