Mainstream Weekly

Crisis of Leadership in BJP | D K Giri

D.K. Giri — 2021-05-07T22:43:08Z

In the media discussion and the political discourse, the common refrain is that the Indian National Congress (INC) is crippled by the crisis of leadership. Since Indira Gandhi created Congress (I) in the 1969 split, the Congress party has been led by a member of her family. However, after the death of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, due to reluctance of his widow to take over the leadership and his children were too young, the leadership passed on to non-Indira Gandhi family members. Sonia Gandhi came (…)

- 2021

Farmers' Bills: A case of Governance Deficit | Francisco Sardinha & DK Giri

D.K. Giri, Francisco Sardinha — 2020-10-02T18:58:03Z

The chaos in the Rajya Sabha and the controversy in the country created by the passing of three farmers' bills could have been avoided, if the government were simply inclusive. This ongoing tension between the government on the one hand and the Opposition, farmers, non-BJP states on the other is purely due to the governance deficit under the present Narendra Modi regime. The present government does not believe in consultation with the stakeholders, hardly listens to the Opposition and (…)

- 2020

Ethics & Politics | DK Giri

D.K. Giri — 2020-09-04T18:12:00Z

by Prof. Dusmanta Kumar Giri
Indian citizens have, of late, been experiencing a good many governance crises despite having a writhen constitution. There seems to be three problems in upholding our constitutional democracy. One, the constitutional provisions appear to be prone to more than one interpretation. That is how we find the legal and expert opinion divided on each issue. The ruling party, in such case, takes the opinion that is convenient to its party political interest. Second, we (…)

- 2020

Covid Redefines the State | D.K. Giri

D.K. Giri — 2020-07-24T06:16:25Z

Covid pandemic is unprecedented in human history. Any disaster including the Spanish Flue of 1918 which infected 500 million people and claimed about 20 million lives, did not affect so many countries. The Second World War saw the death of about 70 million people, but did not involve every country in the world. The covid-19, despite lower death rates, about half a million so far, disrupted social lives and national economies in countries and regions of the world.
Disruption of lives in (…)

- 2020

The Meaning of Politics

D.K. Giri — 2013-12-29T11:19:31Z

Of different influences on our daily life, politics is predominant. Most often, it overrides other sectors of life—social, cultural, business, technology, agriculture. Bernard Crick, in his In Defence of Politics says: Politics affects everyday life. “The decisions made by politicians affect us all, from cradle to grave.” But do the people in India or other parts of the world understand politics correctly or embrace politicians? Not really. A credible Institute in Stockholm, the Institute (…)

- 2013

A Romantic Intellectual

D.K. Giri — 2011-12-12T17:30:00Z

TRIBUTE
He was not a name to conjure with nor did he make the grade, as it is commonly perceived, in this part of the world. He was neither a Minister nor a public figure, so that one could credit him with all that is popularly known to be the virtues of good, intelligent or successful. But Pradip Bose was one of the greatest souls and most brilliant minds that one ever knew. Having known him very closely for over three decades one could confidently say that he was an embodiment of (…)

- 2011

Caste Census—Let Us Face The Facts!

D.K. Giri — 2010-08-22T15:43:46Z

The plan of caste enumeration has created confusions in many areas of our public life—political, social, ideal, practical, and so on. It has become so contentious that individuals, groups, industries and political parties are all divided. Once again there are vociferous voices on both sides. Even the Union Cabinet could not reach a consensus and has constituted a GoM under the leadership of Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee. Thinking people are worried that the caste census will plunge the (…)

- 2010