Are olicy makers concerned?

Justice & Indian Politics By Dhurjati Mukherjee All political parties, not just in India but the world over, talk of justice, interpreting it in various ways....

Police & state answerable

Encounter Killings By Dhurjati Mukherjee The practice of encounter killings continues in India and according to available data of the government, a total of 655 such...

Changing political equation?

J&K Delimitation By Sagarneel Sinha The final draft of the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission is out, and it has, as expected resulted in a political...

Govt must be realistic

Spectre of Reforms By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is much debate over NDA government having initiated major reforms which would change the face of the economy with...

Towards a rapprochement?

Jaishankar In Pakistan By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in Pakistan early this week. Observers both...

New opposition unity

  By Inder Jit (Released on 24 April 1984) Now that the next general election is beginning to loom large on the horizon, fresh efforts are on...

Critical cultural heritage

Handloom Industry By Dr. S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) August 7, the Day when Aurobindo Ghosh, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal...

Flogging a dead horse!

The Katchatheevu Island By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) A tweet by the Prime Minister has stirred up a hornets’ nest in...

Throttling democractic freedom?

Warning Signals By Dhurjati Mukherjee In recent days there have been voices of protest from a cross section of society against the policies of the present...

Ideas more dangerous than guns

New Grammar of Sedition By Poonam I Kaushish “Off with her head, arguments later”, ordered the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. A term synonymous in modern...

What constitutional norms?

'State' Of Head By Poonam I Kaushish It’s a killer world and everything topsy turvy! First there’s the Parliament logjam, a tussle between BJP and Congress...

Running out of time

India's Water Woes By Poonam I Kaushish India’s first major climate catastrophe is at our doorstep: Water. Groundwater levels in 21 major cities, including Delhi, Bangalore...

Whose afraid of it?

Bulldozer Politics By Poonam I Kaushish As temperatures rise across the country the heat is searing through political Ulta Pulta UP and Madhya Pradesh over it...

All about Modi magic?

Electoral Calculations By Dhurjati Mukherjee The battle for Lok Sabha elections 2024 is turning out both intriguing and exciting on the political landscape of the country....

CAA extended politics

Union-State Relations By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A special session convened by the Kerala Legislative Assembly passed a Resolution terming the Citizenship Amendment...

Time for soul searching

SC Raps Governors By Poonam I Kaushish Whoever said different political strokes for different political folks was dead on. Specially when it comes to the high...

Creating positive synergy?

Bank Mergers By Dhurjati Mukherjee The NDA Government's decision to merge State-run banks to reduce their losses appears so far to have been taken rightly. The...

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...

Common man yearns attention

India's Billionaires Flourish By Dhurjati Mukherjee Amid growing concern over the New Year somewhat being difficult with inflation affecting the common man, subdued investment and disturbing...

Arms bazaar lures us

2+2 Dialogue By Shivaji Sarkar The recent virtual meet with the US exemplifies that India does a great balancing act magically prioritising billions of business sops...