Big budget path not easy
Farmer, Trader Welfare
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Narendra Modi government begins its second term by opening up its kitty for the newly- emerging rural farm sector...
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...
Whose afraid of it?
Bulldozer Justiice
By Poonam I Kaushish
As temperatures rise, heat is searing through political India over it unprecedented Bulldozer Politics. Whereby this gigantic machine has assumed...
Salaam Bombay, says Delhi?
Maharashtra Drama
By Insaf
Mumbai today mirrors everything that’s rotten with the system and the country. The unfolding high drama between Kangana Ranaut, the Shiv Sena,...
Ideology be damned
Maha Switch Overs
By Insaf
Maharashtra sadly may end up having the dubious reputation of splitting political parties, or should it be said the honour would...
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...
Development aspect missing
Present Day Nationalism
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The ruling BJP has been harping on nationalism on and off. This nationalism is something unique as it is aimed...
Dark carnival of democracy
Bulldozer Governance
By Poonam I Kaushish
Of the various forms of punishment, an eye for an eye is the most primal. In India it connotates bulldozer...
Global, govt must listen
Farmers Protest
By Shivaji Sarkar
Farmers are protesting in an election year all over the world. The day the Indian farmers were made to face severe...
All is not well?
Patna Vs Delhi
By Insaf
Tit-for-tat is being played out in Bihar. An angry Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inducted eight new ministers in his Cabinet...
India awaits new economy
Curbs On Asset Sales
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Delhi Assembly election award goes to soft inclusive skills against campaigning on hard on issues of identity. It...
Covid-19 makes a strong case
Social Housing
By Moin Qazi
The unprecedented displacement of people across the country following the pandemic has challenged us with a new set of priorities. While...
Riots cost India $646 bn
Communal Violence
By Shivaji Sarkar
Communal violence has a cost. Manipur may be far off from the National Capital, Delhi, or Nuh in Haryana may be...
Uniform civil code anyone?
Modi's New Gamble
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this monsoon season it’s raining defections in Maharashtra where the BJP-Shiv Sena ‘double engine’ Government has now been...
DMK throws a challenge
Tamils & CAA
By Insaf
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has given a fresh twist to Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. In an affidavit in Supreme...
Enough, say taxpayers
Poor India's Rich Ministers!
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage. This adage rang true last week when news...
All together, but u ….?
Loktantra Bachao'
By Poonam I Kaushish
Unity in disunity or disunity in unity? Flummoxed? Certainly, as INDIA bloc rallied together in a Loktantra Bachao show of...
Time for continuity
Kashmir: Road Ahead
By Poonam I Kaushish
Insanity, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, said Einstein. Apply this to...
Hacking Blows at the System
By Inder Jit
(Released on 17 January 1984)
Words. Words. And still more words. Hardly a day has passed during the past fortnight and more when...
Developed world ‘disappoints’
COP29 & After
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The yearly climate talks and extensive discussions have not yielded much result. The UN Environment Programme assessment showed that several...