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...
Cong must’nt misread opp support
Rahul's Disqualification
By Sagarneel Sinha
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha has almost all the Opposition parties, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s...
Chindia, Russia & USA
European Dilemma
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Association for Democratic Socialism)
I was talking intensely over a week with a European friend, who is also a...
Testing Time for Rajya Sabha
By Inder Jit
(Released on 11 March, 1980)
Attention is widely focused on the Rajya Sabha as both houses of Parliament reassemble today for a brief...
Jobs & demand creation vital
Ominous Economic Scenario
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
As we enter the new fiscal, the economic situation in the country is projected to be far from satisfactory. While...
Worshipping false gods
Religions Gush = Political Slush
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is with us Indians? Why are we so blasé’ about violence? Why do hooligans always get...
K’taka polls to douse or ignite?
India Sitting On A Tinderbox
By Shivaji Sarkar
As Karnataka goes to the polls, a number of economic issues are coming to the fore, price rise,...
Budget Session may end up in a farce
By Inder Jit
(Released on 18 April 1989)
Parliament seems poised to reduce its Budget session virtually to a farce. The general budget was, no doubt,...
Control, better usage vital
Food Waste
By Dr.Oishee Mukherjee
With reports of an impending El Nino effect impacting agricultural production and resultant higher food prices would obviously affect populous countries...
Strategy to counter warming
Synthesis Report
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is encouraging to hear the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) come out with periodic reports warning of the consequences...
Man. Our netas are touchy!
Defamation = Disqualification
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the season of the defamation whereby any innuendo equals disqualification and becomes a ticket to jail. Perhaps little...
Job cuts slow growth
Global Inflation Sticky
By Shivaji Sarkar
The typical Indian scenario is hit by inflation, global job cuts, bank crisis, agitated farmers and passing the Union Budget...
‘Opposition jodo yatra’ begins?
Gujarat Verdict On Rahul
By Insaf
A Surat court, in Gujarat has thrown the Congress into a tizzy. Opposition leader and its former President Rahul Gandhi...
Decline of parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on 8 April, 1980)
Parliament and its functioning is regrettably not receiving from its sovereign matters, the people, the close attention it...
Quality & conservation critical
Emerging Water Crisis
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The demand for water in India is growing at a rather fast pace at around 2.8% compounded annual growth rate...
What constitutional norms?
'State' Of Head
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s a killer world and everything topsy turvy! First there’s the Parliament logjam, a tussle between BJP and Congress...
India on razor’s edge
Queer Global Moves
By Shivaji Sarkar
It is a queer world. Politics and economics are contesting each other almost globally. In the country, Parliament remains paralysed...