India on razor’s edge
Queer Global Moves
By Shivaji Sarkar
It is a queer world. Politics and economics are contesting each other almost globally. In the country, Parliament remains paralysed...
We love to hate
Divisive Grammar
By Poonam I Kaushish
Why do we love to hate? And why do we revel in divisive grammar? The power of rhetorical public abuse...
Our Neglected Values
By Inder Jit
(Released on 16 November 1976)
Pointed attention has at long last been directed to a vital but neglected aspect of our life and...
Kerala sounds bugle
CAA Dissent Note
By Insaf
Kerala sounding the bugle has sharpened notes of Centre-State relations on the brink yet again. While the Citizenship Amendment Act has...
Is India ready ?
Uniform Civil Code
By Poonam I Kaushish
In the ongoing poll battle in five States with our polity upping the ante of identity politics to suit...
It’s only life, stupid!
India Choked
By Poonam I Kaushish
“What’s the use of a hospital bed now? He is already dead. All are dead. The Administration is hopeless, useless,”...
Pointless political conflict
Governor & State Govt
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
After Delhi and Puducherry, Tamil Nadu Governor is in the news now for conducting...
A pattern in confusion
Welfare Corps For Sub-Castes
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Andhra Pradesh Government has recently decided to set up 56 separate corporations for...
J&k demotion for promotion
Statehood to UT Status
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The new maps of the two newly formed Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh in the...
Covid 19 Rajniti
Fuel Hike Fury
By Poonam I Kaushish
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek...
Gulf adding numbers grave
Job Losses
By Shivaji Sarkar
More job losses are predicted as migrant labourers in India and abroad, particularly in the Gulf, face relentless abuses, low...
States say no to bjp
Assembly, LS Bypolls
By Insaf
United we stand, divided we fall, is a phrase obviously stirring the Opposition parties. Some of these sticking together have given...
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...
Tough, bumpy road ahead
2020: Year The World Shut Down
By Poonam I Kaushish
How does one begin an epitaph of the year gone by? Uncork the champagne and roll...
AIP & JeI entry stirs interests
Run-Up to J & K Polls
By Insaf
The spotlight on Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election after a decade promises to be intense and match up...
Will new schemes be effective?
Farm Interests
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
“India will never compromise with the interests of the farmers, livestock holders and fishermen. And I know that I will have...
TN triggers nda-India row
Sanatan Dharma
By Insaf
DMK’s minister and Chief Minister Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi has raised a big political storm. By declaring that Sanatan Dharma is against equality...
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...
Coalitions back on centrestage
39 Modi's NDA Vs 27 Jeetega INDIA
By Poonam I Kaushish
2014 we bid adieu to messy multi-Party coalitions amidst fractured mandates. But as happenings last...
Dialogue on economy vital
Corona Panic
By Shivaji Sarkar
The last quarter figures of 2019-20 fiscal may have reasons to cause worry. An uninteresting Central budget, corona virus, plummeting stock...