Opinion
Appeal
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.Making Legal Aid Effective For Women Prisoners In Indian Jails
By Sudha Bharadwaj I was in Byculla Jail, Mumbai, between February 2020 and December 2021. Prior to that, in Yerwada Jail, where I was lodged between November 2018 to February 2020, I had given an application to be permitted to help with legal aid, but that was refused, possibly...
Justice Ayesha Malik Of Pakistan Supreme Court Is A Symbol Of Courage And Dignity
By Harihar Swarup Just over two years ago, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Asif Saeed Khosa told a press conference of women judges that they should not conduct themselves in court like their male counterparts. At that time, Pakistan had five women judges across its five High Courts. In...
Russia’s Ukraine War Underlines Urgency Of United Nations Reform
By Kalyani Shankar Russia’s ‘invasion of its neighbour Ukraine’ on February 24 has brought to the fore once again the urgent need for United Nations Organisation (UNO) reform and the need for an international body to play its proper role. The world is facing a possible nuclear conflict today....
Putin Adds A Religious Front In His Expansionist Agenda
By James M Dorsey The Russian Orthodox Church blesses rather than fires weapons. In doing so, it has emerged as a powerful weapon in its own right in President Vladimir Putin’s civilisationalist arsenal. Putin justified his 12-day-old invasion of Ukraine in part by asserting that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government...
Gender Gap Too Wide And Bias Too Great On International Women’s Day
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Bias is all pervading making moving ahead for Indian women too difficult. Gender gap is too wide that they are unable to bridge on their own, and the bias against them is too great to overcome. Indian women have been braving all the odds in...
Kerala State CPI-M Conference Signals Major Policy Shift
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM¨ There is no mistaking the signs. The four-day CPI(M) state conference, which concluded the other day, signals a major policy shift. The party is clearly in a mood to modify its strategies in accordance with the changing times. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan put it succinctly:...
International Women’s Day: It Is A Long Wait For Gender Parity
By Sushil Kutty March 8, and it was another International Women’s Day (IWD). Men worldwide were expected to throw their misogyny out the window and praise women sky high, applauding them for their many victories including succeeding in teaching men how to behave with women in general, and with...
The Curious Case Of Maharashtra’s Wine And Florida’s Strawberry Shortcake
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav How would you react if West Bengal designates Rasgulla as the official dessert, Jammu and Kashmir adopts Tulip as the official flower, Bihar elevates Litti-Chokha as the official breakfast, Himachal Pradesh dignifies Apples as the official fruit – all by passing a bill in their...
EU’s Welcome To Refugees From Ukraine Exposes Its Double Standard
By Raushan Tara Jaswal As we enter the second week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, even with the proposed ceasefire from the Russian Federation for a “humanitarian corridor”, a “quick war” seems completely out of the question. Intensifying this situation has been the plight of civilians stuck between...
Lula’s Road Back To The Brazilian Presidency Will Be A Bumpy One
By Sabrina Fernandes Amidst the continuing Russian war in Ukraine, the Brazilian people are participating in a major battle between the ruling parties of the Right led by the current president Joe Bolsonaro and the former left wing president Frances Lula of the Workers Party(PT) in the coming presidential...
Sweeping US, EU Sanctions Hit World Economy More Than Russia’s
By Nantoo Banerjee The US-led western trade, economic and financial sanctions on Russia seem to be working instantly, but less to the discomfort of Russia than the rest of the world. The sweeping sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have led to a massive spurt in global oil and...
Double Debacle Could Undo All Rational Calculations Made Before
By Anjan Roy Years from now, when the present will become history, generations will wonder how the world could have survived, if so lucky, with such hyper nationalists like Putin in power. Russia’s Ukraine war is no longer a limited affair now. The distant thunder from the fringes of...
Remembering The Debate Between Satyajit Ray And Mrinal Sen Over ‘Akash Kusum’
By Nitya Chakraborty The maverick film director of Bengal Mrinal Sen, the second most important member of the famous troika in the cinema world that included Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, will step into his 100th year on May 14, 2023. Significantly, Ray was born just two years before...
ICONIC Week Betrays The Hollowness Of Labour Programmes
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Ministry of Labour and Employment is celebrating ICONIC week March 7-13, 2022, which is no more than an exercise just before rolling out the four labour codes to be implemented this year for which preparation are at very advanced stage. However, it betrays the...
Maharashtra Governor B S Koshiyari Is A Tool Of State BJP And RSS
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Mumbai, Maharashtra after a roadshow in Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, where he hopes all the assembly constituencies will vote BJP. The seventh and last phase of the assembly elections in UP happened March 7 and the phenomenon of ‘aware pashu...
Russia-Ukraine Crisis Brings Out The Need For Reform Of International Law
By Sara Suresh Vladimir Putin, the Russian Federation President, in his imperialistic speech delivered on February 24, declared a special military operation in order to protect people who had been abused by Genocide for eight years under the Kyiv regime, strive to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine, and bring those...
A Global Antiwar Movement Is Imperative To End Russia’s War Against Ukraine
By Polina Godz For the last few days, I have been following the news coming from my home country of Ukraine in disbelief. I have watched hospitals, residential buildings, and even kindergartens in my home city of Kharkiv being bombed. I saw its central square in ruins. It doesn’t...
Social Media Has Been Converted Into A Playground Of Half Literates
By Devasis Chattopadhyay Social media is a strange and dangerous space these days. Cleavage, muscle, booty shaking as an apology for dancing, and tattooing erogenous zones, are more of display norms than exception. Dance bar induced body movements by teenagers, housewives and daddies alike, to the tunes of Kancha...
