Dangerous future ahead

Politics on Roads By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) New Year season is celebrated this year in Mumbai with violent street level politics virtually...

Time for bharat bhakti?

Gyanvapi Mosque By Poonam I Kaushish It was music to Shiv Bhakts as Har Har Mahadev had his way, say and came out trumps. In a...

Stifling freedom?

Much Ado Over Fashion By Poonam I Kaushish What’s in a fashion show? Nothing, it’s a form of style, but politically, it spells a lot. Who...

Are we heading for second wave?

Vaccination Push, YeT… By Poonam I Kaushish The Covid 19 pandemic is the most tumultuous, most catastrophic and the most defining epoch of our lifetime which...

Cracks in its vibrancy!

Indian Democracy By Dhurjati Mukherjee The highest court of the land, Supreme Court’s, recent observations on sedition law and throttling of dissent puts a big question...

Karnataka drama over

Kissa Kursi Ka By Insaf Curtains have finally come down in the long-drawn ‘kissa kursi ka’ nauseating drama in Karnataka. BS Yediyuruppa (earlier Yedyurappa) took...

How many will you put in jail?

Man Our Netas Are Touchy! By Poonam I Kaushish One man’s food is another man’s poison. A succinct testimony to the ongoing maelstrom over growing intolerance...

Poll guesses favour Rajiv

By Inder Jit (Released on 4 December 1984) Poll talk dominates all else. The guessing game is on again. Newsmen commentators and anyone who appears to...

Double standards: Opposition

Centre's 'Witch-Hunt' By Insaf Not done! A message from nine Opposition leaders from eight national parties to Prime Minister Modi. Standing behind AAP’s Manish Sisodia, who’s...

Huge idea, weak links

Digital Health By Dr Oishee Mukherjee Prime Minister Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) last month, which is envisaged as a complete digital health...

States hit by empty atms

Modi's "Cashless" India By Insaf The Centre's grand plans towards a 'cashless society' have not only come to haunt it but become a butt of jokes....

A pattern in confusion

Welfare Corps For Sub-Castes By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Andhra Pradesh Government has recently decided to set up 56 separate corporations for...

Sshh…. About poll slush!

Election Funding By Poonam I Kaushish Money makes the clogged, polluted and corrupt political mare go around, and how! In the on-going Great Indian Dance of...

Dignity of Lok Sabha is upheld

By Inder Jit (Released 16 April 1985) The Lok Sabha successfully warded off last Wednesday a major assault on its dignity. Full marks for this must...

Mere talk, lack of action

Eradicating Poverty By Oishee Mukherjee There is much talk of development with ruling political leaders harping on what all is being done. But the way politicians...

Non-starter or game changer?

Delhi's Jhaadu Vs Kamal Delhi, the country’s capital is all set to cast its vote today for the next incumbent to the hot seat of...

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...

Combating China’s coercion

India-Australia Ties By Dr D K Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) The Former Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbot, visiting India last week as the special envoy...

Not an ideal model

US Presidential Election By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) US President Donald Trump has not conceded his defeat in the presidential election and is...

‘North penalising south!’

TN Delimitation Row By Insaf Tamil Nadu sees itself not only taking on the ‘north’ but leading the ‘south’. Chief Minister M K Stalin has now...