Principles versus praxis
India's Foreign Policy
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
The epic ‘Mahabharata’, famously filmed by B.R. Chopra, teaches us plenty of principles of statecraft in...
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...
Belling the illegal cat
The Nowhere People
By Poonam I Kaushish
How would you feel if one fine morning you are persecuted and thrown out of your country, take shelter...
Law panel report outdated!
Sedition Law
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Law Commission of India’s 297threport ‘Usage of the Law of Sedition’, would come as a great disappointment to civil and...
Will sc order make a dent?
Private Universities
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
At the fag end of the year, a landmark judgment of the Supreme Court has brought into sharp focus the functioning...
Cuts deficit, boom likely
RBI $ Trade Magic Bonanza
By Shivaji Sarkar
A staggering windfall has hit the Indian treasury as the Reserve Bank of India delivers its largest-ever dividend...
Ranchi sets alarm bells ringing
MGNREGA Scam
By Insaf
Crooked running of MGNREGA in Jharkhand may just be tip of the iceberg. Its Rural Development Dept has indulged in mega corruption...
WB, Punjab to ekla chalo
INDIA Bloc Discord
By Insaf
West Bengal and Punjab have put a spoke in the INDIA bloc wheel, as of now. Both TMC and AAP respectively...
What has morality got to do with it?
Black: Colour Of Polls
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 2014: Mayawati accuses ex-Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Das of offering her Rs 100 crore for a nomination....
Economic disenchantment
Gandhi's India
By Shivaji Sarkar
The nation pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi, a grass-root thinker, amid protests by farmers in Uttar Pradesh for more relief, the...
The speaker keeps his word
By Inder Jit
(Released on 20 March 1984)
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Mr. Bal Ram Jakhar deserves a hand. Seven weeks ago, he told...
Better late than never
Plastic Ban
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In 26 States/Union Territories in India, some form of plastic ban is imposed, but its implementation...
Securing politics & trade
Jaishankar in S. Arabia
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in Saudi Arabia on a three-day visit beginning...
His victory to reap benefits?
Trump In India
By Shivaji Sarkar
The visit of US President Donald Trump would be remembered for the huge business that India has given him to...
Violence scars tmc sweep
WB Panchayat Polls
By Insaf
The dominance of ruling TMC over West Bengal politics is once again vindicated in the results of the Panchayat elections. The party swept...
A crisis of trust & values
Medical Negligence
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Transfusion of HIV-affected blood to a pregnant woman causing her to contract the disease is shocking...
Much ado about nothing!
Modi-Jinping Meet
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Let us recall a famous quote on concept of time in politics, attributed to Harold Wilson, the...
Polls stimulate process!
Welfare Of Masses
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It's now election time in Jharkhand and Maharashtra to woo the electorate. The contest is going to be close and...
From non to multi-alingment!
India's Foreign Policy
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The erudite and articulate foreign affairs minister S Jaishankar has of late been...
Crop diversification vital
Transforming Agriculture
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Prime Minister Modi, at the recently held 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) on ‘Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems’ pointed...