Need efficient doctor
Economy Diseased
By Shivaji Sarkar
There is a dilemma and nagging policy uncertainty. Is the economy growing, in a thaw or on a downslide? Does...
Are poor better off?
Politics of Poverty
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Lok Sabha elections announced, all political parties are gearing up to woo the electoral vote bank, specially the poor and...
Blatant, curbs voters rights
Political-Business Nexus
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is going through myriad paths. Seven decades ago, Delhi was made the country’s capital to keep the Bombay Club far...
Agri alone can sustain India
GDP Euphoric
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s GDP is rising, large corporate is aiding recovery and popular decisions are helping the people having an ease of living,...
Fresh complications
Dual Citizenship
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Less mentioned but more complicated is an idea mooted in the course of protests over the Citizenship...
2G & Tamil Nadu
Dmk rejoices, back in demand
By Insaf
It’s finally time for the DMK in Tamil Nadu to celebrate and not just heave a big sigh of...
Avoid tribal backlash
Forest Rights
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Supreme Court decision asking States to implement their own orders, rejecting 11.8 lakh claims over forest land by Scheduled Tribes...
Justice executed?
Fake Encounters
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 28 November 2019 Hyderabad: A 23-year old veterinarian is raped and burnt, horrifying the nation. In a stunning twist...
Humanising entertainment
Banning Animals In Circus
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Centre’s draft proposal to ban the use of all animals in any performance,...
AIP & JeI entry stirs interests
Run-Up to J & K Polls
By Insaf
The spotlight on Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election after a decade promises to be intense and match up...
New Delhi reclibrates strategy
Sri Lanka Elections
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The island state Sri Lanka elected its 7th President last Saturday. The clear and decisive winner...
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...
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...
Democracy dented
Snooping Row
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Parliament’s monsoon session turned out to be disappointing, with the Modi government refusing to yield to the Opposition demand for a...
The Dragon Blinks
Pragmatic engagement
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The Chinese President Xi Jinping, expectedly, emerged stronger after the quinquennial Communist Party Congress last week. The...
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...
Punjab wriggles out of it
Office of Profit
By Insaf
The idiom 'better safe than sorry' makes good sense to the Punjab Government. Aware of growing frustration amongst his flock of...
Need to sharpen teeth
Poll Management Body
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A rude shock was given to the Indian democratic government when the Election Commission of...
Can we save parliament?
By Inder Jit
(Released on 23 December 1983)
Parliament continues to decline — and so also public standards. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha...
Tall, can India deliver?
COP26 Promises
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The just-concluded COP26 summit was full of commitments as is usually the case with most major international events, but how much...