People’s money, apna money, yaar!
Polls Freebies Nautanki
By Poonam I Kaushish
In the ongoing five States ‘Vote Me’ no-holds-barred-free-for-all electoral nautanki Parties are raining promises topped by luscious lip-smacking freebies...
Social media ‘kills’
Murderous Mob
By Poonam I Kaushish
Social media 'kills' and how! Mob lynching is back on the political-social scene with 17 cases across 9 States from...
Bureau of convenience
His Master's Voice
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is it about the Central Bureau of Investigation that has it always in the eye of the storm?...
Its all about politics!
Bandh Nautanki
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politicians love a good bandh. Specially when general elections are months away to highlight Modi Raj's innumerable failures. Except the...
China’s model of stabilization or regional dominance?
Trilateral Dialogue in Beijing
By Piotr Opalinski
(Former Diplomat, Centre for International
Relations, Poland)
On May 21, 2025, an informal, tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of China,...
Economy on revival trend
Modi Instills Hope
By Shivaji Sarkar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tried to give a fresh boost to the market and market forces to become an...
Warned yet unprepared
Monsoon Mahyem
By Poonam I Kaushish
When it rains, it pours. And how! As annual rains shower a catastrophic effect across many States, they resemble disaster...
Listen to Ladakh
Protest Gone Awry
By Poonam I Kaushish
Political India is in the midst of a loud cantankerous cackle on Ladakh. Busy dissecting, debating and deliberating six...
Can it be replicated in Iran?
India In Korean War
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
The war in Iran has taken unanticipated turns. American President Donald Trump...
Strong states & strong centre
By Inder Jit
(Released on 12 March 1985)
Three cheers for our people. They have once again asserted their sovereignty. No one need have any doubt...
Dangerous change
Religious Conversions
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is caught up in a battle royale between the Gods after a 17-year-old girl committed suicide as she was...
Increase with its primacy
Election Commission Woes
Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A six-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India alleging “deep-rooted...
Need to safeguard rights
Threat to Institutions
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Recently former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice AP Shah regretted the fact that every institution designed to hold...
Forgotten & blurred?
Gandhi's Vision
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The ongoing farmers’ agitation should make policy makers take a relook at Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘gram swaraj’ (village self-rule), wherein the farmer...
Trump’s Flip-Flops
India should engage Pak
By Dr DK Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The US President Donald Trump’s tweet on 14 October had the South Block (India’s external...
Mars vaccination drive
Centre-States Pow Wow
By Insaf
An unsavoury slugfest between the Centre and Opposition States over Covid vaccination is the last thing that the country needs to...
Is India ready ?
Uniform Civil Code
By Poonam I Kaushish
In the ongoing poll battle in five States with our polity upping the ante of identity politics to suit...
All is not well?
Patna Vs Delhi
By Insaf
Tit-for-tat is being played out in Bihar. An angry Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inducted eight new ministers in his Cabinet...
Will labour codes help?
India's Exports Slide
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
India’s exports have witnessed a slide in most sectors, as per latest reports, in view of the current geopolitical situation...
Showing a new ‘disha’
Justice Executed
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is at war with its betis. If Nirbhaya, Kathua, Unnao, Muzzafarnagar etc weren’t gut wrenching, the latest tale of...