We need to grow. A dynamic and vibrant society , we are, expected to evolve. The mass democracy of India is based on assumption that people are the real king. They authorize, not surrender, their rights , power & authority through elections for smooth policy making and politics. Thus party democracy has acquired special place in our social and political [...] READ MORE

Most of the Urdu newspapers favored the nomination of Sh Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India , as the Presidential candidate. They argue that Ansari is not only an academicians but also proved to be effective chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Moreover, they strongly plead that it is a ‘turn’ of a Muslim to be the President of Indian [...] READ MORE

The proposed idea of establishing Nation counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) created a clash of interests among the Union government and the state governments ruled by non- Congress parties. While Home Minister and the PM strongly pleaded its necessity to protect the nation from terrorism , the Chief Ministers and political parties perceived it as a threat to federal character of [...] READ MORE

Om Thanvi, the Chief editor of Janastta, a prominent Hindi daily, and known for his forthrightness and learned writings, articulated ongoing debate among a section of left and Nehruvian scholars and lietrary figures on the question of cross ideological debate and dialogue. Thanvi categorically rejected the idea of ideological unotuchability traditionally practiced by a large section of the Indian Left [...] READ MORE

The discussion of Role, status of Think Tanks and their impact on Policy Formulations in India jointly organized by India Policy Foundation and IBIMTECH will be held in the 2nd week of June2012 in Bangalore . (due to inability of many thought leaders to attend the programme ,during vacation, we postponed the programme to June ; we will soon announce [...] READ MORE

The second part of the Budget session will begin on and from 24th April2012. There are 39 bills pending for approval including Lok Pal Bill from previous session. Both the houses were adjourned on 30th March 2012:LS was adjourned on the issue of Telanagana issue , the RS was adjourned due during the post lunch session the issue of quorum. [...] READ MORE