History bares testimony to the fact that great nations face grave crises. In 1933, the United States was struck by the great depression, which exposed the fallacies of the market economy. A few years later the military might of Japan…

The Big Fat Indian Elections are finally over. The sloganeering and rhetoric has faded, and soon will follow the memory of hoary old promises trotted out every four years or so and then left to gather moss and mildew until the next election…

The magic of Mayawati seems to have just begun as the Bahujan Samajwadi Party supremo made her debut in the Forbes list of 100 most powerful women in the World The list includes three other Indians- Sonia Gandhi, Indra Nooyi and Kiran Mazumdar …

The race to the presidential elections in the United States of America is not an easy one. And in order to hold the most powerful office in the world, the contenders for the same grapple at whatever straws that they can get their hands on. Even if it means a few tears on national television…

Hillary Clinton was not having the best of times. With Barack Obama having won the Iowa caucus and touted to win the New Hampshire caucus as well . . .

Ms. Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to be elected to lead any Muslim State. This charismatic leader was the face of Pakistan Peoples Party founded by her father and the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, whose life, too was tragically cut short. Bhutto’s death raises a number of issues…

A new history would be created in two populous democracies, if Ms. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton and Ms. Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner, two women, will win the democratic battle of election to hold the most powerful and influential positions of their respective countries. This is not just my wish but also a conclusion that . . .

As an individual of the same gender as Hillary Clinton and more so as a student of political Science, I would like to analyze the book, The Truth About Hillary authored by Mr. Edward Klein in four major aspects: blame game ‘theory’, insecurity in the mind of the author, conservative ideology and gender politics . . .

“Women Empowerment” is a government slogan. There is a ministry for Women and Child development. There are laws against female foeticide, domestic violence and sexual harassment in the workplace. Determined women are carving their own niche in every field including those which were entirely male dominated till 1947. Despite all this they remain second class

In what turned out to be the mud slinging presidential polls, Pratibha Patil became the 1st women president of India, in the 60th year of independence, something that even the world super power USA can not boast of yet. Pratibha Patil, the governor of Rajasthan and UPA candidate, won by 6,38,116 votes in an electoral