What is the controversy?
Modi's Visit to Israel
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel has sparked geo-political controversy in...
Imminent risk of fascism?
Hindu Rashtra
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The majoritarian rule in India has possibly tended to be autocratic. Absolute power in the hands of a political party, as...
Anti-bjp Déjà vu
Opposition Void
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! Eight weeks in to the lockdown yet there is no respite from the tu-tu-mein-meinvitriol between the Government and Opposition...
Spirit of nation
Madam President
By Poonam I Kaushish
This is a story which has not only made India proud but is a compelling and inspirational tale of overcoming...
Netas police vs janata’s police
Policewala Goonda
Last week tore to tatters the slogan: With you, for you, always. When another free-for-all epidemic of mob violence was unleashed across the...
Giving dignity to deprived?
Crass Deprivation
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Deprivation, which is the consequence of socio-economic disparity in our system, primarily due to the caste-system and other attendant factors, is...
Towards Indo-u.s. friendship
By Inder Jit
(Released on 5 November 1976)
Both New Delhi and Washington will need to keep their fingers crossed. By all accounts, Dr Kissinger’s visit...
Of rising jobs & quality
Holistic Growth
By Shivaji Sarkar
At last the jobs are growing, says the labour bureau employment latest survey. This by 29 per cent in April-June quarter....
Creating supply chains!
Japanese PM In Delhi
By Dr D.K Giri
(Prof. of International Politics, JIMMC)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in Delhi to attend the 14th India-Japan summit....
Conflict of interest, toh kya?
Office of Profit
By Poonam I Kaushish
It started with BJP complaint February against rival Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren demanding CBI-ED probe into State’s mining...
Agri to be big budget hope
World Crisis Opens Door
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Union Budget 2023-24 is likely to be a huge mix of emphasis on agriculture, higher capital expenditure and...
Alarming Hunger Situation
Govt unconcerned about poor
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Eleven year old Santoshi died of starvation because there was no foodgrain in her house for six weeks in...
Confident, wary of 3 states
BJP's 2024 Battle
By Sagarneel Sinha
Replying to the No-confidence motion in Lok Sabha Prime Minister Modi said: “Opposition has
betrayed the people of India. They have...
New model of governance in new year
By Inder Jit
(Released on 2 January 1990)
Familiar resolutions and exhortations are withusagain in the New Year, which also marks the beginning of the new...
International irritants
PEGASUS & India
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
The Pegasus controversy has rocked Indian Parliament and shocked the country. People are wondering why...
India must rethink strategy
Sino-US Trade War
By Shivaji Sarkar
The trade war between the US and China has a neutral victim in India. The escalation is likely to hurt...
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...
Toothless Ec, netas merry
Code Of 'Misconduct'
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this theekha-masaledar electioneering season our netagan seem to have taken loads of tips from Bollywood and produced their...
Judiciary “Bonded” or “Free”
By Madhu Dandavate
(As released on 24 May 1985)
Recently, Mr. Justice V.D. Tulzapurkar observed in the Supreme Court that due to favouritism by the Government...
Govt money is neta’s money
Its Raining Populist Freebies
By Poonam I Kaushish
It is a perfect electoral cake rolled out by various Parties to the strains of ‘Vote For Me.’...