Two states renew hope, peace
AFSPA Withdrawn
By Insaf
Holding peace is rewarding. The Centre has rightly acknowledged it in two north eastern States. Early this week, Union Home Ministry revoked...
Keep politics at arm’s length
Rift in Judiciary
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Unstoppable politics has already entered the portals of the judiciary with the CPM General Secretary, indicating...
Main vip hoon, tum kaun?
New Grammar of Rajniti
Poonam I Kaushish
The more things change the more they remain the same. Daily we are treated to some mindless antics, inane...
Sinister shawdow in S. India
Lanka's Jehadi Killings
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The house searches and arrests of three suspects in North of Kerala by the National Investigating...
Transparency via secrecy
Electoral Bonds
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court has passed a very important interim order concerning funding of political parties for election. It...
Fast track caste politics
Pre-Election Mood
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In recent days, one cannot help noticing that some of the long pending demands of caste groups are...
Environmental Crises
India choking, reduce Co2
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
Over the last week India is choking. Thanks to the dangerously poisonous air we breathe as most cities...
Playing with communal fire
By Inder Jit
(Released on 31 May 1983)
Communalism continues to grow and grow fast. Mr. Charan Singh’s timely alert against disaster has made thinking people...
Will ncap clean the air?
India's Polluted Cities
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Air pollution levels remain dangerously high in many parts of the world. New data from WHO shows that 9 out...
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...
BJP battles for allies
2019: War of Positions
By Poonam I Kaushish
Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci's 'War of Positions' and 'War of Manoeuvres' indicate two different phases in a power...
Follow the rule of law
Dear Editor,
Apex Tani Foundation (APTAFO) NGO is really concern about the recent torching of homes at Mabira Village in Namsai.
Torching down of village is...
Quota for well-off irrational?
Creamy Layer
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Government's decision, of implementing the concept of 'creamy layer' by disallowing a section of OBCs reservation benefits in the UPSC...
One India, One Poll
Halt perpetual election circus
By Poonam I Kaushish
Winds of change are in the air. Is India readying for a reform in our election cycle? Dumping...
Whose corrupt in whose eyes?
‘Power’of Corruption
By Poonam I Kaushish
When does money become dirt? When it begins
to stick. As the Kartigate corruption saga
explodes on the political firmament, it has...
Weak may sink strong
Bank Mergers
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It has been reported that the GDP has grown by only 5 per cent in the quarter ended June, which was...
Is it justified?
Encounter Killing
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The killings of four persons in Hyderabad allegedly accused of rape once again point to organized violence of the State....
Creating positive synergy?
Bank Mergers
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The NDA Government's decision to merge State-run banks to reduce their losses appears so far to have been taken rightly. The...
Is anti-nationalism new black?
Govt Stifling Freedom?
By Poonam I Kaushish
Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. An adage which nails our leaders angst...
Rational rates possible
Soaring Oil Prices
By Shivaji Sarkar
Oil prices have put the economy on flames. Rising inflation may not reflect in statistics, but it is impacting prices...