Tool to aid or hurt?
AI & Media
By Sabina Inderjit
Imagine having a super-smart assistant that can gather information, write drafts, generate videos, clone voices, et al. Incredible possibilities that...
Ending abuse of quota system?
EWS Verdict
By Sagarneel Sinha
It has been quite common to hear from the upper castes that the reservation system hampers growth. They often argue that...
Playing with communal fire
By Inder Jit
(Released on 31 May 1983)
Communalism continues to grow and grow fast. Mr. Charan Singh’s timely alert against disaster has made thinking people...
Ecological balance vital
Understanding Biodiversity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The rapid decline in biodiversity, faster than any time in history, with 1 million species facing extinction, many within decades, has...
Will govt let go?
CBI: Caged Parrot
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is it about the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that has it always in the eye of the...
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...
Not just electoral politics
Tribal As President
By Sagarneel Sinha
At a time when the country is celebrating its 75 years of independence, it is really heartening that a tribaland...
To go or not to go!
Ukraine Peace Conference
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The Foreign Minister of Switzerland, Alexndre Fasel was in Delhi to persuade South...
Psu-Pvt must work as one
Govt Exit Bid
By Shivaji Sarkar
It’s not easy to be in the driver’s seat on a bumpy road, which began long before the pandemic in...
Challenges & expectations
Economic Scenario
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is much talk of reforms and the economy standing on sound footing. Experts believe that the next fiscal could see...
Retrieving geo political role
India & Neighbours
By Dr. DK. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
'India should be more pro-active to stop China in Myanmar', is Japan's envoy in Myanmar, Yohei...
Stringent action vital
Air Pollution Hazards
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A 10-year assessment of air pollution across major urban centres has found that none of the country’s top cities met...
An unnecessary addition?
Anti-Lynching Law
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Government of West Bengal has passed the Prevention of Lynching Bill in the Legislative Assembly...
Challenges amid celebrations
Delhi Gets Woman CM
By Insaf
Women voters in Delhi have reason to cheer. Winner BJP, after 27 long years of vanvas (exile) in the national...
Defection new normal
Gaddi Aur Gaddari
By Poonam I Kaushish
A sense of de ja vu overwhelms. Reinforced by the revolving door politics in five States going to polls...
What’s private about rioting?
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this scary season of corona virus political UP is in the eye of the storm over its unprecedented move by...
‘Fixed match’, ‘Kangroo court’?
TMC MP Moitra's Expulsion
By Insaf
Will the West Bengal TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s “cash-for-query”case go down in parliamentary history, as claimed by her, is a...
Muslim women unshackled
Game Changing Act
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 1985: A five-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court overruled the Muslim Personal Law in the famous Shah...
Need to lay down new rules
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
Whoever said different political strokes for different political folks was dead on. Specially when it comes to the high Constitutional...