New opposition unity
By Inder Jit
(Released on 24 April 1984)
Now that the next general election is beginning to loom large on the horizon, fresh efforts are on...
One nation, one poll, anyone?
Perpetual Dance Of Democracy
By Poonam I Kaushish
Its’ party time folks as India readies for its greatest nautanki of democracy: General elections April-May. Amidst the...
Will stealth F-35 fly to India?
Tariff, Gas Haze Trump Talks
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is set to deepen economic ties with the U.S. through a massive $500 billion purchase deal, securing...
Ending heritage conflict
Harmony Museum
By Shivaji Sarkar
There is growing churning. Monuments or shrines captured, rebuilt or demolished by force have given rise to emotions, apprehensions, doubts and...
Delhi sending wrong signals
Ducking The Dragon
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India last week did not generate adequate debate it should...
Inept, not good governance
Flawed Economic Plan
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Shortage of millions of jobs, staggering real incomes of farmers, virtual collapse of the manufacturing sector, destruction of small businesses...
Jugglery of growth figures
New GDP Data
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent re-estimation of GDP using 2011-12 as the base year has created a controversy and not without reason...
India tilts to China, Russia, Eu
Multilateral WTO Trumped
By Shivaji Sarkar
One man has rewritten world trade rules. Reciprocity is the name of the game. Difficult to find fault with his...
Tribunal permanent remedy
Chronic Defections
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court is indeed forced to make a rather drastic recommendation that Parliament should by an amendment...
Who cares for farmers, poor?
Stubborn Govt
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
At a time when farmers are agitating for their rights and the entire Opposition supporting them, the Government’s stance of unwilling...
Privatisation not mantra
PSBs Disinvestment
By Shivaji Sarkar
The country is in a quandary about the privatisation of the public sector banks and needs to reconsider. Amendments to the...
Iip, forex contract
Prices Rise 6 Per Cent
By Shivaji Sarkar
A smart Reserve Bank of India anticipating prices shooting up has decided not to tinker with the interest...
Junk trillions in cars, feed lobbies
Green Delusion: Scrap The Citizen
By Shivaji Sarkar
India has perfected a rare form of innovation: the ability to repeatedly convert economic assets into liabilities, wealth...
Are poor better off?
Politics of Poverty
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Lok Sabha elections announced, all political parties are gearing up to woo the electoral vote bank, specially the poor and...
Keep The Speaker Above Poll Politics
By Inder Jit
(Released on 26 March 1991)
The Lok Sabha’s mid-term poll offers the nation a fresh opportunity to set-up a badly-needed convention and, thereby,...
India on razor’s edge
Queer Global Moves
By Shivaji Sarkar
It is a queer world. Politics and economics are contesting each other almost globally. In the country, Parliament remains paralysed...
‘Lawless’ UP
Yogi’s edict face changer?
By Insaf
Changing the face of “lawless” Uttar Pradesh is asking for the moon, but for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath perhaps not....
Agri alone can sustain India
GDP Euphoric
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s GDP is rising, large corporate is aiding recovery and popular decisions are helping the people having an ease of living,...
Education, rights vital
Gender Parity
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022has noted that at the current rate of progress, full gender parity...