India tilts to China, Russia, Eu
Multilateral WTO Trumped
By Shivaji Sarkar
One man has rewritten world trade rules. Reciprocity is the name of the game. Difficult to find fault with his...
Pseudo secularism must end
By Inder Jit
(Released on 5 June, 1979)
How Delhi has acted not a day too soon in calling a series of conferences with the States...
India’s American stakes
G-20 At Osaka
(Commentator, International Politics)
The much-hyped G-20 meeting at Osaka concluded once again with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi coming out in flying colours,...
Expansionary policy vital
Economy & China
By Shivaji Sarkar
The roller coaster Indian economic journey is likely to continue. It is recovering at 11.5 per cent in April June...
Sshh…. About poll slush!
Election Funding
By Poonam I Kaushish
Money makes the clogged, polluted and corrupt political mare go around, and how! In the on-going Great Indian Dance of...
India, the peace-broker?
The War in Ukraine
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reveals that India is talking to...
Discourtesy to parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on 28 Feb 1984)
Parliament is still not getting from Mrs Gandhi and the ruling Congress-I the respect and courtesy that is...
Index & reality
Hunger in India
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
It is not in India’s fortune to remain happy with its achievements for any long time as...
Not good enough for polls!
J&K 'Breathing Free'
By Insaf
Jammu and Kashmir is ‘breathing freely today’. A message that Prime Minister Modi sent out from Srinagar, which incidentally took him...
Politics vs Economists
Exit of CEA
By Shivaji Sarkar
The third high profile departure, now of Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian coming shortly after the decision to...
Political harlotry unbridled
By Inder Jit
(Released on 16 June 1981)
Prostitution is legally banned in India. But political harlotry continues to flourish brazenly. What is worse, it is...
North-East’s gdp share 2%
'India Grows 3.3% 2020-23'
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Reserve Bank of India monetary policy is only a small part of India’s economy. A tighter rate regime...
Reform or find alternative
Representative Democracy
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Budget session of Parliament has commenced and 20 Opposition parties joined together to boycott the...
What constitutional norms?
'State' Of Head
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s a killer world and everything topsy turvy! First there’s the Parliament logjam, a tussle between BJP and Congress...
Desi remedy, more funds vital
Grappling Farm Sector
By Shivaji Sarkar
The agricultural sector anticipates a significant shift towards a ‘desi farm economy’ and increased budget allocations in the upcoming fiscal...
China’s model of stabilization or regional dominance?
Trilateral Dialogue in Beijing
By Piotr Opalinski
(Former Diplomat, Centre for International
Relations, Poland)
On May 21, 2025, an informal, tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of China,...
Personal loans, defaults rise!
RBI Subprime Alert
By Shivaji Sarkar
What would sway Indian politics —the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy or caste census? Normally it should be the...
Katil=Neta, Toh Kya?
Stigma=Women
By Poonam I Kaushish
Plato believed that democratic “life has neither law nor order.” And he was dead right. In today’s India where jiske lathi...
Grim, challenges must be met
School Education
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The Parliamentary standing committee report on education titled ‘Plans for Bridging the Learning Gaps’ has admitted the yawning digital divide...
To continue despite curbs
Trade with China
By Shivaji Sarkar
The tension on the India-China border reaching inflection point, trade relations except for semantics, may not be impacted, as the...