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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.The Captain Departs, Leaving DMDK Headless
By Tirthankar Mitra Never having led a sporting side to a playing field, no eyebrows were raised among the fans of actor-turned-politician Vijaykanth when he became better known as “Captain” in the worlds of films and politics in Tamil Nadu. The honorific has stuck to him since 1991 on...
Who Will Be INDIA Bloc’s Prime Ministerial Face?
By Rahil Nora Chopra The fourth meeting of the INDIA Bloc saw high drama as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee proposed the name of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for INDIA bloc’s PM candidate against PM Narendra Modi. Now, Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar says no prime ministerial...
Age Of Consent: Marriage In The Era Of Intolerance
By Gursimran Kaur Bakshi On January 23, Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a decision of the state cabinet to begin a major statewide drive to curb child marriages in the state. Under the drive, persons who married a girl child under the age of 14 years...
Israeli Draft Resister Tal Mitnick Is A Hero For Saying No To Genocide
By Ben Burgis On Monday, an eighteen-year-old Israeli named Tal Mitnick quoted on Twitter/X a particularly striking verse of “Have You Been to Jail for Justice?”, written by the late folk singer Anne Feeney. The song starts with a blunt statement that “laws are made by people” and “people...
INDIA Bloc Must Be In Step With Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Nyay Yatra’
By Arun Srivastava Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is embarking on his second walkathon, ‘Bharat Nyay Yatra’, from Manipur in the north-east to Mumbai in western India, covering 14 states and 85 districts, beginning January 14. Rahul is undertaking this gruelling mission just after a year of the culmination of...
Even Priyanka Gandhi Is Not Spared By Modi’s ED-Driven Witch-Hunt
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Priyanka Gandhi, a severe critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is the latest political personality to be brought under the yoke of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a case of, what else, money laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). It is for...
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...
