India rides growth bug
Global Hyper Debt
By Shivaji Sarkar
India joins the world aiming for a super growth on a high debt and infra push for an economic panacea....
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...
Servant of the house, not master
By Inder Jit
(Released on 25 August 1981)
Parliament’s eagerly-awaited monsoon session got off expectedly to a stormy start, Visitors who crowded the public galleries in...
Opp Hinduism vs bjp Hindutva
Ram Lala's Consecration
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa September 1984: Vishwa Hindu Parishad begins campaign against Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid threatening to break open locks. Two years...
Are poor better off?
Politics of Poverty
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Lok Sabha elections announced, all political parties are gearing up to woo the electoral vote bank, specially the poor and...
Exit Britain, enter India
By Dr D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Any event involving a major power impacts the world politics and economy. So how can 'Brexit'- the exit of...
India braces ocean defence
US Extends Garcia To Lanka!
By Shivaji Sarkar
Amid global turmoil of the Ukraine and Israel wars, a new strategic front opens up in Sri Lanka...
Targets poor, ease of living
BJP Eyes 2047
By Shivaji Sarkar
In the 75th year of Independence, the BJP is setting the goals to work continuously till the centenary, 2047, riding...
Budget Session may end up in a farce
By Inder Jit
(Released on 18 April 1989)
Parliament seems poised to reduce its Budget session virtually to a farce. The general budget was, no doubt,...
Free, fair and without fear
By Inder Jit
(Released on 21 July 1981)
Wild stories about the Garhwal poll and the repoll order continue to go the rounds. I heard many...
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...
Karnataka, UP determined
Towards Hindu Rashtra
By Insaf
“Work is in progress’ should read the sign in BJP’s making of a Hindu Rashtra! Polarisation on communal lines and targeting...
Bengal polls key to future
Economic Policy
By Shivaji Sarkar
West Bengal elections may be a referendum for India’s economic policies. It will decide whether the politics of “reformist economy” will...
Imeratives for heath sector
Third Wave
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
A third wave is predicted in India any time between September and December. Scientists and leading doctors predicting this wave...
BJP battles for allies
2019: War of Positions
By Poonam I Kaushish
Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci's 'War of Positions' and 'War of Manoeuvres' indicate two different phases in a power...
Courts’ indispensable share
Social Reforms
By Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court has at last stepped in vigorously to introduce vitally significant social reforms to...
Uncovers unholy nexus
NOTA Ballots
By Insaf
The stock market is exactly not an indicator of realities. The sensex is rising even as new issues seem to hit the...
Sbi’s plays spoilsport?
Electoral Bonds Timing
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The State Bank of India has wittingly or unwittingly come to the aid of the Modi government. The much-awaited exposure...
First step towards settlement
Sino-indian talks
By Inder Jit
(Released on 8 December 1981)
All those interested in seeing India and China resolve their border dispute and revive friendly relations between...
Shifts focus on budget
'Two States'
By Insaf
‘Two States’ this past week got Parliament mired in an unsavoury controversy. The Opposition, in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha decried...