The Population Imperative

By Dr. Karan Singh, M.P. (Released on 31 March 1981) The provisional population figures for the 1981 census have just been released, and before commenting on...

Triumph of Indian diplomacy

Masood Azhar Episode By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) After 10 years of diplomatic endeavours by India, lately backed by France, UK and USA, Massod...

‘Holier-than-thou’ rant

Appeasement Politics By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the silly season of appeasement politics wherein democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles....

Cash is king

Notes=Votes By Poonam I Kaushish Heard this week’s flavour amidst our ongoing noisy nautanki of democracy: rajniti is the best dhanda and our netagan’s greatest asset...

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...

A Juvenile Controversy

Constitution Review By Inder Jit (Released on 6 March 2000) India faces and has faced in the post-Nehru era many crises mainly on one score. It has...

No good for banks, economy

Low Interest Rates By Shivaji Sarkar Inflation is rising and would continue to rise for the next one year, says the RBI in the latest monetary...

Govt fiasco, heed advice

2nd Wave Crisis By Dr, Oishee Mukherjee The ongoing second wave of Covid-19 in the country, best described as a catastrophe, has brought into sharp focus...

Spurring development

Mobile Money By Moin Qazi One of the most visible effects of the technological revolution in financial services is in how we pay for goods and...

Govt should act now

Don't Kill PSUs By Shivaji Sarkar The economy is in turmoil. Our administrative system is groping in the dark. The tax system, including toll, fee,...

Critical, Govts’ must ponder

Food Waste Index By Dhurjati Mukherjee Food wastage, at least in countries of South Asia, where a significant proportion of the population suffers from poverty as...

Poll has thrown up basic issues

By Inder Jit (Released on 5 March 1985) Several issues of basic importance to the future of our polity have come up in the course of...

Not gdp alone, strategy vital

Pandemic 2nd Wave By Dhurjati Mukherjee The second wave of the pandemic posed a downside risk, severely affecting economic activity in the first quarter of the...

Bandh karo ye natak!

Growing Chauvinism By Poonam I Kaushish Your freedom ends where my nose begins and one man’s food is another man’s poison. Two adages, a succinct testimony...

Aid peace process or setback?

Yasin Malik Gets Life Term By Insaf Will the life term handed to Kashmir separatist Yasin Malik ‘fuel more alienation and separatist feeling’ as the PAGDwarns...

Push growth in trade

US Agenda For India By Dr D. K Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki outlined the US agenda on India in...

Dance of democracy

US, India Elections By Rajiv Gupta Winston Churchill is reported to have said, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that...

How many will you put in jail?

Man Our Netas Are Touchy! By Poonam I Kaushish One man’s food is another man’s poison. A succinct testimony to the ongoing maelstrom over growing intolerance...

Conflict of interest, toh kya?

Office of Profit By Poonam I Kaushish It started with BJP complaint February against rival Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren demanding CBI-ED probe into State’s mining...

Bills returned, gets worse

Round The States By Insaf Governor-government tussle in Tamil Nadu’s is getting worse. On Thursday last, Governor RN Ravi returned 10 pending bills to the ruling...