Is Modi wave waning?

Future Trends By Dhurjati Mukherjee With the Lok Sabha elections moving forward, analysts and political pundits are now opining that the Modi wave is not quite...

Citizens vs section 144

Winter Of Unrest By Poonam I Kaushish It’s a winter of unrest as city after city cutting across region and religion was spooked by protests and...

Appointment of Chief Justice

By Inder Jit (Released on 7 February, 1978) Top Government leaders are embarrassed by the continuing speculation in the press in regard to the choice of...

Movie halls may play or not

National Anthem By Insaf Three cheers to the Supreme Court! Citizens and cinema goers across the country will no longer need to wear patriotism across their...

It’s people’s money, not mine, yaar!

Farm Loan Waivers By Poonam I Kaushish It was a perfect electoral cake rolled out by the Congress to the strains of 'Vote For Me.' Iced with...

Where is society heading?

Growing Majoritarianism By Dhurjati Mukherjee Political analysts have rightly warned that that the majoritarian State that we are presently heading towards has virtually pushed minorities to...

The Sonia Years

Mystery wrapped in enigma By Poonam I Kaushish The old order gave way to the new in the 132 years Grand Dame of Indian politics with...

National base vital

Minimum Wage By Dhurjati Mukherjee A recent study commissioned by the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) has backed universal basic income to reduce the income gaps as...

Economy needs free run

Cash & Banks By Shivaji Sarkar Fetish of any kind is bad. Of late, the society has started a cleaning operation to the extent that it...

What has morality got to do with it?

Black: Colour Of Polls By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 2014: Mayawati accuses ex-Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Das of offering her Rs 100 crore for a nomination....

Crime is politics

Katil=Neta, Toh Kya By Poonam I Kaushish In this placid political season India’s Capital is in the throes of a novelle grammar of protests with thousands...

Playing 20:20 match

Modi in Australia By Dr D.K.Giri (Secretary General, Assn of Democratic Socialism) On 23 May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was playing 20-20 cricket match in an entertainment...

Darjeeling model offers a way out

By Inder Jit (Released on 22 August 1989) Thoughts in New Delhi are now turning towards a national agenda for the new Government after the next...

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...

Will usher in prosperity?

J&K Altered By Dhurjati Mukherjee Kashmir’s dilemma is like Shakespeare’s famous line ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’? Unlike rest of...

Cut years, educate more

Costlier NEP By Shivaji Sarkar The much awaited New Education Policy (NEP) has turned out to be old wine in not a well-crafted supposedly new...

Salami slicing tactics fail?

Chinese Checkers in Ladakh Political Diary By Poonam I Kaushish Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde? Both. Indeed, India-China relations are like a kaleidoscope of good and...

Dealing with Afghan

Blinken Visit By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to New Delhi was of great significance in terms...

Gift of street politics

Law Enforcement Crisis By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) "Who are you?" - the question posed by a victim of police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters...

Modi bats for India growth

Biz Edges Out Opp By Shivaji Sarkar India is striving to be a fifth, third or one of the largest economies as 2022 comes to a...