Call to opposition states

CAA, NPR Scrap By Insaf The war between Opposition States Versus Centre gets hotter. The call by 20 Opposition parties asking all Chief Ministers to oppose...

Executive fails miserably

Round The States By Insaf It’s crass management catastrophe. The handling of the devastating second wave of the Covid crisis by the Centre has evoked a...

Need efficient doctor

Economy Diseased By Shivaji Sarkar There is a dilemma and nagging policy uncertainty. Is the economy growing, in a thaw or on a downslide? Does...

Why not lifelong ban?

Court Asks Jan Sevaks By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 1996: “Which MP doesn’t take money…people who have made money from coal and iron…money in thailis and...

Policy, pride & prejudice

Foreign Aid For Kerala By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Latest political controversy containing multiple issues within one major issue relates to refusal of financial...

Rural sector thrust missing

Budget priorities By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Budget, as usual, showed a distinct favour for the middle and rich sections as it’s the last one before the...

Servant of the house, not master

By Inder Jit (Released on 25 August 1981) Parliament’s eagerly-awaited monsoon session got off expectedly to a stormy start, Visitors who crowded the public galleries in...

Govt needs to be hands-on

India's Poverty By Dhurjati Mukherjee The lockdown has put sharp focus on India’s poverty as it emerges the sheer number of migrant workers alone is mind-boggling,...

India Flooded & Submerged

Will nda drown or play saviour? By Poonam I Kaushish Phew, as political India dissects Modi’s Cabinet reshuffle, our fellow countrymen let lose a volley of...

Failing regulatory mechanism

Yes Bank Crisis By Dhurjati Mukherjee The collapse of Yes Bank is yet another clear pointer of policies remaining largely and shockingly on paper alone. Mores...

Gulf crisis seeks strategy

Towards Green Energy By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the wake of the Middle East crisis, the need for acceleration of green energy in India assumes great significance...

Global implications

Hasina Out, Yunus In By Dr. Tomasz Gerlach (Centre for International Relations Poland) Bangladesh is not a country that makes headlines. Information from this part of the...

Are their demands justfied?

Farmers' Fresh Stir By Dhurjati Mukherjee The conferment of Bharat Ratna to the late M.S. Swaminathan brings to the forefront the subject of farmers and their...

Making a mountain of a molehill

Jinnah Controversy By Poonam I Kaushish Question: Name the latest con word that can divide a nation on communal lines? Answer: Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founder and...

Poor lose, powerful gain

Pro-crony Policies By Shivaji Sarkar India’s aspiration to become a $5 trillion economy depends critically on promoting “pro-business” policy that enhances market competition negating the...

Its all about politics!

Culture of Protests By Poonam I Kaushish In this silly political season clearly protests are the flavor of the week. The cause célèbre is immaterial. It...

Targets opposition ministers?

130th Constitutional Amend Bill By Dhurjati Mukherjee The 130thConstitutional Amendment Bill has raised a hue and cry among the Opposition. Tabled just two days before the...

Pervasive, clarity vital

Land, Forest Encroachment By Dhurjati Mukherjee The encroachment of land and forests in the country is not just physical and bluntly visible but matched by statistics....

New vision in offng?

Draft Natl Ed Policy By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is much debate over the recently released new draft National Education Policy, which has come out with some...

A dangerous game!

Politics of Labelling By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A primary lesson for all political speakers is to avoid controversial terms particularly to malign...