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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.BJP Leaders Have Started Course For Overthrow Of Nitish Kumar Regime
By Arun Srivastava It was certainly not a coincidence that on the day Prime Minister was addressing the Independence Day rally, Amit Shah in association with the senior BJP leaders and members of the core group of party was working on the design to throw out the...
Decoding My Seventy-Two Years In Independent India-Part Two
By Nitya Chakraborty In 1960, at the global level, the most important development was the World Conference of the communist parties, the result of which was the 81 parties’ document. The conference laid bare the growing fissures within the once monolithic communist movement, as well as the...
Reining In ‘Freebies’ Needs Thorough Debate
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The ongoing freebies case in the Supreme Court of India has reached an interesting stage with the DMK seeking to be made a party into it. It clearly indicated that the presumption on which the ‘freebies’ is understood would decide its fate in favour...
Release Of The Eleven Imprisoned Rapists Of Bilkis Bano Is Atrocious
By Sushil Kutty Monday, the eleven persons who gang-raped Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat communal riots walked free. The panel that let them off called it “remission”, which is different from “relapse”. And, with these ’11’, you never know when they’ll have a relapse. Anything is possible...
Heyday For Geopolitics Of Eurasian Transport
By James M Dorsey When Russia invaded Ukraine, it took itself off the map of Eurasian transport corridors linking China and Europe. At the same time, it breathed new life into moribund routes that would allow goods to travel across the Eurasian landmass without traversing Russia. It also...
Jagdeep Dhankar Had A Chequered Career Involving Many Political Parties
By Harihar Swarup The Vice-President, Jagdeep Dhanker is a quick learner. Within months of joining the Sainik School in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh, as a class five student, he became proficient in English. “During the summer vacation when he came home, he was asked before visiting government officials to display...
NATO Expansion Into Finland And Sweden A Danger To World Peace
By David Cavendish On Wednesday, August 10, President Joe Biden signed the treaty to admit Sweden and Finland to membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This follows on the action last week of the Senate, which voted 95 to 1 (with one member voting “present”...
Prime Minister’s Five Pledges On Independence Day Mean Very Little To Poor
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi must have burned midnight oil to think up his five pledges to turn India into a country of his dreams by 2047, independent India’s centenary year. And the ’5 Modi Pledges’ appear to have limped away from the basic goals of...
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...
