IPA Special
President-Elect Joe Biden Means A Lot For India
By Nantoo Banerjee India-friendly Joe Biden’s ascendency to the top job in the United States means a lot for India, especially in the area of trade and economic relations as the country is looking for large foreign investments from diplomatic allies to grow its domestic industry and boost...
Nitish Kumar Should Not Have Opted For Chief Ministership After Polls
By Amulya Ganguli The perception of Manmohan Singh as a weak prime minister under Sonia Gandhi’s thumb was a major reason for Narendra Modi’s 2014 success. Now, Nitish Kumar has joined the ranks of feeble leaders who are beholden to a powerful partner who will be calling the...
Bihar Assembly Poll Results Have Lessons For All Political Parties
By Harihar Swarup The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), despite polling almost the same number of votes as the Mahagathbandhan (MGB), has managed to retain power in Bihar. What does this tell us about the state of various political formations in the state? The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)...
Bihar Verdict Has Got Big Relevance At National Level
By Sagarneel Sinha The Bihar verdict has compelled many political commentators to wonder how come the incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by chief minister Nitish Kumar of JD(U) was able to come back to power again amid the coronavirus pandemic. After all, it’s a fact that...
Peoples’ Perceptions Not The Ideologies Define The Politics In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava Every election has a winner and a loser, but the recently held election to the Bihar assembly has only losers. The first major loser has been the Chanakya of Bihar politics, Nitish Kumar who was today elected as the leader of the Bihar NDA legislator...
Covid-19 Complexities Pose New Challenges To India Govt
By Dr Arun Mitra It is almost a year that the news of first case of COVID-19 in Wuhan in China became known to the world. There has been much research since than about how this virus has grown to spread as a Pandemic. There have been blames...
Exit Of Kodiyeri Balakrishnan: An Opportunity Lost
By P Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is, once again, an unredeeming tale of missed opportunities and timing gone terribly wrong. The reference is to the CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan stepping down from the top party post on health grounds. The party secretary’s exit should have come...
Sitharaman Will Do Well To Learn Some ‘Jugad’ Art
By K Raveendran Jugad is a classic manifestation of Indian ingenuity. The word itself may be north Indian, but both the concept and the practice are pan-India. For centuries, Indians have improvised on simple things to make them capable of handling complicated tasks. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,...
Modi’s Claim On Success Of Demonetisation Is A Blatant Untruth
By Prabhat Patnaik ON the fourth anniversary of demonetisation, Narendra Modi has claimed that it succeeded in curbing black money. He probably believes he can get away with making this claim because of the passage of time. But most people in the country know this to be...
Indian Economy Is Finally Showing Signs Of Some Recovery
By Anjan Roy In the wake of the pandemic it is the sheer suffering of the most vulnerable sections of society which takes the uppermost priority, the numbers about GDP growth or shrinkage would automatically gets addressed when the activity tends towards normality. In this context employment...
