‘Day zero’ looms large
Water Crisis
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court directed all district collectors across Tamil Nadu to constitute committees...
Dialogue is way forward
State-Sponsored Violence
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In the past decade, 85 per cent of Left Wing Extremists (LWE) strength in Chhattisgarh and 14 top CPI (Maoist) leaders...
Crisis of confidence
Inevitable Blame Game
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
When COVID-19 is at its peak, the nationis also in the midst of a worst blame game...
Bjp’s Nirvana 2019?
Ayodhya Again
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politicians are an unholy lot! They take a "holier than thou attitude" on anything and everything be it religion or...
Promoting tre-sector partnership
India's G-20 Presidency
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
In the current series of articles on India’s G-20 presidency, in the run up to the...
Dialogue on economy vital
Corona Panic
By Shivaji Sarkar
The last quarter figures of 2019-20 fiscal may have reasons to cause worry. An uninteresting Central budget, corona virus, plummeting stock...
Bengal stands upto BJP
TMC Victory
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In the intense West Bengal elections, the ruling-Trinamool Congress emerged victorious garnering around 213 seats, which belied predictions by most analysts, who...
Govt must be realistic
Spectre of Reforms
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is much debate over NDA government having initiated major reforms which would change the face of the economy with...
Salaam Bombay, says Delhi?
Maharashtra Drama
By Insaf
Mumbai today mirrors everything that’s rotten with the system and the country. The unfolding high drama between Kangana Ranaut, the Shiv Sena,...
Assam, a critical case
Migration & Citizenship
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The deadline for the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam...
Faster bounce back!
Economy 2021
The bad year is gone. Hope of a good 2021 has set in. The bell tolls for a new India despite the burgeoning...
Dangerous change
Religious Conversions
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is caught up in a battle royale between the Gods after a 17-year-old girl committed suicide as she was...
Poor’s Tardy Consumption
Is gdp growth the answer?
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
India’s consumption growth has experienced nothing short of an explosion over the last two-three decades according to reports....
Cry on the wall
Arrest Me Too
By Poonam I Kaushish
It is the season of the political jihadis whereby the licence to allegedly question the Government becomes a ticket...
New way out of Ram-Babri imbroglio
By Inder Jit
(Released on 2 October 1990)
India's secularism today faces its biggest ever challenge. Yet the problem is not receiving the cool, overdue attention...
BJP in, aap out?
Delhi Verdict
By Insaf
It’s D-Day today. Counting of votes begins for Delhi Assembly election. The million-dollar question is whether AAP will secure a third consecutive...
Welfare state crumbling
Rising Education Cost
By Shivaji Sarkar
Education is for the rich. That is the message being spread by private and government higher education institutions.
Fees are being...
Abhorrent turns normal!
Political Violence
By Sagarneel Sinha
On December 19, the election day of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) the city of Kolkata saw incidents of violence with the...
Tackle rural-urban divide
India's Job Crisis
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The debate on 'jobless growth' has greatly embarrassed the government. That there is an employment crisis cannot be doubted and...
Will gripe reap dividend?
Culture Of Protests
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this silly political season where Governments are busy indulging in symbolism of ‘my Dalit Chief Minister...