Low voter turnout – Is Compulsory Voting The Remedy?
By Dr Rajvir Pratap Sharma
The soul of India lives in its villages, said Mahatma Gandhiji more than half a century ago. Gandhiji might as...
Indonesians Want To Go The EVM Way While Sceptics In India...
Above: Darul Aqsha (right) at a local polling station in Jakarta, Indonesia
By Asif Ullah Khan
At a time when the clamour for going back to...
Election Commission: Crisis of Credibility
Even though the Election Commission in a positive move banned Modi’s biopic, it’s been hit by a slew of criticism for turning a blind...
National Green Tribunal: A Paper Tiger?
Above:The Udupi Power Corporation Ltd plant in Karnataka/Photo: adanipower.com
Though the National Green Tribunal has shown the way in environmental jurisprudence, it has lost its...
Advani’s Blog Leaves BJP Leadership Redfaced, Modi Tweets a Face-Saver
By Punit Mishra
BJP veteran and former deputy prime minister Lal Kishen Advani had started blogging as early as January 2009 though the last of...
It Does Run In The Family
By Dilip Bobb
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unvarying attacks on the Nehru-Gandhi family and dynastic privilege may be starting to sound like he’s stuck in...
Prof Upendra Baxi hails verdict supporting fundamental rights of slum dwellers
Above: The 2011 Census estimated the population of Delhi in slums at 17,85,390, more than half of whom live in unidentified slums/Photo: Anil Shakya
In...
CEO Compensations: Hitting Where it Hurts
Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence
The RBI’s draft rules on compensation for CEOs of private banks are flawed as studies have shown that there is...
Indo-Pak Tension: Now What?
Above: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman (right) at the Wagah border during a handover ceremony on March 1, 2019/Photo: UNI
Pakistan releasing the downed IAF pilot...
Kashmir: India’s Achilles’ Heel
Above: A scene after the Pulwama attack/UNI
The horrendous Pulwama killing has caught India napping and shows the need to evolve a holistic strategy to...
