Courts’ indispensable share

Social Reforms By Dr. S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court has at last stepped in vigorously to introduce vitally significant social reforms to...

Remote to 2019 elections

Foreign Policy By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) We are mid-way in the elections to 17th Lok Sabha, yet there is hardly any sound on...

Act we must, not just observe

Mahatma Gandhi's Relevance By Dhurjati Mukherjee India grapples with injustice, violence, caste divisions, inter-religious rivalry et al, away from essential pluralism, away from democratic mores, away...

Can cm still run govt?

Kejriwal in ED Custody By Insaf Delhi’s high political drama with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal firm on running AAP government from ED custody has left everyone...

No short cut, plan long term

Employment Drive By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the backdrop of looming unemployment in the country, recent available data reveals that in 2019 and 2020, vacancies in Central...

For better or worse?

Speaker's Crown Of Thorns By Poonam I Kaushish Fatigued and bored of the volatile cacophony of accusations flying thick and fast over American billionaire George Soros’s...

Karmic pay back?

Chidambaram Arrest By Poonam I Kaushish The chickens have come home to roost and you reap what you sow. Two maxims which enunciate the steamy saga...

Vital for societal change 

Women Leadership By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The passage of the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill renamed as ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ should give hope to nearly half...

Decline in academic freedom?

Scientific Approach By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The findings of the QS World University Rankings released recently have shown that India experienced the highest growth in university...

Active non-alignment

India & Ukraine War By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) A fresh strategy has gained some currency as a part of new discourse and practice...

India combating 3cs

Foreign Policy 2020 The year 2020 ended leaving a mixed bag of pain and promise for everyone and each sector of the state. If we reflect...

Hitting self-destruct button

Disunity In Unity? By Poonam I Kaushish Unity in disunity or disunity in unity? Flummoxed? Certainly, as INDIA bloc seems to have developed cracks. In the...

Blurred j&k strategy?

BDC Polls By Insaf Kashmir conundrum deepens. Elections for Block Development Council are to be held on October 24. Both Srinagar and New Delhi want to...

Gharib ki joru sab ki bhabhi!

Modi Vs All By Poonam I Kaushish History has an uncanny knack of repeating itself. Circa 1971, 1977 and 1989 Opposition Parties bandied together to form...

What future SAARC!

India & Neighbours By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof, International Relations, JIMMC) On 36th SAARC Charter Day Anniversary, the heads of SAARC countries delivered messages albeit conflicting ones....

Scrap it, make farmer king

Farming Trade Ordinance By Shivaji Sarkar Indian agriculture is a complex mix. It has myriad problems and the solutions suggested are often not practical. Interestingly,...

Delhi woefully wronged!

Leaders Vs Bureaucrats By Insaf The nation’s capital, Delhi, rather any other State in the country, wouldn’t have seen anything like this before. Actions of government...

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...

Big crisis, doctor missing

Economy In Poll Season By Shivaji Sarkar The ensuing Assembly elections in five States would be contested on critical issues -- jobs, wages, inflation, development...

Will parties abide?

Limit Speaker's Power By Poonam I Kaushish Believe it or not, the Office of the Speaker has been put on the mat! As Parliament begins its...