Blogs on Policy & Politics

‘License Raj’ & ‘Protectionism’
Modi government is hell-bent to adopt protectionism, trade barriers, Licence Raj, import substitution and inward-looking policies, all in the name ...
One Nation, One Election
Not only it is detrimental to the Panchayati Raj system, the argument that it would lead to better governance rings ...
Source: News18dotcom This piece was first published on News 18 dot com here on September 25, 2020. What can be ...
LokSabha_Loss
For me, Congress is synonymous with Indian Nationalism. Sadly, that perception has been changed for many people now. Beyond the ...
tyranny
BJP Government has miserably failed on each account and the Indian electorate is feeling the punch now.Disclaimer: This essay may ...
A farmer heads through the frozen waterways near the floating produce market on Dal Lake in Srinagar, the main city of India's ...
Lengthy Disclaimer: The purpose of this piece is not to either justify the Emergency or to defend it. The purpose ...
opposition
Next summers, India will see a New Government at the Centre. It will either chose a monolithic single party Government ...
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India’s politics has truly changed under Narendra Modi’s BJP. The deepening roots of Democracy are being uprooted and are being ...
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The winds have started blowing the other way. The pendulum of politics is swinging to a different side. A glimmer ...
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I would start this piece of writing with a disclaimer – that I am an eternal optimist. It does not ...
Every year, the President of India outlines the Central Government's policies, programmes and achievements by addressing both houses of the ...