No place for girls
Rape Country
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is at war with its girls and women. As tales of savagery and nightmarish drugging, beating and rape of...
HC plays spoilsport
UP OBC Politics
By Insaf
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has gone into a tizzy following a setback to its plan to woo backward...
Ease taxes, prices instead
3rd Stimulus Package
By Shivaji Sarkar
Post Bihar election, a new stimulus package was being awaited. Its impact would be felt in the next three years...
US bonds hold up many gains
Indian Macros 'Charm'
By Shivaji Sarkar
Developments and statistics about India’s growth are interesting. Various contrary figures indicate a queer pitch. While global financial services group...
Life between strikes
Gaon Bandh
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this season of civic apathy and economic disgruntlement, clearly strikes are the flavour of the season. Over the decades,...
Percolates down to states
Ambedkar Insult, Assault
By Insaf
The ugly political slugfest in Parliament over disrespect to messiah of Dalits, Dr BR Ambekar by Home Minister Amit Shah in...
‘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...
The new normal
Life With Covid 19
By Poonam I Kaushish
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount, so goes an old proverb. Prime Minister Modi perhaps...
Cash is king
Notes=Votes
By Poonam I Kaushish
Heard this week’s flavour amidst our ongoing noisy nautanki of democracy: rajniti is the best dhanda and our netagan’s greatest asset...
Jobs can spur churning
Big Figures, Fragile Upturn
By Shivaji Sarkar
Indian politics and economy are queering the pitch. Politically feeble attempts are there with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandshekaar...
Valuing the significance
The New Emblem
By Dusmanta Kumar
In his 9th address to the nation on the 76 Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an innovative as...
Battle Against Poverty
Poor must lead agenda
By Moin Qazi
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the declaration by the United Nations of 17 October as the International Day for...
Whose concern?
Lakshadweep Row
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Kerala Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution expressing solidarity with the people of Lakshadweep against the Union Territory...
Faith in ayurveda, naturopathy
Gandhi & Health
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
India hit headlines as the world's largest public health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna,...
New avatarpost k’taka poll?
High GST Fills Coffers
By Shivaji Sarkar
Would the economic fundamentals change with the Karnataka elections? They just might. The Assembly polls have drawn a serious debate...
India’s plurality at stake?
Eroding Democratic Rights
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Lately reports by independent and reputed agencies batting for democracy and civil rights have downgraded India’s status claiming it is...
Vital for good governance
Judiciary's Role & Power
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There has been for long a serious debate about the Judiciary’s powers and whether it is going beyond its...
Victory revelries marred
Tripura Post-Poll Violence
By Sagarneel Sinha
Post poll violence in Tripura has led to shops, houses, rubber plantations being burnt down. Students facing secondary exams are...
Poll body, pressures & independence
REWIND
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 February 1990)
India has once again proved its claim to being the world’s biggest democracy. Nearly 300 million people exercised...
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...