Depoliticise speaker’s office
Of The House, For The House
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the season of Aya Ram Gaya Ram and prize catches. Specially in Maharashtra and Bihar...
Relishing religion in political dish
A Meaty Affair
By Poonam I Kaushish
Move over meat eaters, Saffron storm-troopers are relishing the ban on sale of non-vegetarian products during Ram Navmi as...
Parliament abdicates control again
By Inderjit
(Released on 12 June 1990)
Parliament’s recently-concluded budget session has not received the critical attention it deserves. Not many of our people have cared...
Caste politics to the fore
Gujarat Make Over
By Insaf
It’s too early to say ‘All’s well, that ends well’ in BJP-ruled Gujarat. On Thursday last, a 24-member Cabinet was administered...
Modiji, heal India
Seven Year Itch
By Poonam I Kaushish
Call it the seven year itch but the cruel Covid summer 2021 has brought Prime Minister Modi to the...
Banks, economy in turmoil
Electoral Bonds Shear Rs 29 Tr
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy may or may not have matured, it has specialised in its murky Bombay stock...
Tackle terifying black hole
Naxals: Wake Up Call
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the season of banalities in politics. An outsider would be excused for thinking that India’s biggest crisis...
Modi’s outreach to la
Chile's President in India
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha)
The practice in the media and political circles is creating a buzz and...
Govt must be responsive
India Vs Others
Open Forum
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Notwithstanding a recent report indicating India shall emerge as the 4th largest economy by 2030 and the 3rd largest...
Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 Introduced
Parliament Spotlight
New Delhi, 28 Mar: The government was able to introduce ‘The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022,’ in the Lok Sabha despite stiff oppositionas...
Cash is king!
Rajniti Jor Tor
By Poonam I Kaushish
A gentleman met a beautiful lady and invited her to bed. She gave him one tight slap. And angrily...
The road ahead
J&K Message
By Poonam I Kaushish
The winner takes it all! Be it salubrious J&K or burly Haryana. As no-stops-barred battles gives way to elected Governments...
Who will emerge chanakya?
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
Lonely lies the head that wears the crown. And nobody knows this better than Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who...
Nation first or party?
My List Vs Your List
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was a short-lived hum-sath-sath-hain show of outrage, grief and retribution. Barely, has the ink dried on...
Mixed bag of results!
Modi's Europe Tour
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Prime Minister Modi just had a weeklong tour of Europe, touching Sweden, the UK and Germany....
Who cares for farmers, poor?
Stubborn Govt
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
At a time when farmers are agitating for their rights and the entire Opposition supporting them, the Government’s stance of unwilling...
Toxic air turns a windfall
Car Sales' Boom
By Shivaji Sarkar
Scrappage is a profit accelerator. By some industry estimates, it can add 30 per cent or more to automaker profits,...
Democracy or Oligarchy?
Poll Campaigning
By Proloy Bagchi
We are in the midst of election season, with as many as five States results to start pouring out early next...
China’s model of stabilization or regional dominance?
Trilateral Dialogue in Beijing
By Piotr Opalinski
(Former Diplomat, Centre for International
Relations, Poland)
On May 21, 2025, an informal, tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of China,...
No talk, act on global warming
Glacial Burst
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Global warming needs a lot more attention in the country following the recent glacial burst in Uttarakhand and . While experts...