Warnings ignored play havoc

Joshimath Calamity By Dhurjati Mukherjee Reports on the sinking town of Joshimath get worse. Water is now said to be gushing out of fields while houses...

Of victims & fake winners

Quota In Perpetuity By Poonam I Kaushish Indians are succors for tamasha and come election time trust our politicians to unleash their pet all-season freebies: reservation...

New model of governance in new year

By Inder Jit (Released on 2 January 1990) Familiar resolutions and exhortations are withusagain in the New Year, which also marks the beginning of the new...

Assam gives hope to cong

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra By Insaf BJP-ruled Assam has pleasantly surprised the Congress, rather given a fillip to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra,’ kicked off...

‘New India’ engulfs opposition

Modi-Shah Gathbandhan By Insaf The BJP juggernaut is simply unstoppable. It’s ‘Phir ek baar Modi sarkar’ and ‘Ab ki baar 300 paar’ campaign slogans slaughtered Congress’...

Who benefits the most?

Interim Budget By Dhurjati Mukherjee Budget analysis from various angles is found reflected in the media. Economists, financial experts, and others involved in the analysis rarely...

Economic costs be damned!

My Subsidy, Your Revadi By Poonam I Kaushish It is raining freebies wherein sound economic sense has been surrendered to political gamesmanship. Reckless subsidies are being...

Dysfunctional parliament

Government Vs Opposition By Poonam I Kaushish There are institutions and moments which rise above politics and touches what lies beneath. Parliament is one such, the...

Where is society heading?

Growing Majoritarianism By Dhurjati Mukherjee Political analysts have rightly warned that that the majoritarian State that we are presently heading towards has virtually pushed minorities to...

India must meet challenge

Innovation & Tech Expertise By Dhurjati Mukherjee The enhanced H-1B visa structure has repercussions alright. However, if the same talent that goes to the US and...

Assam Cm going overboard?

'Anti-Muslim' Rhetoric By Insaf Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s anti-Muslim rhetoric is jarring. In the ongoing Assembly session, he claimed crime rate hasn’t increased if...

Poll has thrown up basic issues

By Inder Jit (Released on 5 March 1985) Several issues of basic importance to the future of our polity have come up in the course of...

Traumatic but rich experience

The Poll Battle By Inder Jit (Released on 19 December 1989) Fighting the election to the Lok Sabha from the Darjeeling constituency was indeed a traumatic experience....

Not who, but what 

Kamandal = Mandal 2.0  By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 1901: “I don’t believe in caste in the modern sense as it connotes distinction in status and...

Mockery of people’s verdict

Goa Cong Joins BJP By Insaf People’s will be damned, is a dispiriting message now coming from Goa. With eight of 11 Congress MLAs joining the...

Company donations not enough

By Inder Jit (Released on 26 March 1985) Opinion on the latest Union Budget continues to be sharply divided, as reflected in some refreshingly candid comments...

Are we a civilised society?

Pulwama Aftermath By Insaf A big question mark hangs over India's civilised society. The ongoing shocking persecution of Kashmiris, be it students, workers, tenants, professionals etc...

Media must be objective

Fact-Checking By Sabina Inderjit The famous quote ‘facts are sacred, but comment is free,’ by British journalist CP Scott, founder of what is The Guardian today...

Is he relevant today?

Celebrating Gandhi By Poonam I Kaushish The drumbeaters are out as tomorrow India celebrates 150 years of Gandhi’s birth anniversary. Who? You mean the one we...

Record hottest July!

Intense Heat By Dr Oishee Mukherjee Heat temperature has emerged as the invisible engine of planetary chaos according to a recent book titled ‘The Heat Will...