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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.After Yatra’s Success, Rahul Gandhi’s Main Task Should Be To Energise The Congress
By Kalyani Shankar How does one assess the impact of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s just completed Bharat Jodo yatra? Has he achieved his goal vis-a-vis himself, his party and the Opposition? The answer is yes; he has partially succeeded in his image makeover. But about the Party and the...
Hate Crimes Have No Place In Any Country, Secular Or Religious
By Sushil Kutty The courts of the land should watch their words. The Supreme Court, especially. The top court cannot utter words that put a question mark on its integrity and its motives. More than any entity, the topmost court must be responsible. Observations such as “there is no...
India Needs Fundamental Changes In Agricultural Policies
By Dr. Gyan Pathak While policies and institutional arrangements aimed at intensification and growth of the Indian agriculture sector are inevitable for the livelihoods and food security of the country’s vast population, the inclusion of land-constrained farmers especially women, therein requires certain fundamental changes in the approaches. This observation...
Non-Implementation Of Pending Government Assurances In Parliament Is Now Normal
By Chinmay Bendre The Budget Session of Parliament began on January 31 and will continue till April 6. While taxation policies continue to be a top concern for the aam aadmi in the Union budget, this article examines the Union government’s track record of upholding assurances given in the...
Strong Kerala Economic Recovery Despite Odds
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is no mean achievement. Despite the heavy odds against it, Kerala’s economy has registered a strong recovery in 2021-22 with the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) posting a 12.01 per cent. What is remarkable about the feat is that the recovery has come after...
Starting As An Ambitious Army Officer, Pervez Musharraf Died A Lonely Man
By Tirthankar Mitra Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf died far away from the land of his birth-India and the country he journeyed to there from-Pakistan. Not mincing words, one has to accept that he will not be mourned in either of the two countries. Musharraf along with Ayub Khan...
West Unlikely To Stop Fuelling Russia-Ukraine War Soon
By Nantoo Banerjee The Russia-Ukraine war will complete a full year on February 23, this year. And, there is no sign of the war coming to an end any time soon. In fact, the armed conflict between the two East European neighbours is becoming deadlier by day. As of...
BJP’s Reverses In Legislative Council Elections In Nagpur Is A Bad Omen For Ruling Alliance
By Sushil Kutty After the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government was forced out by the breakaway Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena in June 2022, revenge has been exacted. The BJP has been defeated in the Nagpur legislative elections. But while some are calling it a “major electoral setback for...
Shocks That The Indian Economy Faced Since 2014
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Under normal circumstances, comprehensive and wide-ranging reforms undertaken in the economy during the last eight years, would have accelerated India’s growth. But that was not to be. The ‘culprit’ is India’s balance sheet stress caused by the credit boom in previous years. This scapegoat for...
Nitish Kumar Is A Victim Of Trust Deficit Amongst His Coalition Leaders
By Arun Srivastava Within a week of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s vow that he “would prefer to die instead of having an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) once again”, rumour of prime minister Narendra Modi offering a very senior position in his cabinet to Bihar chief...
