Voters have role beyond poll
By Inder Jit
Millions of our voters exercised their franchise yesterday in a majority of the States and Union Territories. Millions more will hopefully cast...
Thaw in Delhi-Dacca ties
By Inder Jit
(Released on 29 September 1981)
India’s relations with Bangladesh have been put back on the rails, thanks to the recent visit of the...
Privatisation no answer
Banking Crisis
By Moin Qazi
Famous investment leader Warren Buffett said, "It's only when the tide goes out that you realise who has been swimming naked"....
Billions at stake in education
A Rating Surpasses IISc!
By Shivaji Sarkar
A ranking by the university accreditation system has raised critical questions about higher education in India and its ranking...
Maha melodrama
Shiv Sena Vs Shiv Sena
By Poonam I Kaushish
Fatigued and bored of Indo-China war games on India’s eastern front? Flip attention to the west coast...
Consensus eludes
G-20 Meeting
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Not unexpectedly, consensus eluded the meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) of...
Both lose $ 1500 million
Indo-Pak Singham War
By Shivaji Sarkar
Playing Little Singham is the cheapest way of releasing energy and keeping cool for many millennials (new generation kids). Usually...
Ecological balance vital
Understanding Biodiversity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The rapid decline in biodiversity, faster than any time in history, with 1 million species facing extinction, many within decades, has...
Needs to reorient stategy
BJP's Aspirations Belied
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent elections results in Haryana and Maharashtra are a clear pointer that BJP’s popularity has been on the wane....
A jinxed peace road
Battle-ing Indo-Pak Ties
By Poonam I Kaushish
Neighbour or enemy? Both. India-Pakistan relations are like a roller coaster ride. All depends on which way the political...
Escalation of tension
India & Pakistan
By Piotr Opaliñski
(Former Polish Dy Ambassador to India & Ambassador to Pakistan; CIR)
The April terrorist attack in Pahalgam has reignited a new...
Varanasi pushes bjp agenda
Gyanvapi Mosque Row
By Insaf
Inflation be dammed, long live mandir-masjid hullabaloo! Uttar Pradesh keeps the flag flying for the BJP and its Hindutva agenda. The...
BJP battles for allies
2019: War of Positions
By Poonam I Kaushish
Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci's 'War of Positions' and 'War of Manoeuvres' indicate two different phases in a power...
Seranading control
Business Of Power
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s been a week of mea culpa, home truth and tutorials. Of ghisi-piti real politik where public morality and...
What’s in a song?
Vande Mataram Parity
By Poonam I Kaushish
Much ado about nothing! That is the sum total of another petition in Delhi High Court last week to...
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...
New Delhi should initiate
Resetting India-Nepal Ties
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
In a desperate bid to stoke the passion of cultural nationalism, Nepal Prime Minister K.P.S. Oli...
Free, fair and without fear
By Inder Jit
(Released on 21 July 1981)
Wild stories about the Garhwal poll and the repoll order continue to go the rounds. I heard many...
Reopening debate
Death Penalty
By Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Justice Kurien Joseph, on the eve of his retirement, delivered a judgement commuting the death sentence...
Self funder, earns profits
Railway Budget
By Shivaji Sarkar
Railways is beyond speed. It connects India. It takes passengers to the farthest, remotest and inaccessible area and immensely contributes to...