Category: Powerplay

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A tribute to a maverick writer

by  Vivek Prasad It has been weeks now that maverick writer and political commentator Cho Ramaswamy synonymous with the Tughlaq magazine is no more, but tributes and accolades have been pouring in undauntedly from those...

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Major water disputes in India

by SVS The dispute relating to the sharing of the Cauvery river waters between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka is well-known. But it is worth recollecting that it is not the only one in our country....

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Why the Interstate River Water Disputes Act is important?

by SVS At a time when there are a lot of disputes with regard to river water sharing between various states, what needs to be recalled is the Interstate River Water Disputes Act (IRWD Act), 1956,...

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Time to fix the agriculture scenario

by  Vivek Prasad For the past many decades, India has been trying hard to fix the crisis facing her agricultural sector but with negligible results. Many of the solutions proposed by experts to address the...

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The “Surgical Bone of Contention”

By Amit Srivastava, @Amitsanatan  Luckow/NewDelhi: It was undoubtedly an Indian strike against Pakistan – sponsored terror, but the bone of contention created by the opposition was this? Should it be called a “Surgical Strike”? When ...

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Mistakes: How long, how many?

by  Yasir Peerzada The day Burhan Wani was killed nobody would have thought that his death will become an international issue and will bring two nuclear powers almost to a state of war. In the...

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Tolerating Tolerance or rather Intolerance!

by Vivek Prasad One of the raging topics today is the issue of tolerance. While a section of the society feels that India is quite tolerant as compared to other volatile parts of the world...

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Tamil Nadu’s twin woes: power and water

by SVS In power-starved Tamil Nadu, a look at the arithmetic reveals the actual situation. The state needs around 11,500 MW, but is able to generate only around 7,500 MW. To address the shortfall, authorities...

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Achievment or Failure

Two years of NDA rule by Vivek Prasad It has been two years since the NDA Government has been at the helm of affairs, and it it quite natural that dissection of the rule is...