Hooting for mediocrity
Quota = Votes
By Poonam I Kaushish
Quotas and queues have always been the bane of Indian politics. Wherein, our netagan are busy in populist bravado,...
Success & failure
Lockdown 5
By Dr. S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
On the eve of opening several public places like malls, restaurants and places of worship on this...
Court of defection justice
Vidhan Soudha
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi
The architect of Vidhan Soudha, the iconic building that houses Karnataka legislature in Bengaluru, K. Hanumanthaiah...
Calculating the costs
Russia Bear-Hugs India
By D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics JIMMC)
After 12 occasions inthe UN on the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war, India has been abstaining from voting on the...
India fails its women
Stree Shakti Anyone?
By Poonam I Kaushish
Women are the buzz words in this silly electoral season with ballot boxes in Himachal sealed and Gujarat and...
BJP agenda muddies waters
Lakshadweep Turmoil
By Insaf
Tiny Lakshadweep has hit national headlines, for all the wrong reasons. Misplaced ‘reforms’, as proposed by Administrator P K Patel in the...
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...
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...
Ties at their best
Hasina in India
By Dr D.K Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Seikh Hasina was in India last week to bolster multiple ties. Of late,...
Is foreign policy an issue?
Indian Parliament Elections
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an interview that elections in India are...
Halt minority vilification
Hate Speeches
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Recent developments in the country have generated a lot of controversy abroad and dented India’s secular credentials. A prominent section within...
Peace: A distant dream
Imphaled!
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 7 November: Jiribram a small sleepy district which woke up to three Meiti women and three children abducted and killed...
Poll reforms — basic issues not tackled
By Inder Jit
(Released on 22 October 1988)
Something is better than nothing. The electoral reforms now favoured by the Congress-I Working Committee, therefore, deserve to...
Govt fiasco, heed advice
2nd Wave Crisis
By Dr, Oishee Mukherjee
The ongoing second wave of Covid-19 in the country, best described as a catastrophe, has brought into sharp focus...
Budget Session may end up in a 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,...
Act we must, not just observe
Mahatma Gandhi's Relevance
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
India grapples with injustice, violence, caste divisions, inter-religious rivalry et al, away from essential pluralism, away from democratic mores, away...
All together, but u ….?
Loktantra Bachao'
By Poonam I Kaushish
Unity in disunity or disunity in unity? Flummoxed? Certainly, as INDIA bloc rallied together in a Loktantra Bachao show of...
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...
Impels international initiatives
New Delhi Ups The Game
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
India experiences a week of hectic diplomacy and international activism. New Delhi ups its...
Maintaining the balance
Religion & Public Life
By Dusmanta Kumar
After the remarks made by former BJP Spokesperson and the controversy it kicked off within the country and internationally,...