Risk to life & prosperity
River Crisis
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
Atmospheric pollution is a major concern, as is the contamination of rivers and lakes. Studies reveal that rivers are dying...
Towards closer Indo Japanese ties
By Inder Jit
(Released on 26 November 1985)
Japan appears to be looking forward to opening a new chapter in Indo-Japanese friendship and cooperation. This is...
Deficit mounts, exports falter
India's Trade Trap
By Shivaji Sarkar
India has been living with chronic trade deficits for nearly half a century. The last time the country recorded an...
Citizens’ common cause
By Inder Jit
(Released on September 4, 1979)
Revulsion against the current state of politics in the country continues to snowball. Never before has greater contempt...
From ‘us’ to ‘them’
Hijab Controversy
By Poonam I Kaushish
What’s in a dress? Nothing, it’s a form of clothing, but the maelstrom over the innocuous Muslim hijab (headscarf) banned...
One nation one election, anyone?
UCC: Tiptoeing Stealthily
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s been a raucous winter session of Parliament. But in its penultimate week Prime Minister Modi continued to have...
Will it win popular support?
BJP's Corruption Mantra
The first phase of polling over,it’s getting increasingly interesting to watch how far BJP and its star campaigner Prime Minister Modi will...
Mustn’t rush for infra
Crisis-Hit India
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Ukraine war is upending India’s dream budget and now gets further bruised with high rise in crude prices and retail...
Doles no longer lure
Parties Clueless Of PMP
By Shivaji Sarkar
This election is about PMP —- poverty management programme —- an economic agenda that is unclear and all political...
For better or worse?
Parliament:New Beginning
By Poonam I Kaushish
There are institutions and moments which rise above politics and touches what lies beneath. Parliament is one such, the temple...
Winds of change blowing?
By Sagarneel Sinha
Political battleground is hotting up in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Pudducherry as these go to the polls this year...
Battle Against Poverty
Poor must lead agenda
By Moin Qazi
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the declaration by the United Nations of 17 October as the International Day for...
Confident, wary of 3 states
BJP's 2024 Battle
By Sagarneel Sinha
Replying to the No-confidence motion in Lok Sabha Prime Minister Modi said: “Opposition has
betrayed the people of India. They have...
The road ahead
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 5 August 2019: In one fell stroke Article 370 was wiped out from India’s Constitution and Jammu & Kashmir State...
Economic costs be damned!
My Subsidy, Your Revadi
By Poonam I Kaushish
It is raining freebies wherein sound economic sense has been surrendered to political gamesmanship. Reckless subsidies are being...
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,...
Democracy dented
Snooping Row
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Parliament’s monsoon session turned out to be disappointing, with the Modi government refusing to yield to the Opposition demand for a...
Manufacturing hub envisioned
No More Critical Exports
By Shivaji Sarkar
The call for atmanirbhar Bharat has been given a new touch for “enhancing capacity, creativity and skills”. In his...
Holier than thou conversions!
Love Jihad
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is once again caught up in a battle royale between the Gods, in a new age avatar: Love...
Deleting inequality vital
Digital Divide
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Rural poverty in India has been manifest in various studies, specially Oxfam, and the widening income disparity, not just between the...