IPA Special

A hartal sponsored by no one!

By P. Sreekumaran   THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Keralites woke up this Monday to a different kind of hartal.   The hartal which, as usual, hurt all was unique in that it had no sponsors! How can a hartal be observed without anybody giving a call for it? You might ask. Well,...

Apr 18 · >

“Operation Barga” Has Prevented Farmers’ Suicide In Bengal

By Subrata Majumder   Farmers’ suicides are back in the limelight and have become a major political weapon for political parties. Since 2010, farmer’s suicides have been a perennial problem for the ruling parties. Even the biggest loan waver by UPA-2 in 2008 failed to prevent suicides by farmers....

Apr 18 · >

It’s All About Polls And Cash On The Barrel

By Aditya Aamir   ‘Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe,’ says the Bible. Then, if ‘no money in the ATM’ is a ‘sign’, it will require a doomsday scenario to turn the phenomena into a ‘wonder’. Rahul Gandhi and Derek O’Brien term it a ‘Financial...

Apr 18 · >

BJP’s Response To Rapes Betrays Existential Crisis

By Amulya Ganguli   The woes are piling up for the BJP. Meenakshi Lekhi, the party’s MP, listed them in the right order; although her purpose was to mock the Opposition for raising the issues, rather than to draw the government’s attention to them for taking corrective steps. According...

Apr 18 · >

Strict Regulator Needed For Public Sector Banks

By G. Srinivasan   In the mostly washed-out post-budget session of Parliament, a revealing reply was provided on the well-meant Asset Quality Review (AQR) initiative of the former RBI governor and celebrated economist Raghuram G Rajan on a query on the record write-off of non-performing loans (NPAs) by the...

Apr 18 · >

Suddenly, Our PM Is Hard-Pressed For Time

By Aditya Aamir   Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi isolated in his own government? A prominent Dalit intellectual says PM Modi’s writ does not run and that his ministers do not listen to him; that they follow RSS diktats. According to Kancha Illiah, the Brahman-Bania-Rajput cabal call the shots...

Apr 16 · >

If Elections Are Held Today, BJP Seen Losing

By Sushil Kutty   It doesn’t gel that analysts say if ‘elections are held today’, the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will win hands down, repeat its 2014 performance – “need not go out on a limb to predict that” as one fellow endowed by Carnegie put...

Apr 16 · >

BJP MPs Upset With Mishandling Of Unnao Gang Rape

By Pradeep Kapoor   LUCKNOW: BJP MPs and MLAs are unnerved by the mishandling of Unnao gang rape and subsequent murder of victim’s father in police custody. At a time when Lok Sabha elections are scheduled early next year, the BJP MPs are worried about the potential threat the...

Apr 16 · >

An Ill-Conceived Retaliatory Attack On Syria

By Arun Srivastava   History is plagued by military blunders, from Napoleon’s attempt to conquer Russia to American president George Bush’s brutal invasion of Iraq. Once again the US president, this time Donald Trump, has attacked Syria. If Bush assaulted Iraq seeking weapons of mass destruction, the Trump regime...

Apr 16 · >

Ponds In Every Farm To Increase Underground Water

By Raju Kumar   People from around the globe come to Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh to see Kundi Bhandara. Kundi Bhandara is an structure which was built by Mughal Subedar Abdul Rahim Khan Khana in 1615 AD. Kundi Bhandara is a water management structure. At that time, there was...

Apr 16 · >
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