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.Data Protection Bill Has Many Gaps Needing Full Discussion
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Among the bills taken up for discussion during the ongoing winter session of parliament, the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019, is making some noises in relevant quarters. After two years of deliberations, the JPC report on PDP Bill was tabled in both houses of...
India’s Treatment Of The Rohingya Reaffirms The Need For A Refugee Law
By Gauri Anand Throughout its history, India has accepted refugees, including Jews escaping persecution, Sri Lankan Tamils, Tibetans, and Afghans, all escaping violence. However, India’s treatment of the Rohingya has been conspicuously different. The country is now home to approximately 40,000 Rohingya, of whom only around 16,500 have been...
Marx Scholar Pradip Bakshi Is Getting International Recognition
By Sankar Ray Many participants among 200-plus at the very recently held international conference on innovation in the social sciences and humanity, hosted by Ton DucThang University, Ho-chi Minh City were epistemologically surprised to learn that Karl Marx deeply studied the concept of ‘nothingness’ of Gautama Buddha in a...
India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem Is Finally Ready
By Nantoo Banerjee There is little to be excited about the government’s latest announcement of a comprehensive strategy to put India firmly on the world map of semiconductor manufacturers at a time when the global industry is silently cerebrating its diamond jubilee of existence. The world’s first semiconductor maker,...
Boric’s Victory In Presidential Poll In Chile Is A Big Boost To Latin American Left
By Satyaki Chakraborty Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric won on Sunday the Presidential elections by getting 55.8 per cent of the votes as against 44.1 per cent received by the extreme right candidate Anronio Kast, thereby giving a major boost to the left and progressive forces in...
Shaheenbaghs May Reappear Across India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Completion of two years of anti-CAA movement by protesters at Shaheenbagh on December 15, 2019, which the March 24, 2020 nationwide lockdown to contain COVID-19 outbreak forced to an end, could not erase the anti-CAA sentiment among the people. Rather, the movement like this is...
Omicron Virus Has Become Deadly In United States Panicking Joe Biden
By Sushil Kutty United States President Joe Biden has warned of a “winter of death.” Mad at unvaccinated Americans, Biden said many of them “will soon overwhelm” hospitals and there will be “a winter of severe illness and death.” Biden’s “direct message to the American people” didn’t seem to...
Politics Of Murder Revisits Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The people of Kerala woke up to this Sunday soaked with blood. The recrudescence of murder politics – two killings in 12 hours – has given a rude jolt to the state. Both the murders took place in Alappuzha district. While Social Democratic Party of...
Smuggling Of Animals To Bangladesh From Border Areas Is A Big Political Issue
By Ashis Biswas In Assam the illegal smuggling of cows will get more difficult: The Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled State Government has decided to ban the transporting of cattle to any district that shares the international border with Bangladesh. This is the main feature of the new Cow Protection Bill...
Farm Laws Withdrawal Episode Gives Many Lessons On Pursuing Reforms
By Harihar Swarup What lesson can we learn from the farm laws episode for navigating reforms in the future? The Prime Minister himself alluded to one big lesson when he admitted in his concession speech that his government failed to disseminate the benefits of the proposed reforms. He was...
Election Commission’s Meeting With PMO Officials, Is Preposterous
By Sushil Kutty “How can we expect polls to be impartial?” asked Mallikarjuna Kharge, Congress Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. Rightly, his question is for the Election Commission, but the EC no longer has the courage—not under this dispensation which has been chipping away at the...
JPC On Data Protection Buries Its Head In Sand On Privacy
By K Raveendran The Joint Parliamentary Committee that studied the personal data protection bill, introduced two years ago, has for all practical purposes endorsed the bill’s draconian features, while shedding copious tears about the sanctity of privacy. The bill in a way takes away the fundamental right of the...
Is There A Message For Musk In Melania Choosing Solana For Her NFT Launch?
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Former Slovenian model Melania Knauss who became Melania Trump after her marriage to Donald Trump in 2004 has been a notoriously private person as the First Lady of the United States. After leaving the White House in January this year, Melania has been more reclusive....
PM Cares Fund Must Be Accountable To Rigorous Scrutiny Like Others
By Amrita Nair “While transparency reduces corruption, good governance goes beyond transparency in achieving openness. Openness means involving the stakeholders in decision-making process. Transparency is the right to information while openness is the right to participation”- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. For an unassuming person, these words would inspire...
More And More Recent Films Are Depicting Social Realities In Rural India
By Papri Sri Raman There is something new about the shifting sands of Indian cinema. At last, it has begun to show rural realities, diversity, artforms and injustices. Mani Ratnam’s new film Ponniyin Selvan (The son of the Ponni) is a Tamil historical drama, with some parts being shot in...
Bell Hooks Changed How We Think About Black Femininity, Class, And Capitalism
By Chauncey K. Robinson The world lost a trailblazing thinker and feminist this week. Professor and social activist Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, passed away at the age of 69. She leaves behind a legacy of work that challenged status quo thinking on...
Union Minister Ajay Mishra Is A Damocles Sword Hanging Over Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’—India’s ‘Most Wanted’ hiding in plain sight! They take his name and they talk of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s motives. Which other man in India gets this distinction? Why is PM Modi reluctant to sack him from the Council...
Rising Inflation In United States Will Adversely Affect Indian Recovery
By Prabhat Patnaik The very day, December 11, when the Indian finance ministry spuriously claimed a robust recovery in the post-pandemic Indian economy, newspapers carried news of an acceleration in the US inflation rate. The inflation rate in November 2021over November of the preceding year had been 6.8 per...
