Job cuts slow growth
Global Inflation Sticky
By Shivaji Sarkar
The typical Indian scenario is hit by inflation, global job cuts, bank crisis, agitated farmers and passing the Union Budget...
Its time to bell the cat
'Business' Of Illegal Migrants
By Poonam I Kaushish
In the summer of 1975, hundreds of thousands of people fled South Vietnam after Saigon's fall for fear...
National hall of fame or shame
74 'Independent' Years
By Poonam I Kaushish
“The naïve notion that we can preserve freedom by exuding goodwill is not only silly, but dangerous,” wrote former...
Aankhoon mein bhar lo paani
Rapes Bludgeon India
By Poonam I Kaushish
Kathua, Unnao, Surat, Etah, Chhattisgarh et al has exposed the Ugly Sexmanic Indian. Wherein young girls are brutally raped...
Redo Economic Maths
Loan Waiver Populism
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy is going through a piquant phase. On the one hand, there is competitive politics on giving succour...
Right men in right places
By Inder Jit
(Released on 20 April 1982)
Lusty cheers greeted the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the controversial West Bengal poll. This is as it...
What has morality got to do with it?
Black: Colour Of Polls
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 2014: Mayawati accuses ex-Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Das of offering her Rs 100 crore for a nomination....
Its all about politics!
Culture of Protests
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this silly political season clearly protests are the flavor of the week. The cause célèbre is immaterial. It...
Time to get back to normal
Economic Slump
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy is on life-saving policies such as incentives, special packages and lending. Even the daily wage workers and small...
Neighbours key to dream
Rupee For Global Leap
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Rupee is on at least an 11-year-journey in its quest for quasi international status, even as it slides...
Aid to Ukraine, fuels war
G20: Indo-US Trade Swells
By Shivaji Sarkar
The G20 was a mega show. The success was in terms of Indian diplomacy carving out a delicate consensus...
Battle over gods
Religious Conversions
By Poonam I Kaushish
Religion is turning out to be a big vote spinner, as our political undatas busily churn the conversion cauldron underscoring...
Draining India’s misery
Dry Is Wet, Wet Is Dry
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was Manic Friday as one woke up to an incessant downpour which embraced the Union...
Scrap jazzy projects, psu sale
Economy Corrections
By Shivaji Sarkar
Various packages announced cannot cope up with the losses and slowdown as a result of lockdown. The economic situation as repeatedly...
Belan vs Pagri
Stree Dhan Quota
By Poonam I Kaushish
Quota is back on the political platter albeit with a bad twist. Amidst ED raids and questioning of BRS’s...
What is in a word?
Unparliamentary Or Gag?
By Poonam I Kaushish
What’s in word? Everything when it comes to our polity. We were treated to one such last week. Our...
Solidifying historical ties
PM Modi in Bhutan
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bhutan on 21-22 March was significant...
To lower demand, growth
Diesel Price Hike
Economic Highlights
By Shivaji Sarkar
The nation needs wisdom to help stir it out of a difficult situation. An economy sinking for...
Tragedy of poverty
Hunger Taunts Bharat
By Poonam I Kaushish
Q) How much does it cost a poor man to satiate his hunger and keep body and soul together...
Bonhomie road called distrust
India-China Poker
By Poonam I Kaushish
Neighbour or enemy? Both. Indeed, India-China relations are like playing a game of poker. Show no emotions even as one...