India’s Bullet Train
Careful balancing era?
By Shivaji Sarkar
India launches the fastest train project – the high speed bullet – with Japanese aid and collaboration at Ahmedabad. It...
Shocker & whiff of hope
Haryana, J&K Verdict
By Insaf
The verdict in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir polls comes both as a shocker and a whiff of fresh air. While...
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...
India must watch us-eu dynamic
Security & Transatlantic Ties
By Piotr Opalinski
(Expert, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland)
The global order is undergoing its deepest transformation since the end of the Cold...
New year challenging
Economic Trends
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The vast majority of Indians basic livelihood issues of roti, kapada and makan would score any day over trumped up...
Budget session may end up as farce
By Inder Jit
(Released on 18 April 1989)
Parliament seems poised to reduce its budget session virtually to a farce. The general budget was, no doubt,...
Belling the illegal cat
The Nowhere People
By Poonam I Kaushish
How would you feel if one fine morning you are persecuted and thrown out of your country, take shelter...
Is India truly developed?
Of Happiness & Hunger
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It was more than surprising to hear Anurag Thakur, the dynamic Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, stating a...
Delhi, Dacca and friendship
By Inder Jit
(Released on 7 April 1981)
Bangladesh and its capital Dacca are a far cry from Delhi and most other parts, of India, barring...
Poor lose, powerful gain
Pro-crony Policies
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s aspiration to become a $5 trillion economy depends critically on promoting “pro-business” policy that enhances market competition negating the...
‘Opposition jodo yatra’ begins?
Gujarat Verdict On Rahul
By Insaf
A Surat court, in Gujarat has thrown the Congress into a tizzy. Opposition leader and its former President Rahul Gandhi...
A world power?
Imagining India
By Dr. D.K Giri
(Prof, International Relations, JIMMC)
Experts and observes have pontificated in the recent past about India emerging as a super power in...
What’s the big deal?
Constitutional Morality
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa July 2023: “Idealism is good in politics, but if you are kicked out, who cares!” asserted Maharashtra Dy Chief...
Wake up call to govt?
Bankers, Farmers' Protests
By Shivaji Sarkar
Indian farmers and bankers have put up a strong challenge to the move of privatisation, corporatisation of the economy and...
Strategy to counter warming
Synthesis Report
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is encouraging to hear the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) come out with periodic reports warning of the consequences...
A critical assessment
16th Lok Sabha
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The last session of the 16th Lok Sabha came to an end on February 13...
Jugglery of growth figures
New GDP Data
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent re-estimation of GDP using 2011-12 as the base year has created a controversy and not without reason...
Jilted love, henry & power of greed
Cash-for-Vote Scam
By Poonam I Kaushish
A swanky new crime thriller has political Delhi agog spiced by jilted love, expensive gifts, luxurious holidays, threats, monetary favours,...
Opposition is coming alive
By Inder Jit
(Released on 21 October 1980)
Mrs Indira Gandhi has been luckier having on Opposition which is not only divided and in disarray, but...
Riots reminder of past
Delhi Burns
By Insaf
Delhi puts a big question mark on ‘New India’. The riots should make both its people and the government hang their head...