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"....
Growth potential untapped
Struggling MSMEs
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The MSMEs sector, regarded as the growth engine of the Indian economy, is contributing 5 per cent of the GDP. But...
Numbers that don’t add up
By Rajiv Gupta
The number system is one of the moreremarkable inventions of humans. I find numbers very fascinating as the basic rules of the...
Tackle terifying black hole
Naxals: Wake Up Call
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the season of banalities in politics. An outsider would be excused for thinking that India’s biggest crisis...
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...
People’s power asserts in Assam
By Inder Jit
(Released on 24 December 1985)
People’s power has again expressed itself decisively in Assam. The AASU, led ably and courageously by Mr Prafulla...
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...
Nation of the rich: Oxfam
Govt Promises & Reality
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Speeches of Union ministers, specially at the top, the Prime Minister, are prepared by highly qualified people and many...
What is in a word?
Unparliamentary Or Gag?
By Poonam I Kaushish
What’s in word? Everything when it comes to our polity. We were treated to one such last week. Our...
Discoms dump heavy losses
Rs 76 Tr States' Debt
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Reserve Bank of India has red flagged states’ debt touching critical high of Rs 76.10 tr (trillion)...
Privatisation not mantra
PSBs Disinvestment
By Shivaji Sarkar
The country is in a quandary about the privatisation of the public sector banks and needs to reconsider. Amendments to the...
Time for repositioning
India in the World
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
On the war on Ukraine, New Delhi’s ambivalent and indifferent position, euphemistically called neutral or...
Wake-up call for change
'Wrestling' With Me Too
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is at war with its wrestlers. That too Olympic medalists. For over 13 days wrestlers’ Sakshi Malik,...
Make or break year
Republic At 61
By Poonam I Kaushish
How does one feel on Republic day week? Rather how is one supposed to feel? Patriotic? Puffed up in...
Damages $56 billion
Wealth Lure Kills 10000
By Shivaji Sarkar
The pursuit of wealth, a better lifestyle, and ambitious tourism projects are driving India towards reckless development in fragile...
Worshipping false gods
Religions Gush = Political Slush
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is with us Indians? Why are we so blasé’ about violence? Why do hooligans always get...
Big fillip by new policy
Green Hydrogen Fuel
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
With the first part of the National Hydrogen Policy notified, the government is targeting production of 5 million tonnes of...
Tiptoeing stealthily
Uniform Civil Code
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the silly season of Ram-Rahim political poll cut outs with election to two States Gujarat and Himachal soon...
Democracy? You joking
Our Autocratic Parties
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s been a week of mea culpa, home truth and tutorials. Of ghisi-piti real politik whereby the old order...
Will it last till next polls?
Modi Magic in Bihar
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In the wake of authoritarian tendencies and wrong policies at the national level, the mahagatbandhan under the leadership of...