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 Order On Sedition Law Is A Significant Forward Movement
By Harihar Swarup In a Batch of petitions challenging the law of sedition, contained in section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a slew of interim directions. Things came to a head because the Central Government, instead of defending the constitutionality of the...
Workforce Being Crushed Between Inflation And Joblessness
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Workforce in India is being crushed between inflation and joblessness chiefly on account of wrong policy stance of the Narendra Modi government and the pandemic may be just an additional excuse. Retail inflation (CPI) in April soared to a 8-year high, ie the entire period...
Modi’s ‘Civilisationalism’ May Be Another Potential Flashpoint
By James M Dorsey When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, he laid down a marker for a critical mass of world leaders who, like him, think in civilizational rather than national terms. In the minds of these leaders, the stakes in Ukraine are about much more than the...
Mohammad Ali Jinnah Wanted Balkanization Of India, Says A New Book
By K R Sudhaman Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who is now being eulogized by some of the Indian politicians particularly during the elections, did not care for Muslims staying back in India and was willing to sacrifice them to ensure the well-being of those who opted for Pakistan. In an...
Competition Between AAP And TMC Warms Up In East, North East States
By Ashis Biswas In some Indian states, the two major regional parties the Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party, sworn as they are to battle against the ruling BJP — find themselves unavoidably drawn into a bitter struggle to upstage each other in their quest to achieve organizational growth....
Confusion Over The Exact Role Of Mayawati After Assembly Polls Remains
By Sushil Kutty The mood in Uttar Pradesh is different from what it was before the last assembly elections. Things are on an unprecedented boil. Kashi, Mathura, Agra… Things happening with far-reaching implications. Before the elections, there was AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi making a pitch for the Muslim vote, claiming...
Congress Braces To Pick Party President, Wants Rahul To Lead
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress has already initiated creating the ground for the assembly elections to be held in Rajasthan next year. Along with this, preparations are also being made to hold organisational elections in the party to pick the new president. During the Congress Working Committee (CWC)...
Two Years Of Pandemic Have Shown The Inhumanity Of Capitalist Path
By Prabhat Patnaik For over two years now, the world has been facing a pandemic the like of which has not been seen for a century, and which has already taken 15 million lives according to the WHO, without being anywhere near an end. This is an unprecedented crisis...
Present Crisis Situation In India Requires New Strategy For Trade Unions
By Dr B K Kango The present strategy and structure of trade unions, evolved during the period when welfare economics prevailed and existing technology saw the evolution of big corporations with big manufacturing units, employing hundreds and hundreds of workers. The evolution of Fordism with assembly line production, deskilling...
Finland’s Choice Could See More NATO Troops On Russian Border
By C.J. Atkins and John Wojcik Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Thursday that her country should apply to join the NATO military alliance “without delay.” Signing up with NATO, Marin said, was necessary to guarantee the security of Finland’s citizens. She also called for the international community to...
Just IMF Bail-Out Is Not Going To Resolve Sri Lanka’s Deep Crisis
By Prakash Karat The May 9 incidents of violence in Sri Lanka bought into sharp relief the deteriorating situation caused by the grave economic crisis which has gripped the country. The economic crisis has now engulfed the political system and the entire society. At the heart of this maelstrom...
Rabindranath Tagore Spoke Strongly Against Sedition Law In 1897 On The Eve Of Tilak’s Arrest
By Sankar Ray It was Rabindranath Tagore, the myriad-minded poet, thinker and staunch internationalist who stood up openly at a public meeting in 1897 at the historic Town Hall of Calcutta, then India’s capital in protest against the infamous sedition act, the day before it was first used –Section...
South Asia Should Be Made Into A Nuclear Weapons Free Zone
By Dr Arun Mitra In 1998 that is 24 years back on 11th May India carried out first nuclear weapon test under the Vajpayee government. The event was celebrated with fanfare; public was jubilant over that India has now become a power to reckon with. Those who termed the...
Supreme Court Order On Madhya Pradesh Local Bodies Poll Is A Jolt To BJP
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Supreme Court’s direction to hold local bodies elections without reservation for OBCs has created serious dilemma for the BJP led Madhya Pradesh Government. The BJP was very keen that seats in local bodies should be reserved for OBCs. It is the considered opinion of...
No Bulldozer Raj, Countrymen Want Shelter For Poor And Migrants
By Krishna Jha The 75th year of Indian independence, which the government named as ‘Amrith Kaal’ is marked by the growl of the bulldozers. It has become a day-to-day affair in the national capital where the authorities come with bulldozers to the neighbourhood of Delhi where the poor people...
Pandemic Has Had Devastating Impact On Learning Of Indian School Children
By K R Sudhaman Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said recently it will spill over to next decade for the Indian economy to recover the losses that had resulted to the economy as a result of the Covid Pandemic during the last two odd years. Now the...
Horn Of Africa Is Facing Worst Economic And Social Crisis In Decades
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The Horn of Africa, also known as Somali Peninsula, is making big news these days but somehow it’s not reaching us with the same high decibel resonance as the Sri Lankan economic and political crisis or the Russia-Ukraine war. A geographical region that spans several...
Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s Election As President Signals Return To Autocracy
By Satyaki Chakraborty Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the late far right dictator Ferdinand Marcos won the Presidential elections in Philippines on May 9 signaling the ousted the comeback of the worst forms of authoritarianism that marked the tenure of the elected President’s father in the 1980s. The...
