Fewer farmers benefit!

High MSP More Populist By Shivaji Sarkar The minimum support price (MSP) in the context of need of the farmers is turning into more of populism...

Gandhian approach needed

Cleansing Public Life By Inder Jit (Released on 4 October 1996) Mahatma Gandhi was remembered once again on October 2, his birth anniversary. Top leaders and many...

Milking poll benefit

Cow Politics Back By Poonam I Kaushish Gau mata politics is once again back with a bang. “Some people, the moment the words gai and Om...

Tall, can India deliver?

COP26 Promises By Dhurjati Mukherjee The just-concluded COP26 summit was full of commitments as is usually the case with most major international events, but how much...

Time for booster

Politics of Vaccine By Poonam I Kaushish Covid-19 announced itself to the world as 2020 dawned blitzing globally, unnerving health systems, nose diving economies and the...

India’s new normal

Modi 3.0 By Poonam I Kaushish How does one begin an epitaph of one year of Modi 3.0? Uncork champagne on the wings of new hopes...

‘New India’ engulfs opposition

Modi-Shah Gathbandhan By Insaf The BJP juggernaut is simply unstoppable. It’s ‘Phir ek baar Modi sarkar’ and ‘Ab ki baar 300 paar’ campaign slogans slaughtered Congress’...

Stokes ‘outsider’ debate

Gujarat Exodus By Insaf Mahatma Gandhi would be turning in his grave. Gujarat hate attacks have forced thousands of Hindi-speaking migrants flee the State. The exodus...

Doles no longer lure

Parties Clueless Of PMP By Shivaji Sarkar This election is about PMP —- poverty management programme —- an economic agenda that is unclear and all political...

India must heed warning

Lanka's Fiscal Disaster By Shivaji Sarkar Is globalisation failing? The Sri Lankan economic crisis is a grave warning that reckless consumption promoted by global Multi-National Companies,...

India on razor’s edge

Queer Global Moves By Shivaji Sarkar It is a queer world. Politics and economics are contesting each other almost globally. In the country, Parliament remains paralysed...

What’s next for Pax Americana?

By Ewa Fronczak (Centre For Internaltional Relations, Poland) The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, once said that America was ready to “pay...

Jo jeeta woh sikander!

SC Rues Criminals In Politics By Poonam I Kushish Q) Teacher: What is the role of Parliament in our Constitutional democracy? A) Student: Parliament plays the vital...

Can India meet challenge?

Climate Goals By Dhurjati Mukherjee With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) scheduled to begin on 30 November in the UAE, meeting climate goals would be in the forefront. Moreover,...

Centre, states pass the buck?

Mob Violence & Lynching By Insaf Who will bell the cat? The Centre or the States as mob violence and lynching continue to cause nagging unease...

Age of andolan jeevi

Propaganda Politics By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an attack on “international conspirators” who were out to discredit India by...

Govt needs self control

Dissent Vital For Democracy By Poonam I Kaushish Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. An adage which nails our leaders’...

State satraps seek to lead

BJP vs Rest By Insaf State satraps are vying with each other to lead battle 2019. Most of them are Delhi-bound, to ensure they are the...

Landmark initiative

Biodiversity Pact By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the realm of environment, which is obviously the centre point of focus in the world today, the climate and biodiversity...

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...