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...
Sedition for up, Jammu!
Pak Cricket Cheering
By Insaf
It’s no hurray for right to freedom of speech and expression in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu. The administration of the largest...
Tragedy of poverty
Hunger Taunts Bharat
By Poonam I Kaushish
Q) How much does it cost a poor man to satiate his hunger and keep body and soul together...
Double Talk on Communalism
By Inder Jit
(Released on 9 May 1989)
Brave and splendid words were spoken again in Parliament last week to denounce communalism. The nation was alerted...
Will it ensure better performance?
Lateral Entry In Bureaucracy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The bureaucracy rules supreme in Government and legacy has been inherited since British days. The oft-stated 'bureaucratic attitude' is...
Can risk global biz
MP Meat Ban Disturbing
By Shivaji Sarkar
The new Union Budget will be tabled in less than two months from now and is supposed to pave...
US wants India cut tariff
Modi-Trump on New Turf
By Shivaji Sarkar
The world is galvanised, shaken, in a trance with Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency. There is hope,...
Main neta hoon, tum kaun?
Political Hoolaginism
The more things change the more they remain the same. Daily we are treated to some antics, inane tantrums, silly shenanigans by our...
Reservation redistribution
Quota Quicksand
By Poonam I Kaushish
Quota and caste, India’s oldest go-to arrows in its election quiver is back on the political platter doling out reservations...
Nation first or party?
My List Vs Your List
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was a short-lived hum-sath-sath-hain show of outrage, grief and retribution. Barely, has the ink dried on...
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...
India says times up
#Me Too Singes
By Poonam I Kaushish
Last week India was agog to Her Story. Two diametrically opposite tales which showcased the dichotomous position of women...
Jo jeeta woh sikander!
Crime Pays In Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
Taint is the flavour of the new high stakes poll season in Karnataka. The more criminal and immoral,...
Integrated policy must
Fares Fly As Rail Collapse
By Shivaji Sarkar
Air fares are shooting up again as the holiday season arrives. Some weeks back these shot beyond the...
Pseudo unity in diversity!
Culture of Protests
By Poonam I Kaushish
How hypocritical is Mera Bharat Mahan. In a week when India celebrated its 68th Republic Day drumbeating Unity in...
Warnings ignored play havoc
Joshimath Calamity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Reports on the sinking town of Joshimath get worse. Water is now said to be gushing out of fields while houses...
Prioritising peace
Raisina Dialogue 2025
By Dr. DK Giri
(Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha)
The Raisina Dialogue is an annual event providing a platform for multiple global stakeholders...
Looking for giants
Our Pygmy Leaders
By Poonam I Kaushish
A fundamental principle of a civilised nation is that in times of war, the polity displays cohesiveness and rallies...
Dress rehersal for 2019
Karnataka Election
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The entire nation's political attention is concentrated on the election in Karnataka as if it will decide...
Modi’s gaurantee vs Congress Nyay
Tale Of Two Manifestos
By Poonam I Kaushish
The stage is set, audiences anticipate as the curtain rises on India’s nautanki of democracy, an ideological spectacle...