Transform religious outlook
Law Against Lynching
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Religious fanatics have led to undermining the interests of the minority, thereby fomenting communal tensions and creating social upheavals. The...
Fast-tracking partnership
India & US
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Prof, International Politics, JMI)
The first-ever 2+2 meeting between India and the United States held recently in New Delhi...
Money makes India go round
Election Funding
By Shivaji Sarkar
Money decides political course! Indian elections are rarely free of the role that money, gifts, liquor, and much more play. Worse,...
Better late than never
Plastic Ban
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In 26 States/Union Territories in India, some form of plastic ban is imposed, but its implementation...
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...
New govt must reflect
Right To Health
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
Health care comes into sharp focus this General election. While the BJP already has its ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme...
New Speaker, new chapter?
Declining Parliament
By Poonam I Kaushish
The 17th Lok Sabha scripted a “unanimous” new beginning on Wednesday last when a relative newcomer Sangh Parivar’s grassroot leader...
The road ahead
Kashmir Unhinged
By Poonam I Kaushish
The air in J&K is thick with a sense of jamais vu. By abrogating Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu...
Is he relevant today?
Celebrating Gandhi
By Poonam I Kaushish
The drumbeaters are out as tomorrow India celebrates 150 years of Gandhi’s birth anniversary. Who? You mean the one we...
Now religious nationalism?
Review of Ayodhya Verdict
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Notwithstanding the Ayodhya verdict, the debate and controversy refuses to ebb. Though major sections of the Muslim fraternity...
It’s only life, stupid!
My Heartless India
“What’s the use of coming now? He is already dead. All are dead. The Administration is hopeless, useless,” angrily shouted an anguished...
Is anti-nationalism new black?
Govt Stifling Freedom?
By Poonam I Kaushish
Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. An adage which nails our leaders angst...
Liquor shops under lockdown
Long for Freedom
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Madras High Court on 8 May directed the State Government to close all 3,850...
Cash is king!
Rajniti Jor Tor
By Poonam I Kaushish
A gentleman met a beautiful lady and invited her to bed. She gave him one tight slap. And angrily...
Growth potential untapped
Struggling MSMEs
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The MSMEs sector, regarded as the growth engine of the Indian economy, is contributing 5 per cent of the GDP. But...
Appalling travesty of Justice!
Babri Verdict & Hathras Case
By Insaf
Outrage! That sums up the Babri Masjid demolition verdict and Hathras incident should evoke, if it hasn’t already, among...
Empathy, not authority crucial
Farmers Vs State Power
By Insaf
All eyes are on the farmers versus State power battle. The two-day “Delhi Chalo’ protests against the new farm bills...
Focus on small business vital
'Signs of Recovery'
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There are signs of recovery on the industrial front, according to a section of experts. If demand from new segments...
Disaster waiting to strike
Death Ravages Uttarakhand
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was a tragedy waiting to strike, of anger and anguish, despair and desperation, morbidity and mortality. Words fail...
Can ppp model deliver?
Medical Education
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
It is an unfortunate and well-known fact that the country suffers from an acute shortage of doctors and nurses. Specialists...