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.‘Development’-Driven India Has Abandoned Its Adivasi Brethren
By Harihar Swarup No stock-taking of India is complete without an assessment of social, economic and political condition of the Adivasis, India’s ancient citizens. No section of the Indian community has been more affected by independence and democracy than the Adivasi. Democracy is neither new to them, nor a...
Serious Distortion In Indian Job Market Needs Urgent Redressal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak PM Narendra Modi’s assertion during his very first “Rozgar Mela” of 2023, that opportunities for employment and self-employment are continuously improving, was made in contradiction to the facts. There’s a serious distortion in the Indian job market which needs urgent redressal, instead of hollows claims...
Humiliating Amartya Sen Aimed At Silencing The Global Intellectual
By Arun Srivastava The delirious, deranged joy of taking a dig at Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen is so addictive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government that his protégé, the Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University, Professor Bidyut Chakraborty, has gone to the extreme of slandering Sen,...
Pakistan’s Economic Collapse Is A Culmination Of Long Neglect
By Sushil Kutty Flood ravaged, economically bankrupt and politically panned. Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has found a scapegoat. God Almighty! Dar cut to the chase, saying that because Allah created Pakistan, Allah will have to get Pakistan out of the hole, make it prosper and help it develop....
Kerala Is Now Attracting Large Number Of Investors
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no mistaking it. Kerala has erased its image of being an investment-hostile State despite the campaign of misinformation being peddled day in and day out by the Opposition parties. Two recent developments have knocked the stuffing out of the argument of the Cassandras...
Vietnam Remembers Historic Victory Over American Imperialism
By Amiad Horowitz January 27th marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, the agreement which ended the American War in Vietnam, or as it is known in the United States, the Vietnam War. From 1955 to 1973, the United States waged one of...
2023-24 Budget Proposals Must Be Aimed To Tilt Distribution In Favour Of Masses
By Prakash Karat The union budget for 2023-24 is to be presented before parliament on February 1, 2023 at a time when both the Indian as well as world economies face a grim situation. Notwithstanding the tall claims of the Modi government, India’s economy is yet to recover from...
‘Emergency’ Behind Banning The Exhibition Of BBC Documentary By Govt
By Arun Srivastava The alacrity with which the Modi government used the law that cites ‘emergency’ provisions to stop Indians from watching the BBC Documentary “India: The Modi Question” — a narrative of the Gujarat pogrom that was carried out in 2002 by Hindutva bigots and the role of...
‘Mood Of The Nation’ Survey Is All For The Third Term Of Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty The results of yet another ‘Mood of the Nation’ survey is out and the summary is, if elections were held today, the Bharatiya Janata Party will rule again. That is standard gravy for those on the BJP gravy-train. Doesn’t matter that the hostage media no matter...
Lessons For High-Speed Rail Development In India Amidst Defects
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is now the most populated country in the world with a very high rate of urbanization that is expected to reach 41 per cent by 2030 according to the latest estimate of the World Bank in 2022. In 2021, the urbanization rate was 35...
CELAC Summit Signals A New Era In Integration Of Latin American Economies
By Satyaki Chakraborty The summit of the Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held on January 24 has signalled the beginning of a new era of regional integration of the resource rich region for giving a big push to the economies of the entire Latin American sub-continent. The leaders...
Eyeing 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, PM Narendra Modi Mulls Cabinet Reshuffle
By Rahil Nora Chopra There is much chance of a massive rejig in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Union Cabinet. According to sources, four to five BJP ministers may be shuffled out of the Cabinet and brought back in the party organisation. The rejig is focused on the 2024 Lok...
Post Coup Political Situation In Peru Is Now Taking A Dangerous Turn
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Critics of U.S. interference in Latin America and the Caribbean may soon realize, if such is not the case now, that Peru has a compelling claim for their attention. The massive popular resistance emerging now amid the political crisis looks to be sustainable into...
This Republic Day Resolve Should Be We Must Abide By Our Constitution
By Krishna Jha “Today, when there is so much talk about revising of the Constitution or even writing a new Constitution, we have to consider whether it is the Constitution that has failed us or whether it is we who have failed the Constitution,” said the then President K...
Modi Government Must Not Escalate Tensions With The Supreme Court
By Arun Srivastava In the first ever manifestation of tactical retreat, the Union Law Minister, Kiren Rijiju refrained from suggesting that charges of sedition should be slapped against the Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud. During its nine years in power, the Narendra Modi government has used recklessly...
Congress Is A Wide Platform With Differing Views Of Party Members
By Sushil Kutty For the Congress, ever since Rahul Gandhi set out on his 3,750 km long Bharat Jodo Yatra, it has been one step forward and two steps backward thanks to some very controversial remarks made by Congress leaders including by Rahul Gandhi himself. Remarks that confuse and...
New AI Technology Threatens Thousands Of More Entry-Level Jobs
By K Raveendran A new advance in AI technology, leading to the development of OpenAI-created ChatGPT, is threatening to become the nemesis of data entry jobs, entry-level copywriting, customer care and support centres, and even entry-level software developers. ChatGPT promises to be a great tool for marketeers as it...
Charles Sobhraj Had A Chequered Career As A Criminal In India
By Harihar Swarup Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj had already acquired international notoriety when he drugged and robbed a group of French tourists, and killed one of them, in Delhi in June, 1986. He had already served his 10-year sentence when he escaped Tihar jail on March 16, 1986. His arrest...
