‘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...
Land Allotment
Elite plot, poor suffer
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Supreme Court has rightly decided to frame guidelines for allotting public land and put a halt to whims...
Relishing religion in political dish
A Meaty Affair
By Poonam I Kaushish
Move over meat eaters, Saffron storm-troopers are relishing the ban on sale of non-vegetarian products during Ram Navmi as...
Govt should act now
Don't Kill PSUs
By Shivaji Sarkar
The economy is in turmoil. Our administrative system is groping in the dark. The tax system, including toll, fee,...
A medical prescription
Social Distancing
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Countrywide social distancing by observing one-day “Janata Curfew” on Sunday last was indeed a success in...
Salaam Bombay, says Delhi?
Maharashtra Drama
By Insaf
Mumbai today mirrors everything that’s rotten with the system and the country. The unfolding high drama between Kangana Ranaut, the Shiv Sena,...
An enhanced partnership
Modi-Johnson Summit
By Dr. D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British Prime Minister BorisJohnson had a virtual summit last Tuesday, which led to...
More trouble ahead
Indo-Pak New Low
By Poonam I Kaushish
The story of India-Pakistan relations is a tale of the proverbial one step forward two steps backwards. All depends...
Economy back on voters’ mind
Changing Poll Dynamics
The Haryana and Maharashtra election results’ speak. The Congress can do without Gandhis, regional parties have their sheen and dominant castes have...
Reform centres for inmates?
‘Open Jails’
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The Supreme Court has favoured setting up of ‘open jails’, where inmates will not be confined within prison walls and...
Giving dignity to deprived?
Crass Deprivation
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Deprivation, which is the consequence of socio-economic disparity in our system, primarily due to the caste-system and other attendant factors, is...
Yes I can and will
Modi's ‘new normal’
By Poonam I Kaushish
The old order has yielded to the ‘new normal’. A power paradigm of baggage-free governance, growth and development. With...
Its all about politics!
Bandh Nautanki
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politicians love a good bandh. Specially when general elections are months away to highlight Modi Raj's innumerable failures. Except the...
Katil=neta, toh kya
Quality Of Leaders
By Poonam I Kaushish
Nothing costs a nation more than a cheap and venal politician. This lexicon was brutally underscored last week by...
Abstract, price cuts vital
FM's Stimulus
By Shivaji Sarkar
A booster dose of about Rs 6.28 lakh crore stimulus to push credit is supposedly an official phenomenon to rev up...
Agri alone can sustain India
GDP Euphoric
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s GDP is rising, large corporate is aiding recovery and popular decisions are helping the people having an ease of living,...
Compromising our democracy?
Cambridge Analytica
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
A few weeks ago, India was stung by an 'expose' that a foreign company, Cambridge Analytica, was...
Coming Of Age
Can Rahul change Congress?
By Poonam I Kaushish
It is the coming of age season in political Delhi. Whereby, the campaign in Gujarat underscores the second...
Stagflation looms large
RBI Rate Hike
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Monetary Policy of the Reserve Bank of India raising key policy interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 4.9,...
Deciphering where India stands!
Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
The invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign and independent country, by Russia has shaken the
international community. It is unlike...