More acerbic the better!

Hate Is Now Virtue By Poonam I Kaushish The more things change the more they remain the same. Whereby our netagan are reveling in neech under-the-belt...

HC plays spoilsport

UP OBC Politics By Insaf The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has gone into a tizzy following a setback to its plan to woo backward...

Elusive peace?

Kashmir Déjà vu By Poonam I Kaushish The travails of picturesque Kashmir continue. Last fortnight’s macabre killing of 11 members of non-Kashmiris, Hindu-Sikh minority communities and...

TN triggers nda-India row

Sanatan Dharma By Insaf DMK’s minister and Chief Minister Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi has raised a big political storm. By declaring that Sanatan Dharma is against equality...

A variety entertainment

Post-Poll Coalitions By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The unity between disparate groups of political parties united by common opposition to the BJP was...

Credible information vital

Media On Trial By Moin Qazi The Supreme Court's latest observation on the media has to be viewed in the right spirit by the journalists'...

Can rights be ignored?

Modi's Stress On Duties By Dhurjati Mukherjee In his letter to the citizens on ‘Constitution Day’ or ‘Samvidhan Divas’, Prime Minister Modi waxed eloquence on the...

Strong states & strong centre

By Inder Jit (Released on 12 March 1985) Three cheers for our people. They have once again asserted their sovereignty. No one need have any doubt...

Rohingya Refugees

Is it the last straw? By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) An urgent plea against a proposal of the Government of India to deport...

More silkyaras in the making

Ladakh To Manipur - Billions Los By Shivaji Sarkar Ignoring the Himalayan warnings has become a habit. Kedarnath tragedy lessons were never learnt. Had it heard...

Ut on sale, a betrayal?

J&K Land Laws Good, bad or ugly, is a question that needs debate after the Centre amended and notified land laws for Jammu & Kashmir....

What’s private about rioting?

By Poonam I Kaushish In this scary season of corona virus political UP is in the eye of the storm over its unprecedented move by...

Alarming Hunger Situation

Govt unconcerned about poor By Dhurjati Mukherjee Eleven year old Santoshi died of starvation because there was no foodgrain in her house for six weeks in...

More vulgar the better!

Slander Is Now Virtue By Poonam I Kaushish Rajnetik virodhi ya jaani dushman? Tragically, the lines between a political opponent and sworn enemy are blurred, epitomized...

Will it beat seven-year itch?

J&K Panchayat Polls By Insaf As the nation mourns the passing away of its last statesman Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will his vision for Jammu & Kashmir be...

Techniques need change

Dryland Farming By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding that COP26 was largely seen as disappointing, the UN in one of its statement said ‘significant progress’ was made in...

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...

The ‘Covid-19 effect’

Centre-State Coordination By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Prime Minister Modi’s meetings with Chief Ministers of States and UTs on June 16 and 17...

Time for bharat bhakti?

Gyanvapi Mosque By Poonam I Kaushish It was music to Shiv Bhakts as Har Har Mahadev had his way, say and came out trumps. In a...

G20 opens up many doors

MBDs, DPI, Biofuels By Shivaji Sarkar The G20 year-long india presidency bash achieves a lot amid global ukraine-russia conflict overshadowing the bid for peace. India’s bilaterals...