Opinion
Appeal
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.Messages From Amit Shah’s Kolkata Tour Fail To Persuade
By Tirthankar Mitra Messages from Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Kolkata tour: Stress on the role of social media instead of relying heavily on public meetings and rallies. Also door-to-door campaigning by saffron camp leaders. And reposing faith in the ‘Old Guard’ as exemplified by the induction of former...
Article 370 Verdict: Failure To Rein In Executive’s Unrestrained Exercise Of Power
By Mohammad Wasim Four years after Article 370 was de-operationalised, the Supreme Court has held the Presidential Orders and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 constitutionally...
19th Century Press Censorship Radicalized The Young Karl Marx
By Ryan Moore No one is born a Marxist — not even Karl Marx. Before he formulated his famous ideas about the centrality of class struggle to social change, young Marx surrounded himself with liberals who sought to abolish the religious authoritarianism of the old regime and bring about...
The Pawar Waiting His Turn To Be Chief Minister
By Harihar Swarup “Make Mistakes of ambition, and not mistakes of sloth” wrote Niccolo Machiavelli. Ajit Pawar follows the maxim to the hilt. ‘Pawar has long been openly pursuing his dream of becoming Maharashtra Chief Minister. Perhaps the closest he came to achieving it was in 2019 when he...
Parliament Security Breach Can’t Escape Electoral Impact
By Kalyani Shankar The recent security breach in Parliament has severe political, electoral, legislative, and security implications. The resultant unprecedented suspension of 146 MPs has now united the Opposition coalition, the INDI-Alliance. Lok Sabha witnessed two intruders jumping from the visitor’s gallery and uncorking smoke canisters inside the Lok...
Joe Biden’s US-Led Wargames Is Shaping A Russia-China Axis
By Nantoo Banerjee China’s Xi Jinping, running the third five-year term as the all-powerful President of the People’s Republic, is 70. Vladimir Putin, aspiring to become Russia’s President for a fifth six-year term next year, is 71. The National People’s Congress chose Xi’s appointment without any opposition. The vote...
Gaza War Will Not Solve Israel–Palestinian Conflict
By Debabrata Biswas Two and a half months have passed since Oct 7 and I have written before that the Hamas attack was to bring the Palestinian issue back to the attention of the world. That objective has been achieved, at the cost of a heavy toll of Palestinian...
Modi’s Psycho-Political Warfare Has Several Faultlines
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s psycho-political warfare for Electoral Battle 2024 began on December 23, the concluding day of the BJP’s two-day meet. He asked party leaders to increase vote share by 10 percent compared to the 2019 elections. Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah...
Big Retail Revolution In Processed Food Products Awaits India
By Kunal Bose India is forever fighting to protect a fair amount of its production of fruits and vegetables from perishing. Containing wastage, from production centres to final consumers, has concentrated on handling logistics better. Now, in an attempt to further cut the loss, the Centre has inducted a...
Saffron Ecosystem Continues To Communalise With Impunity
By Arun Srivastava Many unsavoury incidents are taking place. The list is quite long. What stands out is that every incident owes its birth to the RSS move to communalise and polarise the democratic structure and its functioning and weaponise the administrative institutions and apparatuses. Four days back the...
Congress, RLD Hit The Road For A Better 2024 Lok Sabha Seat-Share
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Congress Party and RLD have launched their separate yatras in Uttar Pradesh to be in a position to strike a hard bargain on seat-sharing with the Samajwadi Party. This, because the Samajwadi Party insists it has the sole privilege to apportion seats to smaller parties...
Operation Prosperity Guardian: Navigating Red Sea Tensions Not Easy
By Girish Linganna The United States-led multinational naval force to safeguard and secure sea traffic in the Red Sea against attacks from Houthi rebels seems to be greatly weakened even before it started operating fully. Just a few days after the launch of “Operation Prosperity Guardian (OPG),” France, Italy,...
Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Dunki’ Isn’t Happy Watching For Asylum-Seekers
By Tirthankar Mitra No matter how loud the cash counters at the box office jingle, Shahrukh Khan starrer ‘Dunki’ is not a film to write home about. It is themed on the issue of illegal migration and “dunki maarna”, the Hindi colloquialism for illegal migration. Also, the movie comes...
What’s Modi Govt Doing To Free 200 Indians Enslaved In Myanmar?
By Ashis Biswas Even as the civil war rages on in Myanmar, there is fresh concern among GOI circles regarding a somewhat disturbing report in the Sri Lankan media, stating that some Indians were being “held” as prisoners in what have been described as “terror camps” in the strife-torn...
Delayed Govt Formation In Madhya Pradesh Strikes For Balance
By L. S. Herdenia After a record delay of almost a fortnight Madhya Pradesh will have a new ministry headed by Dr. Mohan Yadav. The ministry was given final touches by the party high command. Twenty eight Ministers took oath on Monday. Three including the Chief Minister took oath...
Global Shipping Industry Hostage To Red Sea-Suez Crisis
By K Raveendran The shipping industry is keeping its fingers crossed till the Gaza-Houthi triggered crisis in Red Sea-Suez Canal areas lasts. The duration of the current situation is what matters. A temporary disturbance – a perceived bump in the road – and the industry may cope. But, if...
Quality Jobs Generation Hit Hard, Workers Surge Informal Sector
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In contradiction to the claim of the Modi government of improvement in the labour market, latest Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) data pertaining to the formal sector shows a downturn. Quality jobs generation declined sharply by 16.7 percent in October 2023 compared to the September...
Israel In A Bind With Joe Biden Running The War On Gaza
By Arun Srivastava Reverses suffered by the Israeli army in 80 days of the ‘War on Gaza’ reminds of the Vietnam War. The then US President, Lyndon B. Johnson, invaded Vietnam to check the communism juggernaut. Today, POTUS Joe Biden is commanding the Israeli Defence Forces much to the...
