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.Supreme Court Has Recognised Pregnant Woman’s Right To Dignity
By Rohin Bhatt When the Delhi High Court dismissed the matter of X versus. The Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, I was apprehensive that this case would end in disappointment and result in a situation which is similar to what is happening after the United States Supreme...
Southeast Asia Mirrors Middle East’s Increasing Religious Fundamentalism
By James M Dorsey In a mirror image of recent polling in the Middle East, a just-published survey of Muslims in Southeast Asia suggests Islam’s central role in people’s daily lives and choices. The survey was published days after former Indonesian minister of social affairs Habib Salim Segaf Al-Jufri...
Netflix Release Blonde Is Marilyn Monroe Abased All Over Again
By Eileen Jones By now the Netflix film Blonde is notorious for its length, it’s NC-17 rating, and its cruelly narrow view of film star Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas) as a relentlessly abused and exploited waif from early childhood through her death of a drug overdose at age...
It Is Going To Be An All Out War In Ukraine Now Between Russia And NATO
By Debabrata Biswas from Boston When Russia, on February 24, 2022 waged a full scale military invasion of Ukraine, many a people and President Putin himself thought that it would be a cakewalk like Russia’s previous invasion of Crimea. But since then the Ukrainians are fighting back vigorously under...
India Among 42 Countries Where People Are Being Silenced
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is among the 42 countries where victims of rights violations, human rights defenders and journalists have suffered reprisals and intimidation by States and non-State actors – including being detained, targeted by restrictive legislation and surveilled both online and offline. It has been revealed in...
India Is Facing Again A Foreign Exchange Crisis Hitting Balance Of Payments
By Prabhat Patnaik On September 23, the value of the rupee vis-a-vis the dollar fell to a new low: it crossed 81 to a dollar after some weeks of relative stability when it hovered between 79 and 80. And it fell despite the Reserve Bank’s running down of foreign...
Nitin Gadkari Is Right – India Is A Rich Country With Largest Poor Population
By Sushil Kutty The Modi government’s Transport minister Nitin Gadkari doesn’t know the slippery slope of being subjected to journalism and what happens when social media joins the toxic parade. The minister, who lost considerable weight to gain fame, is no lightweight though he often lands in weighty controversies...
Present Economic Policies Of Modi Government Widening Inequality
By Shreenivas Khandewale In a democracy, it is said, whatever the policies and implementation, the opposition and others will criticise the Government. But the government, on its part, thinks and says that since opposition is criticizing, its policies must be correct. The present day economic scenario represents such a...
Globalisation Of Agri-Business Is Not Taking Into Account Farmers Interests
By Dr B K Kango Since 1980 there was a concentrated effort of multinationals to impose structural adjustment on all nations through IMF and World Bank. Simultaneously, seeing a huge possibility of profit in Agribusiness due to increase in population (In 1950 World Population was about 200 crores, by...
Samajwadi Party Focusing On Kurmis And OBC’s Ahead Of 2024 Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of general elections in 2024, the Samajwadi party has given main focus on kurmi and other OBC votes. At the recent Uttar Pradesh state convention, Naresh Uttam Patel was elected as the state president of the SP for the second time in a row....
Victory Of Far Right In Italy Has Big Lessons For The Left In Europe
By Prakash Karat The victory of the far-right alliance in the parliament election in Italy is a watershed moment in Europe. The far-right alliance consisting of the post-fascist Fratellid’ Italia (Brothers Party of Italy) and its alliance partners – the League and Forza Italia – have won 46 per...
CAG Exposes Irregularities And Corruption In Uttar Pradesh
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Compliance Audit Report of the Comptrollers and Auditor General of India (CAG) has exposed numerous cases of irregularities and corruption in Uttar Pradesh on which the state government did not take prompt actions even when they were pointed out making the real intention of...
Congress Presidential Race Has Turned Bizarre With Ashok Gehlot On Dock
By Sushil Kutty Rahul Gandhi and the Bharat Jodo Yatra were in the Muslim-majority Kerala district of Malappuram the day before yesterday. Then, September 28, the ‘Yatra’ made its triumphant entry into Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency. Another day, and Bharat Jodo Yatra would be clean out of Kerala,...
Remembering The Teachings Of Mahatma Gandhi On His Birthday On October 2
By Krishna Jha October 2 is here again. The day Bapu was born. The unforgettable message Bapu conveyed to us was about change, its being eternal. He told us it is the way life is. Even the truth for which he laid his life. His last words, when the...
Left-Wing Luiz Lula Is The Front-Runner In Brazilian Presidential Polls
By Satyaki Chakraborty Only 72 hours before the holding of the Presidential elections in Brazil on October 2, Left coalition candidate and former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, popularly known as Lula has emerged as a front runner against the far right incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro. Latest opinion...
Cuba’s Gay Rights Vote Through Referendum Is A Victory For Socialist Values
By Ben Burgis Two-thirds of Cuban voters approved the country’s new Family Code on Sunday, itself a result of an extensive revisions process in which millions of Cuban citizens participated. The new code ends discrimination against gay couples in marriage and adoption. It also strengthens women’s rights by promoting...
Oil Prices Below Level Before Ukraine War, But No Solace For Consumers
By K Raveendran Crude oil prices have now dipped below the level when Russia’s Ukraine war broke out, which means the market has not only absorbed the shock of disruption in supplies, but the end game is approaching for the oil cartel. The war, however, forced a tectonic change...
Murder Of Rupali In Mumbai Poses Serious Questions About Fundamentalists
By Sushil Kutty India and Iran have different political systems, but when it comes to the hijab the two aren’t different. This is seen in the context of certain laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s sharia-based Constitution which appear to be knocking on the doors of the so-called...
