Gulf adding numbers grave
Job Losses
By Shivaji Sarkar
More job losses are predicted as migrant labourers in India and abroad, particularly in the Gulf, face relentless abuses, low...
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...
‘Veto’ on outsider
Regionalism To Fore
By Poonam I Kaushish
Pre 1947 India resounded to “throw out the British”. Sprinkled with nationalism, all pledged to make India united and...
Caste politics to the fore
Gujarat Make Over
By Insaf
It’s too early to say ‘All’s well, that ends well’ in BJP-ruled Gujarat. On Thursday last, a 24-member Cabinet was administered...
Farm diversification vital
Agrarian Crisis
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent farmers' protest march by the Bharatiya Kisan Union, stopped at the UP-Delhi border, was eventually withdrawn after the Government...
Decline of Parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on April 8, 1980)
Parliament and its functioning is regrettably not receiving from its sovereign masters, the people, the close attention it...
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...
Tragedy unmasks cruel govt
Bihar's Children
By Insaf
Bihar government must hang its head in shame. The shocking tragedy of deaths of over 100 children from poor families in Muzaffarpur...
Redo Economic Maths
Loan Waiver Populism
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy is going through a piquant phase. On the one hand, there is competitive politics on giving succour...
Poll body, pressure & independence
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 February 1990)
India has once again proved its claim to be being the world’s biggest democracy. Nearly 300 million people...
Remove confusion
Covid Ex Gratia
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to quantify within six weeks...
More vulgar the better!
Slander Is Now Virtue
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this theekha-masaledar Lok Sabha electioneering season our netagan are reveling in neech under-the-belt vitriolic language, putrid entertainment...
Good, bad & the misunderstood
Statistical Estimation
By Rajiv Gupta
What public event has the active participation of 640 million people, with even a larger number of spectators? If you guessed...
From ‘us’ to ‘them’
Hijab Controversy
By Poonam I Kaushish
What’s in a dress? Nothing, it’s a form of clothing, but the maelstrom over the innocuous Muslim hijab (headscarf) banned...
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...
Weak may sink strong
Bank Mergers
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It has been reported that the GDP has grown by only 5 per cent in the quarter ended June, which was...
Nations divided at Cop28
Fossil Fuels & De-Carbonisation
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Controversy took centre stage at COP28 with many countries resisting the term for the first time for a global...
Twin track approach vital
Impending Food Crisis
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Poverty, hunger and food insecurity along with inadequate funding in agriculture are among the key trends the United Nations’ Food...
Jo jeeta woh sikander!
Crime Pays In Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
Taint is the flavour of the new high stakes poll season in Karnataka. The more criminal and immoral,...
A political issue
Future of CBI
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has suddenly withdrawn the "general consent" given to the Central...