Are olicy makers concerned?
Justice & Indian Politics
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
All political parties, not just in India but the world over, talk of justice, interpreting it in various ways....
Police & state answerable
Encounter Killings
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The practice of encounter killings continues in India and according to available data of the government, a total of 655 such...
Changing political equation?
J&K Delimitation
By Sagarneel Sinha
The final draft of the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission is out, and it has, as expected resulted in a political...
Govt must be realistic
Spectre of Reforms
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is much debate over NDA government having initiated major reforms which would change the face of the economy with...
Towards a rapprochement?
Jaishankar In Pakistan
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in Pakistan early this week. Observers both...
New opposition unity
By Inder Jit
(Released on 24 April 1984)
Now that the next general election is beginning to loom large on the horizon, fresh efforts are on...
Critical cultural heritage
Handloom Industry
By Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
August 7, the Day when Aurobindo Ghosh, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal...
Flogging a dead horse!
The Katchatheevu Island
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
A tweet by the Prime Minister has stirred up a hornets’ nest in...
Throttling democractic freedom?
Warning Signals
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In recent days there have been voices of protest from a cross section of society against the policies of the present...
Ideas more dangerous than guns
New Grammar of Sedition
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Off with her head, arguments later”, ordered the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. A term synonymous in modern...
What constitutional norms?
'State' Of Head
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s a killer world and everything topsy turvy! First there’s the Parliament logjam, a tussle between BJP and Congress...
Running out of time
India's Water Woes
By Poonam I Kaushish
India’s first major climate catastrophe is at our doorstep: Water. Groundwater levels in 21 major cities, including Delhi, Bangalore...
Whose afraid of it?
Bulldozer Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
As temperatures rise across the country the heat is searing through political Ulta Pulta UP and Madhya Pradesh over it...
All about Modi magic?
Electoral Calculations
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The battle for Lok Sabha elections 2024 is turning out both intriguing and exciting on the political landscape of the country....
CAA extended politics
Union-State Relations
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A special session convened by the Kerala Legislative Assembly passed a Resolution terming the Citizenship Amendment...
Time for soul searching
SC Raps Governors
By Poonam I Kaushish
Whoever said different political strokes for different political folks was dead on. Specially when it comes to the high...
Creating positive synergy?
Bank Mergers
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The NDA Government's decision to merge State-run banks to reduce their losses appears so far to have been taken rightly. The...
Time for Bharat Bhakti?
Gyanvapi Mosque
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was music to Shiv Bhakts as Har Har Mahadev had his way, say and came out trumps. In a...
Common man yearns attention
India's Billionaires Flourish
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Amid growing concern over the New Year somewhat being difficult with inflation affecting the common man, subdued investment and disturbing...
Arms bazaar lures us
2+2 Dialogue
By Shivaji Sarkar
The recent virtual meet with the US exemplifies that India does a great balancing act magically prioritising billions of business sops...