Brexit: What Happens Next?
by Kavaljit SinghBritain has voted to leave the European Union. In a referendum held on Thursday (June 23), close to 52 per cent of Britons favoured leaving the EU. The referendum results reveal that...
View ArticleA Very British Revolution
by L.K. Sharma“Britain has changed.” One kept hearing this lament in London even during the run-up to the historic referendum on Europe. Change can be seen and heard. The armed police presence is no...
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What Narendra Modi's Interview Conveys
EDITORIALNarendra Modi can justifiably claim to be one of the most articulate Indian PMs in recent times. Not just India but also the world at large has been witness to his oratorical skills since he...
View ArticleTowards Sustainable Development and a Clean Earth
by Pranjit AgarwalaCleanopolis Energy Systems India Private Limited is a clean technology initiative located in the middle of the lush green paddy fields of rural Sonitpur district of Assam. Promoted...
View ArticleIMF Loan: Fall-out on Foreign Policy / III Winds of Change? / Manmohan's...
From N.C.'s WritingsTwentyfive years ago Dr Manmohan Singh as the country's Finance Minister in P.V. Narasimha Rao's Union Government unveiled the new economic policis under the guidance and...
View ArticleDevaluation and IMF loan: Leading Economists' Alternative View
What the leading economists of the country had highlighted twentyfive years ago is of great sginificance even today. Hence it is being reproduced here. The statement—‘Structural Adjustment: An...
View ArticleOutcome of Assam Elections and its Impact on Other North-Eastern States
by Kadayam SubramanianThe BJP, which fared badly in the recently concluded State Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Union Territory of Puducherry, nevertheless did remarkably well...
View ArticleAssam Election Results 2016: Challenges to Pluralist Ethos
by Ram PuniyaniThis time around (2016 elections) the BJP has managed to come to power in Assam, though as a coalition with its allies. Its vote-share this time came down to 29.5 per cent from the...
View ArticleA Distinguished Political Reporter
TRIBUTEKrishan Kumar Katyal, who died in New Delhi on Wednesday (June 8) at 88, was a distinguished political reporter who had a nose for news, persistence in following up on tips and a talent for...
View ArticleFormidable Journalist, Outstanding Chronicler
TRIBUTEIn the death of Inder Malhotra, India has lost its most outstanding chronicler.As a young man of 17, Inder Malhotra was there somewhere in the multitudes of people who went up Raisina Hill to...
View ArticleQuality of Journalism
When l was studying in a journalism school abroad, l was told by my professor that a news story should be like a skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to be attractive. Over the...
View ArticleGulbarg Society Judgement: From Retribution to Restoration
by Binish MaryamEthnic violence leaves in its wake devastation on the one hand and deep psychological trauma on the other. The suffering of the victims becomes part of the collective psyche of the...
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Terror in Dhaka, Ministerial Changes in Delhi
EDITORIALThe terror attack on a Spanish restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic zone of Gulshan late on July 1 has caused consternation not just in Bangladesh but South Asia as a whole and neighbouring India...
View ArticleUnderstand the Outpouring of Grief and Rage in Kashmir
India and its politicians must introspect as to why there has been such a mass outpouring of grief and support for Burhan Wani, a militant who was killed in an ‘encounter'. Already news reports confirm...
View ArticleChanging Rights of Minorities in France
by Meghna KajlaCitizenship in France and Debate on group RightsThe term used citizenship/rights will be interchangeable for both.As T.H. Marshall explicates, citizenship is evolving and it's a...
View ArticleIntrospecting Today's Divisive Politics to Preserve the ‘Idea of India'...
BOOK REVIEW‘INDIA NEEDS GANDHI MORE DESPERATELY NOW THAN EVER'by Aejaz Ahmad WaniHindutva or Hind Swaraj by U.R. Ananthamurthy (translated from Kannada by Keerti Ramachandra and Vivek Shanbhag); Harper...
View ArticleReforming the Direct Tax Reforms in India
On April 29, 2016, India's Income Tax Department released tax statistics after a gap of almost 16 years. Till 2000, the Tax Department used to publish All India Income Tax Statistics but the...
View ArticleFDI Liberalisation and RBI Governor's Exit at What Cost?
The PMO has stated that the Indian economy is now the most open since FDI inflow has been liberalised further and restrictions in certain sectors have been reduced. The Opposition has linked the move...
View ArticleRising Attacks to Silence Journalists
MEDIABy Mohd. AfsarThe muder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan at Siwan—the most recent one in a series of attacks on journalists in recent times, is an alarming sign of danger on freedom to report in India....
View ArticleThe Black Day
by Samit KarIn his recent address in the ‘Man ki baat' aired through the public broadcasting system all over the country, Narendra Modi described June 26 as the Dark Day in the history of India. This...
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