Will up remove crackdown?
People's Anger & Anguish
By Insaf
Three cheers Supreme Court. Its direction should, fingers crossed, stop Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his tracks. During...
Making a mockery of law
TN Custodial Deaths
By Insaf
Reprehensible! The alleged custodial death of father and son in a police station in Tamil Nadu has sent shock waves across...
Routine or renewal!
By Prof (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake came on a three-day visit. This was his first...
Sedition for up, Jammu!
Pak Cricket Cheering
By Insaf
It’s no hurray for right to freedom of speech and expression in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu. The administration of the largest...
Never-ending exercise?
Assam's NRC
By Insaf
Assam’s NRC conundrum lingers on. Both the Centre and the State government have again knocked on the Supreme Court’s door seeking extension...
Affordable housing critical
Urban Regeneration
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The urban sector in India requires a thorough transformation. A fact well known and accepted by planners, but the requisite facelift...
Hurried, but ineffective?
Welfare Programmes
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The process of governance over the years, via discussions and debates, has undergone a change in India. As is evident, there...
Blurred j&k strategy?
BDC Polls
By Insaf
Kashmir conundrum deepens. Elections for Block Development Council are to be held on October 24. Both Srinagar and New Delhi want to...
World heads for panic recession
Beyond The Pandemic
By Shivaji Sarkar
Pandemic to panic stalls the world. Markets everywhere slump. Corona or not it has hit Asian corporate and State governments...
Sainyam & sankalp not enough
Losing Covid Fight?
By Poonam I Kaushish
In Covid 19 season, I am daring to pick two truisms. One, tomorrow never comes. Two, as economist John...
Drawing New Delhi in
Greek PM in India
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis recent visit to New Delhi was significant...
Eyes on poll battles
Food Soldiers Dilemma
By Poonam I Kaushish
What does one do when a script is stuck between the Sarkar and farmers demand for repeal of three...
Not gdp alone, strategy vital
Pandemic 2nd Wave
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The second wave of the pandemic posed a downside risk, severely affecting economic activity in the first quarter of the...
The road ahead
J&K Message
By Poonam I Kaushish
The winner takes it all! Be it salubrious J&K or burly Haryana. As no-stops-barred battles gives way to elected Governments...
Democracy takes a beating
Karnataka Drama
By Insaf
Mockery of democracy and constitutional authorities! This is what developments in Karnataka post-poll sadly reflect. Changing the rules of the game, brazen...
Gujarat Poll
Mired in caste, religion
By Insaf
Religion and caste have sadly become the talking point in Mahatama Gandhi’s Gujarat. With the poll campaign reaching a crescendo,...
Oath delay, poaching threat
Jharkhand Drama
By Insaf
High drama engulfs Jharkhand. The Champai Sorenled coalition government must win the trust vote on Monday, which looks certain, but not after...
Double rate in offing?
Minimum Daily Wage
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A committee, appointed by the Centre, has recently recommended an improved formula on minimum daily wage, based on workers' families...
Punjab wriggles out of it
Office of Profit
By Insaf
The idiom 'better safe than sorry' makes good sense to the Punjab Government. Aware of growing frustration amongst his flock of...
Mahagathbandhangamble?
Bihar Drama
By Insaf
From Maharashtra to Bihar, the political shenanigans get more intriguing. With Nitish Kumar dumping the BJP and taking oath as Chief Minister...