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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.Karl Marx’s Translation Of “Capital” In French Turns 150 Years Today
By Marcello Musto Karl Marx’s French translation of “Capital” was first published on September 17, 1872. In February 1867, after more than two decades of herculean work, Karl Marx told his friend Friedrich Engels that the first part of his long-awaited critique of political economy was finally complete. Marx...
By Attacking Opposition During Yatra, Congress Has Harmed The Cause Of Unity
By Nitya Chakraborty In the renowned writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel “Kapalkundala”, there is a famous dialogue “Pathik, tumi ki path haraiacho” (Traveller have you lost your way)., Scanning the observations of the Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra on its ninth day...
Privatising Public Sector Banks By Modi Government Is A Dangerous Move
By Prabhat Patnaik There are fundamental objections to the plan of the government to privatise at least some of the public sector banks. They centre around the fact that such a move will change the pattern of deployment of credit, away from productive activities towards speculation, away from peasant...
Congress Gears Up To Pick New Chief, Leaders Bat For Consensus
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the process for electing the new Congress president round the corner, senior party leaders have started batting for consensus in selecting the new AICC chief and seek to uphold the presence and prominence of the Gandhi family in the organisational matters in any sort...
Gujarat Is A Favourite Of Centre When Mega Projects Are Involved
By Sushil Kutty Some of the headlines make it sound like there was a fair bidding between Maharashtra and Gujarat for the Foxconn-Vedanta semiconductor project and Gujarat won the project, as well as the fair-play trophy, fair and square! Far from the truth! The fact is, Maharashtra never stood...
Bengal BJP Still Groping To Find Right Ways To Fight Trinamool Congress
By Tirthankar Mitra Given Bharatiya Janata Party’s goal of becoming the ruling dispensation in West Bengal, the saffron camp has put its best foot forward in the state even when it is in a twilight zone. The areas of darkness are formed by successive electoral defeats and desertions while...
In The New Normal, Kolkata’s Durga Puja Is Very Special As UNESCO Said
By Devasis Chattopadhyay With only a fortnight to go, this edition of Durga Puja in Kolkata has a special significance. Hailed as a public art exhibition on par with Venice Biennale and Rio Carnival, Durga Puja, this year, begins on October 1 in Kolkata and all over India. During...
Labour In Informal Sector Is In Pathetic Economic Condition In India
By Krishna Jha Covid was a reality all over the world in the years of 2020-2021.The epidemic was not alone, it was followed by devastation. The victim countries were dragged down from the development level they had been. India was no exception. But for other countries, their agenda never...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah Should Not Push Hindi In His Own Policing Way
By Sushil Kutty On the one hand we have a politician on a ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and, on the other, there’s the politician who divides along linguistic lines. And the manner in which this is being done couldn’t be more untimely. In the sense, why give Hindi a bad...
Girls Between Hope And Despair, Failed Mainly By Discrimination
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only four and half-months ago in April, a report by UNESCO had generated great hope regarding girls’ education by showing them performing as strongly as boys in the classroom although there were plenty of barriers holding them back. Now a sense of despair grips the...
Desertion Of Congress MLAs To BJP In Goa Should Not Impact Bharat Jodo Yatra
By Arun Srivastava Congress leader Rahul Gandhi might not feel perturbed at 8 of his legislators in Goa switching their loyalty to the BJP but at the same time he cannot ignore the fact that this is a red alert for him and his party. It is an open...
Russian Military Reverses In Ukraine War May Force Putin To Opt For Harder Option
By Anjan Roy Nearly seven-month old Ukraine war by Russia, could possibly now become a severe test for the warring countries as well as the world. as Ukraine has now taken upper hand in its fierce battle with its powerful invader. Ukraine has retaken 3000 square kilometres of land...
‘Hot Autumn’ Of Resistance As Germans Suffer From Sanctions On Russia
By C.J. Atkins LEIPZIG, Germany: Around 5,000 in Leipzig and another 1,000 in Berlin last Monday took part in the first rallies of a campaign that’s being called the start of a “hot autumn” of resistance to Ukraine war-imposed hardships on German workers. Demonstrators demanded caps on gas and...
From Jean Luc Godard To Ernesto Che Guevara – The Swinging Calcutta Of 1960’s
By Nitya Chakraborty “There is no God in cinema, Godard is God”- that was how a young member of our South Calcutta Film Club quipped as we were discussing the French films in 1965 after a screening of some films in the French consulate including afilm of one of...
India To Create Widest Gap Between Rich And Poor By 2030
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India may become the third biggest economic power in the world by 2030. It has recently become the 5th biggest by replacing the United Kingdom, and is on the track to push Germany and Japan behind to become the 3rd only after the United States...
Bengaluru Caught Between Storm Over Masala Dosa And Ravaging Storm Waters
By K Raveendran The next time you go out to have your favourite masala dosa in Bengaluru, check out with the local panchang whether the time is propitious for it. At least this is what Bengaluru South’s BJP MP Tejasvi Surya realised. Along with the youthful saffron MP, the...
Congress Cannot Deny That Bharat Jodo Yatra Is Aimed At 2024 Polls
By Sushil Kutty Once Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ makes its way out of Kerala, there should be peace between the Congress and the CPM. In Kerala, other than their committed cadres, the two do not differentiate between voters. The Kerala voter shifts loyalty from one to...
BJP Cadres Violence In Kolkata On September 13 Has Isolated The Party Further
By Arun Srivastava The manner in which the BJP created boisterous situation and its cadres indulged in violence near Nabanna the Bengal Government secretariat on September 13 certainly does not underscore BJP’s effort to stage a comeback, instead it makes explicit that the BJP had contrived a well-designed plan...
