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.Indian Political Parties Should Ensure Health As A Fundamental Right
By Dr Arun Mitra Democracy is a means to decide how we want to be governed. To woo the voters political parties therefore decide their agenda which they feel will fetch them votes to reach the seat of power. They give populist slogans, whether they can fulfill them or...
Legal Experts Want Review Of Supreme Court Verdict On Kerala VC
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Supreme Court verdict quashing the appointment of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University VC over violation of UGC norms should be reviewed, opined former Lok Sabha Secretary-General and constitutional expert PDT Achary. Achary said the judgment should be subjected to a review as the...
Controversy Is Natural With Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan
By Harihar Swarup It was a tweet that shouldn’t have surprised anyone who has followed the feud between Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and the CPI(M)-led Left Democrat Front (LDF) Government. “The CM and council of Ministers have every right to advice the Governor. But the statements of individual...
As Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak Won’t Change The Course For The Tories
By Phil Burton-Cartledge Since November last year, the UK’s ruling Conservative Party has been gripped by rebellion, chaos, and a collapse in popular support. Be it revelations that Boris Johnson partied in Downing Street while the nation groaned under the weight of COVID restrictions or Liz Truss’s tax cuts...
Fast Expanding Middle Class Consumers Are Set To Transform India’s Economy
By Nantoo Banerjee Consumers in India are buying like never before. With the spectre of covid-19 pandemic nearly gone, the country’s middle class consumers seems to have approached the ongoing festival season with vengeance. They are sparing practically nothing — from liquor to fashion wear, consumer durables, smart phones,...
Will The Rishi Sunak Factor Forever Change Politics In India?
By Sushil Kutty And just like that India split down the middle. This time for what happened 5-and-a-half-hour behind India time. Half of India was rendered low, the other half on a high note. And this partition, too, had Britain at its core. Naming a Hindu PM-designate of the...
Indians Have To Be Prepared For Large Scale Job Cuts In Coming Days
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a “Rojgar Mela” (fair for distributing jobs) in Bhopal on October 22, 2022, with a great fanfare, propaganda, and photo-session for media coverage commending efforts of creating jobs in the country by his government in the last eight years. This...
Rishi Sunak Has The Toughest Task Now To Turn Around British Economy
By Arun Srivastava Boris Johnson is known for his excellent manoeuvring political skill. His rusticity has added to his charisma and this has been primarily the reason that Britons entrusted him to task to lead their country. Obviously the person who has put lot of efforts to build his...
Trinamool Government In Bengal Is On Backfoot Over Pending DA Payment To Its Staff
By Ashis Biswas Certain official decisions announcing better pay/allowances for their employees in the neighbouring states have caused major embarrassment to the West Bengal Government. As it is, the ruling Trinamool Congress(TMC) has for some years been facing the charge of being unsympathetic to state Government employees, because of...
The January 6 Capitol Hill Riot Was A Spectacular Failure Of US Security
By Branko Marcetic The security failure that led to the January 6 Capitol Hill riot in 2021 was always deeply weird. How was it that the vastest, most penetrating surveillance state in human history Unites States of America was taken by surprise? Why was law enforcement ― which responds...
Pakistan Is In Politico-Legal Turmoil Over Verdict On Imran Khan
By Sankar Ray The gloss of political triumph in the sweeping victory by the Pakistan-Teehreek-e-Insaaf in seven out of eight bye-elections to the National Assembly faded out by a technical knockout by the Election Commission of Pakistan. ECP disqualified the PTI chairman and the erstwhile Prime Minister of Pakistan...
Hate Speech By Right Wing Politicians Rose By 1130 Per Cent Since 2014
By Arun Srivastava The leaders of the saffron brigade, RSS and BJP, are quite annoyed with the Supreme Court’s concern over hate speech and putting the simple question; “what have we reduced religion to? There cannot be fraternity unless members of community drawn from different religions or castes of...
Mulayam Singh Yadav Started Muslim-Yadav Combo, Akhilesh Has To Expand It
By Harihar Swarup “Ek parinda bhi nahi mar sakta Ayodhya main (I will not allow a bird to flap its wing in Ayodhya)”—the line famously delivered by Mulayam Singh Yadav in 1990 that was to make him presiding deity of M-Y (Muslim—Yadav) politics in Uttar Pradesh for quarter of...
Supreme Court Judges Have Given The Order – Will The BJP State Govts Implement?
By Sushil Kutty On October 21, when the Supreme Court asked police of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to initiate direct action against hate speech and not “wait for complaints”, adding that “hesitation” will invite instant retribution, the first thought that came to mind was that the Supreme Court...
Strong Laws To Protect Encryption Are The Need Of The Hour
By Prachi Arya “Encryption safeguards the personal security of billions of people and the national security of countries around the world.” The opening statement on the About page of the Global Encryption Coalition (‘GEC’), which consists of 180 members from among civil society organisations, companies and individuals, captures the...
Mamata’s Sudden Remarks On Blaming CPI(M) For Tata’s Exit From Singur Are Planned
By Tirthankar Mitra When chief minister, Mamata Banerjee said that it was CPI-M and not she who drove away the Tatas from Singur small car project, it was no throwaway remark. Twin hidden agenda lay in it which include diverting the Opposition criticism from issues troubling her dispensation together...
2022 World Cup: Qatar’s Make Or Break Moment
By James M Dorsey The final run-up to the 2022 World Cup and the tournament’s management is make-it-or-break-it time for Qatar. Both will determine Qatar’s ultimate soft power benefit from the World Cup. How Qatar manages the tournament, and potential flare and hick-ups will shape how the 2022 World...
Disclosures Further Cloud Remission Of Bilkis Bano Rape Convicts’ Sentence
By K Raveendran The release of Bilkis Bano rape case convicts by the Gujarat government is turning even more dubious amidst new disclosures that the remission was allowed despite opposition from the CBI as well as the city civil and sessions court of Greater Bombay and the prisons and...
