Arun Srivastava

OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE HANDICAPPED TO CHALLENGE NITISH Three decade old tryst of the RJD with the highly caste sensitive Bihar politics suffered the first ever worst jolt with the founder of the party, former union minister and vice…

TRADE WAR WILL HURT INDIA, WON’T SOLVE THE BORDER ISSUE Reminiscent to the Swadeshi movement of pre Independence times, India is witnessing a new movement to boycott the Chinese goods. But the character and cultural implication of both the…

CORBYNITES NEED DEEP INTROSPECTION FOR A TURN-AROUND Electoral compulsions and the impulse to keep the rightist forces in good humour have witnessed fundamental transformation of the UK’s Labour Party. The party has decided to divorce the…

APEX COURT DID NOT GUARANTEE WAGES FOR LOCKDOWN PERIOD It is better not to be pessimist. But one thing is certain that to what extent the latest intervention of Supreme Court will help the workers seeking refuge in their native places,…

COVID-19 COULD CAUSE FAMINE IN ABOUT THREE DOZEN COUNTRIES The head of World Food Program David Beasley cautioned the UN Security Council last week of the hunger pandemic that the world was facing. He warned that this could push the global…

DHARAVI’S CORONA CRISIS HAS BRITISH MEDIA GOING BONKERS The Dharavi father knows his children’s Lakshman Rekha. A rope strung across the entrance to his canvas and tin shanty in Asia’s largest slum. His children stand behind the rope. The…

MODI’S ATTEMPT TO GAG CORONA DATA OFFSET BY SUPREME COURT At a time when the international media has been unfailingly scrutinising the role of their respective governments in fighting the dreaded coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

MPS SCEPTICAL OF PARTY’S FUTURE WITHOUT TOTAL REVAMP While UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is contemplating to enforce lockdown by the police, as it has become imperative with people not taking seriously the preventive measure of social…

NO HEADWAY IN STRENGTHENING ANTI-NDA FRONT IN THE STATE The relation between the Congress and the RJD has never been affable under the stewardship of Tejashvi Yadav, the person in hurry to govern Bihar. With Congress nursing soft corner…

BREXIT DAY MARKS THE START OF A PROLONGED AND PAINFUL SEPARATION United Kingdom leaving European Union in the midnight of January 31, has been the most consequential event in recent British political history. While Boris Johnson’s yes…

UDDHAV SHOULD FOLLOW HIM BY RELEASING BHIM-KOREGAON PRISONERS While Hemant Soren the chief minister of Jharkhand just after assuming the office decided to withdraw the Pathalgadi sedition case in the maiden cabinet decision, the…

CRISIS OF EXISTENCE FACING THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF BRITAIN It is unlikely that the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson will keep his promise made to the Britons that he would “get Brexit done” coinciding with the x-Mas. The…

HONG KONG VERDICT IS A SETBACK FOR CHINESE PRESIDENT The defeat has been monstrous for the Chinese president Xi Jinping. The ruling establishment of China has never imagined in its dreams that the young Pro-Democracy candidates of Hong…

CORBYN PROMISES A NEW DEAL FOR POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS In his fourth bid the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson managed to get the approval of the MPs to finally resolve the Brexit deadlock by calling a general election, on 12 December…

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has promised to “put power in the hands of workers” if the party wins the next election, including setting up a new enforcement agency to boost employment rights. He has also set out the four pillars of a…

The latest mass opinion that has gripped Britain is while Boris Johnson is damaging Britain, Corbyn betrays Labour values. People have their own indices to judge the two leaders, but the fact is their actions and the nature of politics…

The Chinese government is aware that any harsh action without showing the liberal face to the world fraternity would prove to be tragic. It would seriously damage the international image of Hong Kong, and seriously hurt the feelings of a…