India’s Bullet Train

Careful balancing era? By Shivaji Sarkar India launches the fastest train project – the high speed bullet – with Japanese aid and collaboration at Ahmedabad. It...

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...

A global necessity

Vaccine IPRWaiver By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) It is reported that the chief of World Trade Organisation (WTO) is persuading member-nations to reach an agreement...

India must watch us-eu dynamic

Security & Transatlantic Ties By Piotr Opalinski (Expert, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland) The global order is undergoing its deepest transformation since the end of the Cold...

New year challenging

Economic Trends By Dhurjati Mukherjee The vast majority of Indians basic livelihood issues of roti, kapada and makan would score any day over trumped up...

Budget session may end up as farce

By Inder Jit (Released on 18 April 1989) Parliament seems poised to reduce its budget session virtually to a farce. The general budget was, no doubt,...

Belling the illegal cat

The Nowhere People By Poonam I Kaushish How would you feel if one fine morning you are persecuted and thrown out of your country, take shelter...

Is India truly developed?

Of Happiness & Hunger By Dhurjati Mukherjee It was more than surprising to hear Anurag Thakur, the dynamic Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, stating a...

Delhi, Dacca and friendship

By Inder Jit (Released on 7 April 1981) Bangladesh and its capital Dacca are a far cry from Delhi and most other parts, of India, barring...

Poor lose, powerful gain

Pro-crony Policies By Shivaji Sarkar India’s aspiration to become a $5 trillion economy depends critically on promoting “pro-business” policy that enhances market competition negating the...

‘Opposition jodo yatra’ begins?

Gujarat Verdict On Rahul By Insaf A Surat court, in Gujarat has thrown the Congress into a tizzy. Opposition leader and its former President Rahul Gandhi...

A world power?

Imagining India By Dr. D.K Giri (Prof, International Relations, JIMMC) Experts and observes have pontificated in the recent past about India emerging as a super power in...

What’s the big deal?

Constitutional Morality By Poonam I Kaushish Circa July 2023: “Idealism is good in politics, but if you are kicked out, who cares!” asserted Maharashtra Dy Chief...

Wake up call to govt?

Bankers, Farmers' Protests By Shivaji Sarkar Indian farmers and bankers have put up a strong challenge to the move of privatisation, corporatisation of the economy and...

Strategy to counter warming

Synthesis Report By Dhurjati Mukherjee It is encouraging to hear the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) come out with periodic reports warning of the consequences...

A critical assessment

16th Lok Sabha By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The last session of the 16th Lok Sabha came to an end on February 13...

Jugglery of growth figures

New GDP Data By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent re-estimation of GDP using 2011-12 as the base year has created a controversy and not without reason...

Jilted love, henry & power of greed

Cash-for-Vote Scam By Poonam I Kaushish A swanky new crime thriller has political Delhi agog spiced by jilted love, expensive gifts, luxurious holidays, threats, monetary favours,...

Opposition is coming alive

By Inder Jit (Released on 21 October 1980) Mrs Indira Gandhi has been luckier having on Opposition which is not only divided and in disarray, but...

Riots reminder of past

Delhi Burns By Insaf Delhi puts a big question mark on ‘New India’. The riots should make both its people and the government hang their head...