Yuva Uttarakhand

Mukesh Devrari The problem of the lack of capital in third-world countries is not new. The science of economic development is not very difficult to understand. Economic activity requires a high level of consumption. It is a loop that feeds on itself. The more people demand various consumer goods, the more industries will work to produce them. The more people are involved in the production process, the more jobs are created in those industries. Those workers also earn income and demand many more goods and services. Let us say five million people are directly involved in the manufacturing of internal combustion engines for various vehicles. They will all consume clothes, food, entertainment, and other products. Many more people will gain employment in those industries. It is not a perfect structure. Some people at the bottom of the pyramid will always struggle. However, much also depends on governance. Iran, despite many sanctions, is a relatively well-managed country. People generally h...

Mukesh Devrari  ​ For years, India has been at the receiving end of terrorism originating from Pakistan, and yet the world continues to pretend that this is a matter of “dispute” rather than design. From the hijacking of IC-814 to the bloodshed in Mumbai and repeated massacres in Kashmir, the pattern is too obvious to ignore—terrorists are trained, protected, and deployed as instruments of state policy. This article is not about emotions or slogans; it is about facts that have been buried under denial, propaganda, and diplomatic cowardice. It asks a simple question: how long can India afford restraint when terror networks survive, regroup, and strike again with impunity? Every Pakistani should know that IC814 was hijacked by Pakistani terrorists, and India released three terrorists, including Masood Azhar, who still runs the Islamic terrorist group Jaish e Mohammad, and operates freely in Pakistan and is backed by the Pakistani army. India was helpless and could not do anything. On...

Mukesh Devrari Mental health facilities are remarkable institutions. They are residential units designed for mental health patients. They are part of a hospital, and the units are called wards, but there is nothing inside them that resembles the traditional hospital setting you might imagine. The nurses who work there often have minimal understanding of physical health. Some nurses who have worked outside the mental-health domain may bring additional knowledge to the table, but overall, the focus of these wards is on mental health, often on behaviour. Because nursing is not always considered a highly technical job, there is a tendency within these facilities to create ready-made solutions for different situations that guide nursing decisions. Nurses rarely get opportunities where they are required to think outside the box. In fact, if proper guidance is not created to support them, the quality of care delivery would dilute considerably. It becomes sensible to guide them through a situa...

Mukesh Devrari India has traditionally shown magnanimity towards Pakistanis, but that did not deter the Pakistani military from launching terror attacks in India. Just a decade ago, lots of Pakistani actors were working in the Hindi film industry. Some of them succeeded in entering the good books of large film production houses. Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan are notable examples. The former starred in three films and later worked opposite Shah Rukh Khan, arguably the biggest star in contemporary Indian cinema. Some even believed Fawad Khan might replace Shah Rukh Khan. He was young, and someone like Karan Johar decided to promote him through his films, despite his tantrums, such as refusing to play the role of an Indian police officer in one project, because he had problems with wearing the clothes of an Indian police officer. Now comes the second question: why was he allowed to work in India until a specific date, and then banned afterward? The same applies to a singer, Atif Aslam, who w...

By Mukesh Devrari The Indian media is shocked by the Trump administration’s policy towards India. In his first term, when Pakistan used a suicide bomber to attack a bus full of security personnel in Kashmir, the American administration supported India’s right to retaliate. The result was that Pakistan did not launch another attack due to the fear of India’s retaliation and America’s stance towards such actions. Six years after the Pulwama attacks, Pakistan-trained Islamic terrorists in Kashmir attacked again, and identified Hindus before killing them. The attack shocked India, while global media largely ignored it. India tried to retaliate, but the Trump administration did not support India. In fact, it pressured India to stop the attack. India lost six fighter jets as Pakistan shot down Indian aircraft using PL-15 air-to-air missiles launched from J-10 fighters. India would have done better if it had shown the courage to launch retaliatory strikes bigger than symbolic ones. The terror...

By Mukesh Devrari (I share an honest conversation I had with a Kiwi nurse. It made me reflect deeply on how I, as an Indian immigrant, feel seen and judged here in New Zealand. This is raw and personal. Take it as my story—not a conclusion for anyone else.) I have been living in this strange land, popularly known as New Zealand, for almost six years. Let me make it very clear: I am an outsider, completely unaware of European ways of conversation, interaction, and viewing the world around me. Even in India, I always lived in small towns, where you can literally talk to anyone. And above all, I was in a university, which gave me all the more access to speak with people freely. Here in NZ, I am at the lowest level of the economic and social ladder, doing menial jobs, just surviving. Though I am not very bad at adapting, I find it very difficult to deal with white New Zealanders. The reasons—I will contemplate in the coming months or years. Anyway, enough about me. Before I start writing ...