A new order in contracts
Trump In Middle East
By Juliusz Gojto
(Centre for International Relations, Poland)
During his four-day visit to the Middle East in mid-May, US President Donald Trump concluded...
Main vip hoon, tum kaun?
New Grammar of Rajniti
Poonam I Kaushish
The more things change the more they remain the same. Daily we are treated to some mindless antics, inane...
Flogging a dead horse!
The Katchatheevu Island
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
A tweet by the Prime Minister has stirred up a hornets’ nest in...
India heads for epochal ruin
Stop Building Roads
By Shivaji Sarkar
If we want to save the country from Himalayan disaster, prevent desertification of the Ganga valley and progress, then 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...
Change nep, strategies
Market Fails Jobs: ILO
By Shivaji Sarkar
As the country gears up for one of its most interesting elections, the economy requires significant improvement to address...
Kal neta aaj rajyapal kal neta
Governors Revolving Door
By Shivaji Sarkar
Public office has a lot to do with perception. Wherein, your actions do the talking. Alas last week in a...
Time to transition away from fossil fuel
The just-concluded United Nations Climate summit - Conference of the Parties 28 (COP28) - in Dubai has finally addressed the elephant in the room:...
Maratha quota fallout
Identification of SEBC
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Even the pandemic second wave tsunami cannot extinguish the heat produced by a week-old decision oftheSupreme Court...
Centre, states pass the buck?
Mob Violence & Lynching
By Insaf
Who will bell the cat? The Centre or the States as mob violence and lynching continue to cause nagging unease...
Caa: A hornest nest
Assam Burning
By Poonam I Kaushish
Assam is burning and North East is on fire. Protests have erupted across the seven sisters, but Assam is the...
Judiciary must act
Increase in PILs
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Replying to the debate on the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2021 passed by the...
India must heed warning
Lanka's Fiscal Disaster
By Shivaji Sarkar
Is globalisation failing? The Sri Lankan economic crisis is a grave warning that reckless consumption promoted by global Multi-National Companies,...
Fresh complications
Dual Citizenship
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Less mentioned but more complicated is an idea mooted in the course of protests over the Citizenship...
Neglect of poor inevitable!
Budgetary Allocations
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Budgetary allocations are broadly made on the basis of expected revenue mobilisation for the year. Obviously, the criteria in making...
Neta: Don’t cast vote, vote caste
Quota In Perpetuity
By Poonam I Kaushish
With elections round the corner, quotas and queues are back on the political platter as the BJP-led NDA Government...
Assessing India’s position
Israel & The World
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The Israel-Palestine war is raging ghoulishly with horrendous consequences. The world is...
From industry to agriculture
Budget Shift
By Shivaji Sarkar
Is it the beginning of a change in the focus of the Union Budget ? The 2018-19 Budget seems to mark...
India & EU
Growing partnership?
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The India-European Union 14th Summit meeting in New Delhi on 6th October focused on closer cooperation on...
Money makes India go round
Election Funding
By Shivaji Sarkar
Money decides political course! Indian elections are rarely free of the role that money, gifts, liquor, and much more play. Worse,...