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...
Whither Indian Parliamentary Democracy?
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 September 1966)
Parliament’s monsoon session has made all right-thinking people sit up and ask: whither our young democracy? Undoubtedly, the...
I am an obc, who are you?
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
India arrived on the world map last week, and how. Clearly the G 20 summit was a blockbuster with its...
Kiski laathi aur kiski bhains?
CBI's Questionable Credibility
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is it about Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that it is always in the eye of the storm?...
Shaming Parliament
Laws Sans Debate
By Poonam I Kaushish
Ouch, the truth hurts! This dear readers, was the sum total of the cruel joke perpetrated on us by...
Are elections a farce?
2019 Alarming Trends
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Elections are almost nearing completion in the world's largest democracy. But the developments leading to these elections point to...
Need for quality control
Political Discourse
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former, Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Indian air today is filled with politics of elections. Political discourse dominating all forms of private and public...
Dance of democracy
US, India Elections
By Rajiv Gupta
Winston Churchill is reported to have said, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that...
Why did he come?
Wang Yi's Visit
By Dr. D. K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
If weblinked,we would have missed the visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He...
Democracy or Oligarchy?
Poll Campaigning
By Proloy Bagchi
We are in the midst of election season, with as many as five States results to start pouring out early next...
BJP agenda muddies waters
Lakshadweep Turmoil
By Insaf
Tiny Lakshadweep has hit national headlines, for all the wrong reasons. Misplaced ‘reforms’, as proposed by Administrator P K Patel in the...
More taxes to be levied?
Peak Inflation
By Shivaji Sarkar
The highest wholesale price inflation in decades at 14.23 per cent may result in high deficit leading to levying of more...
India exports Brahmos, Pinaka
France Gets Modi Booster
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s global arms sales may get a boost with deals with France, which has given rare honours to India...
Privatisation no answer
Banking Crisis
By Moin Qazi
Famous investment leader Warren Buffett said, "It's only when the tide goes out that you realise who has been swimming naked"....
1st phase sees boycott
India Votes
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The biggest democratic exercise in the world kicked off yesterday. Of the 543 Lok...
Break in for big two
Tamil Nadu Gamble
By Insaf
Will national parties get space this 2019 election in Tamil Nadu is a million dollar question after ballot boxes were...
RBI warns belt tigtening
Voter Fears Realistic
By Shivaji Sarkar
The definition of “vikas” (development) apparently changes as Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls, hard-pressed voters harp on myriad problems,...
Uniform civil code, anyone?
When Ram, Rahim Poll Cut Outs…
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this season of freebies galore interspersed with vitriolic hate speeches and venomous tu-tu-mein-mein, now Ram-Rahim...
Development vs environment
Phasing Out Coal
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
India’s defense of coal use has come in for criticism at and since the COP26. In the debate over phasing...
Modi govt must rethink
Deficits & Debt
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is profligate. Its economic policies are away from realism, dependent on only one aspect of development – build, build...