Need to sharpen teeth
Poll Management Body
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A rude shock was given to the Indian democratic government when the Election Commission of...
Mnc e-commerce ‘slavery’!
Gig Workforce
By Shivaji Sarkar
In an economy struggling to regain momentum, a new threat looms—an exploited class of “slave” workers, lauded by NITI Aayog as...
Integrating communities vital
Understanding Nationalism
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Political scientists and historians are today engaged in debating what true nationalism is with politicians talking in terms of a new...
Chindia, Russia & USA
European Dilemma
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Association for Democratic Socialism)
I was talking intensely over a week with a European friend, who is also a...
End of sanctions’ era?
Trump-Putin Meet
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Helsinki meet between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised hopes for a better trade environment....
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...
Delhi, Dacca and friendship
By Inder Jit
(Released on 7 April 1981)
Bangladesh and its capital Dacca are a far cry from Delhi and most other parts, of India, barring...
Cash is king
Notes=Votes
By Poonam I Kaushish
Heard this week’s flavour amidst our ongoing noisy nautanki of democracy: rajniti is the best dhanda and our netagan’s greatest asset...
‘Fixed match’, ‘Kangroo court’?
TMC MP Moitra's Expulsion
By Insaf
Will the West Bengal TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s “cash-for-query”case go down in parliamentary history, as claimed by her, is a...
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...
The adani factor
Australian Polls
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The results of recent Australian federal elections surprised observers and analysts across the world. The Labour Party,...
2022:New hopes & promises
Covid Spoils Party Again
By Poonam I Kaushish
How does one begin an epitaph of the year gone by? Uncork the champagne and roll out the...
New way out of Ram-Babri imbroglio
By Inder Jit
(Released on 2 October 1990)
India's secularism today faces its biggest ever challenge. Yet the problem is not receiving the cool, overdue attention...
Brazen vote bank politics
Assam NRC Row
Till yesterday not many had heard of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Today it has raised a huge controversy with the...
Can we rise above petty politics?
Governance of Capital City
By Dr. S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The recent judgment of the Supreme Court's Constitution Bench clarifying the relative powers of the...
The Indian imperatives
Changing International Relations
By Dr DK Giri
(Secretary General, Assn
for Democratic Socialism)
What kind of world are we living today in? When we look around, we find...
A world power?
Imagining India
By Dr. D.K Giri
(Prof, International Relations, JIMMC)
Experts and observes have pontificated in the recent past about India emerging as a super power in...
One nation one election, anyone?
UCC: Tiptoeing Stealthily
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s been a raucous winter session of Parliament. But in its penultimate week Prime Minister Modi continued to have...
Violence scars tmc sweep
WB Panchayat Polls
By Insaf
The dominance of ruling TMC over West Bengal politics is once again vindicated in the results of the Panchayat elections. The party swept...
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...