Sshh…. About poll slush!
Election Funding
By Poonam I Kaushish
Money makes the clogged, polluted and corrupt political mare go around, and how! In the on-going Great Indian Dance of...
A historic visit
Modi in Egypt
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for
Democratic Socialism)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Egypt was somewhat overshadowed by the ‘landmark’ official...
India’s best friend ever!
Donald Trump
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The Donald Trump Administration has just warned Pakistan to punish the perpetrators of the horrendous violence in...
Holy conversions!
Mitti, Kajal & Darshan
By Poonam I Kaushish
A 16-year-old Faridabad girl is lured by Hussain in 2023. He takes her to Delhi’s Nizamuddin Dargah and...
Bandh karo ye natak!
Growing Chauvinism
By Poonam I Kaushish
Your freedom ends where my nose begins and one man’s food is another man’s poison. Two adages, a succinct testimony...
Doles no longer lure
Parties Clueless Of PMP
By Shivaji Sarkar
This election is about PMP —- poverty management programme —- an economic agenda that is unclear and all political...
Enough of Double Talk and Deception
Legitimizing Corruption
By Inder Jit
(Released on 30 September 1996)
Politics in New Delhi has increasingly become a conscious and continuous exercise in rank hypocrisy, double talk...
Another pandora’s box
National Language
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In the series of efforts launched by the BJP government to promote unity and integrity of...
Fails to stimulate economy
Lacklustre Budget
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Budget 2020-2021 presented on Saturday last lacks direction and does not take us anywhere. Though lot of promises were made in...
Bilateral trade to be hit
Afghan Maze
By Shivaji Sarkar
The murky Afghan situation has raised serious concerns for India. It was never a strong player but was able to make...
Israel war may hurt: Imf
India GDP Rises, Arms Sale Up
By Shivaji Sarkar
Indian economic parameters are improving. But would thesebe able to retain the 14-month high Index of Industrial...
Govt must reveal reality
Economy Data Suppression
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Notwithstanding the claim of every ruling party politician that India is progressing, the facts including grass root data of the...
K’taka polls to douse or ignite?
India Sitting On A Tinderbox
By Shivaji Sarkar
As Karnataka goes to the polls, a number of economic issues are coming to the fore, price rise,...
Here’s to women power!
Femme Fatale
By Poonam I Kaushish
It seems a tall order, but possible. A stepping stone to gender equality with Prime Minister Modi announcing 33% reservation...
BJP faces discontent?
Battle For States
By Sagarneel Sinha
After being in power at the Centre for over seven years, the Bharatiya Janata Party appears to be showing signs...
Bjp’s mission effective
North-East Verdict
By Insaf
The North-East has given the BJP big reason to celebrate this election season. The party has retained Tripura with its ally Indigenous...
Atlernative governance plan?
Congress Introspection
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recently concluded Chintan Shivir of the Congress at its Udaipur Declaration has given a call for ‘Bharat Jodo’ (United India)...
Whose corrupt in whose eyes?
‘Power’of Corruption
By Poonam I Kaushish
When does money become dirt? When it begins
to stick. As the Kartigate corruption saga
explodes on the political firmament, it has...
Similar lessons
Two State Polls
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections followed barely five months after the amazing victory of the BJP...
North-East’s gdp share 2%
'India Grows 3.3% 2020-23'
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Reserve Bank of India monetary policy is only a small part of India’s economy. A tighter rate regime...