‘The end’ of mva Govt?

Shiv Sena Thriller By Insaf The political churning in Maharashtra offers a readymade script for Bollywood. The twist and turns in the Shiv Sena drama ensure...

Where is society heading?

Violence Rhetoric Of The Times By Poonam I Kaushish Violence is the rhetoric of the times. Pick any newspaper. Any day. Splashes of social schism gore...

2G & Tamil Nadu

Dmk rejoices, back in demand By Insaf It’s finally time for the DMK in Tamil Nadu to celebrate and not just heave a big sigh of...

Cut i-t rates, stop psu sale

Budget Wish List By Shivaji Sarkar Yet another year of uncertainty begins with difficult finances, not so certain growth and perhaps some experimentation by the Union...

Honey, we are touchy!

India's Moral Terrorist By Poonam I Kaushish One man’s food is another man’s poison. A succinct testimony to the ongoing maelstrom over growing intolerance. From love...

Transform religious outlook

Law Against Lynching By Dhurjati Mukherjee Religious fanatics have led to undermining the interests of the minority, thereby fomenting communal tensions and creating social upheavals. The...

Economy stumped despite sops

Rural Poor & Middle Class By Shivaji Sarkar The NDA government is seized of the crucial slowdown. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman accepts it but nobody has...

An Indian perspective

The Polish Presidency By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) On 1 January this year, Poland took over the rotating presidency of the...

Effective police state?

New I-T Rules By Shivaji Sarkar The economy is in shackles. Expecting it to thrive is a miracle. Somehow a supposedly rightist, nationalist government is using...

I-T reduction critical

Rising Personal Debts By Shivaji Sarkar There is more to Covid-19 morbidity than meets the eye. It has led to a dreadful rise of Rs 66...

Towards crime mukt politics

Supremacy of SC By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court has given a shock treatment to all political parties by passing certain...

Constraints need attention

Vision@2047 By Dhurjati Mukherjee It is understood that the Vision@2047 document, likely to be released by the government by year-end, will outline the structural changes and...

A crisis of trust & values

Medical Negligence By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Transfusion of HIV-affected blood to a pregnant woman causing her to contract the disease is shocking...

Are we prepared?

Corona Alarm Bells By Poonam I Kaushish It was a matter of time before the deadly corona virus COVID19 attacked India. And when it did our...

Affordable housing critical

Urban Regeneration By Dhurjati Mukherjee The urban sector in India requires a thorough transformation. A fact well known and accepted by planners, but the requisite facelift...

Upgradation vital for revival

R&D Technology By Dhurjati Mukherjee India’s manufacturing expertise is not very efficient and cost competitive, even compared with the emerging economies. As such, there have been...

Deleting inequality vital

Digital Divide By Dhurjati Mukherjee Rural poverty in India has been manifest in various studies, specially Oxfam, and the widening income disparity, not just between the...

Modi-Abe Bonhomie

‘Japindia’ vs ‘Chindia’ By Dr D. K. Giri (Prof, International Politics, JMI) The India-Japan bilateral summit between Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe was viewed...

Bjp’s Nirvana 2019?

Ayodhya Again By Poonam I Kaushish Politicians are an unholy lot! They take a "holier than thou attitude" on anything and everything be it religion or...

Big boost after Ayodhya

Religious Tourism By Dhurjati Mukherjee Religious tourism, which has always attracted both domestic and foreign tourists, is expected to get a big boost in the coming...