Govt must redirect wealth
Dangerous Inequality
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
“A new billionaire has been created every 26 hours since the pandemic began. The world’s 10 richest men have doubled their...
Its all about politics!
Bandh Nautanki
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politicians love a good bandh. Specially when general elections are months away to highlight Modi Raj's innumerable failures. Except the...
Economy on revival trend
Modi Instills Hope
By Shivaji Sarkar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tried to give a fresh boost to the market and market forces to become an...
Elusive peace?
Kashmir Déjà vu
By Poonam I Kaushish
The travails of picturesque Kashmir continue. Last fortnight’s macabre killing of 11 members of non-Kashmiris, Hindu-Sikh minority communities and...
Remove confusion
Covid Ex Gratia
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to quantify within six weeks...
Opposition chances brighten
By Inder Jit
(Released on 27 April 1982)
Opposition prospects in the mini-general poll are looking up. At long last, good sense appears to be prevailing...
Economic crisis looms
Policy Paralysis
By Shivaji Sarkar
Election time is show time. The minuses are swept under the carpet as rhetoric rules the roost. Manifestos are not necessarily...
What purpose will it fulfil?
New Citizenship Law
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Aggressiveness and arrogance in decision-making whether in the political, economic or social spheres may backfire if the confidence of other...
Mahatma’s ideals forgotten?
India After Gandhi
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Seven decades later after Mahatma Gandhi was killed, 30 January1948, the nation remembered the father of the nation yesterday. Many...
Triggers a political circus
Birbhum Killings
By Insaf
A tragedy is turned upside down into a political tamasha. Eight houses were set on fire in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on...
Netas police vs janata’s police
Policewala Goonda
Last week tore to tatters the slogan: With you, for you, always. When another free-for-all epidemic of mob violence was unleashed across the...
Fewer farmers benefit!
High MSP More Populist
By Shivaji Sarkar
The minimum support price (MSP) in the context of need of the farmers is turning into more of populism...
Focus on small farmers vital
Open Forum
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Agricultural reforms are imperative in our country as these have a high potential to look after a major segment of...
Follow the rule of law
Dear Editor,
Apex Tani Foundation (APTAFO) NGO is really concern about the recent torching of homes at Mabira Village in Namsai.
Torching down of village is...
Eye not gdp but ews
Ailing Economy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In the midst of the economy being hit severely and government suffering a financial crunch, Prime Minister Modi’s announcement of giving...
Big budget path not easy
Farmer, Trader Welfare
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Narendra Modi government begins its second term by opening up its kitty for the newly- emerging rural farm sector...
$4 billion at stake!
Temple Economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
The temple economy is as large as the Indian budget sustaining the country. Its contours across the religious denominations of Hindu,...
Strong stats, lowest wages
Gujarat's Political Reset
By Shivaji Sarkar
Gujarat supposedly the most prosperous state and a dynamic economic model for the country sprung a surprise with a fast...
MP’s Gang Rapes
Governance under question
By Proloy Bagchi
The capital of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal is seething with anger and outrage. Recent incidents of gang rape have put a...
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...