Integrated policy must
Fares Fly As Rail Collapse
By Shivaji Sarkar
Air fares are shooting up again as the holiday season arrives. Some weeks back these shot beyond the...
Injustice by govt?
Rise in Undertrials
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is a well-known saying that “justice delayed is justice denied”. But due to the enormous pendency of cases in...
Perspectives from india
Political Tsunami in Nepal
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
Nepal is prone to earthquakes. And there has been a tsunami on...
Bjp’s “political agenda”
J&K Delimitation Exercise
By Insaf
Political parties in Kashmir valley are peeved with the Delimitation Commission, accusing it of pushing the BJP ‘political agenda’. The NC...
Will it remain a mere hope?
Uniform Civil Code
By Poonam I Kaushish
Secularism has always been the Hindutva Brigade’s bug bear and political untouchability the Congress catch word. Whereby, Ram and...
Education & awareness key
Spectre of Elections
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Elections are a continuing phase in Indian politics and are held as a process of legitimization of the political power...
Kiski laathi aur kiski bhains?
ED's Questionable Credibility
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is it about yesterday’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and today’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) that it is always...
Will next govt alter situation?
Pervasive Insecurity
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The ongoing debate about present-day insecurity that we are witnessing in society is growing all the more with elections underway....
Fixing history or driving wedge?
Sambhal Shahi Masjid Row
By Poonam I Kaushish
It never ceases to surprise how our polity keeps sinking into the marshy cesspool of bloodied religious politicking....
One more vow of govt jobs!
MP's Children
By Insaf
Madhya Pradesh’s Children! That’s the new mantra of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. On Tuesday last, akin to the ‘sons of the...
Higher education rudderless
HRD's Severe Crunch
By Shivaji Sarkar
"My dear, here we must run fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to...
How the world reacts
Israel-Hamas War
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The Israel-Hamas war is escalating every hour causing pathetic loss of lives, property and resources....
India’s plurality at stake?
Eroding Democratic Rights
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Lately reports by independent and reputed agencies batting for democracy and civil rights have downgraded India’s status claiming it is...
Katil=Neta, Toh Kya?
Stigma=Women
By Poonam I Kaushish
Plato believed that democratic “life has neither law nor order.” And he was dead right. In today’s India where jiske lathi...
Are their demands justfied?
Farmers' Fresh Stir
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The conferment of Bharat Ratna to the late M.S. Swaminathan brings to the forefront the subject of farmers and their...
India must rethink
US' Foreign Policy
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
The American debacle in Afghanistan has made countries reassess its foreign policy in terms of...
Needs to change leaf
Congress in Doldrums
By Proloy Bagchi
That politicians are mostly despicable, perhaps need not be emphasized. They are aggressive and vicious where their interests are concerned....
Modi’s gaurantee vs Congress Nyay
Tale Of Two Manifestos
By Poonam I Kaushish
The stage is set, audiences anticipate as the curtain rises on India’s nautanki of democracy, an ideological spectacle...
Time for radical makeover
Wrestling With Power
By Poonam I Kaushish
If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us, said Francis Bacon. This comes to mind over...
India, the peace-broker?
The War in Ukraine
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reveals that India is talking to...