Opinion
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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.Amidst Vandalism And Thought Policing Strangulating Right To Speech
By Dr. Gyan Pathak At a time when vandalisms are resorted to, FIRs are registered, and harsh actions are taken to strangulate the fundamental right to expression, the Supreme Court’s reminding the police, judges, and governments on March 28, 2025 that they are duty bound to protect freedom of...
Stand-Up Comedian Kunal Kamra Has To Be Ready For Long Hands Of Law
By Sushil Kutty ‘Gaddar nazar woh aaye’ and ‘Khoon ke pyase baat suno’. Two songs, one which stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra sang to target Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the second, playing in the background when Congress Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgarhi attended a mass wedding in...
India Can Deal Effectively Trump’s Tariff Hike Threat By Inviting More Investment From China
By Subrata Majumder Amidst world deepening into geopolitical tensions and increasing uncertainty in trade policies, India- China relation is inching towards a thaw. Both are now on drawing boards to mitigate the wide trade balances between the two countries and give a new look to Chinese investment in India....
INDIA Bloc Parties Express Concern To Speaker Over Govt Disregard To Opposition
By Rahil Nora Chopra A delegation of INDIA bloc parties on Thursday submitted a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing concerns over the government’s increasing disregard for parliamentary procedures and democratic norms, citing issues such as the post of deputy speaker lying vacant and the Leader of...
There Are Four Possibilities On Justice Yashwant Varma ‘Cash-Scandal’
By Arun Kumar A video shared by the Supreme Court on March 22, which allegedly shows burnt cash in a store room in the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma, a Delhi High Court Judge who has since been repatriated to Allahabad, has shocked the nation. The amount must run...
Trump’s Defiance Of Court Order On Deportation Issue Has Led To Constitutional Crisis
By Joe Sims NEW YORK: The fascist danger continues to escalate with Trump’s seeming defiance of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s order to delay the deportation of Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members. The administration denies ignoring the court order, but its lawyers’ evasiveness in responding to the...
The Bizarre Tale Of How Narendra Modi’s Mega Hyped Make In India Has Busted
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known as the super salesman of jumlas. Beginning from Jan Dhan account of Rs. 15 lakh for everyone to generating two crore jobs for youth every year, all the hyped up propaganda of the BJP led government since 2014 have turned...
Modi Govt Should Not Be Allowed To Surrender To President Trump On Reciprocal Tariff Threat
By P. Sudhir With the US’ Damocles sword of reciprocal tariffs hanging over its head, the Modi government is surrendering instead of resisting. The US President Donald Trump explicitly stated that India would be on the list of countries subject to reciprocal tariffs from April 2, irrespective of its...
Extra Judicial ‘Bulldozer Actions’ Are Miscarriage Of Justice
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP led governments, both in the Centre and Indian States, have been continuing ‘bulldozer actions’ which they claim as doing justice against those people who they make accused in the police FIRs.BJP governments thus become accuser and judge both, which is clearly extrajudicial activity violating...
Will AIADMK Once Again Ally With BJP In Tamil Nadu Against Stalin Led DMK?
By Sushil Kutty ‘Speculation’ is the most common pick-up from the English dictionary. If you don’t know what’s happening, ‘speculation’ comes into play. For journalists to fall back on ‘speculation’ to not to make a point comes natural. Right now, there is speculation that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK...
RSS And Ruling BJP Differ On Imposition Of Hindi On Southern States
By Arun Srivastava RSS pratinidhi which concluded in Bengaluru last Sunday made a tactical shift from Hindi imposition to learning of English as a “career language”. This was certainly an implicit endorsement of the political line of Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin that demanding linguistic equality is...
RSS Initiates Organisational Work In Manipur Taking Advantage Of President’s Rule
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party, had to reconcile with the unwelcome proposition of practically remaining organisationally inactive in Manipur for over 21 months since the outbreak of ethnic violence in that small state on May 3, 2023. But...
European Nations Fear An Imminent Aggression By Russian President In The Continent
By T N Ashok LONDON: The European Union fears another WAR and has asked its citizens to stockpile enough food and other essential supplies to sustain them for at least 72 hours in the event of a crisis. The EU Commission has said this in new guidance released Wednesday....
Trump 2.0 Regime Is Trying To Browbeat Left Wing LA Regimes To Submission
By Sergei Kozhemyakin NEW YORK: One of the most prominent figures in the early days of 20th century imperialism was U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Under his rule, the United States subjugated the Panama Canal Zone, occupied Cuba, invaded the Dominican Republic, and pursued an almost endless list of other...
Europe’s Moment Of Truth As U.S. VP Vance Calls Them ‘Free Loaders’
By Nitya Chakraborty Europe, which has always been vocal about its past history and civilization as well its contribution to the making of the modern world, has never faced such humiliation in the hands of its transatlantic ally the USA in the last eighty years since the end of...
Allahabad High Court: From A Hallowed Institution To The Backyard Of Judiciary
By K Raveendran The Allahabad High Court, established almost two centuries ago, has historically occupied a distinguished position in the Indian judiciary. It has been a crucible for landmark judgments, a beacon of justice, and a stage for many legal luminaries who have shaped the judicial ethos of the...
Stop Misleading People With Hype Around GDP Growth Data
By Dr. Gyan Pathak PM Narendra Modi led BJP government in India, and BJP led governments in the states are now tabling “Developed India”, “Developed Delhi”, “Developed Madhya Pradesh” etc budgets as hypnotizing technique, to make people believe that the country has actually developed under their rule. Deception is...
OECD Debt Report 2025 Shows Rising Vulnerability Of The Rich Countries
By Anjan Roy The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, Better known as the OECD, has produced its global debt survey for 2025, which paints a rather grim picture of overall indebtedness of countries across the development and income spectrum. It reveals many a truths, including for those who...
