by D. M. Diwakar
A Budget for a government is a tool of resource generation for public expenditure and reflection of an indicative direction for fiscal and development policies. During the last four budgets of the National Democratic Alliance (...)
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Are NDA-II Government’s Budgets Farmer-focused and Rural-centric ?
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Visions of Secularism: Triple Talaaq Judgment
23 February 2018by Irfan Engineer
Secularism is once again being debated after the five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of India set aside by a majority of 3:2 judgment in Writ Petition (C) No. 118 of 2016 (Shayara Bano vs Union of India and (...) -
The Litmus Test
23 February 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The menace of communalism looms large in this country today perhaps more than at any time before. With all the dire warnings being sounded repeatedly against the danger of destabilisation, the government so far has done very (...) -
Patriarchy, Piety and Padmavat(i): The Sordid Story
23 February 2018by Navneet Sharma and Anamica
“The film which distorts facts and disrespects ‘Rashtra Mata’ will not be allowed to screen...”
—Shivraj Singh Chouhan
“In Rajasthan 47 per cent of women are illiterate, 50 per cent of girls are mothers by the age of 19, (...) -
Damp Squib but Revealing Facets of Indian Bureaucracy
23 February 2018BOOK REVIEW
by V.B. Abrol
Life in the IAS : My Encounters with the Three Lals of Haryana by Ram Varma; Rupa, New Delhi; September 2017; pp xi-xxii+ 303; Rs 595.
After graduating in Arts from the prestigeous but short-lived Rajasthan College, (...) -
A Letter to My Dear Students and Fellow Teachers
23 February 2018by G.N. Saibaba
The following is a letter received by Vasantha Kumari, the wife of Prof G.N. Saibaba, from the Delhi University professor now lodged in Nagpur’s Central Prison on the charge of being a Maoist activist. She decided to share the (...) -
Asma, a Votary of Peace
23 February 2018, by Kuldip NayarAsma Jahangir, who kicked the bucket last week, was a popular human rights lawyer and social activist. Although her work was confined to Pakistan, her example was followed through-out the subcontinent. The place from where she announced the (...) -
AIBEA Demands CBI Inquiry into PNB Fraud to Book the Culprits
23 February 2018DOCUMENT
The following is a press release issued by C.H. Venkatachalam, the General Secretary of the All India Bank Employees’ Association, on February 18, 2018.
At a time when banks are facing the problem of huge irrecoverable bad loans and (...) -
RSS Chief’s Pronouncements
17 February 2018, by SCEDITORIAL
Almost forty years ago the Janata Party Government in New Delhi collapsed primarily because the Jana Sangh component of the then ruling conglomerate refused to sever its deep connections with the RSS. It was akin to breaking its (...) -
The silence at Gaddafi during Asma’s funeral was a reminder of what losing a champion sounds like
17 February 2018TRIBUTE
by Rimmel Mohydin
The funeral was scheduled for 3 pm on Tuesday (Febuary 13). On a regular day, the Gaddafi Stadium is about a 12-minute drive away. We left at exactly 1:45 pm. It was everyone’s last chance to see her. Obviously, the (...)
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