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We are into the New Year but the pandemic, it appears, will follow us into 2023. If the world thought this would be the…
By Ajit Ranade |
There have been a slew of reports and papers on the Indian economy in the past two weeks. The most important one was…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The stinging remarks by Justice Sandeep Kumar of the Patna High Court in a case of the bulldozing of the house of a…
By Ajit Ranade |
The founding principles of our Constitution lay stress on justice, liberty, fraternity and equality. We must rededicate…
By Ajit Ranade |
Nearly four years ago, in January 2019 the Parliament passed the 103 rd constitu-tional amendment carving out a new…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Horrific stories are emerging from the factories complex in Zhengzhou in central China owned and operated by Foxconn,…
By Martin Macwan |
The successful agitation of Gujarat, the ‘Patidar Andolan’, demanding reservation brought us to the 103rd amendment to…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
Elaben Bhatt breathed her last on 2 November 2022 at the age of 89. She was quintessentially a Gandhian volunteer. She…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The election of Mallikarjun Kharge as the first non-Gandhi family President of the Congress in the 21st Century is good…
By Ajit Ranade |
The United Kingdom has had four Prime Ministers in the last six years. Their most recent Chancellor of the Exchequer (…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Well, the world has moved, and so has India. But we may be creating a new “us” and “them” problem right within our…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
If the ‘Bharat-jodo’ yatra continues to earn the goodwill it has thus far, that leader down the line and over the years…
By Ajit Ranade |
Three years ago, India abruptly walked out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free trade…
By GN Bajpai |
Narendra Modi has been commanding his entourage well. But the commands must turn into inspiration and lead to action…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is true that Gandhi emphasised duties over rights but he also showed us how it was a duty to stand up when rights…