By Amulya Ganguli Yet another example of the Narendra Modi government’s paranoia is the latest amendment of the Central Services (Pensions) Rules which bar all retired officials in intelligence and security services from penning their memoirs. The gag order is unusual in a democracy and can be said to...
By Gyan Pathak Despite improvement in human and economic development, Jharkhand is yet to overcome its legacy of numerous problems even after 20 years of its becoming a state. It is a matter of serious concern that the state is the worst in hunger and the second worst in...
By Sushil Kutty Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister for 5 years, says Shiv Sena gadfly and Thackeray confidante Sanjay Raut, speaking for Uddhav Thackeray, and possibly for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who, iterates Raut, has a “political message” for the state BJP Opposition but also to the constituents of the...
By Arun Srivastava Currently a question is making rounds in the global political system; which block India would join? Whether it would be Chinese world order or align with the new order which the US president Joe Biden is trying to evolve. Paradoxically while China is seen moving closer...
By Cole Stangler The first thing to understand about 2022 Presidential elections in France is that it probably won’t go as expected. The last two contests have made a mockery of pundits: around this time in 2016, center-right former PM Alain Juppé of Les Républicains (LR) was the odds-on...
By Harihar Swarup With the appointment of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, as Trinamool Congress’s all-India general secretary, yet another regional party in India has formally taken the dynastic route to political leadership. Mr Banerjee, a Member of Parliament, has been the de facto number...
By K Raveendran Multi-dimensional pressure points that have forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi to change his ways half way through his second tenure shows exactly why he has been promoting the one-nation, one-election idea. Simultaneous elections to parliament and state assemblies would have given him peace of mind in...
By Arun Srivastava We usually come to listen to one simple refrain that Congress is gradually getting deviated from its ideology and it needs a major reform keeping conformity to the changing times. The leaders deserting the party often come out with the allegation that they have not been...
By Sushil Kutty This most chaotic of democracies deserves kudos for the mobility of politicians – for the ‘aya ram’, and the ‘gaya ram’ joining this party and deserting that party. At the national level this has opened avenues for the likes of Prashant Kishor to think of stitching...
By Sagarneel Sinha During the times of the pandemic, the topmost priority of the governments has been to tackle the covid-19 virus. The same applies to the new Assam government led by Himanta Biswa Sharma formed a month ago. Although the BJP returned to power, the chief minister Sarbananda...