Survivor not defector, new norm

Gaddi Aur Gaddari By Poonam I Kaushish A sense of de ja vu overwhelms. Brutally reinforced by the revolving door politics witnessed in the last fortnight...

Besieged Farmers

Diversify, income raise critical By Dhurjati Mukherjee Farmers continue to agitate across the country for enhanced facilities for a better livelihood. There is definitely a cause...

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,...

India’s crony capitalism

The Adani Euphoria By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Adani saga has unfolded itself and the print media is making headlines on the Hindenburg report and the resultant...

Success & failure

Lockdown 5 By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) On the eve of opening several public places like malls, restaurants and places of worship on this...

Similar lessons

Two State Polls By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections followed barely five months after the amazing victory of the BJP...

Counting the benefits

India's G-20 Presidency By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) In the G-20 Summit at Bali, India will be handed over the presidency of the most...

Govt’s misplaced priority?

Subsidies To Poor By Dhurjati Mukherjee Several economists are known to frown upon the ruling dispensation’s thrust over the past few years on aiding interests of...

Govt startup schemes aren’t personal properties of officers and MLAs

Editor, Days ago, the honourable chief minister, while appreciating and applauding, shared on his social media handle about an Adi youth who has taken up...

From non to multi-alingment!

India's Foreign Policy By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The erudite and articulate foreign affairs minister S Jaishankar has of late been...

Psu-Pvt must work as one

Govt Exit Bid By Shivaji Sarkar It’s not easy to be in the driver’s seat on a bumpy road, which began long before the pandemic in...

Non-starter or game changer?

Delhi's Jhaadu Vs Kamal Delhi, the country’s capital is all set to cast its vote today for the next incumbent to the hot seat of...

Triggers stunning losses

The Great Miscommunication By Shivaji Sarkar It’s about miscommunication and unfathomed losses. Never has the Gulf wars jolted India so hard. India’s recent anxiety over a supposed...

Wrong & confusing

Economic Perceptions By Dhurjati Mukherjee The trend in the Indian economy speaks more of what it’s set to achieve in coming years—a rosy picture of possible...

Pointless political conflict

Governor & State Govt By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) After Delhi and Puducherry, Tamil Nadu Governor is in the news now for conducting...

Poll body turns partisan?

By Inder Jit (Released on 11 January 1983) Mercifully, the people of Delhi have been given what has been their due for long. Elections have...

Techniques need change

Dryland Farming By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding that COP26 was largely seen as disappointing, the UN in one of its statement said ‘significant progress’ was made in...

State govts challenge post

Role of Governors By Dhurjati Mukherjee Recently Vice-Chancellors of seven Kerala universities have moved the High Court seeking direction to cancel the Chancellor’s show cause notice...

India must be cautious

COP26 Concern By Shivaji Sarkar Even as the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) proceeds, craze for electric vehicles go up, the world faces...

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...