Opinion
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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.Extent Of Horror And Killings In Hamas-Israel War Stuns Global Celebrities
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav As Israel’s offensive continues against Hamas and Palestine, people who loved peace and relished good times are shocked. With thousands killed and cities flattened, the anger is only growing, promising more of it in the following days. Socialite Jemima Goldsmith, a UK-based Jew from a...
Amal Chakraborti’s Passing Away Is A Big Loss To The Political Journalism Of Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra 90 years is ripe old age. But when renowned cartoonist nonagenarian Amal Chakraborti passed away on October 18 in the midst of puja festivities in Kolkata , legions of his admirers felt that his exit from the mortals’ company was untimely. Chakraborti’s fans included readers of...
Thousands Of Hollywood Actors Are Still On Strike After Four Months
By Alex N. Press When the entertainment industry’s actors and writers last struck at the same time in 1980, the actors stayed out for ninety-five days. This year’s strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) looks like it...
Grenada Marks 40 Years Since The Assassination Of Maurice Bishop
By Dennis Laumann The nation of Grenada will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the tragic assassination of its revolutionary hero, Maurice Bishop, on October 19. The government has declared the date a public holiday now known as National Heroes Day. On that day in 1983, Bishop and seven others...
Next Forty Eight Hours Are Crucial For Hamas-Israeli War
By Nitya Chakraborty The Hamas-Israeli war entered its 12th day on Wednesday with the clashes between two sides intensifying leading to all the possibility of being turned into a dreadful regional war. So far more than three thousand Palestinians have been killed, including about five hundred who were killed...
Predictability About Judgments Does No Good To Credibility Of Judiciary
By K Raveendran Four judgments from a five-member bench: that’s enough to indicate the complexities and confusion about the Supreme Court’s decision on the keenly-awaited same sex marriage issue. Overflowing with ‘agreements and disagreements’, the diverse verdicts, however, betray a certain degree of predictability. As Chief Justice D Y...
Emotions Fuel Gaza War, Burying All Hopes Of Resolving Israeli-Palestine Conflict
By James M Dorsey Human beings’ most destructive instincts – survival, anger, fear, despair, and vengeance – dictate Israeli and Palestinian war strategy and policy in the wake of Hamas’ October 7 brutal attack on Israel. The dominance of emotions produces an environment in which one atrocity justifies another...
Hamas’s ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ Brings Israel’s Security System Under Question
By Girish Linganna One of the saddest days in contemporary Israeli history happened during the Simchat Torah festival on October 7, 2023. Hamas militants launched an air, land and sea attack on the territory of the Jewish state exactly 50 years to the day after the Yom Kippur War,...
Lying And Dividing People In Sharp Focus In Rajasthan Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The issue of lying and dividing people is in sharp focus in the Rajasthan election campaign. The Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge has accused the BJP and PM Narendra Modi of lying and dividing people. PM Modi, in all-out attack, said that Congress government under CM...
Barking Dogs In Mahua Moitra’s Life, Only One Of Them A True Friend
By Sushil Kutty All those who watch Sansad TV know Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra. Even Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament. But Lok Sabha MPs get to see her in action first-hand, which is like watching the Gaza Strip skyline at night. Sparks fly every other minute and then the...
American Law Makers Losing Their Standing As House Disfunctioning Continues
By Tirthankar Mitra Without going into the veracity of the statement that whether America sneezes, the world catches cold holds good now, the existing affairs indicate that all is not well in the US Senate. It finds itself immobilised in an internal dissension. The resulting dysfunction could not have...
Jaggy Shivdasani At 65 Was The Oldest Indian Medallist At The Recent Asian Games
By Harihar Swarup Jaggy Shivdasani, 65, was the oldest Indian medallist at the Asian games in Hangzhou, where he and his team won a silver in bridge. He was also the youngest Indian champion: he set that unbroken record at the age of 18, winning the Holkar Trophy in...
Making Reference To Israel-Hamas War Does Not Impress Electorate In State Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Electorates in the five poll bound states are not yet impressed by the political leaders who are making reference to the Israel-Hamas war during their campaigns to exploit their communal sentiments. Dominant issues for them presently relates chiefly to their respective states and performance of...
Split In Janata Dal (S) And The BJP Hangs By A Frayed Rope In Karnataka
By Sushil Kutty The Janata Dal (Secular) stands split in the middle in Karnataka. If not in the body, at least in spirit. C M Ibrahim, a party bigwig, is at the centre of the brouhaha that has put the Gowda clan headed by former Prime Minister HD Deve...
Smear Campaign By BJP And Adanis Against TMC MP Mahua Moitra Is Part Of A Design
By Arun Srivastava The snake has finally come out of the burrow. But its fang utterly lacks the punch and prowess to decapacitate the prey. No doubt, it has succeeded in inflicting some bruises on the body of the victim, but one thing is certain that its venom is...
Hezbollah’s Military Might Poses Risk Of Escalation Of War In Middle East
By Girish Linganna Hezbollah, The Lebanese Movement, has issued a warning, expressing full readiness to engage in combat against Israel. This follows days of exchange of fire between their fighters and Israeli soldiers along the border. Both sides have been involved in shelling and trading rocket fire across their...
Business Tycoon Daniel Noboa Wins Presidential Elections In Ecuador
By Satyaki Chakraborty Daniel Noboa, heir to the largest business family of Ecuador won the Presidential election in the South American country Ecuador on Sunday by defeating the leftist lawyer Luisa Gonzalez after a bitter campaign marked by assassination of a candidate, shootings and jail killings. Noboa has little...
Vizhinjam Port: A Dream Come True For Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A long-standing dream of Kerala has become a resounding reality with the arrival of the first large ship at Vizhinjam International Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram. The project marks a milestone in the State’s infrastructural development – a big morale booster for the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic...
