Reorienting policies vital
Next Poll Planning
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The NDA has about five months to go before the Lok Sabha elections and apart from improving governance, the vote...
Parliament and the opposition
By Inder Jit
(Released on 15 January 1985)
All eyes are on the new Lok Sabha, which is due to assemble today for its first sitting....
Netas police vs janata’s police
Policewala Goonda
Last week tore to tatters the slogan: With you, for you, always. When another free-for-all epidemic of mob violence was unleashed across the...
Will it win popular support?
BJP's Corruption Mantra
The first phase of polling over,it’s getting increasingly interesting to watch how far BJP and its star campaigner Prime Minister Modi will...
End of social justice?
BJP's Politics
By Sagarneel Sinha
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government has completed eight years in power and amidst this the country has seen changes...
Right prices critical
Farm Travails & WTO
By Shivaji Sarkar
The long night is over. The farmers call off their over year-long stir and return home as the Centre...
Karnataka triggers debate
Hate Speech Bill
By Insaf
The Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025 has sparked off a fiery debate. Having got the nod from the Siddaramaiah...
States must aid centre
The MSP Demand
By Dr. S.S Chhina
(Senior Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi)
Albeit the longest-ever protest from the farming community, especially in Punjab and...
Govt support, tech input vital
Boosting Farm Income
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Two recent developments in the agricultural sector merit attention. The first is the constitution of the long-awaited committee to look...
Holier than thou conversions!
Love Jihad
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is once again caught up in a battle royale between the Gods, in a new age avatar: Love...
Focus on rural India vital
Education Neglect
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The New Year calls for reversing the neglect in the education sector. Policies are framed with high sounding targets without a...
RBI: Worst Days Over, Yet
Inflation, private banks worrisome
By Shivaji Sarkar
The slowdown has bottomed out, asserts RBI. Indeed, a positive indicator in the last over a year whereby India’s...
Asserting Africa’s aspirations
G-20 in Johannesburg
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
The 20th G-20 meeting in the South African capital was marked by quite...
A sorry state of affairs!
Municipal Financing
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Reserve Bank of India’s recent release of the annual ‘Report on Municipal Finance’ is undoubtedly a good yardstick to assess...
Dent in ‘jai kisan’?
Capital Anarchy
By Poonam I Kaushish
Nothing ever good comes out of violence. This lexicon comes to mind as the Capital witnessed unprecedented anarchy leaving it...
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...
National hall of fame or shame
74 'Independent' Years
By Poonam I Kaushish
“The naïve notion that we can preserve freedom by exuding goodwill is not only silly, but dangerous,” wrote former...
Caste, class bias must end
Dalit Activism
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is lot of news in the media concerning the Dalits, who in recent months have asserted their right to a...
Battle over gods
Religious Conversions
By Poonam I Kaushish
Religion is turning out to be a big vote spinner, as our political undatas busily churn the conversion cauldron underscoring...
Welfare vital, no to corruption
Karnataka Takeaways
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Congress has won a victory in Karnataka with an absolute majority, unexpected by most political pundits. The sorry state of...