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70 per cent are small and marginal farmers with less than one hectare of farm land! So, what sort of farm policies you make for these unviable farmers who easily resort to the only option to deal with mounting debe4ts? Suicide and that is what needs to be address. How do you do this? Not…

Press freedom a concern for the elite only? A new head for the Broadcasting machinery appointed! A new maturity and a new liberal approach to press freedom make India a stronger democracy! We saw the news item on the RedInk awards for India’s best journalists! Media freedom is more talked about than upheld. In most…

Of course, there is a great deal of development! Also, a great deal of anxiety and discomfort as well! The BJP government led by a self-confident Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi in three years has done a lot of good work. There is a transformation indeed in several sectors. The economy is growing at respectable rate…

Democratisation vs bureaucratisation! Individual liberty is the very soul of democracy Some critical emerging issues How the public perception and public opinion view the current developments. Lately, the Indian polity is marked by certain trends. The polity, our political system is a parliamentary democracy. Given the long history of democracy, from ancient times to the…

Apple iPad has brought the whole outside world into our living room! And that is the great luck of the time we live through, it seems. A little small Syrian girl falls at the feet of the great Christian father and cries, rather loudly that viewers like us are deeply moved and in fact many…

How to minimize commercialization and corrupt practices in Indian education? Smriti Irani on education reform in India Global Scholars to teach in Indian Universities But how serious is the new government? We are all these months, some 16-17 months, been hearing about some other priorities in education. Right or wrong? We heard that Sanskrit will…

Congress affairs: what is there to talk in secret? Congress crisis needs to be debated openly and in great transparency! Congress government in Karnataka is not in the best of performing states! See the issues that are causing concern to the general public. First, Karnataka is one of the few states in the country under…

One Year of Modi government! What are the highlights? Yes, there are some serious letups too! We are a mature democracy, right? What does that mean? We have to be balanced, open-minded and also objective. On these criteria there are some great moments in Modi’s one year and also serious drawbacks when it comes to…