Appalling travesty of Justice!
Babri Verdict & Hathras Case
By Insaf
Outrage! That sums up the Babri Masjid demolition verdict and Hathras incident should evoke, if it hasn’t already, among...
Forgotten & blurred?
Gandhi's Vision
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The ongoing farmers’ agitation should make policy makers take a relook at Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘gram swaraj’ (village self-rule), wherein the farmer...
Parliament and the opposition
By Inder Jit
(Released on 15 January 1985)
All eyes are on the new Lok Sabha, which is due to assemble today for its first sitting....
Don’t solve problems
'Landmark' Farm Bills
By Shivaji Sarkar
The bulldozing of the two bills -- Agricultural Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Simplification) Bill and Farmers (Empowerment and...
Worst hit, require top priority
Women & Rural Folk
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The grave economic situation will hit women and the rural folk the most. According to a recent report, released...
Scrap jazzy projects, psu sale
Economy Corrections
By Shivaji Sarkar
Various packages announced cannot cope up with the losses and slowdown as a result of lockdown. The economic situation as repeatedly...
Salaam Bombay, says Delhi?
Maharashtra Drama
By Insaf
Mumbai today mirrors everything that’s rotten with the system and the country. The unfolding high drama between Kangana Ranaut, the Shiv Sena,...
Sushant death output
Drug Addiction & Crime
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The investigation into the mysterious death of Sushant Singh Rajput is leading the authorities...
Mid-term plan vital
Economy Revival
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The pandemic has triggered a slump in consumer spending, hit private investment and a sharp decline in exports with unimaginable dimensions....
Relevance must be enhanced
Panchayati Raj & Covid-19
By Moin Qazi
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a massive toll on the economy: broken supply chains, record unemployment, failing small businesses....
Rule-based rbi for a start
Big GDP Slump
By Shivaji Sarkar
It’s a fall or new beginning. The nation is pondering over the minus 23.9 per cent GDP crash. The...
Post-Lockdown Vigilance
Living With Pandemic
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director ICSSR, New Delhi)
More than five months have elapsed since we started the lockdown and are now in...
Pandemic shall bridge gap?
Rural-Urban Divide
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The pandemic has put the rural-urban divide into sharper focus, sending out a clear message to the Government, both the Centre...
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...
Judiciary “Bonded” or “Free”
By Madhu Dandavate
(As released on 24 May 1985)
Recently, Mr. Justice V.D. Tulzapurkar observed in the Supreme Court that due to favouritism by the Government...
Relook into law needed
Contempt of Court
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Controversies over the contempt of court law will go on irrespective of the final scene...
Will banks revive Economy?
Growth Imperatives
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The health of the banking sector may be difficult to comprehend. Faced with a severe recession, months before the onset of...
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?...
Time to get back to normal
Economic Slump
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy is on life-saving policies such as incentives, special packages and lending. Even the daily wage workers and small...
One more vow of govt jobs!
MP's Children
By Insaf
Madhya Pradesh’s Children! That’s the new mantra of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. On Tuesday last, akin to the ‘sons of the...