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.The Growing Pro-Palestine Protests Over Gaza War Are Becoming A Mass Movement
By Yaseen Al-Sheikh On October 20, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of New York City to call for an immediate cease-fire and an end to hostilities in Gaza. Jeremy Cohan, cochair of New York City Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and a Jewish organizer, told reporters that...
Kunal Sen, Son Of Film Director Mrinal Sen Writes About His Bondhu
By Tirthankar Mitra A son writing on his father makes interesting reading. BONDHU, MY FATHER, MY FRIEND a book on Mrinal Sen penned by his son Kunal Sen does not disappoint. In a country where a famous sire is usually succeeded in his profession by his son/daughter, Kunal chose...
ED Raid Aimed To Involve Chief Minister Baghel Before Polls Is Ominous
By Sushil Kutty The regularity with which the Enforcement Directorate discovers alleged wrongdoings of opposition parties on the eve of elections should be a matter of investigation. But that calls for a regime change; the Narendra Modi government should be divested of power for discovering a nexus, if any....
Hezbollah’s Intensified Preparations Suggest Impending War With Israel
By Girish Linganna Along the border between Lebanon and Israel, a missile expert from Hezbollah is currently preparing for a war situation with a level of intensity and readiness he has never experienced before. Dressed in black tactical pants, green camouflage attire, and armed with a pistol, the officer...
Pakistan Army Wants Former PM Nawaz Sharif To Contest And Win Elections
By Harihar Swarup Nawaz Sharif’s celebratory return to Pakistan after several years in exile will turn into a political triumph only if the country’s military establishment, which had banished him from politics six years ago and now facilitated his recent insurrection, fundamentally changed its behaviour. So far, it seems...
Providing Jobs To 1.22 Lakh Bihar Youths By Cm Nitish Kumar Augurs Well Before Polls
By Arun Srivastava “Listen, Bihar is not a BIMARU state”. This message was sent on Friday to Narendra Modi and his lieutenant Amit Shah by none else but Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The two leaders from Gujarat have a habit of deprecating Bihar and describe it as a...
ILO Moves One Step Closer To Social Justice And Decent Work
By Dr. Gyan Pathak ILO has moved one step closer to social justice and decent work by adopting a proposal to establish a Global Coalition for Social Justice in the ongoing 349th Session (30 October – 9 November, 2023) of its Governing Body at Geneva, Switzerland. It is just...
Overshooting Russian Oil Exports May Cause Friction In Saudi-Led Supply Cut Mechanism
By K Raveendran A failure by Russia to fulfil its commitment of 300,000 barrels per day of voluntary cut in crude exports as per the understanding with OPEC is likely to cause friction between Moscow and Saudi Arabia, the prime driver of the cartel’s supply control strategy to shore...
Kerala Frustrates Attempt To Disturb Communal Amity
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has, once again, lived up to its reputation of being a trail blazer. The State has shown the way to defeat determined attempts to disturb communal harmony, a hallmark of the State. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government lost no time in nipping in...
Israel In Gaza: Only Limited Options Available When The Guns Fall Silent
By James M Dorsey Israel’s options are central to discussions about the day after the guns fall silent in Gaza. Absent from the debate is what Palestinians want. Also absent is any discussion of funding for Gaza’s reconstruction, although the assumption is that oil-rich Gulf states will step up...
Qatar’s Death Sentence To Eight Former Indian Officers Is A Delicate Issue
By Girish Linganna The perception of Qatar’s indelible connections to terrorism persists. As a foreign policy expert succinctly put it: “From a distance, Doha…is becoming synonymous with hosting groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and the Taliban”. But, even as a court in Qatar handed death sentences to eight former Indian...
Decoding The Film Maker Ritwik Ghatak On His 98th Birth Anniversary
By Tirthankar Mitra Unlikely to be remembered widely on his birth anniversary on November4 is a strange paradox for a man who is part of the immortal triumvirate of Bengali filmdom. But then Ritwik Ghatak whose name is taken on the same breath as Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen...
Remembering The Icon Of Indian Journalism Nikhil Chakravartty On His 110th Birth Anniversary
By Nitya Chakraborty Nikhil Chakravartty, a pioneering figure in Indian journalism for more than four decades of the last century, is being deeply missed by sections of the media fighting hard to protect the hard-won freedom of the press against the onslaughts of the Narendra Modi government. In the...
Concerns Expressed Were Too Serious In The Electoral Bond Case
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Concerns expressed during the final three days hearing on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Electoral Bond Scheme case were too serious to be resolved immediately, and hence the Bench hearing the case decided not to announce the verdict instantly at the conclusion of...
Mahua Moitra’s Harassment By BJP-Led ‘Ethics Committee’ Is A Shame
By Arun Srivastava Never before in the history of parliamentary functioning the prolocutor of any legislative panel has come under such blistering criticism of character assassination and misogynistic perversion as Vinod Kumar Sonkar, the chairman of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee. There is no apparent reason to suspect the...
China-Israel Relations Are Changing Substantially In The Wake Of Gaza War
By Girish Linganna China’s position on the Gaza conflict has left Israel disappointed. As Israeli forces have carried out airstrikes and ground operations in response to Hamas’ early October attack, Beijing has consistently accused Israel of exceeding the bounds of self-defence in its retaliation. Furthermore, China vetoed a U.S.-led...
Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah’s Speech Has Dangerous Consequences For Gaza War
By Sushil Kutty Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah was on Friday set to roll out a path for the destruction of Israel. The spearhead of Iran’s “axis of resistance”, Hezbollah along with Hamas have been plotting Israel’s obliteration for decades. But with Hassan Nasrallah ready to break his silence after...
Non-Communist Western Left Has Confused View About United States-China Rivalry
By Prabhat Patnaik Significant segments of the non-Communist Western Left see the developing contradiction between the United States and China in terms of an inter-imperialist rivalry. Such a characterisation fulfils three distinct theoretical functions from their point of view: first, it provides an explanation for the growing contradiction between...
