Targets poor, ease of living
BJP Eyes 2047
By Shivaji Sarkar
In the 75th year of Independence, the BJP is setting the goals to work continuously till the centenary, 2047, riding...
Alteration has mixed impact
Women's Economic Empowerment
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
UNDP Report released on the Women’s Day 2020 has come out with a startling finding...
Sshhh……about poll slush!
Election Bonds
By Poonam I Kaushish
P aisa phenko tamasha dekho! The song hummed by every Party as five States are amidst polls with all opening...
India fails its streedhan
Rape & Reality
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is at war with its girls and women. As terrifying tales of savagery, nightmarish rapes, domestic abuse and...
A valuable data source
National Population Register
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The routine decennial population census conducted in India since 1871 (except during World War II in 1941)...
Need to lay down new rules
Governor Vs Chief Minister
By Poonam I Kaushish
Public office has a lot to do with perception. Wherein, your actions do the talking. Specially when it...
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...
Targets opposition ministers?
130th Constitutional Amend Bill
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The 130thConstitutional Amendment Bill has raised a hue and cry among the Opposition. Tabled just two days before the...
Millennial brat pack bro!
Parties Invoke Dynastic Gods
By Poonam I Kaushish
In our continuing poll nautanki this week’s flavour is pedigree. No, I am not talking about the canine...
Escalation of tension
India & Pakistan
By Piotr Opaliñski
(Former Polish Dy Ambassador to India & Ambassador to Pakistan; CIR)
The April terrorist attack in Pahalgam has reignited a new...
Need sharper swadeshi
US Out To Punish India
By Shivaji Sarkar
The weaponizing of tariff runs deeper than it appears. When US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described India–US ties...
Aim viksit future by 2028
By Shivaji Sarkar
Bihar Freebie Trap
Bihar’s 2025 elections are shaping up as a decisive moment for the state’s future. Once again, the political narrative is...
Pvt hires mere 2.5%
Job Quota A Poll Myth!
By Shivaji Sarkar
In this dance of democracy, scarce resources are seemingly rambling up the election tempo. Religious slant on employment...
Kaun sa aur kaisa dar?
BJP Taunts Opposition
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 1956: Erstwhile Railway Minister and Prime Minister Shastri resigned for Ariyalur train accident. “In view of Constitutional propriety...
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...
Wb, Bihar eye opportunity
Cong Results & INDIA Bloc
By Insaf
The losses in four States, especially in Hindi heartland of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh for the Congress should...
Elusive peace?
Kashmir Déjà vu
By Poonam I Kaushish
The travails of picturesque Kashmir continue. Last fortnight’s macabre killing of 11 members of non-Kashmiris, Hindu-Sikh minority communities and...
Nepal PM Visit
Seeking to rebuild ties
The recent visit of Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to India assumes unusually great significance in the current scenario. The...
Traumatic but rich experience
The Poll Battle
By Inder Jit
(Released on 19 December 1989)
Fighting the election to the Lok Sabha from the Darjeeling constituency was indeed a traumatic experience....
Govt must be flexible
Turbulent Economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Rs 100-trillion investment in infrastructure, promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is inspiring. It should change the economy, which is...