India secures Ram’s future

Kashmir: Risky Silence By Poonam I Kaushish 5 August is a red letter day for the BJP which has a corollary for India. It stands testimony...

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...

GES 2017

India ready for big leap? Dr. D.K. Giri Prof. International Politics, JMI The 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit held recently in Hyderabad was India’s largest start-up incubator. The...

How do you evaluate commissioners?

SC Halla Bol On ECs By Poonam I Kaushish In this silly poll season amidst accusations slugfest between Parties in Modiland Gujarat, a five-judge Constitution Bench...

No more ‘abuse of power’

'Bulldozer Justice' By Insaf The hammer has come down on ‘bulldozer justice’! Demolishing the house of a person accused or convicted of a criminal activity as...

Passenger safety critical 

Priorities For Indian Railways By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is no doubt a lot of development in Indian Railways has taken place, but accidents that occur at...

Whose concern?

Lakshadweep Row By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Kerala Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution expressing solidarity with the people of Lakshadweep against the Union Territory...

Corruption, cbi and Vigilance

By Inder Jit (Released on 12 January 1988) The Central Vigilance Commission’s latest report should make all those interested in good, clean Government sit up. The...

Greatest blunder

Caste Census By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led a delegation of ten leaders from ruling and Opposition partiesto...

Drawing New Delhi in

Greek PM in India By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis recent visit to New Delhi was significant...

Gujarat’s error of remission?

Convicts Set Free By Insaf BJP government’s action in Gujarat is outrageous, to put it mildly. The remission of life imprisonment sentences for 11 men convicted...

Riots cost India $646 bn

Communal Violence By Shivaji Sarkar Communal violence has a cost. Manipur may be far off from the National Capital, Delhi, or Nuh in Haryana may be...

Democracy takes a beating

Karnataka Drama By Insaf Mockery of democracy and constitutional authorities! This is what developments in Karnataka post-poll sadly reflect. Changing the rules of the game, brazen...

I am a Dalit, who are you?

Caste Cauldron By Poonam I Kaushish “The naïve notion that we can preserve freedom by exuding goodwill is not only silly, but dangerous,” wrote former US...

Wrong & confusing

Economic Perceptions By Dhurjati Mukherjee The trend in the Indian economy speaks more of what it’s set to achieve in coming years—a rosy picture of possible...

Vendetta vs protocol

Centre-Bengal Row By Insaf ‘Political vendetta’ or ‘breach of protocol’, is the latest tug-of-war between Prime Minister Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This...

Political Funds

All hush-hush about slush By Poonam I Kaushish Money makes the clogged, polluted and corrupt political mare go around, and how! In the on-going Great Indian...

To cut inequity, help growth

First Rate Hike By Shivaji Sarkar The rate hike was a long-awaited decision. It was needed to check the rising prices, pep up the fledgling rupee,...

Relook at eurasian strategy

India After SCO Summit By Piotr Opalinski (Expert, Centre for International Relations, Poland) The 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin offered India both visibility and...

Dumps $1.2 bn nuts on India

US Trade War Heats Up By Shivaji Sarkar While India is concerned about high-tech and high-volume trade with the United States under the new Donald Trump...