Better higher education?

HECI Bill By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is much debate regarding improving higher education in the country. Academic scholars and educationists have expressed concern about standards and...

What about rural India?

Budget Eyes Middle Class By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding that the Union budget is viewed as middle-class oriented, this commentator would have been happier if the thrust...

Then united, now divided

By Inder Jit (Released on 9 August 1983) India has come a long way since “Quit India” Day August 9, 1942. The nation then was united...

Perform or perish

Administering Change By Poonam I Kaushish A Government of India car drives into Delhi’s Lodi garden at 7.30am, ‘saab’ instructs his driver to stay ‘right here’....

Retail inflation highest

High Trucker Costs By Shivaji Sarkar Galloping inflation needs to be immediately checked. It hurts the government more than the common man, creating a cycle...

Needs soul searching

Microfinance & Poor By Moin Qazi The microfinance sector is again facing troubles, this time in Assam with stress in rural households and a spate of...

This needs to be ablished

High IT A Myth By Shivaji Sarkar Almost 81,000 Indians earned over Rs 1 crore a year, screams Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Is there...

States take the brunt

  Season Of Protests By Insaf It's a season of protests. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Maharashtra and Delhi are among various States which have...

Democracy dented

Snooping Row By Dhurjati Mukherjee Parliament’s monsoon session turned out to be disappointing, with the Modi government refusing to yield to the Opposition demand for a...

Sjm treads Gandhian path

Job Creation Sans Govt By Shivaji Sarkar Acute unemployment, the biggest political challenge for the country, is sought to be resolved the Gandhian way by the...

Decline in academic freedom?

Scientific Approach By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The findings of the QS World University Rankings released recently have shown that India experienced the highest growth in university...

Indian crisis beyond shores?

‘Digital Berlin Wall’ By Shivaji Sarkar India is complex. So is its economy. It is stated to be in crisis, its merchandise sales, core sector and...

Karnataka drama over

Kissa Kursi Ka By Insaf Curtains have finally come down in the long-drawn ‘kissa kursi ka’ nauseating drama in Karnataka. BS Yediyuruppa (earlier Yedyurappa) took...

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...

Control mechanism critical

Cyclones &Climate Change By Dhurjati Mukherjee The fury and devastation of cyclones is back. First Tauktae and then Yaas have stretched the affected States’ administration workload,...

Economic costs be damned!

My Subsidy, Your Revadi By Poonam I Kaushish It is raining freebies wherein sound economic sense has been surrendered to political gamesmanship. Reckless subsidies are being...

Churning in opposition camps

West Bengal Politics By Sagarneel Sinha It is going to be a year this May since Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress returned back to power in West...

Leads jobless growth

Tough Governor, PSU Sales By Shivaji Sarkar Dr Manmohan Singh had semi-political and political stints long before he rose to become a finance minister, bestowed with...

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...

What about minority languages?

Hindi Vs Others By Sagarneel Sinha India is a diverse country where many languages and dialects are spoken. According to a report of the 2011 census,...