Post-poll statue vandalism

Political Symbolism Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) After the decisive defeat of the CPM in recent Assembly election in Tripura, statues of Lenin became the target...

India’s guarded response

Coup in Myanmar By Dr. DK. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) For the third time since gaining independence in 1948, Myanmar politics became a victim of a...

Will banks revive Economy?

Growth Imperatives By Dhurjati Mukherjee The health of the banking sector may be difficult to comprehend. Faced with a severe recession, months before the onset of...

Mockery of people’s verdict

Goa Cong Joins BJP By Insaf People’s will be damned, is a dispiriting message now coming from Goa. With eight of 11 Congress MLAs joining the...

Ias: I am sorry service

DNA OF Babudom By Poonam I Kaushish A 10-year old schoolboy feeling nauseas sticks his head out of moving bus hits an electric pole and dies...

De-risking & repositioning

Europe & India By Dr Maciej Artur Gaca (Expert, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland) In the past three years, both the European Union and India have been...

People’s power asserts in Assam

By Inder Jit (Released on 24 December 1985) People’s power has again expressed itself decisively in Assam. The AASU, led ably and courageously by Mr Prafulla...

Junk trillions in cars, feed lobbies

Green Delusion: Scrap The Citizen By Shivaji Sarkar India has perfected a rare form of innovation: the ability to repeatedly convert economic assets into liabilities, wealth...

Why we love to hate!

Dangers of Divisive Speeches By Poonam I Kaushish Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. A maxim which aptly shows how...

Hungry, jobless India

Super Inflation By Shivaji Sarkar Multiple taxes, unemployment, high 10.49 per cent wholesale price index (WPI) rise and severe income losses are thawing the nation amid...

In deep trouble

India’s NGOs By Moin Qazi India is now all set to frame a law to curb the wild growth of NGOs. The voluntary sector in the...

Up on high suspense, alert

Mandir or Masjid? By Insaf Uttar Pradesh has been put on high alert. The Supreme Court’s upcoming verdict on Ayodhya land title dispute following arguments sealed...

What constitutional norms?

Governors Bane Ghulam By Poonam I Kaushish Fame and Shame. Two emotions played out on the political theatre last week.  In the first, India made history...

How many will you put in jail?

Man Our Netas Are Touchy! By Poonam I Kaushish One man’s food is another man’s poison. A succinct testimony to the ongoing maelstrom over growing intolerance...

New chapter in bilateral ties

India-New Zealand FTA By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) India and New Zealand have just concluded negotiations on a comprehensive Free Trade...

Govt must reveal reality

Economy Data Suppression By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding the claim of every ruling party politician that India is progressing, the facts including grass root data of the...

Determinantof foreign policy

India Biggest Population By Dr. D.K. Giri (Secretary General, ADS) India has just become the largest population in the world. It is said to be the biggest...

A perfect con job

My Ambedkar vs Yours By Poonam I Kaushish We’ve been through this before. Year after year. Of how Parliament is increasingly being devalued. Becoming a tamasha...

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...

Past & present clash

By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Both Assam and Meghalaya governments appear absolutely tired of the violent clashes going on between them over the issue...