Stop sweeping muck under carpet
Guillotine Hate
By Poonam I Kaushish
Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles, an adage which shows how we are sinking...
Poll body turns partisan?
By Inder Jit
(Released on 11 January 1983)
Mercifully, the people of Delhi have been given what has been their due for long. Elections have...
Battle of belief & rights
Kerala On Edge
By Insaf
They did it, throwing Kerala into a tizzy. With two women in menstruating age making an entry into the Lord Ayyappa...
Dialogue on economy vital
Corona Panic
By Shivaji Sarkar
The last quarter figures of 2019-20 fiscal may have reasons to cause worry. An uninteresting Central budget, corona virus, plummeting stock...
Expanding commonalities
India-Sweden Ties
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
In the wake of a high level delegation visit from Sweden accompanying the king Carl XVI Gustaf...
Determinantof foreign policy
India Biggest Population
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, ADS)
India has just become the largest population in the world. It is said to be the biggest...
More silkyaras in the making
Ladakh To Manipur - Billions Los
By Shivaji Sarkar
Ignoring the Himalayan warnings has become a habit. Kedarnath tragedy lessons were never learnt. Had it heard...
Pvt invest less, deficit up
India Finds New High
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy is passing through an interesting phase. Its growth touched 7.8 per cent for the first quarter,...
$236 b job profit racket
Illegal Indian Immigrants
By Shivaji Sarkar
The multi-trillion-dollar illegal profit generating world immigration rackets thrive on freely available private telecom company sims, fake bank accounts, anonymity,...
Shortcut to conversion?
Inter-Faith Marriage
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka are in the forefront keen on enacting a law against conversion...
Fundamental values eroded
Perils of Democracy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Washington-based watchdog Freedom House recently concluded that “liberal democracy is under severe threat, even peril, all over the globe,” as...
Political upheaval at worst
Punjab Drama
By Insaf
The political drama unfolding in Punjab relegates the IPL season to the background. Navjot Sidhu’s inconsistent batting in the Congress has queered...
$4 billion at stake!
Temple Economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
The temple economy is as large as the Indian budget sustaining the country. Its contours across the religious denominations of Hindu,...
India, the peace-broker?
The War in Ukraine
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reveals that India is talking to...
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...
Shocker & whiff of hope
Haryana, J&K Verdict
By Insaf
The verdict in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir polls comes both as a shocker and a whiff of fresh air. While...
Gujarat hc puts brakes
'Love Jihad' Law
By Insaf
Gujarat High Court gives a ray of hope. It has stayed the operation of some sections of the anti-conversion law, saying...
Holier than thou conversions!
Love Jihad
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is once again caught up in a battle royale between the Gods, in a new age avatar: Love...
One nation, one poll, anyone?
Perpetual Dance Of Democracy
By Poonam I Kaushish
Its’ party time folks as India readies for its greatest nautanki of democracy: General elections April-May. Amidst the...
India pluralistic, but divided
Religion & Tolerance
By Sagarneel Sinha
For the past few years, it is very common to hear from India’s Left-Liberals and the western media that “the...