Societal rehabilitation vital
State of Prisons
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Prisons are a requisite unit of the criminal justice system of the country and require serious attention. Over decades while...
Nda skids on slippery oil
Dharam Sankat Vs Raj Dharma
By Poonam I Kaushish
Ok, fellow countrymen let lose the volley of expletives, curse all you want of how rotten the...
Spiritual outreach to saarc
Reclaiming United India
By Dr DK Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
A comrade attending a conference with me in Budapest somewhat surprised me as he said, “you...
Making peace with noise?
Hanuman Chalisa Vs Azaan
By Poonam I Kaushish
Ever get up cursing in the wee hours of the morning? Thanks to a loudspeaker blaring, upsetting your...
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...
Post-poll statue vandalism
Political Symbolism
Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
After the decisive defeat of the CPM in recent Assembly election in Tripura, statues of Lenin became the target...
Replace with policy mix
Farm Loan Waiver
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Farm distress is presently a subject of much discussion and debate not just among politicians but also academicians and planners....
Govt must empathise, not ignore
Of Protests & Movements
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The wrestlers’ protest April in the national capital with no sympathy being shown by the ruling dispensation is an...
Appalling travesty of Justice!
Babri Verdict & Hathras Case
By Insaf
Outrage! That sums up the Babri Masjid demolition verdict and Hathras incident should evoke, if it hasn’t already, among...
‘Acche din’ an illusion?
Four Years of NDA
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The BJP-led NDA is celebrating its four years in power. Ministry after ministry is going all out to highlight...
Tackle terifying black hole
Naxals: Wake Up Call
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the season of banalities in politics. An outsider would be excused for thinking that India’s biggest crisis...
Indian version of alliances
Politics of Sharing
By Dr. S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Veteran leader Mulayam Singh of the Samajwadi Party, one of the biggest challengers to a second...
Wb row gets murkier
Of 'Honour' & Politics
By Insaf
Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district is becoming a political hot potato. It’s not just the ‘honour’ of...
Offsetting the bully
West Bengal & EC
By Insaf
2019 elections must be the biggest challenge Nirvachan Sadan has had to face, what with West Bengal unrelenting. The polls...
Need to reinvent
Governor Tattle
By Poonam I Kaushish
The more things change the more they remain the same. A lexicon which resonates in the corridors of power when...
Vadra: Breaking Omerta code
Tale of Two Sons In-Law
By Poonam I Kaushish
This is the tale of two sons in law, Feroze Gandhi and Robert Vadra. The first, a...
Better late than never
Plastic Ban
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In 26 States/Union Territories in India, some form of plastic ban is imposed, but its implementation...
No short cut, plan long term
Employment Drive
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In the backdrop of looming unemployment in the country, recent available data reveals that in 2019 and 2020, vacancies in Central...
Strategy adaption critical
Environmental Decay
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A recent study published in ‘The Lancet Planetary Health’ journalfound that nearly 74,000 excess deaths in India annually can be attributed...
Hi debt funds rs 47tr budget
FM Promises Golden Era
By Shivaji Sarkar
It is a sparkling poll budget right from the President’s address of Draupadi Murmu harping on the economy, to...