Reform sharing of resources

Environment & Sustainability By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is consistent discussion in the media as also conferences in many parts of the country regarding environmental concerns and...

Oli’s historical visit

India & Nepal By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The three-day visit last week of Nepalese Prime Minister KPS Oli turned out to be "fruitful,...

Tackle rural-urban divide

India's Job Crisis By Dhurjati Mukherjee The debate on 'jobless growth' has greatly embarrassed the government. That there is an employment crisis cannot be doubted and...

Mere temporary solution

Hike In MSP By Shivaji Sarkar The Union Cabinet's decision to hike minimum support price (MSP) for 14 crops is a move to ease agrarian distress...

Blend of realism & restraint

  Vajpayee's Foreign Policy By Dr. D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Atal Bihari Vajpayee left deep footprints on Indian politics in the six decades of his...

Stokes ‘outsider’ debate

Gujarat Exodus By Insaf Mahatma Gandhi would be turning in his grave. Gujarat hate attacks have forced thousands of Hindi-speaking migrants flee the State. The exodus...

Reorienting policies vital

Next Poll Planning By Dhurjati Mukherjee The NDA has about five months to go before the Lok Sabha elections and apart from improving governance, the vote...

Vadra: Breaking Omerta code

Tale of Two Sons In-Law By Poonam I Kaushish This is the tale of two sons in law, Feroze Gandhi and Robert Vadra. The first, a...

Economic crisis looms

Policy Paralysis By Shivaji Sarkar Election time is show time. The minuses are swept under the carpet as rhetoric rules the roost. Manifestos are not necessarily...

Redraft economic vision

Votes of Aspiration By Shivaji Sarkar The BJP, rather Narendra Modi, has stunned the world. Resounding victory touching 352 plus is a rare feat in...

Never-ending exercise?

Assam's NRC By Insaf Assam’s NRC conundrum lingers on. Both the Centre and the State government have again knocked on the Supreme Court’s door seeking extension...

Windfalls don’t make Economy

RBI Intervention By Shivaji Sarkar Some coincidences, some windfall, reworking fiscal package and falling growth rate mark the current economic developments. The transfer of Rs 1.76...

Leaks Foreign Exchange?

Liberalised Remittance Scheme Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are not the only people who have parked their wealth abroad. They have, however, done...

Will new policy meet target?

Right to Water By Dhurjati Mukherjee Yet another National Water Policy is on the anvil. The Union Water Resources Ministry has finalised a 10-member committee under chairmanship...

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...

Ideology be damned

MP Crisis By Insaf To be or not to be, that is the question. Not just in Madhya Pradesh but across parties, States and of course...

Making a mockery of law

TN Custodial Deaths By Insaf Reprehensible! The alleged custodial death of father and son in a police station in Tamil Nadu has sent shock waves across...

Covid-19 makes a strong case

Social Housing By Moin Qazi The unprecedented displacement of people across the country following the pandemic has challenged us with a new set of priorities. While...

Gandhis, Congress dna

Purge of G 23 By Poonam I Kaushish How does one react to the on-going Grand Old Party’s Circus? Dismiss it as a storm in a...

Who will emerge chanakya?

Political Diary By Poonam I Kaushish Lonely lies the head that wears the crown. And nobody knows this better than Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who...