A remedy for the new malady
By Inder Jit
(Released on 28 August 1984)
Outrageous developments in Andhra Pradesh and earlier in Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim have posed yet another threat...
Needs to reorient stategy
BJP's Aspirations Belied
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent elections results in Haryana and Maharashtra are a clear pointer that BJP’s popularity has been on the wane....
A leaf from Indian budget
Harris Populist Agenda
By Shivaji Sarkar
The global economic landscape could shift dramatically if the US Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, succeeds in implementing her...
Poll, Congress & opposition unity
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 June 1989)
The poll battle is hotting up. Everything is being said or done with an eye on winning supporters...
Folly, accident or conspiracy?
Oil, PSUs Death & Jobs
By Shivaji Sarkar
Air, petro, telephony and job crises are putting the country at risk. America’s nonchalance is adding to...
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...
Deriding basic tenets
Civil Society 'Warfare'
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Understanding of society, the process of its growth and development, as clearly enunciated by distinguished scholars, social scientists and philosophers...
Sshh…. About poll slush!
Election Funding
By Poonam I Kaushish
Money makes the clogged, polluted and corrupt political mare go around, and how! In the on-going Great Indian Dance of...
Govt’s bona fides on test
By Inder Jit
(Released on15 June 1982)
The selection of the new Chief Election Commissioner is regrettably not receiving the attention it deserves from the public...
Reaching for the moon
Indo-US High Tech Ties
By Shivaji Sarkar
The US visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi breaks the ice. Its success cannot just be fathomed in terms...
Battle of ‘one-upmanship’
Presiding Officers' Meet
By Insaf
Deliberations at the All-India Presiding Officers’ Conference in Jaipur, Rajasthan has many an eyebrow raised, to put it mildly. Vice President...
Can opposition nail failure?
Govt Performance
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The latest Human Development Report (HDI) Index has given India a ranking of 130 among 188 countries in 2017, once again...
Mere temporary solution
Hike In MSP
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Union Cabinet's decision to hike minimum support price (MSP) for 14 crops is a move to ease agrarian distress...
Damages $56 billion
Wealth Lure Kills 10000
By Shivaji Sarkar
The pursuit of wealth, a better lifestyle, and ambitious tourism projects are driving India towards reckless development in fragile...
En route to USA
Modi in France
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha)
The controversy on the participation of Prime Minister Modi in the swearing-in of Donald...
All hush-hush about slush
Electoral Bonds
By Poonam I Kaushish
As we gasp in our polluted gas chamber, trust our political tribe to add toxicity thanks to their venomous and...
Is Govt stifling freedom?
New Grammar of Sedition
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Off with her head, arguments later”, ordered the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. A term synonymous in modern...
Political Funds
All hush-hush about slush
By Poonam I Kaushish
Money makes the clogged, polluted and corrupt political mare go around, and how! In the on-going Great Indian...
Test for federalism
15th Finance Commission
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Terms of Reference (ToR) to the 15th Finance Commission have provided another issue to...
Right men in right places
By Inder Jit
(Released on 20 April 1982)
Lusty cheers greeted the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the controversial West Bengal poll. This is as it...