What’s next for Pax Americana?

By Ewa Fronczak (Centre For Internaltional Relations, Poland) The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, once said that America was ready to “pay...

Changing, more freelance

Trending Work By Dhurjati Mukherjee Generating and providing employment is a big challenge for a country like India. The nature and type of work has...

Govt money is neta’s money

Its Raining Populist Freebies By Poonam I Kaushish It is a perfect electoral cake rolled out by various Parties to the strains of ‘Vote For Me.’...

Responding to Pak PM

Pulwama Attack By Dr D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The terrorist suicide attack at Lethpora, Awantipora in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir killing 46 CRPF personnel...

Hits poor, profits big firms

Digital Technology By Shivaji Sarkar The most coveted digitalisation and hyperglobalisation has come in for severe criticism by the United Nations. It helps big firms, big...

Warned yet unprepared, why?

India's Urban Nightmares By Poonam I Kaushish Kolkata is craving rain to escape from oppressive heat, Mangaluru is braving floods and Mumbai is drowning under unprecedented...

Will it last till next polls?

Modi Magic in Bihar By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the wake of authoritarian tendencies and wrong policies at the national level, the mahagatbandhan under the leadership of...

Toxic air turns a windfall

Car Sales' Boom By Shivaji Sarkar Scrappage is a profit accelerator. By some industry estimates, it can add 30 per cent or more to automaker profits,...

Fresh Look at Indo-US ties

The poll battle is hotting up. Salvoes are being fired from both sides. Nevertheless, normal life and work must go on. New Delhi has...

Crime is politics

Katil=Neta, Toh Kya By Poonam I Kaushish In this placid political season India’s Capital is in the throes of a novelle grammar of protests with thousands...

Vital office, not sinecure

By Inder Jit (Released on 19 April 1983) Thinking people anxious to see Centre-State relations function smoothly and develop along healthy lines will need to devote...

A valuable data source

National Population Register By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The routine decennial population census conducted in India since 1871 (except during World War II in 1941)...

Pot calling kettle black?

White & Black Papers By Dhurjati Mukherjee The White and Black Papers released recently by the ruling party and the Congress respectively have tried to find...

‘Welfarism’must be thrust

Development Dynamics By Dr Oishee Mukherjee A recent news item in a national daily referred to a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah that Prime...

Belling the illegal cat

The Nowhere People By Poonam I Kaushish How would you feel if one fine morning you are persecuted and thrown out of your country, take shelter...

Tax system’s big illusion

Record Returns, Shrinking Revenue By Shivaji Sarkar It has been a week of pure hungama in Parliament. Rarely has the Lok Sabha appeared so charged, so...

Blurred j&k strategy?

BDC Polls By Insaf Kashmir conundrum deepens. Elections for Block Development Council are to be held on October 24. Both Srinagar and New Delhi want to...

More harm than good for Modi

Chinese Job Offer By Dr D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) China offering to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make up for his image-deficit just before the...

Turbulence feared ahead?

High GST Collections By Shivaji Sarkar The Indian economy is growing; GDP numbers are improving and so are tax numbers. Exports and a supposed wonder shows...

Reaping political benefits?

Holy Cow! By Poonam I Kaushish “Gau mata” is once again being relished by our Hindutva brigade whereby protection of the holy cow has become de...