Ganga plains in Eco crisis
Himalayas Face Snow Famine
By Shivaji Satkar
An alarm bell is tolling. A “snow famine”, or more accurately, recurrent and intensifying snow droughts, is occurring in the...
Don’t be power hungry
Congressisation of BJP
By Sagarneel Sinha
The year 2019 is a historic year for the BJP as it is the first time that the Party returned...
Strategy for elections?
Union of Regional Parties
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
“Regional parties will build up national parties. They alone can defeat the BJP”, said West Bengal...
Besieged in Bihar, U’khand?
Democratic Rights
By Insaf
Two States have put a big question mark on the citizens’ democratic rights. In Bihar and Uttarakhand these appear to have come...
Time for new anti-defection law
Political Harlotry
By Inder Jit
(Released on 19 November 1996)
Prostitution was legally banned in India some four decades ago. But political harlotry continues to grow and...
Not who, but what
Kamandal = Mandal 2.0
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 1901: “I don’t believe in caste in the modern sense as it connotes distinction in status and...
Iip, forex contract
Prices Rise 6 Per Cent
By Shivaji Sarkar
A smart Reserve Bank of India anticipating prices shooting up has decided not to tinker with the interest...
Wb, Bihar eye opportunity
Cong Results & INDIA Bloc
By Insaf
The losses in four States, especially in Hindi heartland of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh for the Congress should...
Let’s talk of today, not past
Beyond The Kashmir Files
By Sagarneel Sinha
The recent controversial statement made by the Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid on Vivek Agnihotri’s directorial film, The Kashmir Files,...
$236 b job profit racket
Illegal Indian Immigrants
By Shivaji Sarkar
The multi-trillion-dollar illegal profit generating world immigration rackets thrive on freely available private telecom company sims, fake bank accounts, anonymity,...
Katil =neta, toh kya
Greed For Power
By Poonam I Kaushish
We hang petty thieves and elect criminals to public office. Three stories, one in Delhi which smacks of vindictive...
Fast track caste politics
Pre-Election Mood
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In recent days, one cannot help noticing that some of the long pending demands of caste groups are...
Aim viksit future by 2028
By Shivaji Sarkar
Bihar Freebie Trap
Bihar’s 2025 elections are shaping up as a decisive moment for the state’s future. Once again, the political narrative is...
Requires $80 billion funding
Malaria Comeback
By Shivaji Sarkar
Dreaded malaria can make a comeback amid global warming-heavy rains and needs three times more allocations a year. India suffers a...
Court of defection justice
Vidhan Soudha
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi
The architect of Vidhan Soudha, the iconic building that houses Karnataka legislature in Bengaluru, K. Hanumanthaiah...
Exploring economic opportunities
German FM in India
D.K.Giri
Prof. International Politics JIMMC
The Foreign Minister of Germany Annalena Baerbock was in India this week on a two-day visit. The purpose...
Katil=Neta, Toh Kya?
Stigma=Women
By Poonam I Kaushish
Plato believed that democratic “life has neither law nor order.” And he was dead right. In today’s India where jiske lathi...
End of social justice?
BJP's Politics
By Sagarneel Sinha
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government has completed eight years in power and amidst this the country has seen changes...
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,...
Cash must for small business
Govt in Rs 155 Tr Debt
By Shivaji Sarkar
The government must come out of the perils of cycle of debts to ensure growth amid high...