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.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...
Samajwadi Party Wants ‘Mission 80’ In Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha 2024
By Rahil Nora Chopra As variance with the Congress party continues to vitiate ties, the Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has asked party workers to settle ground for contesting on all 80 seats of Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, adding that the party will field candidates on 65...
Kamalnath-Digvijaya Rift Creates Problem Before State Assembly Polls
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: In Madhya Pradesh both Congress and BJP have found themselves in embarrassing position. For the Congress embarrassing position was caused when reports started appearing in media about the serious difference between Kamal Nath, chief of the state Congress and Digvijaya Singh who is regarded...
Israel’s Far-Right Government Is Suffocating Domestic Dissent
By Yona Roseman Since the outset of Israel’s war on Gaza, the Israeli government has been severely ramping up its crackdown on domestic dissent. Activists, members of academia, and ordinary citizens are getting hit with doxxing, job terminations, threats and arrests — especially members of Israel’s Palestinian minority. Increasing...
Election Campaigns In India Are No Longer Free And Fair
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election campaigns in India are no longer free and fair. There is no level playing field for the opposition parties s against the ruling BJP. Dominant share of funds is collected by the BJP under electoral bond scheme chiefly on account of its being privileged...
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar Takes Communal Stand On Gaza War
By P. Sudhir Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, by seeking to make communal capital out of the bomb blasts at a Christian group gathering in Kalamassery in Kerala, has exposed the vicious nature of the campaign the BJP-RSS circles are conducting regarding Israel’s war on Gaza. Chandrasekhar, immediately after the...
Israel-Hamas War Extends To Yemen As Iran-Backed Houthis Start Drone Attacks
By Girish Linganna Israel has reinforced its air defences in the Red Sea region using Navy missile boats due to multiple missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, the army announced on Wednesday. The deployment of these vessels took place on Tuesday, as it was deemed necessary...
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Has No Answer To The Crucial Issues Of Indian Freedom Movement
By Krishna Jha It was the largest mass involvement in the world that was engaged in Freedom struggle in our country, except the rightist forces. They had no share in it. Nor did they have any share in strengthening the secular democracy borne out of the freedom struggle or...
Arvind Kejriwal Avoids ED Summons Knowing Well What Lies Ahead For Him
By Sushil Kutty Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is in a fix has put the Enforcement Directorate in a fix. Issued summons to present himself for questioning, Kejriwal has told the ED to take a walk, stating that he has to campaign for the Aam Aadmi Party of...
