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.Internet Suspension For Quelling Protests Cost India $4.7 Billion
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Modi government resorted to large scale shutdowns of internet connections to quell protests by people against its policies adopted between 2019 and 2021 is now well known, but what is little known is that the internet suspension was effected for 14,280 hours during this period...
Using Minority Rights To Stonewall Professionalism
By K Raveendran An important case to decide how far minority rights can be cited to claim to take cover from professional standards in the conduct of aided educational institutions is coming up for the consideration of the Supreme Court shortly. The case relates to the question whether the...
Congress Flip Flops In Election Campaign May Damage The Party Prospects
By Harihar Swarup A columnist has aptly summed up the poll scene in Punjab and how the ruling congress party committed gaffe after gaffe. “The Congress’s campaign in Punjab is a lesson how not to win elections”, he wrote. Chief Minister Charanjit Channi, appears to be a general without...
Amit Shah’s Assurance To Channi To Probe Kejriwal Is Nothing But Bizarre
By Sushil Kutty Union Home Minister Amit Shah has promised Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi that he will “personally look into” former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas’s allegations that Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal sups with terrorists and separatists and wanted to become “first Prime Minister...
Indian Constitutional Ethics Including Secularism Are Under Attack
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi ever since he came to occupy the office of prime minister has been insinuating worst nature of jibe against Jawahar Lal Nehru. This is the greater part of the RSS design to portray Nehru as an enemy of Hindus. RSS for pretty long time...
By Using Hijab Issue, Sangh Parivar Is Trying To Assert Hindu Supremacy
By Kavita Krishnan To understand the true meaning of the ‘hijab issue’ playing out in Karnataka and other states, one only needs to pay close attention to the way in which it is being invoked in poll-bound states by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders aiming to create and consolidate...
Narendra Modi’s Jibes Against Nehru And Congress Show Him In Poor Light
By Sushil Kutty As usual Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to field a cabinet minister to field questions posed to him on his government and his governance style. In the latest such instance, it was former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who forced Modi to cringe. The famously “quiet” Singh...
Unemployment Rate Decline Veils Frightening Level Of Joblessness
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The frightening reality of joblessness in India persists and millions of people have just stopped even searching for jobs. Modi government is playing with the data that showed a decline in the unemployment rate, and Union Minister of Labour and Unemployment Bhupender Yadav claimed employment...
First Two Phases Of UP Assembly Polls Indicate Voters Punishing BJP
By Rahil Nora Chopra Reports coming from the ground after the first two phases of polling in Uttar Pradesh is that SP-RLD alliance is way ahead over BJP. The impact of the farmers’ agitation is most evident in the assembly seats, which are adjacent to Delhi, such as Muzaffarnagar,...
Narendra Modi Magic Losing Its Spell In The Ongoing State Elections
By Partha S. Ghosh First, it was the humiliating defeat of the BJP in the high-profile West Bengal election early last year. In his desperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had even resorted to a vulgar campaign against the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, but to no avail. Then came his...
Widening Of Inequality Is A Natural Consequence Of Capitalist Planning
By Prabhat Patnaik Much has been written about the immense increase in economic inequality that has occurred of late and various startling figures have been provided by bodies like Oxfam, which has just come out with a report titled Inequality Kills. This shows that the wealth of the 10...
Ukraine Crisis Has Exposed The Real Game Plan Of United States Govt
By Prakash Karat The inception of the current crisis on Ukraine lies in the continuing eastward expansion of NATO. Contrary to what was promised to Russia by the United States in the post-Soviet period that NATO would not expand eastward, all the East European countries and the Baltic states,...
United States Ramps Up War Talk As It Points More Missiles At Russia
By John Wojcik U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken went on national television Thursday morning to declare, again, that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could start at any moment. His dire prediction was yet another in the endless string of declarations by the U.S. that war could start at...
Narendra Modi Seeks To Retain Power Through His Strategy Of ‘Divide And Rule’
By Nitya Chakraborty Two phases of polling for the seven phase assembly elections to the five states have been over by now and the third phase is due on February 20. By then in three states Goa, Uttarakhand and Punjab, the polling will be completed. Only two states Uttar...
Time Ripe For Building A Broad Unity Against Centre’s Attacks On Federalism
By Prakash Karat Some chief ministers of the opposition-ruled states have been discussing about the need for a united stand to defend federalism and to counter the onslaught of the Modi government on centre-state relations. The need for a united stand of state governments in defense of states’ rights...
Yogi Adityanath Has Lost His Senses By Putting His UP Model Above Kerala
By Binoy Viswam Ever since the battle for Uttar Pradesh has begun, the RSS – BJP big shots are anxious about their political fortunes. Though states like Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa also are scheduled to the polls, the chieftains of the Sangh Parivar are more nervous about UP....
More American Foreign Direct Investment To India Expected In Coming Fiscal
By Subrata Majumder India’s fiscal budget for 2022-23 drew much despair and less cheer. It was alleged to miss counter measures to ebb inflation and generate more employment opportunities. Budget poured little for poor and middleclass. Little was made to create demand. No tax relief for resilience to pandemic....
Congress-Left Alliance Working Hard To Defeat BJP In Manipur Assembly Polls
By Sagarneel Sinha The polling for the Manipur assembly poll is due in two phases on February 28 and March 5. The Congress has arrived at an understanding with the four Left parties for electoral alliance on the basis of a common minimum programme. The campaign has been intensified...
