No sign of revival

India-Bangladesh Ties Prof (Dr) DK Giri (Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The latest in India-Bangladesh ties is the ban on imports of yarn from India...

45 collateral exits

Lateral Entry Politics By Poonam I Kaushish The reservation ration tamasha is back on the political platter as our netagan continue to conjure populist hullabaloo to...

India poor & unequal

Inequality Dynamics By Dhurjati Mukherjee Inequality is a critical issue for debate and investigation. The recent World Inequality Report 2022,saysglobal wealth inequalities are even more pronounced...

Law panel report outdated!

Sedition Law By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Law Commission of India’s 297threport ‘Usage of the Law of Sedition’, would come as a great disappointment to civil and...

Bilateral trade to be hit

Afghan Maze By Shivaji Sarkar The murky Afghan situation has raised serious concerns for India. It was never a strong player but was able to make...

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...

Need to safeguard rights

Threat to Institutions By Dhurjati Mukherjee Recently former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice AP Shah regretted the fact that every institution designed to hold...

Reactions from India

Assad Falls in Syria By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)  The 13-year civil war in Syria ended with the fall of Basher...

Somaliland in new middle east balance of power

By Janusz Bylinski (Expert, Centre for International Relations, Poland) Since December last, Somaliland has been at the centre of a cyclone that has gripped the Middle...

It’s people’s money, not mine, yaar!

Farm Loan Waivers By Poonam I Kaushish It was a perfect electoral cake rolled out by the Congress to the strains of 'Vote For Me.' Iced with...

Industry must help cut govt debt

Troublesome 2023-24 By Shivaji Sarkar The year 2023 ushers in the most eventful year with one-third of the country seeking to form new governments in States...

Policy overhaul critical

Induced Inflation By Shivaji Sarkar India needs to look at its falling demand, rising bank, power and fuel charges, high tax and toll rates. This is...

One India, One Poll

Halt perpetual election circus By Poonam I Kaushish Winds of change are in the air. Is India readying for a reform in our election cycle? Dumping...

Theme significance

Independence 75thYear By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) India is starting its 75th year of independencewith a mixture of great expectations and disheartening disappointments...

‘North penalising south!’

TN Delimitation Row By Insaf Tamil Nadu sees itself not only taking on the ‘north’ but leading the ‘south’. Chief Minister M K Stalin has now...

Kerala sounds bugle

CAA Dissent Note By Insaf Kerala sounding the bugle has sharpened notes of Centre-State relations on the brink yet again. While the Citizenship Amendment Act has...

Aankhoon mein bhar lo paani

Rapes Bludgeon India By Poonam I Kaushish Kathua, Unnao, Surat, Etah, Chhattisgarh et al has exposed the Ugly Sexmanic Indian. Wherein young girls are brutally raped...

Towards a better party system

By Inder Jit (Released on 10 February 1987) Welcome words have been spoken again on India’s party system — this time by the Prime Minister while...

Will new govt focus on poor? 

Post-2019 Elections By Dhurjati Mukherjee The campaigning and polling for 2019 General elections is over. Those who cast their vote would have done so in the...

50 years after

Vijay Diwas 2021 By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) Vijay Diwas marks the passage of 50 years since the historic day in 1971. This day,...