Enough of Double Talk and Deception
Legitimizing Corruption
By Inder Jit
(Released on 30 September 1996)
Politics in New Delhi has increasingly become a conscious and continuous exercise in rank hypocrisy, double talk...
Welfare vital, no to corruption
Karnataka Takeaways
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Congress has won a victory in Karnataka with an absolute majority, unexpected by most political pundits. The sorry state of...
What’s morality got to do with it?
Political Untouchable
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politics is the last refuge of scoundrels and when gold speaks all tongues are silent. Both Karnataka polls wherein Election...
Slip hurts economy, sovereignty
SC Must Protect Rashtra
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Supreme Court ruling on the Eknath Shinde case has given rise to a discussion on a serious threat...
An analytical perspective
Pakistan's Story
By Dr. D. K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn. For Democratic Socialism)
The dramatic arrest of 70-year-old Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan has...
Enough of double talk & deception
By Inder Jit
(Released on 5 January 1988)
India is at the cross-roads again. Time alone will tell what the New Year will bring — peace...
Is India truly developed?
Of Happiness & Hunger
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It was more than surprising to hear Anurag Thakur, the dynamic Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, stating a...
Wake-up call for change
'Wrestling' With Me Too
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is at war with its wrestlers. That too Olympic medalists. For over 13 days wrestlers’ Sakshi Malik,...
India loses Rs 53 Tr, 12% gdp
Covid-19 Kills 20 Mn
By Shivaji Sarkar
The deadly scourge Covid-19 is officially over killing about seven million people across the world and at least five...
Why voters choose differently
Centre, State Elections
By Brij Bhardwaj
Political observers have been pre-occupied with the attempts by opposition leaders to unite and form a common front to take...
Need to be more vigilant
Controlling Heat Intensity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The heat wave has started and, as per predictions of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) this year would witness more...
Poll body, pressure & independence
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 February 1990)
India has once again proved its claim to be being the world’s biggest democracy. Nearly 300 million people...
Uniform civil code, anyone?
When Ram, Rahim Poll Cut Outs…
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this season of freebies galore interspersed with vitriolic hate speeches and venomous tu-tu-mein-mein, now Ram-Rahim...
New avatarpost k’taka poll?
High GST Fills Coffers
By Shivaji Sarkar
Would the economic fundamentals change with the Karnataka elections? They just might. The Assembly polls have drawn a serious debate...
Under ‘fear or favour’
Karnataka Polls
By Insaf
Karnataka makes a mockery of the cardinal rule that voters must exercise their right to vote ‘without fear or favour.’ The run-up...
Determinantof foreign policy
India Biggest Population
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, ADS)
India has just become the largest population in the world. It is said to be the biggest...
The Population Imperative
By Dr. Karan Singh, M.P.
(Released on 31 March 1981)
The provisional population figures for the 1981 census have just been released, and before commenting on...
Police & state answerable
Encounter Killings
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The practice of encounter killings continues in India and according to available data of the government, a total of 655 such...
Yours vs mine?
Caste Cauldron
By Poonam I Kaushish
The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago has bared its poisonous fangs once again in Karnataka...
Rate thaw aids home buyers
Corp Pays More: RBI
By Shivaji Sarkar
The repo rate thaw by the Reserve Bank of India has surprised many in the industry, though they had...