Time to evoke esma

Diminshing Parliament By Poonam I Kaushish Yawn! We have been through this before. Of how India’s temple of democracy Parliament is increasingly being called a mockery,...

Despair to dignified opening

Migration Commission By Dr. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The current migrant workers crisis triggered as a by-product of COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many problems in...

Strategy adaption critical

Environmental Decay By Dhurjati Mukherjee A recent study published in ‘The Lancet Planetary Health’ journalfound that nearly 74,000 excess deaths in India annually can be attributed...

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...

Russian business doubles

India-China Brawl By Shivaji Sarkar It is a global world. One button switches off, another opens. As India gets into a stand-off with China, there...

Does India stand to gain?

Widening Trade Pacts By Dhurjati Mukherjee The global trade scenario is complex and the situation is unlikely to improve shortly. With the US imposing tariff barriers,...

Is Modi wave waning?

Future Trends By Dhurjati Mukherjee With the Lok Sabha elections moving forward, analysts and political pundits are now opining that the Modi wave is not quite...

Under ‘fear or favour’

Karnataka Polls By Insaf Karnataka makes a mockery of the cardinal rule that voters must exercise their right to vote ‘without fear or favour.’ The run-up...

The assault on federalism

By B.K. Nehru (Former Governor and Diplomat) (Released on 6 February, 1990) The Constitution of the Republic of India is federal; it is the union of the...

Industry must help cut govt debt

Troublesome 2023-24 By Shivaji Sarkar The year 2023 ushers in the most eventful year with one-third of the country seeking to form new governments in States...

Industry wary of protests

CAA Non-issue By Shivaji Sarkar The economy is in a tizzy. Figures apart, certain avoidable developments are adding to the woes. The slowdown or falling GDP...

Why not lifelong ban?

Court Asks Jan Sevaks By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 1996: “Which MP doesn’t take money…people who have made money from coal and iron…money in thailis and...

Bitter War On Sweet Rosogolla

India needs to be watchful By Shivaji Sarkar It is great news for West Bengal. It has won the paternity of India’s savoured sweet dish rosogolla’s...

What is in a word?

Unparliamentary Or Gag? By Poonam I Kaushish What’s in word? Everything when it comes to our polity. We were treated to one such last week. Our...

What’s the big deal?

Political Morality By Poonam I Kaushish “Idealism is good in politics, but if you are kicked out, who cares!” asserted Maharashtra Dy Chief Minister Fadnavis, adding,...

Gujarat hc puts brakes

'Love Jihad' Law By Insaf Gujarat High Court gives a ray of hope. It has stayed the operation of some sections of the anti-conversion law, saying...

Right prices critical

Farm Travails & WTO By Shivaji Sarkar The long night is over. The farmers call off their over year-long stir and return home as the Centre...

Mustn’t rush for infra

Crisis-Hit India By Shivaji Sarkar The Ukraine war is upending India’s dream budget and now gets further bruised with high rise in crude prices and retail...

What’s morality got to do with it?

Political Untouchable By Poonam I Kaushish Politics is the last refuge of scoundrels and when gold speaks all tongues are silent. Both Karnataka polls wherein Election...

Where is society heading?

Dark Carnival Of Violence By Poonam I Kaushish Violence is the rhetoric of the times. Pick any newspaper any day. Splashes of social schism gore into...