Democracy? You joking

Our Autocratic Parties By Poonam I Kaushish It’s been a week of mea culpa, home truth and tutorials. Of ghisi-piti real politik whereby the old order...

The 2+2 dialogue

India-Australia Ties By Dr. D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) India and Australia are rivals in cricket as two top teams in the world. They have...

Are poor better off?

Politics of Poverty By Dhurjati Mukherjee Lok Sabha elections announced, all political parties are gearing up to woo the electoral vote bank, specially the poor and...

Health care delivery vital

Modular Hospitals By Dr Oishee Mukherjee In India, out of pocket (OOP) expenditure makes up 63 per cent or almost two-thirds of total health expenditure as...

Where is the new path?

Modi Has No Opponent By Shivaji Sarkar An election is not just about formation of government. Instead it is about aspirations, policies, performance and embarking on...

Prices, graft roil economy

Court Exposes Kinks By Shivaji Sarkar Innocuous developments are unfolding amidst the growing fervour of the impending elections. Despite concerns of the Reserve Bank of India...

Competing with China?

India's Africa Outreach By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) In an international conference, warming up to an African delegate, I said India has committed $6...

Is our ‘streedhan’ gajar,mooli?

Women Safety By Poonam I Kaushish India is at war with its girls and women. As terrifying tales of savagery and nightmarish murders, rapes, acid attacks,...

Budget: No soft candy

Multi-Billionaire Debtors By Shivaji Sarkar Prime Minister Modi’s first budget, after a massive election victory, is neither an easy process for the Government nor does it...

Can India mitigate impact?

US Tariff War By Dhurjati Mukherjee Amidst the tariff war, India will now become one of the most heavily taxed US trade partners, equal to Brazil...

Uttarakhand shows way

Cluster Ventures By Shivaji Sarkar A country that is having crunch of jobs is going a different way for creation of livelihood in the poorest areas...

Time for new anti-defection law

Political Harlotry By Inder Jit (Released on 19 November 1996) Prostitution was legally banned in India some four decades ago. But political harlotry continues to grow and...

Ngenious roster system

Quota in Promotions By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The practice followed in fixing seniority for awarding promotions on the basis of reservations in...

Fund crunch in Pvt sector

Economic Survey By Shivaji Sarkar India, now the fifth largest economy and aiming to become the third, is growing at 5 per cent in 2019-20, says...

Connecting dots vital

Job Creation & Incentive By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Cabinet’s decision to roll out the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme with an outlay of over Rs 99,000...

Courts’ indispensable share

Social Reforms By Dr. S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court has at last stepped in vigorously to introduce vitally significant social reforms to...

When logistics decide victory

By Juliusz Gojlo (Expert, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland) “Amateurs talk strategy; professionals talk logistics.” The observation attributed to US Chief of Army Staff Omar Bradley...

Towards strategic ties

EU-Central Asia By Bakhtiyor Mustafayev (Dy Director, Institute for Strategic & Regional Studies, Uzbekistan) Samarkand hosted the first-ever high-level meeting between the European Union and five countries...

Awaiting political dawn

Kashmir Conundrum By Poonam I Kaushish The travails of picturesque Kashmir continue. Political India is in the midst of loud cantankerous cackle on Jammu &...

No place for girls

Rape Country By Poonam I Kaushish India is at war with its girls and women. As tales of savagery and nightmarish drugging, beating and rape of...