A long-term vision?
Young Himachal
By Insaf
Winds of change blow in Himachal Pradesh. The hill State finally gets a young Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and a new...
End of social justice?
BJP's Politics
By Sagarneel Sinha
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government has completed eight years in power and amidst this the country has seen changes...
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...
Iip, forex contract
Prices Rise 6 Per Cent
By Shivaji Sarkar
A smart Reserve Bank of India anticipating prices shooting up has decided not to tinker with the interest...
‘Gas Chamber’ Delhi
Govts pass the buck
By Insaf
National capital Delhi should make both the AAP and Central government hang their heads in shame. It is choked, engulfed...
Wb, Bihar eye opportunity
Cong Results & INDIA Bloc
By Insaf
The losses in four States, especially in Hindi heartland of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh for the Congress should...
Es baar coaltition sarkar!
Modi 3:0
By Poonam I Kaushish
The old order has yielded to the ‘new normal’. A power paradigm of Modi’s 3.0 which serenades ‘Es baar coalition...
Strategic defence pact
Saudi Arabia & Pakistan
By Piotr Opalinski
(Expert, Centre for International Relations, Poland)
The Defence Agreement, signed last month by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, is another sign...
Ap tops, Gujarat slides
States Business Acumen
By Insaf
Three cheers for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The two bifurcated States have shown tremendous resilience since 2014 and given Modi's Gujarat...
Who benefits the most?
Interim Budget
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Budget analysis from various angles is found reflected in the media. Economists, financial experts, and others involved in the analysis rarely...
Yours vs mine?
Caste Cauldron
By Poonam I Kaushish
The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago has bared its poisonous fangs once again in Karnataka...
Promoting tre-sector partnership
India's G-20 Presidency
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
In the current series of articles on India’s G-20 presidency, in the run up to 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...
Recoil on politics, economy
Farm Bills' Repeal
By Shivaji Sarkar
Finally, the three farm bills are to be withdrawn as the nation goes to polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and...
India’s poor worst hit
UN on Privatisation
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s policy of privatisation is contrary to the observation of the United Nations and the World Bank. India is bracketed...
India’s best friend ever!
Donald Trump
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The Donald Trump Administration has just warned Pakistan to punish the perpetrators of the horrendous violence in...
Time for hard decisions
By Inder Jit
(Released on 15 January 1980)
Good government, we were once taught, was no substitute for self-government. Following independence, we learnt to our cost...
Swadeshi saving to fund Govt
Moving Away From Nehru
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Modi-led NDA-II’s budget has changed the focus to peg India’s finances on village and farms, clearly a visible...
Will stakeholders have a say?
Freebies, Voters & Economy
By Insaf
The tax payers and common man’s view should prevail over that of political parties. Well said, by the Supreme Court...
Checking soil erosion vital
Combating Desertification
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recently concluded conference of UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 15) at Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire found that desertification has been...