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.For Global Arms Dealers, Russian War In Ukraine Is A Big Bonanza
By Marc Vandepitte The invasion of Ukraine has been going on for more than five months now and hostilities may continue for quite some time. In military terms, the outcome is still uncertain, but what is already clear is who the big winners and losers of this conflict...
Bihar Cabinet Expansion To Take Place After August 15
By Rahil Nora Chopra Bihar Cabinet expansion is likely to be done after August 15. The JD(U) is probably going to have 13 ministers, the RJD has settled for 16. The Congress will be given four berths, while former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM will have one...
Vidhi Centre’s New Book Says Nullification Of Article 370 Unconstitutional
By Harihar Swarup Friday August 5 was the third anniversary of the nullification of Article 370. It was also the date on which Hamin Ast? a Biography of the Article 370 published by Vidhi Centre for legal policy. was released. The book could create an enormous stir...
After 75 Years Of Independence, Health Is Not A Fundamental Right
By Dr Arun Mitra Since independence our country has progressed in many fields. The British colonial rulers squeezed our economy and left the nation with poor education and health status. According to Sanjay P Zodpey and Preeti H Negandhi as per the 1951 Census, India’s population was 36.1...
It Is Time To Take Freebies Debate To More Fundamental Levels
By K Raveendran The acrimony between political parties, particularly Modi’s BJP and Kejriwal’s AAP, over freebies notwithstanding, it may be an appropriate occasion for a full-fledged debate on the issue as the nation celebrates 75 years of Independence. But the cold fact is that every interested party...
India Takes Over G-20 Presidency On December 1 AT a Critical Time
By K R Sudhaman India takes over presidency of G-20 at a critical juncture when geo politics is at cross roads and global economy difficult and sagging. This is significant as it takes over leadership at a time when there is need to strengthen multilateralism and that...
ED Suffers A Legal Setback In Kerala Against LDF Govt
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: For once, the central investigating agency Enforcement Directorate(ED) finds itself at the receiving end. The ED suffered a legal setback when the Kerala High Court adjourned to August 17 the hearing on a writ petition filed by former Kerala finance minister Thomas Isaac challenging...
Echoes Of Demand For Civilisational Rather Than National Boundaries
By James M Dorsey When Prime Minister Victor Orban recently spelled out his vision of Hungary’s frontiers, he joined a club of expansionist leaders such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, and members of the Indian power elite who define their countries’ borders in civilisational rather than...
Stabbing Salman Rushdie In Open Stage By A Fanatic Gives Ominous Signal
By Sushil Kutty Two headlines stood out. One in an Israeli newspaper, ‘No one will any longer dare offend Islam: The 1989 fatwa against Salman Rushdie’. And the other in a New York daily, ‘NJ man, Hadi Matar, with sympathies toward Iranian government ID’d as suspect in Salman...
RSS And BJP Are Trying To Appropriate Legacy Of India’s Freedom Struggle
By D Raja As the country is celebrating the 75th anniversary of independence, it’s an irony of history that the RSS, which remained loyal to the British, is now trying to appropriate the legacy of our secular and inclusive struggle for independence. Seventy-five years ago, our country reached...
India Lacked Policy Focus For Growth With Equity, Grass Root Development
By Nantoo Banerjee Some may disagree but India has failed to cash in on its spirited struggle for freedom from over-a-100-year-old British Raj to convert the country into an abode of peace and prosperity for its citizens in the last 75 years. Official claims apart, India continues to...
Afghanistan After One Year Of Taliban Rule Witnessing Extreme Poverty
By Sankar Ray During the one year under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, girls are more isolated, hungry and sad- often go to bed without food, 46 percent of whom say they’re not attending school compared with 20 percent of boys, according to a study, ‘Breaking Point: Life...
Mario Fiorentini, The Last Surviving Partisan Of Rome Uprising Dies
By David Broder Mario Fiorentini, the last surviving partisan of the anti-fascist battalion in Italy died on August 8 at the ripe age of 104..He was born in 1918 in the last days of World War 1 and fought his most important battles after the Wehrmacht invaded his...
Democracy Is Under Siege As India Celebrates 75th Anniversary Of Independence
By Prakash Karat Till recently, when commemorating the significant anniversaries of independence, we could cite the parliamentary democratic system as one of the major achievements of independent India. The adoption of a republican constitution in 1950 provided the scope for people’s participation and a voice in politics which...
Bihar Developments Have Wider Implications For 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Binoy Viswam Indian politics takes a new turn with the fall of the BJP-led government in Bihar. The BJP-led NDA crumbled down there when the JD(U) bid farewell to BJP. Even though for several months, the conflict between BJP and JD(U) was brewing, nobody expected that...
On 75th Year Of Independence, India Lacks A Strong Opposition
By Kalyani Shankar Indian democracy presently suffers from its lack of a strong Opposition. Some feel that the secret weapon of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s success is the divided Opposition. Even Supreme Court Chief Justice NV Ramana recently lamented, “There used to be mutual respect between...
Decoding Indian Economy’s Journey In The Last Seventy-Five Years
By Prabhat Patnaik The post-colonial state in India had two primary tasks before it: one was to overcome the hegemony of metropolitan capital, so that a development strategy in relative autonomy from imperialism could be pursued; the second was to attack landlordism both to free the agrarian population...
BJP Will Find It Difficult Now To Get Bills Passed In Rajya Sabha
By Arun Srivastava One liner puzzling remark from Nitish Kumar, after being sworn in chief minister, “the person who came to power in 2014 will not come back in 2024” while has brought about a major shift overnight in the political culture and dynamics of the country, his...
