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...
Will our bahubali-netas bite dust?
India's Criminal Escape Artists
By Poonam I Kaushish
Taint is the flavour this political season. Wherein, hundreds of our criminal-politicos flaunt their “bullet-proof jackets” in the...
Welfare vital, no to corruption
Karnataka Takeaways
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Congress has won a victory in Karnataka with an absolute majority, unexpected by most political pundits. The sorry state of...
Stop rot, save poor depositors
PNB Tarnished Fraud
By Shivaji Sarkar
The banks are in dire need to save their coffers. The latest Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam of Rs 11.4...
Govt money nobody’s money
Tale Of Statues
By Poonam I Kaushish
It's been a week of stark contradictions in India's ongoing political nautanki. At one end we have tall talk...
2G & Tamil Nadu
Dmk rejoices, back in demand
By Insaf
It’s finally time for the DMK in Tamil Nadu to celebrate and not just heave a big sigh of...
Let’s talk of today, not past
Beyond The Kashmir Files
By Sagarneel Sinha
The recent controversial statement made by the Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid on Vivek Agnihotri’s directorial film, The Kashmir Files,...
TN triggers nda-India row
Sanatan Dharma
By Insaf
DMK’s minister and Chief Minister Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi has raised a big political storm. By declaring that Sanatan Dharma is against equality...
Banks, economy in turmoil
Electoral Bonds Shear Rs 29 Tr
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy may or may not have matured, it has specialised in its murky Bombay stock...
States burdened, lowimpact
Politics of Populism
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
With the state elections coming to an end this year, the spate of schemes and promises announced in the run-up...
A jinxed peace road
Battle-ing Indo-Pak Ties
By Poonam I Kaushish
Neighbour or enemy? Both. India-Pakistan relations are like a roller coaster ride. All depends on which way the political...
“Not the centre’s chaprasi”
By Inder Jit
(Released on 17 April 1984)
The Governors and their role are in the news again. Late last month, Mrs. Gandhi made most people...
Tool to aid or hurt?
AI & Media
By Sabina Inderjit
Imagine having a super-smart assistant that can gather information, write drafts, generate videos, clone voices, et al. Incredible possibilities that...
Growth not easy path
ES Positive On Future
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is poised to grow despite the pandemic panic shock during a critical financial year when all budget projections...
Appointment of Chief Justice
By Inder Jit
(Released on 7 February, 1978)
Top Government leaders are embarrassed by the continuing speculation in the press in regard to the choice of...
Can opposition nail failure?
Govt Performance
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The latest Human Development Report (HDI) Index has given India a ranking of 130 among 188 countries in 2017, once again...
Parachute loyalties rule roost
General Election 2019
By Poonam I Kaushish
As India’s greatest nautanki enters its last three phases of polling we will have stood witness to 900 million...
Poll body turns partisan?
By Inder Jit
(Released on 11 January 1983)
Mercifully, the people of Delhi have been given what has been their due for long. Elections have...
Rule-based rbi for a start
Big GDP Slump
By Shivaji Sarkar
It’s a fall or new beginning. The nation is pondering over the minus 23.9 per cent GDP crash. The...
India’s distorted vision
Poor & Atmanirbharata
By Shivaji Sarkar
The long march of crores of migrant workers might have become a political issue, but in the Indian context...