Absorbing socks and surprises

India's Foreign Policy in 2025 By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The year just gone by, 2025, has been a challenging year...

Show the way, house

Parliament Session By Poonam I Kaushish Monsoon embraced the country in its squelchy soaking tentacles even as the first day of Parliament’s 19-day monsoon session got...

Will it work in Karnataka?

'Sharing & Caring' By Insaf The kissa kursi ka (tale of the throne) is finally done with in Karnataka! After four long days and nights, the...

Collusion= bank swindles

PSBs Privatising = Predators By Shivaji Sarkar Is privatization of public sector banks (PSB) the panacea? A strong lobby seems to propagate it and it includes...

Systematic plan vital

Job Drought By Dhurjati Mukherjee Statistical data reveals that during the last few years, job creation has been minimal. In fact the Government has been cornered...

Religion & power politics

Lingayat Minority By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) BJP President Amit Shah's categorical announcement that his party will not support a minority religious tag to...

To punish or not to punish

By Inder Jit (Released on 4 April 1978) What many have felt all along has now been confirmed by the Shah Commission in its thought-provoking Interim...

India budget further hit

Afghan Conflict By Shivaji Sarkar The monsoon session of Parliament may have more to decide than the set agenda of 30 bills as the Afghan situation...

From industry to agriculture

Budget Shift By Shivaji Sarkar Is it the beginning of a change in the focus of the Union Budget ? The 2018-19 Budget seems to mark...

Throwback to non-alignment?

Congress Foreign Policy By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The Indian National Congress in its 84th plenary session held last weekend, strongly censured Modi government's...

Much ado about nothing!

SCO at Bishkek By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. of International Politics, JMI) The meeting of Council of Heads of Sates of Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) at Kyrgyzstan...

Politics at its worst

Bengaluru Riots By Insaf Riots and the aftermath give political parties a handle to settle scores, rather than heal the wounds. The country’s digital capital, Bengaluru,...

Cpm’s gen next gamble

Kerala Cabinet By Insaf Gen Next, is CPM’s strategy to stay alive. At least in God’s own country, Kerala. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government’s decision, to...

Policy stimuli wished for

Gloomy 2019 By Shivaji Sarkar A year passes with some gloom and the New Year enters with hope and aspirations. 2019 has had both good as...

Govt anxiety rising?

Stifling Dissent By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent cases against rights activists and their 'house arrest' additionally point to the fact that the Government is bent on...

Amid great expectations

Mid- Term Cabinet By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Mid-term Cabinet reshuffle, though anticipated for some time, has come as a surprise to insiders as well...

Has govt will to remove poverty?

Widening Inequality By Dhurjati Mukherjee It is a widely known fact that inequality has been widening in most Third World countries, including India. This runs contrary...

Time to profess empathy

BJP Covid Strategy By Sagarneel Sinha Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has taken a hit due to the devastating second Covid-19 wave. The timing not too...

Fails to stimulate economy

Lacklustre Budget By Dhurjati Mukherjee Budget 2020-2021 presented on Saturday last lacks direction and does not take us anywhere. Though lot of promises were made in...

A global necessity

Vaccine IPRWaiver By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) It is reported that the chief of World Trade Organisation (WTO) is persuading member-nations to reach an agreement...