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...
Right-wing Surge in Germany
Indian model for Europe!
By Dr.D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Liberals as well as progressives in Germany are shocked by the 19th Bundestag (Parliament) results. For the...
Wb gov-cm play politics!
Of Riots & Refugee Camps
By Insaf
Politics in West Bengal over riots and displaced citizens continues to persist. Governor C V Ananda Bose is quoted...
Trump’s Flip-Flops
India should engage Pak
By Dr DK Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The US President Donald Trump’s tweet on 14 October had the South Block (India’s external...
India claims its global status
Taking On Turkey
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Even though Ministry of External Affairs accepted that Turkey is a friendly country, it did not...
Consensus eludes
G-20 Meeting
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Not unexpectedly, consensus eluded the meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) of...
Alarming Hunger Situation
Govt unconcerned about poor
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Eleven year old Santoshi died of starvation because there was no foodgrain in her house for six weeks in...
Towards a rapprochement?
Jaishankar In Pakistan
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in Pakistan early this week. Observers both...
Boli, no. Goli, yes
Indo-Pak Hit New Low
By Poonam I Kaushish
You reap what you sow. Last week Pakistan learnt this the hard way when India struck at terror...
Winner takes all!
Regional Satraps Rise
By Poonam I Kaushish
At the end, it was all about feel good. A two month long, eight phase grueling election which culminated...
Doles no longer lure
Parties Clueless Of PMP
By Shivaji Sarkar
This election is about PMP —- poverty management programme —- an economic agenda that is unclear and all political...
Higher education rudderless
HRD's Severe Crunch
By Shivaji Sarkar
"My dear, here we must run fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to...
A dramatic shift
PM Modi in SCO
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
It goes without saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s performance in the...
Money makes India go round
Election Funding
By Shivaji Sarkar
Money decides political course! Indian elections are rarely free of the role that money, gifts, liquor, and much more play. Worse,...
Climax for 4 bjp states
Padmaavat Release
By Insaf
It's curtain-up for 'Padmaavat' finally. Bollywood and cinema goers across the country can raise a toast to the Supreme Court. Amidst the...
Vital for societal change
Women Leadership
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The passage of the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill renamed as ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ should give hope to nearly half...
Escalation of tension
India & Pakistan
By Piotr Opaliñski
(Former Polish Dy Ambassador to India & Ambassador to Pakistan; CIR)
The April terrorist attack in Pahalgam has reignited a new...
Public investment in N-E
Aiming to be national hub?
By Shivaji Sarkar
The North-East is said to be transforming and wants to catch the nation’s attention. At the same time,...
Govt must halt unholy nexus
Pvt Coaching Centres
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The parliamentary standing committee on education has recently recommended to the government to curb the growing unholy nexus between colleges...
Consensus needed on basic issues
By Inder Jit
(Released on 1 November 1983)
Consensus has become a fashionable word in New Delhi these days. Everyone who is anyone now talks of...