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...