Constitution’s 68th Anniversary
Sacrosanct, flexible & survived
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
India celebrated the 68th anniversary of adoption of its Constitution this 26th November with...
Your lordships object!
Judicial Mutiny
By Poonam I Kaushish
An unprecedented judicial holocaust hit India last week, the likes unseen or unheard in Independent India. All hell broke loose...
Collusion= bank swindles
PSBs Privatising = Predators
By Shivaji Sarkar
Is privatization of public sector banks (PSB) the panacea? A strong lobby seems to propagate it and it includes...
Economy needs free run
Cash & Banks
By Shivaji Sarkar
Fetish of any kind is bad. Of late, the society has started a cleaning operation to the extent that it...
Economic re-statregy must
Arithmetic Vs Welfare
By Shivaji Sarkar
The byelections results are a clear signal for the ruling combine for changing its economic policies. The results are not...
Centre, states pass the buck?
Mob Violence & Lynching
By Insaf
Who will bell the cat? The Centre or the States as mob violence and lynching continue to cause nagging unease...
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...
Which master’s voice?
CBI Vs CBI
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was an unprecedented midnight coup when in the stealth of night 1am CBI Director Alok Verma was replaced...
Wish for Politico-Eco vision
Nation Eye's 2019
By Shivaji Sarkar
The year 2019 comes with hopes but the path is murky. Economy needs a new path, resuscitation and people-oriented policies.
It's...
Ideal micro-pension plan vital
Social Security Cover
By Moin Qazi
Notwithstanding the Government's bold step in enlarging the social security cover for low income households, through the mega pension scheme...
Remote to 2019 elections
Foreign Policy
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
We are mid-way in the elections to 17th Lok Sabha, yet there is hardly any sound on...
Woh mar gaya, toh?
My Careless India
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 2 June, Aligarh UP: A two-and-a-half year old girl’s maggots infested mutilated body is found in a garbage...
Draconian, needs retink
New MV Act
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 is draconian. Worse, it is passed at a time when the automobile industry is...
Halt Economic downturn
Foreign Policy Mismatch
By Dr. D. K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The Government has now admitted that the economy is in a bad shape. In the...
Resetting ties with China angle
Angela Merkel in Delhi
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Delhi to co-chair the Fifth Biennial Inter Governmental...
Citizens vs section 144
Winter Of Unrest
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s a winter of unrest as city after city cutting across region and religion was spooked by protests and...
Civil disobedience in fore?
Youth's Anti-CAA Upsurge
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Serious debates are ongoing over the rights of the young generation, specially students to engage in protests against the CAA...
Centre, states wake up late
Lockdown & Migrant Workers
By Insaf
Too little and maybe too late! An assessment of the Centre’s lockdown and Rs 1,70,000-crore relief package for the urban...
Hurried, but ineffective?
Welfare Programmes
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The process of governance over the years, via discussions and debates, has undergone a change in India. As is evident, there...
Improbable, no solution
Early Covid Vaccine
By Dr. Oishee & Dhurjati Mukherjee
India has overtaken Russia to take the third position in the world with corona infections rising at...