Darjeeling model offers a way out
By Inder Jit
(Released on 22 August 1989)
Thoughts in New Delhi are now turning towards a national agenda for the new Government after the next...
Law panel report outdated!
Sedition Law
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Law Commission of India’s 297threport ‘Usage of the Law of Sedition’, would come as a great disappointment to civil and...
India makes strides
Financial Inclusion
By Moin Qazi
India has recently witnessed profound changes in its financial inclusion ecosystem. While financial inclusion is a point of entry to lift people out...
May raise fund flow
Modi's US Visit
By Shivaji Sarkar
The stock market is surging ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US. However, would it be able...
Opposition unity: Fresh moves
By Inder Jit
(Released on My 6, 1980)
Latest developments in the north-east region continue to cause grave anxiety. The stalemate in Assam was bad enough....
Welfare of marginalised vital
Developmental Priorities
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In the midst ofManipur burning, a grand Parliament building was inaugurated. For the Prime Minister and his government it’s a great...
We love to hate
Divisive Grammar
By Poonam I Kaushish
Why do we love to hate? And why do we revel in divisive grammar? The power of rhetorical public abuse...
North-East’s gdp share 2%
'India Grows 3.3% 2020-23'
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Reserve Bank of India monetary policy is only a small part of India’s economy. A tighter rate regime...
Politics goes off track
Balasore Train Tragedy
By Insaf
Politics over human tragedy is sadly a given. The devastating train accident in Balasore, Odisha turns out to be yet another...
Nehru, Ram Janmabhoomi & Babri Masjid
By Inder Jit
(Released on 17 January 1989)
Communalism continues to grow and prosper. Even fundamentalism is beginning to raise its ugly head. Nothing symbolises this...
Is Govt stifling freedom?
New Grammar of Sedition
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Off with her head, arguments later”, ordered the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. A term synonymous in modern...
Gdp up, core in a tizzy
India's 'Khush Hua' Moment,
By Shivaji Sarkar
Sudden boost to India’s GDP in the fourth quarter of the financial year made it momentously different at 6.1...
‘Peace’ aimed, but how soon?
Amit Shah in Manipur
By Insaf
Ushering peace in Manipur is going to be a tall order for the Centre. More so, as the Union Home...
To be or not to be!
India-US Ties
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The current India-America relations reflect Hamlet’s dilemma as expressed in his soliloquy in Act...
Brazen attack on parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on 20 May 1986)
Parliament is once again under attack. The promulgation by the President of an Ordinance empowering it to withhold...
Govt must empathise, not ignore
Of Protests & Movements
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The wrestlers’ protest April in the national capital with no sympathy being shown by the ruling dispensation is an...
Will it bridge govt-opp divide?
Parliament:New Beginning
By Poonam I Kaushish
There are institutions and moments which rise above politics and touches what lies beneath. Parliament is one such, the temple...
Playing 20:20 match
Modi in Australia
By Dr D.K.Giri
(Secretary General, Assn of Democratic Socialism)
On 23 May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was playing 20-20 cricket match in an entertainment...
Double Talk on Communalism
By Inder Jit
(Released on 9 May 1989)
Brave and splendid words were spoken again in Parliament last week to denounce communalism. The nation was alerted...
Gainfully utilise youth
Rising Population Growth
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
India has an opportunity to benefit from the demographic dividend though there are differences of opinion on the subject given...