Why the world needs a new wave of migration
Migrants would sustain the developed countries’ economy in the near future as their working population hits record low
Amrit Kaal vs New India: Why do we buy metaphysical political agenda in deep economic distress
India has not met any of the targets fixed for 2022; But ‘Amrit Kaal’ has now become the government’s vision for …
Bhukh chala gaya, dukh nahi: The new hunger problem stalking India’s poorest region
Government schemes have brought food to people in Koraput, Kalahandi and Bastar; but they still do not have sustainable livelihoods
पंचायतों पर डोरे डालने के निहितार्थ
पंचायती राज व्यवस्था अपने 25वें साल में है। विकास का महत्वपूर्ण यंत्र बनने के कारण ये सभी दलों को आकर्षित कर रही है।
Indian lessons for Dilma Rousseff
Brazil's handling of its social programmes amidst a political crisis will have immense ramifications
The panchayat outrage
It was a vote for self-governance, not self-determination. No panchayat election in the country ever created as much hype as that of Jammu and …
How natural resources doomed UPA
Management of natural resources will be the toughest job for the new government
Rules of engagement
Thirty years on, what does the Narmada Bachao Andolan teach us?
हंसी के पात्र भ्रष्टाचार विरोधी आंदोलन
लगातार दो शासन काल में जिस पैमाने पर जनता के पैसों की लूट हुई है, उसने भ्रष्टाचार विरोधी मुहिमों को असफल साबित कर दिया ...
American Dream’s dark side: There is chronic poverty in the US
As one sociologist explains, privileged Americans and corporations profit if one deeply poor generation transmits it poverty to the next&…
First lesson in governance for PM Modi: Legislative tapasya (penance) is all about listening to outer world, not inner self
Union government will repeal all 3 controversial farm laws, Modi declares on Gurupurab
Niti Aayog’s new strategy: A call for growth or acceptance of failure
Celebrating India's 75th year of Independence is a matter of pride, but achieving a "New India" needs more than a textual articulation
Indira, Manmohan, Modi: Why all see civil society with suspicion
The arrests of activists and rights campaigners is set to further dip the relationship between government and the civil society
Modi and `mass movement'
As Narendra Modi's regime enters its mid-term, it is time to assess: has he turned governance into a mass movement?
Only plans, no integration
2021 Cabinet reshuffle: In ministers sacked, there is a message
Amid an ongoing pandemic, a raging conflict over rights activists being targeted by the government and a collapse of the labour market, the exit …
India’s poverty: There is no end to Surjit Bhalla’s imagination
The IMF executive director has just declared that India was nearly free of extreme poverty in 2020 and inequality was lowest in 40 years due to …
Delhi elections: Populism’s twin faces
In the Delhi elections, the Aam Aadmi Party may have benefitted from strategic voting by people who wanted to retain its agenda of welfare …
क्या हमारे बजट में जन भागीदारी है?
बजट में जन भागीदारी बढ़ाने की सरकारी कोशिशें क्या वाकई कारगर हैं या ये महज औपचारिकता मात्र हैं?
संसद में 33 प्रतिशत महिलाओं की उपस्थिति 55 साल में होगी
महिला मतदाताओं की बढ़ती संख्या के बावजूद विधानसभाओं में उनकी उपस्थिति बमुश्किल 7 से 8 प्रतिशत है। जबकि संसद में उनकी मौजूदगी महज 11 ...
Walk the village talk
After raising the political profile of village councils, government wants to downsize them
Forest war
Naxalism started as a movement against land alienation. Today it has become a popular movement against natural resource alienation, …
Back To Beginning
Afghanistan, the badland of international politics, faces its toughest challenge: life and peace. Two decades of war, six months of non-stop …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers advice on freebies
The prime minister’s call to the youth to be careful about political parties bribing them with freebies for votes is also a recognition of …
India needs the ‘Garibi Hatao’ slogan back
Anti-poverty programmes must be universal, not just on a below or above poverty line matrix