Better late than never

Plastic Ban By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) In 26 States/Union Territories in India, some form of plastic ban is imposed, but its implementation...

Will usher in prosperity?

J&K Altered By Dhurjati Mukherjee Kashmir’s dilemma is like Shakespeare’s famous line ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’? Unlike rest of...

Pro-Rich Development By Dhurjati Mukherjee Tall claims about India’s achievements and future projections by leaders are oft heard, but sadly they fail to understand or choose...

Rajasthan out, straight fight?

Cong Presidential Poll By Insaf Rajasthan Congress’ high drama nearly turned the grand old party’s presidential poll into a tamasha. Fortunately, for the Congress, Chief Minister...

Expansionary policy vital

Economy & China By Shivaji Sarkar The roller coaster Indian economic journey is likely to continue. It is recovering at 11.5 per cent in April June...

Dialogue offer is absurd

India-Pak Airstrikes By Dr. D.K.Giri Prof. International Politics, JMI India and Pakistan are at war. Pakistan started it by a proxy terrorist organisation JeM with a suicide...

Free India´s Great Failure

By Indar Jit (Released on 19 September 1978) Nature alone is not to blame for the floods which have savagely hit India this year. Man is...

Increase with its primacy

Election Commission Woes Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A six-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India alleging “deep-rooted...

India’s Myanmar momemt

Democracy Vs Dictatorship By Dr. D.K. Giri Prof. International Relations, JIMMC The violence and repression by the military junta in Myanmar continue unabated. Last Sunday at least...

Wanted: Opposition that works

By Inder Jit (Released on 23 June 1981) The Opposition has none but itself to blame for coming to grief once again. It seems to have...

Reform or find alternative

Representative Democracy By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Budget session of Parliament has commenced and 20 Opposition parties joined together to boycott the...

Law panel report outdated!

Sedition Law By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Law Commission of India’s 297threport ‘Usage of the Law of Sedition’, would come as a great disappointment to civil and...

Ouch! Govt is touchy

Muzzling Dissent By Poonam I Kaushish As India is busy taking shots at recovery against Covid 19, lost in euphoria of taming the virus fiend is...

Never-ending exercise?

Assam's NRC By Insaf Assam’s NRC conundrum lingers on. Both the Centre and the State government have again knocked on the Supreme Court’s door seeking extension...

Fresh Assault on Judiciary

By Inder Jit (Released on Jan 27, 1981) Another Republic Day has rolled by. The nation has gone through the ritual of annual celebrations at the...

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...

Firming strategic ties

Fiji PM In India By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Liga Mamada Rabuka was in India to...

Honey, we are touchy!

India's Moral Terrorist By Poonam I Kaushish One man’s food is another man’s poison. A succinct testimony to the ongoing maelstrom over growing intolerance. From love...

Of secularism & rights?

Hijab Order By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee Upset over Karnataka High Court’s recent ruling that wearing a hijab (headscarf) is not an essential religious practice in Islamic...

Gdp surges to $212 bn

Bengal Rises To 6th Rank By Shivaji Sarkar Is West Bengal on a trajectory of growth? Is it belying allegations of a laggard state? May be....