TN triggers nda-India row
Sanatan Dharma
By Insaf
DMK’s minister and Chief Minister Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi has raised a big political storm. By declaring that Sanatan Dharma is against equality...
Elusive peace?
Kashmir Déjà vu
By Poonam I Kaushish
The travails of picturesque Kashmir continue. Last fortnight’s macabre killing of 11 members of non-Kashmiris, Hindu-Sikh minority communities and...
Time to get back to normal
Economic Slump
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy is on life-saving policies such as incentives, special packages and lending. Even the daily wage workers and small...
A dangerous game!
Politics of Labelling
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A primary lesson for all political speakers is to avoid controversial terms particularly to malign...
Jo jeeta wohi sikander!
It's Not Over Till Over
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! The last ballot has been sealed and in two days we shall know who will sit...
Rejuvenation of Rivers
Challenge to politics, faith
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Union Government has plans to clean all rivers in the country — a...
Vital for just social order
Independence of Judiciary
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who is expected to be the next Chief Justice of India, recently analysed the problems of the...
States must aid centre
The MSP Demand
By Dr. S.S Chhina
(Senior Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi)
Albeit the longest-ever protest from the farming community, especially in Punjab and...
Need to revisit ethos
Rising Violence
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The decisive role violence played in the ordering of the Third World, including India, cannot be ignored or consigned to the...
Flogging a dead horse!
The Katchatheevu Island
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
A tweet by the Prime Minister has stirred up a hornets’ nest in...
Maha Vikas agadhi darbar
CMP Mantra
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
The Maha Vikas Agadhi (MVA) government of three political parties - Shiv Sena, NCP, and the Congress - formed in Maharashtra hopes...
Kal neta aaj rajyapal kal neta
Governors Revolving Door
By Shivaji Sarkar
Public office has a lot to do with perception. Wherein, your actions do the talking. Alas last week in a...
Revive Gandhian values
Widening Inequality
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Poverty has been plaguing most countries of South Asia, specially India. Successive governments have tried to eradicate poverty but such attempts...
Tackle rural-urban divide
India's Job Crisis
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The debate on 'jobless growth' has greatly embarrassed the government. That there is an employment crisis cannot be doubted and...
Key to practical inclusion
Financial Literacy
By Moin Qazi
Financial services are analogous to safe water, basic healthcare and primary education— these are essential to enable people to participate in...
‘Not Necessarily By Accident’?
The nation celebrated the rescue of 41 workers from the Silkyara Bend–Barkot tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. Once the euphoria of successful...
Principles versus praxis
India's Foreign Policy
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
The epic ‘Mahabharata’, famously filmed by B.R. Chopra, teaches us plenty of principles of statecraft in...
Gau Rakshaks, Netas
SC cracks the whip
By Insaf
Stop pussyfooting around. A terse message from the Supreme Court to State governments on doing precious little against cow vigilantes....
Will it quench India’s thirst?
Court Charts New Water Course
By Poonam I Kaushish
In dull political Delhi there is a deluge via a Supreme Court order on the Cauvery water...
National hall of fame or shame
74 'Independent' Years
By Poonam I Kaushish
“The naïve notion that we can preserve freedom by exuding goodwill is not only silly, but dangerous,” wrote former...