India rides growth bug

Global Hyper Debt By Shivaji Sarkar India joins the world aiming for a super growth on a high debt and infra push for an economic panacea....

Resetting ties with China angle

Angela Merkel in Delhi By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Delhi to co-chair the Fifth Biennial Inter Governmental...

Servant of the house, not master

By Inder Jit (Released on 25 August 1981) Parliament’s eagerly-awaited monsoon session got off expectedly to a stormy start, Visitors who crowded the public galleries in...

Opp Hinduism vs bjp Hindutva

Ram Lala's Consecration By Poonam I Kaushish Circa September 1984: Vishwa Hindu Parishad begins campaign against Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid threatening to break open locks. Two years...

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...

Exit Britain, enter India

By Dr D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Any event involving a major power impacts the world politics and economy. So how can 'Brexit'- the exit of...

India braces ocean defence

US Extends Garcia To Lanka! By Shivaji Sarkar Amid global turmoil of the Ukraine and Israel wars, a new strategic front opens up in Sri Lanka...

Targets poor, ease of living

BJP Eyes 2047 By Shivaji Sarkar In the 75th year of Independence, the BJP is setting the goals to work continuously till the centenary, 2047, riding...

Budget Session may end up in a farce

By Inder Jit (Released on 18 April 1989) Parliament seems poised to reduce its Budget session virtually to a farce. The general budget was, no doubt,...

Free, fair and without fear

By Inder Jit (Released on 21 July 1981) Wild stories about the Garhwal poll and the repoll order continue to go the rounds. I heard many...

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...

Karnataka, UP determined

Towards Hindu Rashtra By Insaf “Work is in progress’ should read the sign in BJP’s making of a Hindu Rashtra! Polarisation on communal lines and targeting...

Bengal polls key to future

Economic Policy By Shivaji Sarkar West Bengal elections may be a referendum for India’s economic policies. It will decide whether the politics of “reformist economy” will...

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...

BJP battles for allies

2019: War of Positions By Poonam I Kaushish Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci's 'War of Positions' and 'War of Manoeuvres' indicate two different phases in a power...

Courts’ indispensable share

Social Reforms By Dr. S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court has at last stepped in vigorously to introduce vitally significant social reforms to...

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...

Sbi’s plays spoilsport?

Electoral Bonds Timing   By Dhurjati Mukherjee The State Bank of India has wittingly or unwittingly come to the aid of the Modi government. The much-awaited exposure...

First step towards settlement

Sino-indian talks By Inder Jit (Released on 8 December 1981) All those interested in seeing India and China resolve their border dispute and revive friendly relations between...

Shifts focus on budget 

'Two States' By Insaf ‘Two States’ this past week got Parliament mired in an unsavoury controversy.  The Opposition, in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha decried...