Will Modi & nda deliver?
Harmony & Poverty
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is indeed very difficult the understand election dynamics and what impact the issues would have on the end results....
Entangled in politics?
Covid-19 Review
By Insaf
Is politics being played over Covid-19, is the question doing the rounds. While on the one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi at...
Applies balm, will it heal?
SC on Migrant Workers
By Insaf
The Supreme Court finally applies the balm. Noticing “several lapses” in dealing with the migrant workers crisis, the court did...
Understanding Equality
India’s key challenge
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
Over a period of time there has been renewed interest on inequality, specially after the publication of renowned French...
Worsened by cyber loot
By Shivaji Sarkar
The projection for India’s growth is not a surprise. It is on a continuous roll and the loss of Rs 11.3...
Policy overhaul critical
Induced Inflation
By Shivaji Sarkar
India needs to look at its falling demand, rising bank, power and fuel charges, high tax and toll rates. This is...
No, perpetual poll snydrome
One Nation, One Poll
By Poonam I Kaushish
Are early elections round the corner? And is the Modi Sarkar plumming on having simultaneous polls to the...
Pointless political conflict
Governor & State Govt
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
After Delhi and Puducherry, Tamil Nadu Governor is in the news now for conducting...
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...
The speaker keeps his word
By Inder Jit
(Released on 20 March 1984)
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Mr. Bal Ram Jakhar deserves a hand. Seven weeks ago, he told...
Cash is king!
Rajniti Jor Tor
By Poonam I Kaushish
A gentleman met a beautiful lady and invited her to bed. She gave him one tight slap. And angrily...
Of secularism & rights?
Hijab Order
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
Upset over Karnataka High Court’s recent ruling that wearing a hijab (headscarf) is not an essential religious practice in Islamic...
Worse by climate change
Food Insecurity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Food security has emerged a subject of much discussion due to an impending global crisis, more so due to the Russia-Ukraine...
Better or worsen conservation?
Forest Amendments
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The controversial Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023 passed recently in the monsoon session of Parliament, has generated a huge debate and opposition...
Bihar repays Rs 63 cr a day
Victory Cheers, Debt Tears
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Bihar election delivered a clear mandate, but the celebrations mask a harder truth: the state is walking into...
US’ Asia Policy
Af-India & terrorism
By Dr DK. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
New Delhi hosted three important foreign dignitaries last week, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, followed by US...
Balatkar akhir kab tak?
Society At War
By Poonam I Kaushish
A 15-year-old girl leaves home for her tuition classes on 9 January in Haryana. Four days later her body...
Ambitious plan for njic
Judiciary's Modernisation
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
“I am of the firm belief that unless infrastructure is strengthened, it is unfair to expect courts, particularly...
Time to evoke esma
Diminshing Parliament
By Poonam I Kaushish
Yawn! We have been through this before. Of how India’s temple of democracy Parliament is increasingly being called a mockery,...
Keep The Speaker Above Poll Politics
By Inder Jit
(Released on 26 March 1991)
The Lok Sabha’s mid-term poll offers the nation a fresh opportunity to set-up a badly-needed convention and, thereby,...