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...