India on razor’s edge

Queer Global Moves By Shivaji Sarkar It is a queer world. Politics and economics are contesting each other almost globally. In the country, Parliament remains paralysed...

We love to hate

Divisive Grammar By Poonam I Kaushish Why do we love to hate? And why do we revel in divisive grammar? The power of rhetorical public abuse...

Our Neglected Values

By Inder Jit (Released on 16 November 1976) Pointed attention has at long last been directed to a vital but neglected aspect of our life and...

Kerala sounds bugle

CAA Dissent Note By Insaf Kerala sounding the bugle has sharpened notes of Centre-State relations on the brink yet again. While the Citizenship Amendment Act has...

Is India ready ?

Uniform Civil Code By Poonam I Kaushish In the ongoing poll battle in five States with our polity upping the ante of identity politics to suit...

It’s only life, stupid!

India Choked By Poonam I Kaushish “What’s the use of a hospital bed now? He is already dead. All are dead. The Administration is hopeless, useless,”...

Pointless political conflict

Governor & State Govt By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) After Delhi and Puducherry, Tamil Nadu Governor is in the news now for conducting...

A pattern in confusion

Welfare Corps For Sub-Castes By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Andhra Pradesh Government has recently decided to set up 56 separate corporations for...

J&k demotion for promotion

Statehood to UT Status By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The new maps of the two newly formed Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh in the...

Covid 19 Rajniti

Fuel Hike Fury By Poonam I Kaushish Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek...

Gulf adding numbers grave

Job Losses By Shivaji Sarkar More job losses are predicted as migrant labourers in India and abroad, particularly in the Gulf, face relentless abuses, low...

States say no to bjp

Assembly, LS Bypolls By Insaf United we stand, divided we fall, is a phrase obviously stirring the Opposition parties. Some of these sticking together have given...

A sorry state of affairs!

Municipal Financing By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Reserve Bank of India’s recent release of the annual ‘Report on Municipal Finance’ is undoubtedly a good yardstick to assess...

Tough, bumpy road ahead

2020: Year The World Shut Down By Poonam I Kaushish How does one begin an epitaph of the year gone by? Uncork the champagne and roll...

AIP & JeI entry stirs interests

Run-Up to J & K Polls By Insaf The spotlight on Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election after a decade promises to be intense and match up...

Will new schemes be effective?

Farm Interests By Dhurjati Mukherjee “India will never compromise with the interests of the farmers, livestock holders and fishermen. And I know that I will have...

TN triggers nda-India row

Sanatan Dharma By Insaf DMK’s minister and Chief Minister Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi has raised a big political storm. By declaring that Sanatan Dharma is against equality...

Caste, class bias must end

Dalit Activism By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is lot of news in the media concerning the Dalits, who in recent months have asserted their right to a...

Coalitions back on centrestage

39 Modi's NDA Vs 27 Jeetega INDIA By Poonam I Kaushish 2014 we bid adieu to messy multi-Party coalitions amidst fractured mandates. But as happenings last...

Dialogue on economy vital

Corona Panic By Shivaji Sarkar The last quarter figures of 2019-20 fiscal may have reasons to cause worry. An uninteresting Central budget, corona virus, plummeting stock...