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...

Hopeful, firms lukewarm

Modi Taps US Corp By Shivaji Sarkar The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US has tried to kindle hopes in an economy that...

Shortcut to conversion?

Inter-Faith Marriage By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka are in the forefront keen on enacting a law against conversion...

Will caste noose stifle India?

Mandal 2.0 Vs Kamandal By Poonam I Kaushish Even as one empathises with Jews and Palestines caught in the crossfire of Hamas-Israeli forces and people trapped...

No more ‘abuse of power’

'Bulldozer Justice' By Insaf The hammer has come down on ‘bulldozer justice’! Demolishing the house of a person accused or convicted of a criminal activity as...

Whither Indian Parliamentary Democracy?

By Inder Jit (Released on 13 September 1966) Parliament’s monsoon session has made all right-thinking people sit up and ask: whither our young democracy? Undoubtedly, the...

A new chapter

India-UK Ties By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) In a UK-India Leaders’ Conference held in the British Parliament on 7th October, leaders...

Resetting world order

EAM's UNGA Speech By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the 78th session of the United...

Where is society heading?

Violent Sense Vs Moral Sensibility By Poonam I Kaushish Violence is the rhetoric of the times. Pick any newspaper. Any day. Splashes of social schism gore...

Numbers that don’t add up

By Rajiv Gupta The number system is one of the moreremarkable inventions of humans. I find numbers very fascinating as the basic rules of the...

Retrieving geo political role

India & Neighbours By Dr. DK. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) 'India should be more pro-active to stop China in Myanmar', is Japan's envoy in Myanmar, Yohei...

Vendetta vs protocol

Centre-Bengal Row By Insaf ‘Political vendetta’ or ‘breach of protocol’, is the latest tug-of-war between Prime Minister Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This...

Deleting inequality vital

Digital Divide By Dhurjati Mukherjee Rural poverty in India has been manifest in various studies, specially Oxfam, and the widening income disparity, not just between the...

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...

Growth a mirage

Price Jigsaw By Shivaji Sarkar High or as some call it hyperinflation, i.e. rapid, excessive, and out-of-control general price increases, has become a serious issue with...

Time for booster

Politics of Vaccine By Poonam I Kaushish Covid-19 announced itself to the world as 2020 dawned blitzing globally, unnerving health systems, nose diving economies and the...

‘Bjp hand in glove’: Cong

Godhra School NEET Scam By Insaf Gujarat’s Godhra is in the news again. This time it’s NEET paper leak scam, hitting headlines and disrupting Parliament session....

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?...

Toothless Ec, netas merry

Code Of 'Misconduct' By Poonam I Kaushish In this theekha-masaledar electioneering season our netagan seem to have taken loads of tips from Bollywood and produced their...

Paving the third way

Modi's Five-Nation Visit By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited five countries en route to attend the 17th...