What constitutional norms?
Governors Bane Ghulam
By Poonam I Kaushish
Fame and Shame. Two emotions played out on the political theatre last week. In the first, India made history...
ISRO spends less than nasa!
Frugal India & Giant Leap
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Chandrayaan-3 has made India proud and a noteworthy insight, rather a testimony,that most government departments can effectively...
Deepening or widening!
BRICS Summit
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for
Democratic Socialism)
The BRICS countries in their 15thSummit at Johannesburg from 22 to 24 August are debating the...
As BRICS beckons
India-China Talks
By (Prof.) Dr D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn
For Democratic Socialism)
In the run-up to BRICS summit in South Africa to be held on August 22-24...
Dark carnival of democracy
Bulldozer Governance
By Poonam I Kaushish
Of the various forms of punishment, an eye for an eye is the most primal. In India it connotates bulldozer...
Integrated policy must
Fares Fly As Rail Collapse
By Shivaji Sarkar
Air fares are shooting up again as the holiday season arrives. Some weeks back these shot beyond the...
Confident, wary of 3 states
BJP's 2024 Battle
By Sagarneel Sinha
Replying to the No-confidence motion in Lok Sabha Prime Minister Modi said: “Opposition has
betrayed the people of India. They have...
‘Welfarism’must be thrust
Development Dynamics
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
A recent news item in a national daily referred to a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah that Prime...
Will it aid state varsities?
Natl. Research Foundation
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There can be no denying that research in the country has been lacking with meagre funds at the disposal of...
Riots cost India $646 bn
Communal Violence
By Shivaji Sarkar
Communal violence has a cost. Manipur may be far off from the National Capital, Delhi, or Nuh in Haryana may be...
Rashtra bhakti, anyone?
ShivBhakts Vs Rahim Abids
By Poonam I Kaushish
Why is it that religion always becomes the political touchstone at election time? Be it Hindus or Muslims...
Riots cost India $646 bn
Communal Violence
By Shivaji Sarkar
Communal violence has a cost. Manipur may be far off from the National Capital, Delhi, or Nuh in Haryana may be...
Politics not governance?
Centre Vs Delhi
By Insaf
The Centre has had its way over Delhi’s Kejriwal government. The Government of NCT of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 to replace...
Record hottest July!
Intense Heat
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
Heat temperature has emerged as the invisible engine of planetary chaos according to a recent book titled ‘The Heat Will...
Opposition is coming alive
By Inder Jit
(Released on 21 October 1980)
Mrs Indira Gandhi has been luckier having on Opposition which is not only divided and in disarray, but...
Need to revisit ethos
Rising Violence
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The decisive role violence played in the ordering of the Third World, including India, cannot be ignored or consigned to the...
No politics, really?
Manipur in Pain
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Police was there with the mob which attacked our village. They picked us from near home and gave us...
Prices, low capita concern
India Leaps ToBe 3rd largest
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is on its way to be the world’s three top economies in terms of monetary terms, as...
Far cry for parliament
Peace In Manipur
By Insaf
Will the Manipur Assembly put Parliament to shame? Or will Imphal hit the same roadblock as New Delhi? Questions which sadly...
Towards Destruction of Parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on 25 August 1987)
"Parliament is sovereign in regard to its functioning, not the rules. In fact, the two Houses have...