Centre must review farm laws
FPI Boom & Impasse
By Shivaji Sarkar
The farmers’ issue is getting both interesting and intriguing. With the new farm laws, foreign investors are bringing...
A jinxed peace road
Battle-ing Indo-Pak Ties
By Poonam I Kaushish
Neighbour or enemy? Both. India-Pakistan relations are like a roller coaster ride. All depends on which way the political...
Aap surprises bjp!
Delhi Vote Trust
By Insaf
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal undeniably has a knack for springing surprises. This time he would have stumped rival BJP with...
Strategic defence pact
Saudi Arabia & Pakistan
By Piotr Opalinski
(Expert, Centre for International Relations, Poland)
The Defence Agreement, signed last month by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, is another sign...
Towards crime mukt politics
Supremacy of SC
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court has given a shock treatment to all political parties by passing certain...
Education vital for success
Raising Marriage Age
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The recent decision of the Modi government to raise the marriage age for women from 18 to 21 has...
Albatross for common man
Budget 2020
By Shivaji Sarkar
The country was eagerly looking forward to a ‘happiness’ Budget. It was pining for a cut in multiple pricing, low prices...
Quotas And Queues
How do we spell merit?
By Poonam I Kaushish
Quotas and queues are back on the political platter wherein our netagan are busy indulging in one-upmanship,...
Test for federalism
15th Finance Commission
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Terms of Reference (ToR) to the 15th Finance Commission have provided another issue to...
Eci must put house in order
TN, Bengal Bashing
By Insaf
The authority and independence of Nirvachan Sadan has gone down like nine pins. This round of Assembly elections indeed has taken...
Mahagathbandhan in making?
Karnataka Fanfare
By Insaf
Karnataka may well be the stepping stone to blur the sharp saffron colouring of India. The inauguration of the JD(S)-Congress government in...
Muslim women unshackled
Game Changing Act
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 1985: A five-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court overruled the Muslim Personal Law in the famous Shah...
New model of governance in new year
By Inder Jit
(Released on 2 January 1990)
Familiar resolutions and exhortations are withusagain in the New Year, which also marks the beginning of the new...
Strategy for elections?
Union of Regional Parties
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
“Regional parties will build up national parties. They alone can defeat the BJP”, said West Bengal...
Don’t solve problems
'Landmark' Farm Bills
By Shivaji Sarkar
The bulldozing of the two bills -- Agricultural Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Simplification) Bill and Farmers (Empowerment and...
Wake up call, afspa must go
Nagaland Tragedy
By Insaf
The tragedy in Nagaland couldn’t have been summed up better. Rajya Sabha member KG Kenye of Naga People’s Front said on Thursday...
Brave rhetoric, little action
By Inder Jit
(Released on 3 March 1987)
Communalism and religious fundamentalism have been strongly denounced once again in Parliament. The nation has been warned sharply...
Modi’s outreach to la
Chile's President in India
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha)
The practice in the media and political circles is creating a buzz and...
Strategy adaption critical
Environmental Decay
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A recent study published in ‘The Lancet Planetary Health’ journalfound that nearly 74,000 excess deaths in India annually can be attributed...
Churning in opposition camps
West Bengal Politics
By Sagarneel Sinha
It is going to be a year this May since Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress returned back to power in West...