Mere talk, lack of action
Eradicating Poverty
By Oishee Mukherjee
There is much talk of development with ruling political leaders harping on what all is being done. But the way politicians...
Enough, say taxpayers
Poor India's Rich Ministers!
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage. This adage rang true last week when news...
Liquor shops under lockdown
Long for Freedom
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Madras High Court on 8 May directed the State Government to close all 3,850...
Jo jeeta woh sikander!
Crime Pays In Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
Taint is the flavour of the new high stakes poll season in Karnataka. The more criminal and immoral,...
Draining India’s misery
Dry Is Wet, Wet Is Dry
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was Manic Friday as one woke up to an incessant downpour which embraced the Union...
Repeat performance
Opposition Sans LoP
Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
At the first meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party, it is reported that Party President Rahul...
Bleeding Pak with 1000 cuts
Pahalgam Terror Tango
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa April 16, 2025: Twenty four year-old Himanshi is exhilarated and dreams of a married life with 26 year...
Honey, we are touchy!
Growing Intolerance
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Placing individual ideologies before national good is wrong,” asserted Prime Minister Modi last week. He is dead one. “National interest...
A long-term vision?
Young Himachal
By Insaf
Winds of change blow in Himachal Pradesh. The hill State finally gets a young Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and a new...
India & EU
Growing partnership?
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The India-European Union 14th Summit meeting in New Delhi on 6th October focused on closer cooperation on...
Citizens’ common cause
By Inder Jit
(Released on September 4, 1979)
Revulsion against the current state of politics in the country continues to snowball. Never before has greater contempt...
Make or break year
Republic At 61
By Poonam I Kaushish
How does one feel on Republic day week? Rather how is one supposed to feel? Patriotic? Puffed up in...
Overstated, curb profits
Petro Price Bogey
By Shivaji Sarkar
Fuel is not only scarce, but expensive. More the pricey it is, higher is the profits of the oil companies....
India embraces bharat bhakti
Ayodhya Verdict
By Poonam I Kaushish
The Gods, Ram and Rahim have had their way, say and come out trumps. The Ayodhya dispute which had became...
Behead hatred
Season of Poison
By Poonam I Kaushish
The power of rhetorical public abuse by our leaders’ underscores political discourse is only rabble rousing, devoid of substance,...
I am an obc, who are you?
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
India arrived on the world map last week, and how. Clearly the G 20 summit was a blockbuster with its...
‘Holier-than-thou’ rant
Appeasement Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the silly season of appeasement politics wherein democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles....
ED in top gear
AAP MP latest on List
By Insaf
The Enforcement Directorate has got into top gear. The latest to receive its wrath is Aam Aadmi Party Rajya...
India’s response
Global Trade War
By Prof. D K Giri
(Professor of Practice, NIIS Group, Bhubaneswar)
The unilateral and universal tariff imposed by Donald Trump had shaken the world....
Centre caught on wrong foot?
Recent EC Appointment
By Insaf
Amid elections to State Assemblies, petitions in the Supreme Court have stirred a hornet’s nest with the recent appointment process of...