No sign of revival
India-Bangladesh Ties
Prof (Dr) DK Giri
(Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
The latest in India-Bangladesh ties is the ban on imports of yarn from India...
45 collateral exits
Lateral Entry Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
The reservation ration tamasha is back on the political platter as our netagan continue to conjure populist hullabaloo to...
India poor & unequal
Inequality Dynamics
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Inequality is a critical issue for debate and investigation. The recent World Inequality Report 2022,saysglobal wealth inequalities are even more pronounced...
Law panel report outdated!
Sedition Law
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Law Commission of India’s 297threport ‘Usage of the Law of Sedition’, would come as a great disappointment to civil and...
Bilateral trade to be hit
Afghan Maze
By Shivaji Sarkar
The murky Afghan situation has raised serious concerns for India. It was never a strong player but was able to make...
Triumph of Indian diplomacy
Masood Azhar Episode
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
After 10 years of diplomatic endeavours by India, lately backed by France, UK and USA, Massod...
Need to safeguard rights
Threat to Institutions
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Recently former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice AP Shah regretted the fact that every institution designed to hold...
Reactions from India
Assad Falls in Syria
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The 13-year civil war in Syria ended with the fall of Basher...
Somaliland in new middle east balance of power
By Janusz Bylinski
(Expert, Centre for International Relations, Poland)
Since December last, Somaliland has been at the centre of a cyclone that has gripped the Middle...
It’s people’s money, not mine, yaar!
Farm Loan Waivers
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was a perfect electoral cake rolled out by the Congress
to the strains of 'Vote For Me.' Iced with...
Industry must help cut govt debt
Troublesome 2023-24
By Shivaji Sarkar
The year 2023 ushers in the most eventful year with one-third of the country seeking to form new governments in States...
Policy overhaul critical
Induced Inflation
By Shivaji Sarkar
India needs to look at its falling demand, rising bank, power and fuel charges, high tax and toll rates. This is...
One India, One Poll
Halt perpetual election circus
By Poonam I Kaushish
Winds of change are in the air. Is India readying for a reform in our election cycle? Dumping...
Theme significance
Independence 75thYear
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
India is starting its 75th year of independencewith a mixture of great expectations and disheartening disappointments...
‘North penalising south!’
TN Delimitation Row
By Insaf
Tamil Nadu sees itself not only taking on the ‘north’ but leading the ‘south’. Chief Minister M K Stalin has now...
Kerala sounds bugle
CAA Dissent Note
By Insaf
Kerala sounding the bugle has sharpened notes of Centre-State relations on the brink yet again. While the Citizenship Amendment Act has...
Aankhoon mein bhar lo paani
Rapes Bludgeon India
By Poonam I Kaushish
Kathua, Unnao, Surat, Etah, Chhattisgarh et al has exposed the Ugly Sexmanic Indian. Wherein young girls are brutally raped...
Towards a better party system
By Inder Jit
(Released on 10 February 1987)
Welcome words have been spoken again on India’s party system — this time by the Prime Minister while...
Will new govt focus on poor?
Post-2019 Elections
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The campaigning and polling for 2019 General elections is over. Those who cast their vote would have done so in the...
50 years after
Vijay Diwas 2021
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
Vijay Diwas marks the passage of 50 years since the historic day in 1971. This day,...