Suffering - Different Truths

February 24, 2018
IPA Service
Agriculture, Economy

Policy Experiments May Sabotage Food Self-Sufficiency

The keenness of the BJP-led government runs contrary to its party’s pledge of ‘flourishing agriculture’ taken in its 2014 election manifesto, as well as the government’s own emphasis on...

February 17, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Unemployment Likely to Become a Major Political Issue in 2019

Unemployment has been getting from bad to worse. Joblessness is even going to increase further in 2018 and 2019. As it stands today, things are set to worsen before...

February 15, 2018
Anumita Roy
Crime, Parenting

Florida High School Shootout: Are School Children Meant to Die Senselessly, asks a Mother

If we look at the statistics of gun violence in schools, it is a staggering data of numbers. Since 2013, there have been 290 incidents in which a gun...

February 14, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Are Mani Shankar and Mehbooba Mufti, the two Valentines of Pakistan, Dancing with the Devil?

Mani Shankar Aiyar and Mehbooba Mufti are the two Valentines of Pakistan. Both have been talking way out of the boundaries of India. In Aiyar’s case, literally. Aiyar and...

February 6, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Three H and my Favourite Professor

A renowned professor, a pioneer in the field of quizzing and one who had been associated with the government for imparting training to aspiring civil servants had not received...

February 1, 2018
Tarun Gupta
Economy

Debt: Good for Banks, Bad for Individuals or Vice Versa?

Debt is seen as a financial necessity and accounting treatment in today’s world. But the old worldly wisdom of living within one’s means is challenged by debt, persuading Tarun...

January 29, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

CPI (M) Victim of the Bourgeoisie Manoeuvrings

In the process of nursing his false bourgeoisie ego, Karat has inflicted a severe damage to the party. It may not be possible to construe the quantum of the...

January 17, 2018
Mamta Joshi
Poem

A Scaffolding of Love

Here’s an intense and powerful women-centric poem by Mamta that celebrates her love despite countless sufferings, for Different Truths. Throbbing with exhaustion and pain Cramped muscles ache for rest...

January 16, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

RaGa and NaMo Need to Review their Leadership Styles Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

Narendra Modi cannot afford to sit on his laurels as the margin of votes declined despite his party’s victory in Gujarat elections, recently. Rahul Gandhi needs ha a daunting...

January 14, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Fitness, Health

Buddhist Meditation Aims at the Development of Awareness

Zen meditation uses two different tacks: the first is the direct plunge into awareness by sheer will. You sit down and just sit, meaning that you toss out of...

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