Belling the illegal cat

'India's "Boat People" By Poonam I Kaushish In the summer of 1975, hundreds of thousands fled South Vietnam after Saigon’s fall for fear of political persecution....

India sides with Israel

Hamas' Attack By Dr D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Hamas, a militant outfit purportedly representing Palestine cause launched a horrific assault on Israel on...

Social transformation critical

Religion-Based Crimes By Dhurjati Mukherjee Religion-based crimes are disturbingly on the rise in the country. Whether this is result of Government policies and/or the party in...

Crown of thorns?

Office Of Governor By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Karnataka has earned a unique distinction of having given some important lessons on the office...

What can India do?

Sri Lankan Crisis By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) The Sri Lankan civil unrest starting from the second week of March, reached the violent nadir...

More seats, doctors critical

Medical Education By Dr Oishee Mukherjee The Modi government has taken a number of steps to increase medical seats as well as availability of doctors in...

Free, fair and without fear

By Inder Jit (Released on 21 July 1981) Wild stories about the Garhwal poll and the repoll order continue to go the rounds. I heard many...

World, India Totter: UN By Shivaji Sarkar The critical world situation, a jerky journey, continuous strengthening of the dollar calls for policy stimulation and rethink on...

Is India missing the bus?

AUKUS Security Alliance By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof International Relations, JIMMC) The partnership signed between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom acronymed AUKUS has raised...

Creation of urban jobs critical

Growing Unemployment  By Dhurjati Mukherjee The after effect of the pandemic looms large in the country with job creation being a critical challenge. Recently, the government’s...

Post-poll statue vandalism

Political Symbolism Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) After the decisive defeat of the CPM in recent Assembly election in Tripura, statues of Lenin became the target...

Will stakeholders have a say?

Freebies, Voters & Economy By Insaf The tax payers and common man’s view should prevail over that of political parties. Well said, by the Supreme Court...

Reaching for the moon

Indo-US High Tech Ties By Shivaji Sarkar The US visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi breaks the ice. Its success cannot just be fathomed in terms...

Dependence on pvt sector!

Economic Survey By Dhurjati Mukherjee Most Economic Surveys and the recent one too presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has lot of optimism, but questions remain...

Tshering reinforces ties

India-Bhutan Talks By Dr DK Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Bhutan's newly-elected Prime Minister Lyonchhen Lotay Tshering made his maiden foreign visit to India to reinforce a...

Nepal, Bhutan part of India!

Trump's Gaffe By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The US President Donald Trump's apparently preposterous perspective that Nepal and Bhutan are parts of India is...

Reboot psus for jobs

New Govt Must Cut I-T By Shivai Sarkar Despite it being too early to discuss the Union budget to be presented in July, it is certain...

Solution for socialproblem?

Wages for Housework Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) General Election is the time for worst hate speeches against opponents and lavish promises for voters. Among the...

Crime is now politics

Bahubali-Khadi Nexus By Poonam I Kaushish The sordid saga of dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey of Kanpur with over 60 cases to his name came to a...

India set to face challenges

Resilient Economy By Dhurjati Mukherjee With the onset of the new year, it must be admitted that the trends appear quite encouraging. The pacts with Oman...