What is in a word?
Unparliamentary Or Gag?
By Poonam I Kaushish
What’s in word? Everything when it comes to our polity. We were treated to one such last week. Our...
Speed not haste needed
Fast-Track Legislations
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A fresh controversy over legislative procedure has erupted spoiling the joy over a very productive parliamentary...
Vendetta vs protocol
Centre-Bengal Row
By Insaf
‘Political vendetta’ or ‘breach of protocol’, is the latest tug-of-war between Prime Minister Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This...
Economic Slowdown
Can Modi undo mistakes?
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent fall of the GDP to an all-time low has not only led to severe criticism of Prime...
Past fixation at present cost
Politics Of Statues
By Poonam I Kaushish
It's been a week of stark contradictions in India's ongoing political nautanki. Seven days when we stood witness to...
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...
India’s Moral Terrorist
Ideas more dangerous than guns
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Off with her head, arguments later”, ordered the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. A term synonymous in...
Oil, $ surge = wage, farm crisis
Rate Rise To Boost Savings
By Shivaji Sarkar
The world economy is in turmoil as crude touches a high (since 2014) in the wake of US...
Delhi sending wrong signals
Ducking The Dragon
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India last week did not generate adequate debate it should...
Expanding commonalities
India-Sweden Ties
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
In the wake of a high level delegation visit from Sweden accompanying the king Carl XVI Gustaf...
Karmic pay back?
Chidambaram Arrest
By Poonam I Kaushish
The chickens have come home to roost and you reap what you sow. Two maxims which enunciate the steamy saga...
Triumph of Indian diplomacy
Masood Azhar Episode
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
After 10 years of diplomatic endeavours by India, lately backed by France, UK and USA, Massod...
More silkyaras in the making
Ladakh To Manipur - Billions Los
By Shivaji Sarkar
Ignoring the Himalayan warnings has become a habit. Kedarnath tragedy lessons were never learnt. Had it heard...
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...
India’s crony capitalism
The Adani Euphoria
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Adani saga has unfolded itself and the print media is making headlines on the Hindenburg report and the resultant...
Dialogue on economy vital
Corona Panic
By Shivaji Sarkar
The last quarter figures of 2019-20 fiscal may have reasons to cause worry. An uninteresting Central budget, corona virus, plummeting stock...
India fails its women
Stree Shakti Anyone?
By Poonam I Kaushish
Women are the buzz words in this silly electoral season with ballot boxes in Himachal sealed and Gujarat and...
Nation must wake up
Danger of Mobocracy
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Speaking at the orientation programme for new members of Rajya Sabha, Vice President and Chairman M...
Defection new normal
Gaddi Aur Gaddari
By Poonam I Kaushish
A sense of de ja vu overwhelms. Reinforced by the revolving door politics in five States going to polls...
Fallout for India
Dropping Iran N Deal
By Dr. D.K. Giri
Prof, International Relations, JMI
Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Nuclear Deal with Iran would have serious...