Opinion

ALL EYES ON THE KEEN CONTEST IN BENGAL

16 Mar 2021 03:06 AM IST

Of all the states going to the polls in the latest round of Assembly elections, West Bengal is grabbing the maximum eyeballs because of the keen contest between the incumbent Trinamool Congress and the main Opposition in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party. Given the landslide victory that Mamata Banerjee

‘Khela Hobe’: An attempt to divert attention from governance failures

16 Mar 2021 03:04 AM IST

TMC’s ‘khela hobe’ slogan might be catchy, but it reveals a tone of inherent violence and the party’s diversionary tactics. Mamata Banerjee must realise that her government cannot garner popular support merely by painting the BJP as an outsider and enemy of Bengal, but has to account for its failures

CONGRESS SNUB TO G-23 SERVES NO PURPOSE

15 Mar 2021 09:01 AM IST

By excluding some of the prominent leaders from the list of star campaigners, who after their suggestions to the leadership for holding elections to various party positions, are considered to be dissidents by the high command, the Congress appears to be pursuing a path that leads nowhere. The non-inclusion can

Multiple accrediting agencies: An indispensable obligation

15 Mar 2021 08:56 AM IST

It is true that different domains of education require differential norms of accreditation. How can that be ensured? Should accreditation agencies be set up discipline-wise, programme-wise or institution-wise?

CHACKO’S RESIGNATION IS A SETBACK FOR CONGRESS IN KERALA

13 Mar 2021 02:49 AM IST

P.C. Chacko, the four-time Lok Sabha MP, who shot into prominence in the seventies while being part of the Indian Youth Congress led by Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, has decided to part company with the grand old party. Considered an important activist of the youth movement, he and Vyalar Ravi, also

Bengal is demanding change after losing a decade to Mamata

13 Mar 2021 02:45 AM IST

Massive discontent against the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the erosion of votes for the Left and the consolidation of Hindu voters are being seen by some political pundits as the major reasons behind the BJP’s unprecedented rise in West Bengal. But more than anything else, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s schemes, like

BENGAL POLLS: PM MODI SEEMS TO HAVE MET HIS MATCH IN MAMATA

12 Mar 2021 02:23 AM IST

One thing that can be said about the West Bengal election is that it is not an unequal election. The Prime Minister has clearly met his match in Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister. And more. S. Prasannarajan, editor, Open magazine, wrote that there has been no local election

A resurgent DMK looks set to wrest Tamil Nadu

12 Mar 2021 02:22 AM IST

The X-factor in the Assembly polls is the presence of two political formations in the making—a small grouping led by actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan and rebel AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran and his Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam. Then, of course, there is Captain Vijayakanth.

INDIA MUST NOT DRAG ITS FEET ON QUAD

11 Mar 2021 03:04 AM IST

A “peace conference” for Afghanistan is scheduled to be held in Moscow on 18 March from where India has been elbowed out by “friend for life”, Russia. This was done apparently at the insistence of Pakistan and its “iron brother” China. Russia has invited “stakeholders” such as the Taliban, Russia,

India turns towards marketplace capitalism for rapid growth

11 Mar 2021 03:02 AM IST

If the ultimate goal of the Modi government is to enable the rise of a manufacturing and muscular India, then a new form of cooperative partnership between the Centre, states and the private sector is necessary.

ASSAM, BENGAL RESULTS WILL IMPACT BOTH BJP’S STRATEGY AND OPPOSITION’S NEXT MOVE

10 Mar 2021 01:51 AM IST

The heat is now on the next round of Assembly polls with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hitting the campaign trail in West Bengal and Assam. The fiercest battle is being fought in West Bengal where the sitting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is holding on to her state. However, the BJP

Saving India’s nature, heritage and economy

10 Mar 2021 01:50 AM IST

India needs more infrastructure and investments, but not at the cost of its environment. States like Uttarakhand have plenty to show for what happens when ambitious development projects fail to consider the surrounding ecosystem and strike a balance between nature and economy.