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Law panel report outdated!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...