Abrogate colonial law?
SC & Sedition Law
By Insaf
The Supreme Court ushers a glimmer of hope, not just in Jammu & Kashmir but across the nation. On Wednesday...
Needs soul searching
Microfinance & Poor
By Moin Qazi
The microfinance sector is again facing troubles, this time in Assam with stress in rural households and a spate of...
Nda skids on slippery oil
Dharam Sankat Vs Raj Dharma
By Poonam I Kaushish
Ok, fellow countrymen let lose the volley of expletives, curse all you want of how rotten the...
India’s plurality at stake?
Eroding Democratic Rights
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Lately reports by independent and reputed agencies batting for democracy and civil rights have downgraded India’s status claiming it is...
Pvt demand critical: Rbi
Informal Sector & Economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
The repeated natural disasters and Covid-19 lockdowns are taking a heavy toll on India’s economy and hit the informal...
Study impact, think ahead
Online Education
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is universally acknowledged that education is the key to development and higher growth. This means that an educated and socially...
Mistaken for healthcare
Right To Health
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
COVID-19 pandemic that has shattered life everywhere has raised many questions over health status of...
50 years after
Vijay Diwas 2021
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
Vijay Diwas marks the passage of 50 years since the historic day in 1971. This day,...
Cut i-t rates, stop psu sale
Budget Wish List
By Shivaji Sarkar
Yet another year of uncertainty begins with difficult finances, not so certain growth and perhaps some experimentation by the Union...
Political harlotry unbridled
By Inder Jit
(Released on 16 June 1981)
Prostitution is legally banned in India. But political harlotry continues to flourish brazenly. What is worse, it is...
What can India do?
Sri Lankan Crisis
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
The Sri Lankan civil unrest starting from the second week of March, reached the violent nadir...
Prioritising peace
Raisina Dialogue 2025
By Dr. DK Giri
(Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha)
The Raisina Dialogue is an annual event providing a platform for multiple global stakeholders...
Setback for didi, tmc
West Bengal Scandal
By Insaf
West Bengal’s fiery Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is caught on the backfoot. Despite putting up a strong front, her and TMC’s...
Adverse impact for India
Melting Glaciers
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The United Nations has declared 2025 as the ‘International Year of Glacier Preservation’, given the critical problem of glacier melting. To...
Restating strategic autonomy!
EAM in Russia
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is in Moscow visiting his counterparts– the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov...
Entangled in politics?
Covid-19 Review
By Insaf
Is politics being played over Covid-19, is the question doing the rounds. While on the one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi at...
Fresh Assault on Judiciary
By Inder Jit
(Released on Jan 27, 1981)
Another Republic Day has rolled by. The nation has gone through the ritual of annual celebrations at the...
Decline of parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on 8 April, 1980)
Parliament and its functioning is regrettably not receiving from its sovereign matters, the people, the close attention it...
Welfare vital, no to corruption
Karnataka Takeaways
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Congress has won a victory in Karnataka with an absolute majority, unexpected by most political pundits. The sorry state of...
Uniform civil code anyone?
Modi's New Gamble
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this monsoon season it’s raining defections in Maharashtra where the BJP-Shiv Sena ‘double engine’ Government has now been...