One test not for India
Shady Coaches, Huge Costs
By Shivaji Sarkar
The country needs to go back to the drawing board on centralising entrance tests as the big ones –...
Good, bad & the misunderstood
Statistical Estimation
By Rajiv Gupta
What public event has the active participation of 640 million people, with even a larger number of spectators? If you guessed...
Maaping the implications
India Abstains in Burgenstock
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
In the Ukraine peace conference, held on 14-15 June in Burgenstock, Switzerland,...
Strong states & strong centre
By Inder Jit
(Released on 12 March 1985)
Three cheers for our people. They have once again asserted their sovereignty. No one need have any doubt...
Rural focus imperative
BJP Must Change Strategy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Post elections the BJP must have realised thedefinite need to change strategy and focus on the needs and aspirations...
Tiptoeing stealthily
Uniform Civil Code
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s back to business as usual as BJP-led NDA Sarkar begins 3.0, and, yes, Modi continues to have his...
India presses for rupee trade
New Saudi Petro-$ Regime Begins
By Shivaji Sarkar
Indians are hopeful of a new petroleum pricing regime with Saudi Arabia refusing to renew the 50-year-old US-Saudi...
Challenging Task For Centre
Terror In Jammu
By Insaf
It’s red alert for Jammu. Since June 9, J&K has witnessed four terrorist attacks in Reasi, Kathua and Doda districts, killing...
Keep The Speaker Above Poll Politics
By Inder Jit
(Released on 26 March 1991)
The Lok Sabha’s mid-term poll offers the nation a fresh opportunity to set-up a badly-needed convention and, thereby,...
Major challenges ahead
NDA's 3rd Govt
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
With the economy showing some resilience, the challenges before the new government are indeed quite widespread. There is also talk...
Es baar coaltition sarkar!
Modi 3:0
By Poonam I Kaushish
The old order has yielded to the ‘new normal’. A power paradigm of Modi’s 3.0 which serenades ‘Es baar coalition...
Voter cautions Modi
NDA's Third Term
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Electoral battle of 2024 over and the BJP-led NDA government returning for the third term, techniques of governance such as...
Time for hard decisions
By Inder Jit
(Released on 15 January 1980)
Good government, we were once taught, was no substitute for self-government. Following independence, we learnt to our cost...
Ec kachahari: Jo jeeta wohi sikander!
'Laapata Gentlemen'
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! Tomorrow as ballot boxes are counted we shall know who will sit on India’s Raj gaddi in this hard-fought...
Rs 27,500 cr lost in May!
Long Poll Hits Stocks
By Shivaji Sarkar
Global uncertainties over rising interest rates, jittery noises of Lok Sabha elections surpass the Reserve Bank of India’s Rs...
Assessing India’s position
Israel & The World
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The Israel-Palestine war is raging ghoulishly with horrendous consequences. The world is...
Free, fair and without fear
By Inder Jit
(Released on 21 July 1981)
Wild stories about the Garhwal poll and the repoll order continue to go the rounds. I heard many...
Injustice by govt?
Rise in Undertrials
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is a well-known saying that “justice delayed is justice denied”. But due to the enormous pendency of cases in...
Powerless Ec, netas merry!
Code Of 'Misconduct'
By Poonam I Kaushish
Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles in this chatpata-dhoondhar election circus. An adage...
Cuts deficit, boom likely
RBI $ Trade Magic Bonanza
By Shivaji Sarkar
A staggering windfall has hit the Indian treasury as the Reserve Bank of India delivers its largest-ever dividend...