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.Religious, Ethnic Intolerance Threatens To Spin Out Of Control
By James M Dorsey The family of nations is balancing on the edge of an abyss as mushrooming religious and ethnic intolerance becomes the norm. Western as well as non-Western societies have helped pave the road towards the abyss: the West by abandoning the post-World War Two principle of...
Modi-Shah Duo Has Changed The Rules Of Anti-Incumbency Play
By Harihar Swarup Judging by its huge defeat in West Bengal and its 50 per cent strike rate in the recent national by-elections, the BJP’s prospects for next year’s assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur appear a little shaky. But at the BJP’s recent national...
For Ajit Doval Civil Society Has Suddenly Become Uncivil
By Sushil Kutty So he thinks – National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. For a phase in his life, he too was ‘civil society’, which he, now, says is the “new frontier of war”. Civil society, he warns, can be “suborned and manipulated” to hurt India’s interests. Of course, Doval...
Fears Of Artificial Intelligence As Anti-Human Largely Misplaced
By K Raveendran The early stage of computerisation, computers were dreaded for their capacity to kill jobs. And this had shaped the approach of labour unions, social scientists and even some governments on the threat perception over computers. But as the computerisation took hold, it became apparent that computers,...
Mullaperiyar: Acute Embarrassment For LDF Government
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government finds itself in the eye of a storm over the handling of the highly sensitive Mullaperiyar issue. The controversy flared up when Chief Wildlife Warden of Kerala issued on November 5 an order approving the Tamil Nadu...
Proposed Agitation New Lifeline For Ailing Bengal BJP Unit
By Ashis Biswas After months of aimless bickering and desertions among party rank in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has finally announced plans to agitate against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) Government on the contentious fuel price rise issue. New state party president and MP Sukanta Majumdar...
More Innovative Policies Needed For Boosting Country’s Service Exports
By K R Sudhaman Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal has said India’s services exports are set to touch $ one trillion by 2030. He had said couple of months back India’s merchandise exports that is goods exports will touch $ one trillion in next 4-5 years. Putting these...
Demonetisation Has Been Most Devastating For Common People In Independent India
By Prabhat Patnaik In the entire history of post-independence India, no single economic measure has been as devastating for the people and as utterly futile in achieving its stated objectives, as the demonetisation of currency notes, of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denomination, decreed by the Modi government on...
Farm Distress Causing Huge Number Of Agri Worker Suicides In India
By Dr Soma Marla There is a serious criticism on NCRB for not reporting the actual size of the reported data. The bureau releases statistics on suicides by farmers and agricultural labourers based on information provided by various state governments, which is often under-reported to save their image from...
What Xi Consolidation Means To The Rest Of The World
By Anjan Roy Not that it mattered, but still Chinese President Xi Jinping has got formal recognition as the absolute ruler of the country at the meeting of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. And that’s a lot of headache for India and many others. Absolute rulers...
AAP Rides Ram Temple Wagon To Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra Aam Aadmi Party has commenced their campaign in Uttar Pradesh for the 2022 assembly elections with slogans of Ram Rajya and nationalism. The announcement of the free pilgrimage plan to Ayodhya came soon after Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s own visit to the temple town. After...
A New Approach To Muslim ‘Mandate’ To Help Every Other Muslim
By James M Dorsey Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud must have gotten his tenses mixed up when he asserted in a recently published memoir that no one should underestimate the political importance of Muslims’ commitment to helping other Muslims. Prince Turki’s memoir is focused...
Can Hybrid Hearings Provide The Alternative At Regional Branches Of Supreme Court?
By V. Vasanthakumar Article 130 of the Indian Constitution says that the Supreme Court shall sit in Delhi or in such other place or places, as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) may, with the approval of the President, from time to time, appoint. It will be of interest...
Fight For Climate Justice And Migrants Interests Are Interlinked Glasgow COP26
By Ben Chacko The march in Glasgow demanding justice for refugees and rejection of British Home Minister Priti Patel’s Nationality and Borders Bill could not be more timely. It highlights the fact that the refugee and climate crises are interwoven. It turns attention to the reality of Britain’s reactionary,...
No Honest Review Made At BJP’s National Executive Meet After A Long Gap
By Prakash Karat The national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party was held on November 7. As it was being held after a gap of two years, there was interest to know how the ruling party at the centre assessed the political developments and the work done during...
Indo-Pak Dialogue Rivalry On Afghanistan
By Sankar Ray The third Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan on Wednesday less than three months after the Taliban’s seizure of power in Kabul has not really been to India’s liking – neither strategically nor diplomatically. Boycott by Pakistan and non-participation of China and the USA have decimated...
SIT Clean Chit To Modi In Court Again After A Decade
By Sushil Kutty Zakia Jafri is at least a decade older than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the way things are shaping up, it looks like Zakia will live long enough to see closure to the Gujarat riots case. Then Gujarat Chief Minister and now Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Tax Cuts May Be Prelude To Fuels Under GST Before Polls
By K R Sudhaman On the eve of Deepavali, the Union government in a masterstroke cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 10 respectively to bring some relief to consumers hit hard with their prices surging beyond Rs 100 per litre. Close on the...
