Reopening debate
Death Penalty
By Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Justice Kurien Joseph, on the eve of his retirement, delivered a judgement commuting the death sentence...
Funds availibity critical
Budgeting Welfare
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The interim Budget presented by stand-in Finance Minister Piyush Goel putting thrust on rural industrialisation possibly fulfils the dream of Mahatma...
India’s key stakes
US-China Rivalry
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The rivalry between the US and China should intensify until one of them, mainly the latter concurs...
Money does talk!
$7 Billion Election
By Shivaji Sarkar
Elections are becoming trickier, opaque and a game of money power. Rigging polls is no more a hush-hush matter. In...
Main vip hoon, tum kaun?
New Grammar of Rajniti
Poonam I Kaushish
The more things change the more they remain the same. Daily we are treated to some mindless antics, inane...
Lacking emphasis, funds
India's R&D
By Oishee Mukherjee
Notwithstanding the launch of Chandrayan-22 to make a soft landing on Moon putting India in the 4-nation Club, and getting global...
Blurred j&k strategy?
BDC Polls
By Insaf
Kashmir conundrum deepens. Elections for Block Development Council are to be held on October 24. Both Srinagar and New Delhi want to...
New Delhi reclibrates strategy
Sri Lanka Elections
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The island state Sri Lanka elected its 7th President last Saturday. The clear and decisive winner...
It’s only life, stupid!
My Heartless India
“What’s the use of coming now? He is already dead. All are dead. The Administration is hopeless, useless,” angrily shouted an anguished...
Towards crime mukt politics
Supremacy of SC
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court has given a shock treatment to all political parties by passing certain...
India must make good!
Changes in Global Economy
By Dr. D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
“Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit” is a maxim...
The buck stops at Modi’s door
Serenading Success Or Ruing Failure
By Poonam I Kaushish
If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance battle them with bull. A truism which comes to mind...
Repositioning India
Chinese Incursion
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
After the recent Chinese incursion into Indian territories, Indians and India-observers abroad expected New Delhi to radically...
Parliament and the opposition
By Inder Jit
(Released on 15 January 1985)
All eyes are on the new Lok Sabha, which is due to assemble today for its first sitting....
Baraat without bridegroom?
Kashmir Local Polls
By Insaf
Kashmir has a different narrative, no matter what Raj Bhavan in Srinagar or North Block in Delhi says. Imagine campaigning for...
Bjp’s machiavellian intrigues
President Rule In Puducherry
By Insaf
The BJP does it again, another Congress-led government bites the dust. This time in tiny Puducherry, due for Assembly elections...
Dent in ‘jai kisan’?
Capital Anarchy
By Poonam I Kaushish
Nothing ever good comes out of violence. This lexicon comes to mind as the Capital witnessed unprecedented anarchy leaving it...
No jobs, social chaos likely
Rising Ultra Rich
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
India added one billionaire every 10 days in 2020 amid the pandemic. This was made possible by rising stock valuation,...
It’s only life, stupid!
India Choked
By Poonam I Kaushish
“What’s the use of a hospital bed now? He is already dead. All are dead. The Administration is hopeless, useless,”...
Govt must heed, fast
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The pandemic has induced both good and bad news in the country’s judiciary. On the one hand, the second catastrophic Covid wave...