‘Veto’ on outsider

Regionalism To Fore By Poonam I Kaushish Pre 1947 India resounded to “throw out the British”. Sprinkled with nationalism, all pledged to make India united and...

Bodo Accord By Insaf Is it an end to the violent Bodo movement in Assam? Envisioned yes, but there hangs a nagging uncertainty. While there is...

Two antagonistic rights

Protest & Order By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) “Democracy and dissent go hand in hand, but then demonstrations expressing dissent have to be...

Scrap jazzy projects, psu sale

Economy Corrections By Shivaji Sarkar Various packages announced cannot cope up with the losses and slowdown as a result of lockdown. The economic situation as repeatedly...

Creation & quality vital

Unemployment Challenges By Dhurjati Mukherjee Providing jobs is indeed a big change for a populous country like India with a huge number entering the labour force...

Passenger safety critical 

Priorities For Indian Railways By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is no doubt a lot of development in Indian Railways has taken place, but accidents that occur at...

Additional funds critical

NEP & Budget The National Education Policy (NEP) continues to solicit much debate and educationists will be eagerly looking forward to the Budget today, in...

National capital’s turn

'Bulldozer'Politics By Insaf The rule of law be damned, rather simply bulldoze it. It’s the “New India” that the national capital too gets a taste of....

Cultural Vultures

Life in ‘official’ slim stip By Poonam I Kaushish Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. A succinct saying which aptly...

One nation, one poll, anyone?

Perpetual Dance Of Democracy By Poonam I Kaushish Its’ party time folks as India readies for its greatest nautanki of democracy: General elections April-May. Amidst the...

Divert Rs 25k cr to signals

Stop Razing Rail Stations Economic Highlights By Shivaji Sarkar Railway accidents not only cause significant loss of lives and severe financial setbacks, but also undermine public confidence...

Social media ‘kills’

Murderous Mob By Poonam I Kaushish Social media 'kills' and how! Mob lynching is back on the political-social scene with 17 cases across 9 States from...

Sinister shawdow in S. India

Lanka's Jehadi Killings By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The house searches and arrests of three suspects in North of Kerala by the National Investigating...

Billions at stake in education

A Rating Surpasses IISc! By Shivaji Sarkar A ranking by the university accreditation system has raised critical questions about higher education in India and its ranking...

Timely reminder on poll reforms

By Inder Jit (Released on 10 November 1987) Top Opposition leaders deserve a hand, thanks to a thoughtful initiative by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,...

Poll reforms — basic issues not tackled

By Inder Jit (Released on 22 October 1988) Something is better than nothing. The electoral reforms now favoured by the Congress-I Working Committee, therefore, deserve to...

Depoliticise speaker’s office

Of the house, for the house By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the season of parades galore and prize catches. Specially in Bihar where the political arena...

Farm diversification vital

Agrarian Crisis By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent farmers' protest march by the Bharatiya Kisan Union, stopped at the UP-Delhi border, was eventually withdrawn after the Government...

Centre must review farm laws

FPI Boom & Impasse By Shivaji Sarkar The farmers’ issue is getting both interesting and intriguing. With the new farm laws, foreign investors are bringing...

Resetting world order

EAM's UNGA Speech By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the 78th session of the United...