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...
India and its image abroad
By Inder Jit
India’s image in the West shines brighter than ever before. Goodwill for the country is clearly on the upswing. This is the...
Thrust on Nuclear power vital?
Reducing Emission Intensity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The year 2024 was the warmest year in the history of the Earth, the first to exceed 1.50 C pre-industrial...
G20 opens up many doors
MBDs, DPI, Biofuels
By Shivaji Sarkar
The G20 year-long india presidency bash achieves a lot amid global ukraine-russia conflict overshadowing the bid for peace. India’s bilaterals...
Ambitious, is aim achievable?
Economic Survey
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The obvious challenge for the pandemic-hit economy is not just to accelerate growth but to ensure that such growth translates to...
Quotas And Queues
How do we spell merit?
By Poonam I Kaushish
Quotas and queues are back on the political platter wherein our netagan are busy indulging in one-upmanship,...
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...
Here’s to women power!
Femme Fatale
By Poonam I Kaushish
It seems a tall order, but possible. A stepping stone to gender equality with Prime Minister Modi announcing 33% reservation...
Defined by political narratives
Society Intellectualism
By Sagarneel Sinha
In the present era, slowly and gradually, intellectualism is being, more or less characterised by political narratives of left and right....
What’s the big deal?
Constitutional Morality
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa July 2023: “Idealism is good in politics, but if you are kicked out, who cares!” asserted Maharashtra Dy Chief...
Vile disinformation on Kashmir
By Inder Jit
(Released on 3 July 1990)
Public memory is proverbially short. It seems to be even shorter in regard to the Kashmir developments, especially...
Targets opposition ministers?
130th Constitutional Amend Bill
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The 130thConstitutional Amendment Bill has raised a hue and cry among the Opposition. Tabled just two days before the...
Ties at their best
Hasina in India
By Dr D.K Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Seikh Hasina was in India last week to bolster multiple ties. Of late,...
Need of the hour
India-NATO Tie Up
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
Within a week of the high summit of Quad, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin was...
Israel war may hurt: Imf
India GDP Rises, Arms Sale Up
By Shivaji Sarkar
Indian economic parameters are improving. But would thesebe able to retain the 14-month high Index of Industrial...
A jinxed peace road
Battle-ing Indo-Pak Ties
By Poonam I Kaushish
Neighbour or enemy? Both. India-Pakistan relations are like a roller coaster ride. All depends on which way the political...
New alarum over future polls
By Inder Jit
(Released on 29 March 1985)
His words still ring in my ears, loud and clear. “Our elections have become a farce”, asserted a...
No substitute for classroom
Online Education
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Closure of schools has led to a thoughtless rush to switch over to online education as...
Looking for giants
Our Pygmy Leaders
By Poonam I Kaushish
A fundamental principle of a civilised nation is that in times of war, the polity displays cohesiveness and rallies...
Aim viksit future by 2028
By Shivaji Sarkar
Bihar Freebie Trap
Bihar’s 2025 elections are shaping up as a decisive moment for the state’s future. Once again, the political narrative is...