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Rule of Law Index
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court has asked the government to treat a writ petition filed in...
Where is it headed?
India's Kashmir
By Poonam I Kaushish
The travails of picturesque Kashmir continue. Post the dastardly killing of security personnel in Kulgam and Kathua recently standing testimony...
Perform or perish
Administering Change
By Poonam I Kaushish
A Government of India car drives into Delhi’s Lodi garden at 7.30am, ‘saab’ instructs his driver to stay ‘right here’....
A dangerous game!
Politics of Labelling
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A primary lesson for all political speakers is to avoid controversial terms particularly to malign...
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...
Reaffirms special partnership
India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
India and Japan held their 2+2 Dialogue on Tuesday in New Delhi. The...
Are we prepared?
Corona Alarm Bells
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was a matter of time before the deadly corona virus COVID19 attacked India. And when it did our...
‘New India’ engulfs opposition
Modi-Shah Gathbandhan
By Insaf
The BJP juggernaut is simply unstoppable. It’s ‘Phir ek baar Modi sarkar’ and ‘Ab ki baar 300 paar’ campaign slogans slaughtered Congress’...
Vital for good governance
Judiciary's Role & Power
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There has been for long a serious debate about the Judiciary’s powers and whether it is going beyond its...
Consequences for India
Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan
By Dr Malgorzata Bonikowska
(President, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland)
American President Donald Trump has asked his overseas envoy Steve Witkoff to hold...
India-eu closer to trade pact
By Dr. Krzysztof M. Zalewski
(Boym Institute & Centre for International Relations, Poland)
Negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and...
Relevance must be enhanced
Panchayati Raj & Covid-19
By Moin Qazi
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a massive toll on the economy: broken supply chains, record unemployment, failing small businesses....
Consensus needed on basic issues
By Inder Jit
(Released on 1 November 1983)
Consensus has become a fashionable word in New Delhi these days. Everyone who is anyone now talks of...
Vital office, not sinecure
By Inder Jit
(Released on 19 April 1983)
Thinking people anxious to see Centre-State relations function smoothly and develop along healthy lines will need to devote...
Ideas more dangerous than guns
New Grammar of Sedition
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Off with her head, arguments later”, ordered the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. A term synonymous in modern...
The People’s Right To Information
Inder Jit
(Released on 7 August 1984)
Ignorance continues to abound in regard to Parliament, its constitution, practices, procedures and privileges. Thirty-four years as a sovereign...
Combating political corruption
By Inder Jit
(Published on 21 January 1986)
Political corruption has been spotlighted again — this time in the Prime Minister’s interview to the Illustrated Weekly...
Tall claims, nagging doubts
J&K Statehood
By Insaf
Is the Centre putting the cart before the horse, is a question being asked in Jammu and Kashmir. This, as despair and...
New chapter in bilateral ties
India-New Zealand FTA
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
India and New Zealand have just concluded negotiations on a comprehensive Free Trade...
Mocking parliament again
Pakoda Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
Move over mirchi bhajji and batata vada! It's time for the wholesome and every time snack pakoda to take a...