Economy stumped despite sops
Rural Poor & Middle Class
By Shivaji Sarkar
The NDA government is seized of the crucial slowdown. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman accepts it but nobody has...
Budget guns down hope
Defence Modernisation
By PK Vasudeva
Hope for any major jump in military modernisation in the backdrop of heightened tension with neighbours Pakistan and China has been...
As serious as crime?
Encounter Killings
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Encounter killing of four persons suspected of gang rape & murder of a veterinary doctor in...
Pursuing big business
Cut Interest Rates?
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Government functionaries, specifically ministers are known to give lectures on various subjects from Hindu Rashtra to welfarism to economic growth...
Sshhh……about poll slush!
Election Bonds
By Poonam I Kaushish
P aisa phenko tamasha dekho! The song hummed by every Party as five States are amidst polls with all opening...
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...
Halt Economic downturn
Foreign Policy Mismatch
By Dr. D. K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The Government has now admitted that the economy is in a bad shape. In the...
Democracy takes a beating
Karnataka Drama
By Insaf
Mockery of democracy and constitutional authorities! This is what developments in Karnataka post-poll sadly reflect. Changing the rules of the game, brazen...
Where is society heading?
Violent Sense Vs Moral Sensibility
By Poonam I Kaushish
Violence is the rhetoric of the times. Pick any newspaper. Any day. Splashes of social schism gore...
Delhi Univ Polls
Hope for Cong, BJP frowns
By Insaf
Delhi brings a smile to the Congress and its leadership. Elections to the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) provide...
What’s in a song?
Vande Mataram Parity
By Poonam I Kaushish
Much ado about nothing! That is the sum total of another petition in Delhi High Court last week to...
Time to transition away from fossil fuel
The just-concluded United Nations Climate summit - Conference of the Parties 28 (COP28) - in Dubai has finally addressed the elephant in the room:...
Centre caught on wrong foot?
Recent EC Appointment
By Insaf
Amid elections to State Assemblies, petitions in the Supreme Court have stirred a hornet’s nest with the recent appointment process of...
Passenger safety critical
Priorities For Indian Railways
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is no doubt a lot of development in Indian Railways has taken place, but accidents that occur at...
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...
End of social justice?
BJP's Politics
By Sagarneel Sinha
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government has completed eight years in power and amidst this the country has seen changes...
Eci must put house in order
TN, Bengal Bashing
By Insaf
The authority and independence of Nirvachan Sadan has gone down like nine pins. This round of Assembly elections indeed has taken...
Need for quality control
Political Discourse
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former, Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Indian air today is filled with politics of elections. Political discourse dominating all forms of private and public...
Holistic strategy vital
Flood Fury
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Every monsoon season brings with it headlines of flash floods, landslides and the number of people killed or rendered homeless. Floods...
Index & reality
Hunger in India
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
It is not in India’s fortune to remain happy with its achievements for any long time as...