Voters have role beyond poll

By Inder Jit Millions of our voters exercised their franchise yesterday in a majority of the States and Union Territories. Millions more will hopefully cast...

Thaw in Delhi-Dacca ties

By Inder Jit (Released on 29 September 1981) India’s relations with Bangladesh have been put back on the rails, thanks to the recent visit of the...

Privatisation no answer

Banking Crisis By Moin Qazi Famous investment leader Warren Buffett said, "It's only when the tide goes out that you realise who has been swimming naked"....

Billions at stake in education

A Rating Surpasses IISc! By Shivaji Sarkar A ranking by the university accreditation system has raised critical questions about higher education in India and its ranking...

Maha melodrama

Shiv Sena Vs Shiv Sena By Poonam I Kaushish Fatigued and bored of Indo-China war games on India’s eastern front? Flip attention to the west coast...

Consensus eludes

G-20 Meeting By Dr D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Not unexpectedly, consensus eluded the meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) of...

Both lose $ 1500 million

Indo-Pak Singham War By Shivaji Sarkar Playing Little Singham is the cheapest way of releasing energy and keeping cool for many millennials (new generation kids). Usually...

Ecological balance vital

Understanding Biodiversity By Dhurjati Mukherjee The rapid decline in biodiversity, faster than any time in history, with 1 million species facing extinction, many within decades, has...

Needs to reorient stategy

BJP's Aspirations Belied By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent elections results in Haryana and Maharashtra are a clear pointer that BJP’s popularity has been on the wane....

A jinxed peace road

Battle-ing Indo-Pak Ties By Poonam I Kaushish Neighbour or enemy? Both. India-Pakistan relations are like a roller coaster ride. All depends on which way the political...

Escalation of tension

India & Pakistan By Piotr Opaliñski (Former Polish Dy Ambassador to India & Ambassador to Pakistan; CIR) The April terrorist attack in Pahalgam has reignited a new...

Varanasi pushes bjp agenda

Gyanvapi Mosque Row By Insaf Inflation be dammed, long live mandir-masjid hullabaloo! Uttar Pradesh keeps the flag flying for the BJP and its Hindutva agenda. The...

BJP battles for allies

2019: War of Positions By Poonam I Kaushish Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci's 'War of Positions' and 'War of Manoeuvres' indicate two different phases in a power...

Seranading control

Business Of Power By Poonam I Kaushish It’s been a week of mea culpa, home truth and tutorials. Of ghisi-piti real politik where public morality and...

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...

India’s distorted vision

Poor & Atmanirbharata By Shivaji Sarkar The long march of crores of migrant workers might have become a political issue, but in the Indian context...

New Delhi should initiate

Resetting India-Nepal Ties By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) In a desperate bid to stoke the passion of cultural nationalism, Nepal Prime Minister K.P.S. Oli...

Free, fair and without fear

By Inder Jit (Released on 21 July 1981) Wild stories about the Garhwal poll and the repoll order continue to go the rounds. I heard many...

Reopening debate

Death Penalty By Dr. S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Justice Kurien Joseph, on the eve of his retirement, delivered a judgement commuting the death sentence...

Self funder, earns profits

Railway Budget By Shivaji Sarkar Railways is beyond speed. It connects India. It takes passengers to the farthest, remotest and inaccessible area and immensely contributes to...