Is our ‘streedhan’ gajar,mooli?
Women Safety
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is at war with its girls and women. As terrifying tales of savagery and nightmarish murders, rapes, acid attacks,...
Overhaul quality, education
Technology Sector
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Technological change through scientific innovations is undoubtedly an important driver of economic performance as the ability to create, distribute and exploit...
States say no to bjp
Assembly, LS Bypolls
By Insaf
United we stand, divided we fall, is a phrase obviously stirring the Opposition parties. Some of these sticking together have given...
In name of ‘development’?
Environmental Destruction
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
As the hot summer pounces on the country with heat waves predicted in most parts, there is need to put sharp...
What future SAARC!
India & Neighbours
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof, International Relations, JIMMC)
On 36th SAARC Charter Day Anniversary, the heads of SAARC countries delivered messages albeit conflicting ones....
Folks hit, rethink approach
Bank Sales & Middle Class
By Shivaji Sarkar
The middle class is supposed to be the backbone of the Indian economy. It is shrinking and in...
A valuable data source
National Population Register
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The routine decennial population census conducted in India since 1871 (except during World War II in 1941)...
Understanding the neighbour
Indo-Pak Conflict
By Dr DK Giri
The Indian sub-continent is grossly gripped with conflicts between India and Pakistan, intensified by war-cry emitting from both nations. Under...
A crisis of trust & values
Medical Negligence
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Transfusion of HIV-affected blood to a pregnant woman causing her to contract the disease is shocking...
Will govt let go?
CBI: Caged Parrot
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is it about the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that has it always in the eye of the...
Needs to change course
Climate Change
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Climate change leading to global warming and other attendant atmospheric problems has attracted headlines since a long time. Now, a recent...
Slander is Now Virtue
More vulgar the better!
By Poonam I Kaushish
Rajnetik virodhi ya jaani dushman? Tragically, the lines between a political opponent and a sworn enemy have got...
Transparency critical
Election Funding
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Supreme Court recently directed all political parties to reveal donations they had received in electoral bonds and the identities of...
Will set off more social chaos?
Unchecked Poverty & Inequality
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent report of UNDESA World Social Report 2020 titled ‘Inequality In a Rapidly Changing World’ paints a gloomy...
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...
SC hammer on states
Criminalisation of Politics
By Insaf
Three cheers to Supreme Court. State governments can no longer aid criminalisation of politics. “We deem it appropriate to direct that...
Bandh karo ye natak!
Growing Chauvinism
By Poonam I Kaushish
Your freedom ends where my nose begins and one man’s food is another man’s poison. Two adages, a succinct testimony...
Pol, Eco challenges
Pakistan at a Crossroads
By Piotr Opaliñski
(Former Polish Ambassador to Pak)
(Mem, Centre for Intl Relations)
Located at the crossroads of South Asia, Central Asia and the...
Modiji, heal India
Seven Year Itch
By Poonam I Kaushish
Call it the seven year itch but the cruel Covid summer 2021 has brought Prime Minister Modi to the...
Psu-Pvt must work as one
Govt Exit Bid
By Shivaji Sarkar
It’s not easy to be in the driver’s seat on a bumpy road, which began long before the pandemic in...