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By Sushil Kutty The “dominant religion” in the Congress is not ‘Hinduism’. Cannot be Islam either. That leaves Christianity. And there are no symbols of that Abrahamic religion in the Congress. If at all the Congress is ‘cross’, it’s with those who beat their 56” Hindutva chest...
By Mark Gruenberg Blasting his consistent record against workers’ rights to unionize and women’s rights to reproductive choice, progressive groups swung into action against President Donald Trump’s nomination of federal appellate judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court literally minutes after Trump’s nod on July 9. ...
By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Mod’s aim to achieve a double-digit growth is far-fetched, given the current state of Indian as well as global economy. The U.S-China war has made global situation worse, making high Indian economic growth virtually impossible. China is perhaps the only...
By Arun Srivastava Boris Johnson’s resignation as the foreign secretary simply points to the fact that Britain will have its general election soon, in all probability well before the final implementation of Brexit, and this would be a sort of fresh referendum on the future of the Brexit...
By Sushil Kutty The thief who has no opportunity to steal considers himself an honest man! The LGBT who no longer has to reckon with Section 377 will consider it legitimate to make eyes at strangers on the road, in the metro, at malls, parks, temples and places...
By Amulya Ganguli Although Jayant Sinha has been upbraided by his father, Yashwant Sinha, for garlanding a lynch brigade, the Union minister deserves a mild round of applause for revealing the BJP’s real face. But for his candour, the country would have continued to suffer from the...
By Aditya Aamir Naming a place Nala Sopara and, then, asking, “Why has Nala Sopara turned into an overflowing gutter?” defeats the purpose of the moniker. “It’s raining cats and dogs in Chembur,” says the reporter, holding on to an umbrella to keep his head dry as swift-flowing...
By Barun Das Gupta Last week, Sri Lanka finally agreed to let India operate the Mattala airport situated about 40 kms north-east of the Hambantota seaport that China has built in the southern tip of the island nation. China has acquired 60 per cent stake in the...
By Kalyani Shankar The last Monsoon session of the current Parliament is scheduled to begin from July 18 and last till August 10. Already there are speculations that this too will be a wash out session as in the past as the Parliament has not been functioning, as...
Sushil Kutty Bill Clinton writes in his new book ‘The Missing President’: “When you find a mountain to expose in one person or party, you have to pick a molehill on the other side and make it into a mountain to avoid being accused of bias. The...
By P. Sreekumaran BJP president Amit Shah’s much-hyped ‘mission Kerala’ has turned out to be a dismal flop. The crisis bedeviling the BJP in the state had been caused by the unilateral decision of the BJP national leadership to remove former state chief Kummanam Rajashekharan and shunt him...
Aditya Aamir Here is how it stands. A set of people wants ‘Azaadi from India for Kashmir’. Another set wants ‘Azaadi for Kashmir to join Pakistan’. The second set includes separatists and Pakistan. The first set includes JNU scholar Shehla Rashid and others of her ilk in what...
By Arun Srivastava Barely two months ago the farmers of Madhya Pradesh had hit the streets demanding minimum support price (MSP) for their produce. The state government was not too willing to concede to the demands of the farmers. The agitation even turned violent and at least nine...
By Amritananda Chakravorty On 4th July, 2018, in a huge relief to the AAP Government in Delhi, and in a strong rebuke to the obstructionist behaviour of the Lieutenant Governor (‘LG’) of Delhi, the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court unanimously held that LG is an administrative head in...
By Nantoo Banerjee It may be for the first time that the union health ministry has engaged itself in a serious exercise of conducting a census of over two million healthcare professionals and facilities across the country. Health Minister Jagat Prasad Nadda wants to complete the exercise within...
By Aditya Aamir ‘Personal interest’ shouldn’t overshadow ‘national interest’. One journalist knows this better than most. He once let his scooped out journalist mind report a coup that wasn’t a coup. Divested of the thought rather ingloriously, he ventured out only to ‘Walk the Talk’ with politicians and...
By Sushil Kutty So far no ghosts! But that’s standard ghost-behaviour. The first “sightings” of ghosts in Charki-Dadri, where two aircraft fell after colliding midair, killing over 300, were reported nearly two-and-a-half months after the horrific mishap. The ‘House of Horror’ deaths are not even a week...
By Gyan Pathak While India’s policy may impact domestic production more than the global agricultural market, China’s policies, in particular regarding cereals, are likely to affect global markets in the next ten years through price movements, stock releases and import regulations. It will be mainly because India will...