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.Labour Movement Has Lost Its Earlier Striking Power
By Gyan Pathak The change in the world of work has been accelerating, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic struck the country and India was put under lockdown since March 24, 2020. Barring those who were working in government, public sector, and in essential services, the majority of the...
Decoding My Seventy-Two Years In Independent India
By Nitya Chakraborty I first participated in Independence Day celebrations on August 15, 1950, in Calcutta at Prince Ghulam Mohammad Road near Lake Market. I was nine years old. Our family came as refugees from East Bengal, then in Pakistan, in March 1950 and stayed at my oldest...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Achhe Din’ Now Needs 25 Years More
By S. Sethuraman Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned his eagerly awaited address on the 75th Independence anniversary, more an electoral plank for 2024 while throwing up a 25-year agenda for the nation to be rid of all ills plaguing it at present. He put Corruption and Nepotism as...
Donald Trump Is On Dock Over FBI Seizures Of Classified Documents From His House
By Debabrata Biswas From Boston When Donald. J. Trump, the former president of USA, left the White House after his defeat in 2020 election and shifted to his Florida residence at Mar – a- Lago, he took with him boxes of official documents which had to be handed...
Bihar Developments Are Going To Have Impact In Uttar Pradesh In 2024 Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor Bihar developments leading to the formation of new government without BJP will impact the politics in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh before 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Significantly, the main opposition party7 Samajwadi Party welcomed the latest turn of events resulting in humiliation of BJP. Enthused...
Amrit Mahotsava Has Been Turned Into A Big Jumla By Sangh Parivar
By Arun Srivastava Celebration of “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsva” contained more negatives vibes and the concealed agenda of accomplishing the mission of the RSS, than to really honour and rejoice the revered Independence Day for which lakhs of Indians attained martyrdom. Basically, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
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...
