What is the controversy?

Modi's Visit to Israel By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel has sparked geo-political controversy in...

Imminent risk of fascism?

Hindu Rashtra By Dhurjati Mukherjee The majoritarian rule in India has possibly tended to be autocratic. Absolute power in the hands of a political party, as...

Anti-bjp Déjà vu

Opposition Void By Poonam I Kaushish Phew! Eight weeks in to the lockdown yet there is no respite from the tu-tu-mein-meinvitriol between the Government and Opposition...

Spirit of nation

Madam President By Poonam I Kaushish This is a story which has not only made India proud but is a compelling and inspirational tale of overcoming...

Netas police vs janata’s police

Policewala Goonda Last week tore to tatters the slogan: With you, for you, always. When another free-for-all epidemic of mob violence was unleashed across the...

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...

Towards Indo-u.s. friendship

By Inder Jit (Released on 5 November 1976) Both New Delhi and Washington will need to keep their fingers crossed.  By all accounts, Dr Kissinger’s visit...

Of rising jobs & quality

Holistic Growth By Shivaji Sarkar At last the jobs are growing, says the labour bureau employment latest survey. This by 29 per cent in April-June quarter....

Creating supply chains!

Japanese PM In Delhi By Dr D.K Giri (Prof. of International Politics, JIMMC) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in Delhi to attend the 14th India-Japan summit....

Conflict of interest, toh kya?

Office of Profit By Poonam I Kaushish It started with BJP complaint February against rival Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren demanding CBI-ED probe into State’s mining...

Agri to be big budget hope

World Crisis Opens Door By Shivaji Sarkar The Union Budget 2023-24 is likely to be a huge mix of emphasis on agriculture, higher capital expenditure and...

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...

Confident, wary of 3 states

BJP's 2024 Battle By Sagarneel Sinha Replying to the No-confidence motion in Lok Sabha Prime Minister Modi said: “Opposition has betrayed the people of India. They have...

New model of governance in new year

By Inder Jit (Released on 2 January 1990) Familiar resolutions and exhortations are withusagain in the New Year, which also marks the beginning of the new...

International irritants

PEGASUS & India By Dr D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) The Pegasus controversy has rocked Indian Parliament and shocked the country. People are wondering why...

India must rethink strategy

Sino-US Trade War By Shivaji Sarkar The trade war between the US and China has a neutral victim in India. The escalation is likely to hurt...

An unnecessary addition?

Anti-Lynching Law By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Government of West Bengal has passed the Prevention of Lynching Bill in the Legislative Assembly...

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...

Judiciary “Bonded” or “Free”

By Madhu Dandavate (As released on 24 May 1985) Recently, Mr. Justice V.D. Tulzapurkar observed in the Supreme Court that due to favouritism by the Government...

Govt money is neta’s money

Its Raining Populist Freebies By Poonam I Kaushish It is a perfect electoral cake rolled out by various Parties to the strains of ‘Vote For Me.’...