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.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...
Glasgow COP26 Draft Text Is Powerful, But Ambiguities Exist
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Glasgow draft text of the summit agreement released by the COP26 presidency under UK is indeed the most powerful text on climate change so far, but ambiguities still exist. It means it will have some legal force, but the ambiguities would make room for...
MGNREGA Now Caught In A Hopeless Drift
By Krishna Jha It was MGNREGA, the flagship rural employment scheme that had provided succour to starving migrant labour when the economic crisis was galvanising the entire production process. Choices were extremely scanty. It was either to go hungry and face the ultimate or to get infected with the...
India Is Having A De Facto System Of Presidential Government
By Anurag Tiwary Recently, the Kerala High Court expressed its dismay that a petitioner sought the removal of the Prime Minister’s photograph from the COVID vaccination certificate and termed it as a “dangerous proposition”. The high court’s observation shows how personality cults have been assumed as inevitable in contemporary...
New York Documentary Film Festival Entries Have Socially Relevant Themes
By Bill Meyer United States of America’s largest documentary film festival, DOC NYC, has begun its 2021 edition from November 10-18 in-person and online at www.docnyc.net. This 12th year of DOC NYC has a wealth of relevant films for progressive viewers. Some of the highly recommended docs include Listening...
A War That Was Lost Even Before It Began
By Sushil Kutty So, they will have a ball across the Wagah Border and all we will have this side will be TV screens painted in Pakistani green! Gather the import? Well, all of Pakistan will be on its knees praying for a Pakistan win in the semis against...
India Slows Down In EV Lane As Others Speed Away
By K Raveendran While the world is moving at a fast pace to embrace electric vehicles, India seems to have lowered a gear or two down, with the result that the country does not even figure in the growth estimates of major EV markets around the world. Even an...
Trading Charges On Yamuna Pollution Is Ridiculous
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Pollution in Yamuna in Delhi has always been highlighted every year as is currently being done. We witness some trading of charges and then everyone becomes calm. Pollution remains as usual. The reason is the very low and narrow mindset of the ruling political parties,...
Clarity Is Lacking In Indian Courts On Norms For Granting Bails
By Ajay Kumar Legal certainty is a legal philosophical concept wherein in order for a society to claim to have the rule of law, those subject to the law must be able to go about their affairs with an element of certainty as to the legal position. This certainty...
Remembering A Great Democrat Former President K.R. Narayanan
By S.N. Sahu Former President of India, K.R. Narayanan passed away on November 9, 2005, three years after he demitted office on July 25, 2002. On the solemn occasion of the 16th anniversary of his demise, his rich legacy in defending the Constitution, constitutional morality and secularism assumes enormous...
Muazzem Ali, A Bangladeshi National Awarded Padma Sri Posthumously
By Harihar Swarup Former Commissioner to India, Muazzem Ali and 1971 war hero Colonel Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahil were the first two Bangladeshi citizens honoured with one of India’s civilian awards, the Padma Sri. Muazzem was honoured posthumously at a function in New Delhi where other awardees named in...
Erdogan Becoming A Liability For Turkey And Its People
By Manish Rai Last month Turkey made it into the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog headquartered in Paris. Turkey now joins its close ally Pakistan in FATF’s crosshairs. Surprisingly Turkey becomes the largest economy to be included in this...
Why Goa Elections Are Important For All Parties
By Kalyani Shankar The battle lines for the assembly elections are drawn in the tiny state of Goa, which is going for polls early next year. The poll scene is likely to be crowded, with at least eight parties contesting. The ruling BJP and opposition Congress and some outside...
DMK Seen Dumping Congress To Come Closer To BJP
By K R Sudhaman Speculation is rife that ruling DMK is trying to shun differences with BJP and coming closer to the national party in a bid to have better Centre-state relations and in the process Congress may become a fall guy. There are also rumours that Chief Minister...
