Whose corrupt in whose eyes?

‘Power’of Corruption By Poonam I Kaushish When does money become dirt? When it begins to stick. As the Kartigate corruption saga explodes on the political firmament, it has...

Gandhian approach needed

Cleansing Public Life By Inder Jit (Released on 4 October 1996) Mahatma Gandhi was remembered once again on October 2, his birth anniversary. Top leaders and many...

Huge job cuts, slump in India

Musk Leads Global IT Mayhem By Shivaji Sarkar The dismissal of Meta-Twitter workers, now mass resignationsand closure of its offices for a week signify deeper economic...

Eci must put house in order

TN, Bengal Bashing By Insaf The authority and independence of Nirvachan Sadan has gone down like nine pins. This round of Assembly elections indeed has taken...

Money does talk!

$7 Billion Election By Shivaji Sarkar Elections are becoming trickier, opaque and a game of money power. Rigging polls is no more a hush-hush matter. In...

Govt money nobody’s money

Tale Of Statues By Poonam I Kaushish It's been a week of stark contradictions in India's ongoing political nautanki. At one end we have tall talk...

National job policy wanted

No Employment Growth By Shivaji Sarkar National and international predictions indicate over seven per cent growth. It is commendable in the not so bright world scenario....

Hurried, but ineffective?

Welfare Programmes By Dhurjati Mukherjee The process of governance over the years, via discussions and debates, has undergone a change in India. As is evident, there...

India Flooded & Submerged

Will nda drown or play saviour? By Poonam I Kaushish Phew, as political India dissects Modi’s Cabinet reshuffle, our fellow countrymen let lose a volley of...

Injustice by govt?

Rise in Undertrials By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is a well-known saying that “justice delayed is justice denied”. But due to the enormous pendency of cases in...

India’s Neighbourhood

A shrinking circle By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) India’s credibility as a regional leader in South Asia and the cosy and harmonious relations it...

Hopeful, firms lukewarm

Modi Taps US Corp By Shivaji Sarkar The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US has tried to kindle hopes in an economy that...

Decline in academic freedom?

Scientific Approach By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The findings of the QS World University Rankings released recently have shown that India experienced the highest growth in university...

Rohingya Influx

Border states ‘be vigilant’ By Insaf The Centre’s anxiety over the influx of Rohingyas is growing. Its focus on five eastern States has become sharper, and...

The road ahead

By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 5 August 2019: In one fell stroke Article 370 was wiped out from India’s Constitution and Jammu & Kashmir State...

Maha impropriety

'Secular' Row By Insaf The word ‘secular’ has led to a storm in Maharashtra. New Delhi is being asked to sack Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari,...

Hypocrisy is the new black

Amar Prem To Kati Patang By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the silly political season where hypocrisy is the new black. Forget ideology and corruption stigma. Till...

Banks, nbfc cause jitters

Questions On Shaky Stocks By Shivaji Sarkar The stock market is continuously crashing for a week.  This is a complex phenomenon as it is just...

Toothless Ec, netas merry

Code Of 'Misconduct' By Poonam I Kaushish In this theekha-masaledar electioneering season our netagan seem to have taken loads of tips from Bollywood and produced their...

Poll reforms — basic issues not tackled

By Inder Jit (Released on 22 October 1988) Something is better than nothing. The electoral reforms now favoured by the Congress-I Working Committee, therefore, deserve to...