An alternate nationalism?
New Opposition Alliance
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There has been much hype about the new Opposition alliance named INDIA (Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance) which has recently...
Rise to power & strategy
Japan's New PM
By Dr. Hab. Beata Bochorodycz
(Political scientist, expert, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland)
Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female Prime Minister. Known for her...
Mountain out of molehill
Wakf Act
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! As Delhi simmers in rising heat wave, it is better than political stewing on the contentious Mussalman Wakf (Repeal)...
A remedy for the new malady
By Inder Jit
(Released on 28 August 1984)
Outrageous developments in Andhra Pradesh and earlier in Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim have posed yet another threat...
Offsetting the bully
West Bengal & EC
By Insaf
2019 elections must be the biggest challenge Nirvachan Sadan has had to face, what with West Bengal unrelenting. The polls...
India’s Neighbourhood
A shrinking circle
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
India’s credibility as a regional leader in South Asia and the cosy and harmonious relations it...
One more vow of govt jobs!
MP's Children
By Insaf
Madhya Pradesh’s Children! That’s the new mantra of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. On Tuesday last, akin to the ‘sons of the...
Wanted: Opposition that works
By Inder Jit
(Released on 23 June 1981)
The Opposition has none but itself to blame for coming to grief once again. It seems to have...
Karnataka, UP determined
Towards Hindu Rashtra
By Insaf
“Work is in progress’ should read the sign in BJP’s making of a Hindu Rashtra! Polarisation on communal lines and targeting...
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...
Economic Revival
Discard top-down approach
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Suddenly there is a great momentum for the need to revive the economy. After recent criticism by former finance minister...
Enough, say taxpayers
Poor India's Rich Ministers!
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage. This adage rang true last week when news...
‘Not Necessarily By Accident’?
The nation celebrated the rescue of 41 workers from the Silkyara Bend–Barkot tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. Once the euphoria of successful...
Creation & quality vital
Unemployment Challenges
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Providing jobs is indeed a big change for a populous country like India with a huge number entering the labour force...
Govt needs self control
Dissent Vital For Democracy
By Poonam I Kaushish
Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. An adage which nails our leaders’...
All together, but u ….?
Loktantra Bachao'
By Poonam I Kaushish
Unity in disunity or disunity in unity? Flummoxed? Certainly, as INDIA bloc rallied together in a Loktantra Bachao show of...
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...
Worshipping false gods
Religions Gush = Political Slush
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is with us Indians? Why are we so blasé’ about violence? Why do hooligans always get...
Kya yeh uchit hay?
Parliament Face-off Again
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Jo uchit samjho woh karo. I was handed a ‘hot potato’.” Two sentences which have brought Parliament’s Lok Sabha...
Priortising policy principles
India & Ongoing Wars
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
Since Independence in 1947, India sought to conduct its foreign policy on...