ABOUT THE POLIS

Polis exists by nature, and THE POLIS is a platform to discuss anything under the polis. Here, anything will go- from a simple fight over chocolates between siblings in a home to the conflict among sovereign states- from the mother mediating the chocolate struggle to the United Nations mediating between conflicting parties. Why? Because polis exists by nature, and, therefore, everything natural comes under THE POLIS. From triggering a devastating conflict to extending a warm arm of cooperation, everything finds a place in THE POLIS. To sum up, THE POLIS is everything- everything related to humankind? Of course, not. The perils of the polis are not confined to humans and have a wider sphere involving animals, birds, and all living beings- including aliens. Here, the polis becomes a cosmopolis.

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Editor-in-Chief

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Managing Editor

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Associate Editor

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Operations Manager

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The Unmaking of the Farm Laws

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Intersection of Politics and Power: Glimpses From the Grassroots

by Adwaith PB Beginning with an attempt to attribute a precise definition to “politics”, this article moves forward to contradict the prevalent notions of ‘the political’ being confined to the public life of an individual, the State and its institutions . Politics is not only intertwined with the day-to-day events of one’s life but also it’s present in its private sphere. The first part of this article is concluded by attributing a political dimension to the concept of Nature.  Coming to the second part, this article spotlights the aspects of power and attempts to relate it with the larger political ecosystem. Decision-making , non-decision making and ideological/radical approach to power is explained along with deriving three more approaches to power, namely, power as control over resources , control over actors and control over outcomes and events.   The entire article defines politics and approaches to power with the help of a simple issue of distributing a piece of chocolate
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