New Speaker, new chapter?
Declining Parliament
By Poonam I Kaushish
The 17th Lok Sabha scripted a “unanimous” new beginning on Wednesday last when a relative newcomer Sangh Parivar’s grassroot leader...
Tragedy unmasks cruel govt
Bihar's Children
By Insaf
Bihar government must hang its head in shame. The shocking tragedy of deaths of over 100 children from poor families in Muzaffarpur...
Much ado about nothing!
SCO at Bishkek
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. of International Politics, JMI)
The meeting of Council of Heads of Sates of Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) at Kyrgyzstan...
Safety a critical issue
Jr Doctors' Strike
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The junior doctors’ strike in West Bengal has drawn sharp focus on safety of doctors while discharging their duties....
Bandh karo ye natak!
Growing Chauvinism
By Poonam I Kaushish
Your freedom ends where my nose begins and one man’s food is another man’s poison. Two adages, a succinct testimony...
Budget: No soft candy
Multi-Billionaire Debtors
By Shivaji Sarkar
Prime Minister Modi’s first budget, after a massive election victory, is neither an easy process for the Government nor does it...
Time to wake up on defence
Modi's tsunami-2
By PK Vasudeva
Certainly, the election results are a Tsunami-2 for Modi, bettering his 2014 performance. Riding on a massive saffron surge sweeping through...
‘Day zero’ looms large
Water Crisis
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court directed all district collectors across Tamil Nadu to constitute committees...
Can Govt mitigate them?
Economic Challenges Ahead
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The economy is in a bad shape and experts believe it is in a worse shape than five years ago....
Woh mar gaya, toh?
My Careless India
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 2 June, Aligarh UP: A two-and-a-half year old girl’s maggots infested mutilated body is found in a garbage...