Can we save parliament?
By Inder Jit
(Released on 23 December 1983)
Parliament continues to decline — and so also public standards. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha...
Hopeful, firms lukewarm
Modi Taps US Corp
By Shivaji Sarkar
The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US has tried to kindle hopes in an economy that...
Shortcut to conversion?
Inter-Faith Marriage
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka are in the forefront keen on enacting a law against conversion...
Will caste noose stifle India?
Mandal 2.0 Vs Kamandal
By Poonam I Kaushish
Even as one empathises with Jews and Palestines caught in the crossfire of Hamas-Israeli forces and people trapped...
No more ‘abuse of power’
'Bulldozer Justice'
By Insaf
The hammer has come down on ‘bulldozer justice’! Demolishing the house of a person accused or convicted of a criminal activity as...
Whither Indian Parliamentary Democracy?
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 September 1966)
Parliament’s monsoon session has made all right-thinking people sit up and ask: whither our young democracy? Undoubtedly, the...
A new chapter
India-UK Ties
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
In a UK-India Leaders’ Conference held in the British Parliament on 7th October, leaders...
Resetting world order
EAM's UNGA Speech
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the 78th session of the United...
Where is society heading?
Violent Sense Vs Moral Sensibility
By Poonam I Kaushish
Violence is the rhetoric of the times. Pick any newspaper. Any day. Splashes of social schism gore...
Numbers that don’t add up
By Rajiv Gupta
The number system is one of the moreremarkable inventions of humans. I find numbers very fascinating as the basic rules of the...
Retrieving geo political role
India & Neighbours
By Dr. DK. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
'India should be more pro-active to stop China in Myanmar', is Japan's envoy in Myanmar, Yohei...
Vendetta vs protocol
Centre-Bengal Row
By Insaf
‘Political vendetta’ or ‘breach of protocol’, is the latest tug-of-war between Prime Minister Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This...
Deleting inequality vital
Digital Divide
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Rural poverty in India has been manifest in various studies, specially Oxfam, and the widening income disparity, not just between the...
Much ado about nothing!
SCO at Bishkek
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. of International Politics, JMI)
The meeting of Council of Heads of Sates of Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) at Kyrgyzstan...
Growth a mirage
Price Jigsaw
By Shivaji Sarkar
High or as some call it hyperinflation, i.e. rapid, excessive, and out-of-control general price increases, has become a serious issue with...
Time for booster
Politics of Vaccine
By Poonam I Kaushish
Covid-19 announced itself to the world as 2020 dawned blitzing globally, unnerving health systems, nose diving economies and the...
‘Bjp hand in glove’: Cong
Godhra School NEET Scam
By Insaf
Gujarat’s Godhra is in the news again. This time it’s NEET paper leak scam, hitting headlines and disrupting Parliament session....
Bureau of convenience
His Master's Voice
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is it about the Central Bureau of Investigation that has it always in the eye of the storm?...
Toothless Ec, netas merry
Code Of 'Misconduct'
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this theekha-masaledar electioneering season our netagan seem to have taken loads of tips from Bollywood and produced their...
Paving the third way
Modi's Five-Nation Visit
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited five countries en route to attend the 17th...