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A Surya Prakash
A Surya Prakash is a Senior Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation. He specialises in constitutional and parliamentary affairs. He is also the author of ‘What Ails Indian Parliament’ (HarperCollins, 1995).
The Left crisis in India
The declining fortunes of the two communist parties, CPI and CPI(M), which started from West Bengal, have been a body blow to the communist movement Friedrich Engels had said that one of the principal outcomes of the proletarian revolution would be the withering away of the State. In India, post-2019, the...
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Lessons from defeat
04 June 2019 | A Surya Prakash -
The Italian connection
21 May 2019 | A Surya Prakash -
Reality check for Chacko
07 May 2019 | A Surya Prakash -
Money rules the roost
23 April 2019 | A Surya Prakash -
Making false promises
09 April 2019 | A Surya Prakash -
Lasting legacy of corruption
26 March 2019 | A Surya Prakash -
Ayodhya peace
12 March 2019 | A Surya Prakash
India wants retribution
Pulwama was the tipping point. The anger it has fuelled among Indians is unlikely to abate. Pakistan must take note that it is no longer dealing with a tolerant and patient neighbour The firm measures initiated by the Modi Government against Pakistan after the dastardly terrorist attack on a Central...
Treading a dangerous path
All leaders, who indulge in dharna politics, must pay heed to BR Ambedkar’s advice, who strongly believed in the Constitutional scheme to attain social and economic objectives While there have been several instances of confrontation between the Union Government and a State over jurisdictional issues over the last seven decades, what...
Unpleasant home truths
Unlike the Nehru-Gandhis, who conferred the country's top civilian honour on themselves, the BJP has displayed far greater maturity and magnanimity by taking the right decision While the announcement of the Bharat Ratna for social activist Nanaji Deshmukh, former President Pranab Mukherjee and Assamese musician Bhupen Hazarika by the Narendra...
Historical injustice
Finally, India has a Government at the helm which cares for Hindu refugees. By passing the Citizenship Amendment Act in the Lok Sabha, the Modi regime has tried to correct a past folly Ever since the Narendra Modi Government moved the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Winter Session of...
BJP's victory, Congress' loss
Unlike the Rajiv Gandhi Government, which failed to uphold the rights of Muslim women, the Modi regime is taking legislative measures to enforce the top court’s judgement on triple talaq Even though the Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights of Marriage), Bill, 2018, last week, the political slugfest...
