Trump’s Flip-Flops
India should engage Pak
By Dr DK Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The US President Donald Trump’s tweet on 14 October had the South Block (India’s external...
Holy conversions!
Mitti, Kajal & Darshan
By Poonam I Kaushish
A 16-year-old Faridabad girl is lured by Hussain in 2023. He takes her to Delhi’s Nizamuddin Dargah and...
Govt money is neta’s money
Its Raining Populist Freebies
By Poonam I Kaushish
It is a perfect electoral cake rolled out by various Parties to the strains of ‘Vote For Me.’...
Will plans help growth?
Manufacturing Sector
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Three decades of reforms notwithstanding, manufacturing in the country as a proportion of GDP has not really picked up. Today...
Parachute loyalties rule roost
General Election 2019
By Poonam I Kaushish
As India’s greatest nautanki enters its last three phases of polling we will have stood witness to 900 million...
Imeratives for heath sector
Third Wave
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
A third wave is predicted in India any time between September and December. Scientists and leading doctors predicting this wave...
To be or not to be!
India-US Ties
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The current India-America relations reflect Hamlet’s dilemma as expressed in his soliloquy in Act...
Biting more than can chew
Quotas And Queues
By Poonam I Kaushish
Quotas and queues are back on the political platter amidst hectic electioneering in five States. But with a good...
India’s best friend ever!
Donald Trump
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The Donald Trump Administration has just warned Pakistan to punish the perpetrators of the horrendous violence in...
Govt must halt unholy nexus
Pvt Coaching Centres
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The parliamentary standing committee on education has recently recommended to the government to curb the growing unholy nexus between colleges...
Jobs can spur churning
Big Figures, Fragile Upturn
By Shivaji Sarkar
Indian politics and economy are queering the pitch. Politically feeble attempts are there with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandshekaar...
Reopening debate
Death Penalty
By Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Justice Kurien Joseph, on the eve of his retirement, delivered a judgement commuting the death sentence...
Impact on national politics?
Semi-Final Over
By Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Throughout the Assembly elections' campaign in the five States, a dominating idea that circulated among voters...
Bureau of convenience
His Master's Voice
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is it about the Central Bureau of Investigation that has it always in the eye of the storm?...
For better or worse?
Speaker's Crown Of Thorns
By Poonam I Kaushish
Fatigued and bored of the volatile cacophony of accusations flying thick and fast over American billionaire George Soros’s...
All in name of faith
Ghettoism of Religion
By Poonam I Kaushish
Why do we revel in creating dissonance and divisiveness? And masquerade interests as principles? And why do we love...
Psbs better on thin spread
More Pvt Banks Fail
By Shivaji Sarkar
Public sector banks (PSB) are critically needed today as these were in 1969, is virtually the message that the...
Construction a burden?
Core, Farm slip; Prices Up
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is experiencing a robust growth rate of 8.4 per cent, paralleled by rising inflationary trends, sparking concerns...
Yours vs mine?
Caste Cauldron
By Poonam I Kaushish
The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago has bared its poisonous fangs once again in Karnataka...
Both lose $ 1500 million
Indo-Pak Singham War
By Shivaji Sarkar
Playing Little Singham is the cheapest way of releasing energy and keeping cool for many millennials (new generation kids). Usually...