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.Almost A Century-Old CPI Still Fighting Exploitative System
By Krishna Jha The Communist Party of India will be a century old in another year. The party was formed on December 26, 1925. In 1920, the All India Trade Union Congress was formed with strikes and struggles of working masses, in the textile mills in Bombay, jute mills...
2023 Going On 2024, The Great Battles Against Injustice Ahead
By P. Sudhir The year 2023 ends with the dark shadow of the genocidal massacre of Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli war-machine. Nearly three months of Israel’s brutal aggression has led to (till December 26) 20,915 people killed in Gaza, of which more than 8,000 are children; another...
India-UAE Embrace The Rupee In Oil Transactions
By Girish Linganna India and the UAE recently completed their first transaction in rupees for crude oil from the Emirates. A major shift in how global trade is conducted, typically done in dollars, this step is a significant boost to the growing trade between India and the UAE, which...
Bitcoin Obsession: Conviction Or Recklessness?
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav MicroStrategy’s unwavering commitment to Bitcoin, evident in its recent $615 million purchase and overall holdings of $5.9 billion, has ignited a fiery debate. While supporters applaud CEO Michael Saylor’s visionary leadership, critics like Peter Schiff paint a picture of reckless obsession. MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin obsession is...
Manipur Burned, Govt Failed, Supreme Court Tried
By Sarah Thanawala The heat of the flames of violence that flared up in Manipur in May this year quickly reached the Supreme Court of India. It all started on March 27, when the Manipur High Court directed the state government to consider the inclusion of the Meitei community...
Javier Milei A Disaster For Working Class Argentinians
By Andrew Stoughton Javier Milei became Argentina’s president this month promising “shock therapy” to curb inflation and resolve the country’s foreign debt and currency reserve woes. Last Wednesday, the Argentine public got its first taste of what that therapy will look like. Declaring a state of economic emergency, the...
Two Men And Amrita Pritam, An Unusual Love Story
By Tirthankar Mitra Fallouts of a triangular love affair often lead to bloodshed and retaliatory violence. But that of Amrita Pritam, one of the most significant authors from Punjab, who was loved by poet-painter Indrajeet Chitrakar, better known as Imroz, and Sahir Ludhianvi, was an unusual love story. Full...
From ‘Bharat Jodo’ To ‘Bharat Nyay’, Rahul Gandhi Cuts To The Chase
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Congress has come a long way from promising ‘NYAY’ (Nyuntam Aay Yojna) on the eve of Lok Sabha elections 2019 to ‘Bharat Nyay Yatra’, ahead of the 2024 general elections, from Manipur to Gujarat, beginning January 14, with focus on injustices inflicted upon common people...
How Far Congress Reshuffle Will Help Defeat Modi Is Uncertain
By Arun Srivastava Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s moves certainly did not amount to a major organisational reshuffle nor was it a step forward to revive the party. It was an inconsequential exercise based on which the leadership cannot aspire to take the BJP head-on in the 2024 Lok Sabha...
INDIA Bloc Caught In BJP’s Ram Mandir Trap
By Sushil Kutty Ram Mandir and Hindu revival are the talk of the town in the Hindi heartland. The BJP talks of a 400-plus Lok Sabha seats harvest in the 2024 general elections riding on the back of Ram Mandir, the symbol of Hindu revival. Can anyone stop the...
Cash Still Fundamental Part Of The Indian Daily Life
By Girish Linganna In 2016, India suddenly stopped using two types of banknotes, which made up 86% of all the money in use. This was done to fight corruption and hidden wealth. Known as Demonetisation, this action led to chaos at banks and ATMs. Critics argued it harmed those...
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...
