Deriding basic tenets

Civil Society 'Warfare' By Dhurjati Mukherjee Understanding of society, the process of its growth and development, as clearly enunciated by distinguished scholars, social scientists and philosophers...

Hurried, but ineffective?

Welfare Programmes By Dhurjati Mukherjee The process of governance over the years, via discussions and debates, has undergone a change in India. As is evident, there...

Prioritise small, young farmers

Agricultural Transformation By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is some good news coming from the farm sector. The lockdown hasn’t much affected agriculture because of normal rabi crop...

Jobs scarce since 1947

Caste Back With Rigour By Shivaji Sarkar Caste is back with rigour in a supposed casteless society envisaged at Independence. Even Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar was...

Preparedness most critical

Disaster Management By Dhurjati Mukherjee The devastating floods in Kerala have been one of the severest in the past few decades in the country, which by...

Empathy, not authority crucial

Farmers Vs State Power By Insaf All eyes are on the farmers versus State power battle. The two-day “Delhi Chalo’ protests against the new farm bills...

Politics turned on its head

Karnataka Caste Census  By Poonam I Kaushish The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago bared its poisonous fangs again in Karnataka whereby...

‘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...

No perpetual poll snydrome

One Nation, One Poll By Poonam I Kaushish Phew! If the heat-wave was not bad enough, elections really poop one out. Specially, in our country which...

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...

Gujarat holds Modi magic

Contrasting Poll Results By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent Assembly elections’ results are a bit puzzling. The BJP’s landslide victory in Gujarat but losing Himachal Pradesh to...

Challenging Task For Centre

Terror In Jammu By Insaf It’s red alert for Jammu. Since June 9, J&K has witnessed four terrorist attacks in Reasi, Kathua and Doda districts, killing...

Opposition unity: Fresh moves

By Inder Jit (Released on My 6, 1980) Latest developments in the north-east region continue to cause grave anxiety. The stalemate in Assam was bad enough....

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...

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...

7 lakh unsold cars pile-up

Savings Dip, Prices Spur By Shivaji Sarkar The country’s banking sector deposit crisis symbolises grave ailments afflicting the economy hitting many sectors, including manufacturing, the automobile...

Will usher in prosperity?

J&K Altered By Dhurjati Mukherjee Kashmir’s dilemma is like Shakespeare’s famous line ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’? Unlike rest of...

K’taka polls to douse or ignite?

India Sitting On A Tinderbox By Shivaji Sarkar As Karnataka goes to the polls, a number of economic issues are coming to the fore, price rise,...

‘Power’ of corruption

ED On Rampage By Poonam I Kaushish When does money become dirt? When it begins to stick. As the Parthagate corruption saga explodes on the political...

India loses Rs 11 trillion!

Junk Cars, Plastic Policy By Shivaji Sarkar India needs pragmatic policies to strengthen the individual to revive the sagging economy and save its wealth. Policies such...