Farming, Jobs, Pvt Sector…
Create integral economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
India needs some quick solutions. It needs more jobs, a free and low-cost banking, a growing industry and a thriving...
Conserving nature critical
For A Better Future
By Dr OisheeMukherjee
Governments across the world strive for a better future for their citizens. The past two decades though have seen...
Balanced conversation, anyone?
Much Ado About Hijab
By Poonam I Kaushish
What’s in a dress? Nothing, it’s a form of clothing, but politically, it spells a lot. Who could...
Bjp’s war of manoeuvres
Ayodhya Gambit
By Poonam I Kaushish
Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci's 'War of Positions' and 'War of Manoeuvres' indicate two different phases in a power struggle. While...
Needs soul searching
Microfinance & Poor
By Moin Qazi
The microfinance sector is again facing troubles, this time in Assam with stress in rural households and a spate of...
Seize state, raise prices: WB
Corp Hit Peak Profits
By Shivaji Sarkar
The high inflationary trend that has gripped India is stated to be a global phenomenon of corporate adventure...
Mere temporary solution
Hike In MSP
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Union Cabinet's decision to hike minimum support price (MSP) for 14 crops is a move to ease agrarian distress...
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...
The Sonia Years
Mystery wrapped in enigma
By Poonam I Kaushish
The old order gave way to the new in the 132 years Grand Dame of Indian politics with...
Regain trust to get FDI
Restore MRTP-Type Safety
By Shivaji Sarkar
As the Gautam Adani episode unfolds, it underscores the urgency of balancing corporate ambitions with public accountability. Failure to act,...
Winner takes all!
Regional Satraps Rise
By Poonam I Kaushish
At the end, it was all about feel good. A two month long, eight phase grueling election which culminated...
Opposition fails people
Staggering Economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian Opposition has failed the people. Bereft of ideas and somewhere having the ruling syndrome in them, the Opposition parties...
Watch out, it spares no one
Caste Is King
By Poonam I Kaushish
Caste is king! Not who, but what you are. Its manifestations are complex — sometimes visceral, at other times...
Will up remove crackdown?
People's Anger & Anguish
By Insaf
Three cheers Supreme Court. Its direction should, fingers crossed, stop Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his tracks. During...
Impels international initiatives
New Delhi Ups The Game
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
India experiences a week of hectic diplomacy and international activism. New Delhi ups its...
Central banks spike prices
Global Gold Rush
By Shivaji Sarkar
In a striking move to safeguard national wealth, India has repatriated 214 tonnes of gold from the vaults of England,...
Ban yatra in poll states
EC Directive to Centre
By Insaf
Three cheers to the Election Commission. It has acted promptly and decisively on the complaint about “gross misuse of government...
Why outsiders?
Rajya Sabha Polls
By Poonam I Kaushish
In political Delhi’s ‘heat wave’ is searing over ‘hot’ 57 Rajya Sabha seats across 15 States which entitles them...
Relook into law needed
Contempt of Court
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Controversies over the contempt of court law will go on irrespective of the final scene...
Inapt, unimaginative policy
Monetisation Pipeline
By Shivaji Sarkar
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on August 23 has enriched the financial vocabulary with a new word ‘monetisation’ – National Monetisation Pipeline...