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.Supreme Court Wake-Up Call About Equality Before Law
By K Raveendran When an ordinary citizen complaints that the so-called rule of law in this country is essentially meant to protect the rights and privileges of those who wield influence and authority, or close to such people, it would be considered as borne out of frustration of the...
Nobel Peace Prize This Year To Two Journalists Is A Recognition To Freedom Of Press
By Sushil Kutty The Nobel Peace Prize for Maria Ressa and Dmitri A. Muratov is a shot in the arm for all journalists at a time when there is “increasing authoritarianism” and “swirling misinformation.” The Nobel Prize Committee has riled dictators with the choice. Ressa from the Philippines and...
Kerala BJP Slips Into Self-Destruct Mode
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kerala unit continues to be in a self-destruct mode despite the severe setbacks it has suffered in the recent past. Ironically, the central leadership of the party has remained a mute spectator to the sordid goings on instead of initiating...
Registration Of Unorganised Workers Too Slow
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India has never been able to record its workforce in the unorganised sector, and therefore there has been no question of providing them social security. They greatly suffered during COVID-19 lockdown and containment measures despite Modi government’s big assurances that never reached the ground, attracting...
Kashmir Tourism Season Turns Into Terror Season
By Sushil Kutty Scrapping Article 370 gave the Modi Government much to crow about. But it did not stop the terror attacks. Or the terror killings. Today, the Kashmiri Hindu is back in his hellhole of the late 1980s. There’s a new strain of terrorists stalking him and killing...
BJP Bid To Salvage Image Erosion From Covid Mismanagement
By J S Majumdar The corporate media could not but take note of the beating that the image of PM Modi and BJP got due to failure in management/mismanagement of Covid-19 pandemic; bringing in stark focus the absence of public healthcare infrastructure both in urban and rural India; lack...
Priyanka Steals The Show In Lakhimpur Kheri
By Rahil Nora Chopra The violence that erupted in the Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 when a jeep allegedly ran over protesting farmers has sprouted a new political life to the Congress and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has undoubtedly gained appreciation for herself. When Priyanka was stopped...
BJP, Congress Wrangle Over OBC Candidates For By-Elections
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Both BJP and Congress will contest four by-polls in the face of mini internal revolt. The by-elections are being held in one Parliamentary and three Assembly constituencies. The threat of revolt is greater in BJP largely because the BJP sponsored defectors in two Vidhan Sabha...
Finance Capital And World Economy: The Real Faultlines
By Prabhat Patnaik The period of neo-liberalism witnesses an increase in the share of economic surplus in total output both in individual countries and also for the world as a whole. This is because the “opening” up of the economy to freer trade in goods and services leads to...
Attack on Protesting Farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri is an Act of Desperation
By Prakash Karat The gruesome attack on protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh on October 3 marks a new level of violence against the farmers’ movement which has been going on for the past ten months. The farmers were protesting the visit of the deputy chief minister...
India’s Global Prestige Falling Under Modi Rule
By Gyan Pathak Contrary to the claim of Modi fan club, India’s global prestige has been falling sharply. Even the rank of Indian Passport fell from 74 in 2013 to 90 in 2021 out of 199 countries, according to Henley Passport Index. The slippage of its rank was 16...
Law Should Be Allowed To Take Its Own Course In Sharukh Khan Son’s Case
By Sushil Kutty Sons are the flavour of the season, for all the wrong reasons. Whether it’s a Union minister’s son or that of a Bollywood superstar. So it is that fans of Shahrukh Khan took to primetime talk shows in defence of Aryan Khan. Delhi journalist Renu Mittal...
Mahatma Gandhi Was Steadfastly True To The Goal Of Social Equality
By Krishna Jha Mahatma Gandhi was one who kept experimenting with truth which meant he never believed in absolutism. For him it was constant change, even the truth for which he laid his life. When the bullet pierced him his last words were “Hey Ram”!It was not a lament...
Priyanka Gandhi Has Given A Big Morale Boost To Congress In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi scored over other opposition leaders byhandling intelligently Lakhimpur Keri leading to killing of farmers. The courage of Priyanka Gandhi who reached Lucknow same night and was arrested at Sitapur on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet families of victims,...
Any Official Investigation Into Lakhimpur Killings Will Not Be Free And Fair
By Sushil Kutty The ‘Yogi Police’ stopped Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from going to Lakhimpur-Kheri and then allowed him to exit the Lucknow airport to go to Lakhimpur-Kheri. Priyanka Vadra Gandhi was also ‘released’ after being “illegally” detained. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was also told he was free...
Education For Most Marginalized And Vulnerables Compromised
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 of India states that ‘Teachers truly shape the future of our children – and therefore, the future of our nation’. However, the future of our children and the nation is endangered. We lack teachers in large number, many are...
Both Foreign And Indian Companies Are Still Facing Various Difficulties
By Subrata Majumder World Bank has decided to stop Ease of Doing Business (EODB) survey after the scandal revealed to boost China by changing the methodology. It nullified the efficacy of World Bank Ease of Doing Business survey, one of the important surveys for investment destination. Former Union Minister...
Facebook Perilously Close To Founder’s Original Sin Of ‘Name And Shame’
By K Raveendran It is quite ominous that the Facebook outage, which denied over a billion users of their favourite social media platform, coincided with a hearing attended by insider whistle blower Frances Haugen before the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transport Subcommittee. What transpired at the hearing remains...
