Construction a burden?
Core, Farm slip; Prices Up
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is experiencing a robust growth rate of 8.4 per cent, paralleled by rising inflationary trends, sparking concerns...
Study impact, think ahead
Online Education
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is universally acknowledged that education is the key to development and higher growth. This means that an educated and socially...
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...
Spirit of nation
Madam President
By Poonam I Kaushish
This is a story which has not only made India proud but is a compelling and inspirational tale of overcoming...
Subsidies vital, check prices
High Fuel Prices
By Shivaji Sarkar
The country needs a new approach on prices, taxes tolls and issues of progress. It wants to control prices as...
Rewriting Direct Tax
Boost growth, savings?
By Shivaji Sarkar
The new direct tax (DT) law must be revolutionary and a model for world economy. The government’s decision to set...
Time for new anti-defection law
Political Harlotry
By Inder Jit
(Released on 19 November 1996)
Prostitution was legally banned in India some four decades ago. But political harlotry continues to grow and...
Psu-Pvt must work as one
Govt Exit Bid
By Shivaji Sarkar
It’s not easy to be in the driver’s seat on a bumpy road, which began long before the pandemic in...
States clamour grows
Caste-Based Census
Round The States
By Insaf
The ensuing Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections have stirred a hornet’s nest. Regional parties are digging in their heels to pushfor...
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...
Corruption, cbi and Vigilance
By Inder Jit
(Released on 12 January 1988)
The Central Vigilance Commission’s latest report should make all those interested in good, clean Government sit up. The...
Rule-based rbi for a start
Big GDP Slump
By Shivaji Sarkar
It’s a fall or new beginning. The nation is pondering over the minus 23.9 per cent GDP crash. The...
It’s hope vs hurdles
Naga Peace Talks
By Sagarneel Sinha
Anxiety is refusing to die down among the people of Nagaland, as the peace deal to the Naga problem still...
Trees are not dispensable
Delhi Exemplar
By Proloy Bagchi
When things reach an edge, Delhi's civil society comes together to rally and protest for public causes. In 2011, the rampant...
I am an obc, who are you?
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
India arrived on the world map last week, and how. Clearly the G 20 summit was a blockbuster with its...
Constitution’s 68th Anniversary
Sacrosanct, flexible & survived
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
India celebrated the 68th anniversary of adoption of its Constitution this 26th November with...
Deriding basic tenets
Civil Society 'Warfare'
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Understanding of society, the process of its growth and development, as clearly enunciated by distinguished scholars, social scientists and philosophers...
Playing with communal fire
By Inder Jit
(Released on 31 May 1983)
Communalism continues to grow and grow fast. Mr. Charan Singh’s timely alert against disaster has made thinking people...
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,...
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...