1st phase sees boycott
India Votes
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The biggest democratic exercise in the world kicked off yesterday. Of the 543 Lok...
Rural focus imperative
BJP Must Change Strategy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Post elections the BJP must have realised thedefinite need to change strategy and focus on the needs and aspirations...
Faster bounce back!
Economy 2021
The bad year is gone. Hope of a good 2021 has set in. The bell tolls for a new India despite the burgeoning...
Industry wary of protests
CAA Non-issue
By Shivaji Sarkar
The economy is in a tizzy. Figures apart, certain avoidable developments are adding to the woes. The slowdown or falling GDP...
Rajiv’s China visit and Nehru
US Tariff War
By Inder Jit
(Released on 20 December 1988)
The Prime Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, now in Beijing, deserves a hand for his bold initiative...
Not an ideal model
US Presidential Election
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
US President Donald Trump has not conceded his defeat in the presidential election and is...
Are we heading for second wave?
Vaccination Push, YeT…
By Poonam I Kaushish
The Covid 19 pandemic is the most tumultuous, most catastrophic and the most defining epoch of our lifetime which...
Hopeful, firms lukewarm
Modi Taps US Corp
By Shivaji Sarkar
The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US has tried to kindle hopes in an economy that...
Parliament and Poll Commission
By Inder Jit
(Released on 19 July 1983)
Parliament’s monsoon session, beginning next Monday, is appropriately getting full attention from both the Government and the Opposition....
US bonds hold up many gains
Indian Macros 'Charm'
By Shivaji Sarkar
Developments and statistics about India’s growth are interesting. Various contrary figures indicate a queer pitch. While global financial services group...
Imaginary distinction
Outsider-Insider
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Hundreds of workers who had gone to Kashmir in search of employment are reported to be fleeing...
Toothless Ec, netas merry
Code Of 'Misconduct'
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this theekha-masaledar electioneering season our netagan seem to have taken loads of tips from Bollywood and produced their...
Caa: A hornest nest
Assam Burning
By Poonam I Kaushish
Assam is burning and North East is on fire. Protests have erupted across the seven sisters, but Assam is the...
‘Godmen’ exploitation unchecked
Hathras Tragedy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The fanaticism manifested in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras which touched around 121 people killed in the stampede is indeed distressing. According to...
Are we following right strategy?
Development Trends
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
If one goes by the policies, programmes and statements of political leaders world over, it is discernible that tremendous development has...
Big crisis, doctor missing
Economy In Poll Season
By Shivaji Sarkar
The ensuing Assembly elections in five States would be contested on critical issues -- jobs, wages, inflation, development...
Should gdp be the measure?
Growth Conundrum
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It’s indeed distressing to note the National Statistical Office forecast in GDP growth to be 5 per cent in 2019-20, much...
Giving dignity to deprived?
Crass Deprivation
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Deprivation, which is the consequence of socio-economic disparity in our system, primarily due to the caste-system and other attendant factors, is...
Economic Revival
Discard top-down approach
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Suddenly there is a great momentum for the need to revive the economy. After recent criticism by former finance minister...
Will hope help in turnaround?
Budget & Rural Sector
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
As indicated in the Economic Survey, which had focussed on the farm sector, employment and education, the present Union...