New Delhi hitting the wrong targets
India's Security
By Dr. D. K. Giri
(Prof, International Politics, JMI)
Note the news that authorities in north-eastern China destroyed about 30,000 world maps showing Arunachal Pradesh...
Deriding basic tenets
Civil Society 'Warfare'
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Understanding of society, the process of its growth and development, as clearly enunciated by distinguished scholars, social scientists and philosophers...
Can it be replicated in Iran?
India In Korean War
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
The war in Iran has taken unanticipated turns. American President Donald Trump...
Game Changing Verdicts
Sprituality, sex & scam
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! Three momentous judgments in a short week! All game changers which will have rippling effects for times...
Mere temporary solution
Hike In MSP
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Union Cabinet's decision to hike minimum support price (MSP) for 14 crops is a move to ease agrarian distress...
Delhi govt reaches out
Dalit Protests
By Insaf
This election season, Delhi comes to the aide of Dalits. Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP government has reached out to the Centre demanding it...
Calculating the costs
Russia Bear-Hugs India
By D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics JIMMC)
After 12 occasions inthe UN on the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war, India has been abstaining from voting on the...
India’s concerns
US Elections
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof, Intl Relations, JMI)
The Presidential elections in United States held on 3 November has not yet produced concrete results. The...
Need to revisit ethos
Rising Violence
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The decisive role violence played in the ordering of the Third World, including India, cannot be ignored or consigned to the...
Un warns of upheaval
India's HDI Rank Loss
By Shivaji Sarkar
A rank loss on the UN Human Development Index is a grave indicator of India’s overall social and economic...
Politics turned on its head
Karnataka Caste Census
By Poonam I Kaushish
The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago bared its poisonous fangs again in Karnataka whereby...
EAC Task Cut Out
Focus on farm sector & tame banks
By Shivaji Sarkar
The poor and the economy have taken centre stage in Indian politics. Prime Minister Modi feels...
No road yet to Payum Circle
Dear Editor,
Payum circle located in Siang District is one of the oldest and the most backward circles of the state. Due to lack of...
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...
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...
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...
Media must be objective
Fact-Checking
By Sabina Inderjit
The famous quote ‘facts are sacred, but comment is free,’ by British journalist CP Scott, founder of what is The Guardian today...
Parliament boycott serves a purpose
By Inder Jit
(Released on 7 March 1989)
Every dark and threatening cloud has a silver lining. The unprecedented boycott of Parliament by the Opposition last...
Making a mountain of a molehill
Jinnah Controversy
By Poonam I Kaushish
Question: Name the latest con word that can divide a nation on communal lines?
Answer: Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founder and...
India’s Rulers and the Republic
By Inder Jit
(Released on 26 January 1988)
Several sharp questions are being asked at home and abroad as India celebrates its 38th Republic Day with...