No country for reforms?
It is not very often that one sees the prime minister of a country publicly tendering an apology for a job they failed to push through.
23 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Repeal of India’s farm laws a political decision
Electoral politics in a democracy like India is all about taking the right decision at the right time and popular perception.
20 November 2021, 18:00 PM
A billion Covid-19 jabs and India’s hope and caution
In October, India reached the important milestone of administering one billion Covid-19 vaccine doses, accomplished in 278 days since the inoculation drive was launched on January 16 this year.
14 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Can Modi’s India keep its promise of net zero emissions?
That Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a penchant for springing off surprise when it comes to India’s engagement with the world has once again been proven at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Can the regional be the national in Indian politics?
As India inches towards fresh general elections in 2024, there is a wind of change in the political landscape.
12 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Pandora Papers take the lid off India’s superrich
Satyajit Ray’s 1976 film “Jana Aranya” is as much a socio-political commentary as it is about the dark underbelly of India’s business world.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Congress Party lurching from crisis to crisis
Factional feud and mutual recrimination among leaders in public, either at state or national level, are nothing new to India’s main opposition party—Congress Party.
2 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Whither opposition unity in India?
About a fortnight ago, when senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid asserted that his party was still in the “best position” to clinch 120-130 seats in the next Lok Sabha elections in 2024, and assume the leadership of a prospective anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opposition coalition, he set the cat among the pigeons.
24 September 2021, 18:00 PM
A by-poll like no other
Discretion is the better part of valour, but not quite when it comes to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
20 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Can the UN play a central role in reshaping Afghanistan’s future?
As the world debates on the ways to deal with the serious challenges faced on multiple fronts after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, one issue that has received much less attention than the others is the kind of template based on which the solutions are to be found. The challenges relate as much to Afghanistan’s internal dynamics as to the external ones.
17 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Two years on, NRC’s bumpy road ahead
On August 31, 2019, the “final” draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was published amidst considerable expectations, excitement and anxiety. It was a document of “genuine” Indian citizens that was thought to be the panacea for the state’s long-festering issue of illegal immigrants.
11 September 2021, 18:00 PM
India and the great power game over Afghanistan
As Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla was wrapping up his talks with senior US officials in Washington on the evolving situation in Afghanistan,
7 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Tackling Covid-19: Are good days waiting for India?
In its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, India achieved two milestones in five days between August 27 and 31 while vaccinating its people. Both relate to a new high in the number of vaccine recipients—1.03 crore doses on August 27, and 1.28 crore on the last day of a month that saw nearly 18 crore doses being administered, up from 13.45 crore in July and 11.97 crore in June.
2 September 2021, 18:00 PM
What are India’s plans regarding Afghanistan?
When Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar briefed floor leaders of 31 parties in Parliament on August 26 on the developments in Afghanistan, he faced some searching questions about New Delhi’s policy, actions and future strategy towards Afghanistan, post-Taliban takeover.
30 August 2021, 18:00 PM
A magician of words for all ages
Though born in Kolkata and studied at St Xavier’s College there, the foundation of one of Bengal’s most popular writers Buddhadeb Guha’s creative mind was shaped by his extensive journey through the swathes and rivers of Rangpur, Jaipurhat and Barisal districts.
30 August 2021, 18:00 PM
India’s Taliban challenge and Afghan policy
The joke going around in diplomatic circles in New Delhi is that the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan was much smoother than the change of guard at the White House after Joe Biden won the presidential elections in the world’s biggest democracy.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Partition: Looking back to heal and not hurt
On two successive days on August 14 and 15, 2021, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about the 1947 Partition of the subcontinent and its catastrophic fallout on millions of people.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM
A stormy parliamentary session and clouds over Indian democracy
It rained protests and disruptions by a united and unrelenting opposition every day during the nearly month-long monsoon session of the Indian parliament, raising serious concerns about Indian democracy.
13 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Breaking fast and bread: Rahul Gandhi style
On August 2, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi chaired a meeting of leaders of 15 opposition parties for breakfast at New Delhi’s Constitution Club
7 August 2021, 18:00 PM
India’s opposition unity a work in progress
Politics has a strange way of repeating itself in some ways.
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM