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.BJP Is Playing Kamandal As Well As Mandal To Retain Power In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP is playing aggressive kamandal and mandal cards to retain power in Uttar Pradesh in the forthcoming assembly polls. While persuing the kamandal card, BJP leadership is concentrating on construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya. PM Narendra Modi himself reviewed the development work being carried...
Afghanistan Is A Story Of Many Temporary Defeats And Partial Wins
By Anjan Roy War of succession: In seventeenth century India and twenty-first century Afghanistan show up the same factors for decisive wins —nothing deterministic about history, Personalities matter, not just historical trends Now that the dust is settling down in Afghanistan, the jigsaw puzzle that the collapse of the...
The Case Is There For ‘Diplomatic’ Intervention In Afghanistan
By Pratik Patnaik I was introduced to the beautiful land of Afghanistan through Tagore’s short story, ‘Kabuliwala’. It is the story of Rahmat, a middle-aged dry fruit vendor from Afghanistan, who visits Calcutta to hawk his wares. Rahmat develops a filial relationship with a young Bengali girl, Mini, who...
The Best Way To Support Cuban Economy Is To End The US Blockade
By Aviva Chomsky COVID-19 has brought economic and social crises to much of the world, and nowhere more than the Third World, where poor infrastructure, poverty, resource export dependence, inequality, and lack of accountability are endemic. Protests against scarcity, structural violence, police brutality, and corruption erupted everywhere from the...
Sonia Gandhi’s Opposition Unity Meeting Is A Good Beginning For A Joint Front Against BJP
By Nitya Chakraborty The meeting of 19 opposition parties hosted by the Congress President Sonia Gandhi on August 20 is a good beginning for building a joint front of the opposition to take on the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The discussions...
Modi’s Rural Obsession Camouflages Largesse To The Rich
By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi often shrugs off the criticism that the rich have become richer and the poor poorer under his government as political grandstanding by opponents. But every new piece of information that is emerging on various aspects of the economy, particularly relating to money...
India Have A Big Humanitarian Responsibility Towards Afghan Refugees
By Harihar Swarup With the Taliban entering the outlying areas in Kabul on Sunday and issuing a formal declaration that they do not intend to conduct a witch-hunt against those with the Islamic Republic Government while it waited for the completion of a ‘transition process’, and amid parallel reports...
Predicted Third Wave Of Covid-19 Delayed But Not Averted
By Dr. Gyan Pathak We have been relieved a little. The predicted third wave of COVID-19 did not strike in mid-August and is not likely to strike this month. It is delayed, but not averted altogether. The risk is still there with further opening up of several activities and...
CBI Hurry To Probe The Post Poll Violence In Bengal Is Ominous
By Arun Srivastava The alacrity shown by the CBI in responding to the Calcutta High Court’s order to probe the post poll cases of murder, attempt to murder and rape which took place in Bengal is quite enlightening. This has been something unusual for the CBI as the agency...
Taliban Victory Encourages Terrorists In Pakistan And China’s Xinjiang
By Steve Sweeney Communist Party of Pakistan general secretary Imdad Qazi warned Wednesday of the serious consequences of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, which he said would boost jihadist groups across the region. “This victory of the Taliban will give courage to their followers in Pakistan,” he...
Labour Reform Along With Privatisation Of Public Sector Is A Deadly Cocktail
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Government has been trying hard to push labour reforms and privatisation of the central public sector undertakings for a long time. Ever since Narendra Modi became prime minister of the country in May 2014, these are being pursued with greater vigour claiming them to...
Calcutta High Court Order On Post-Poll Violence In Bengal Is Ominous For Mamata
By Arun Srivastava The latest order of the Calcutta High Court recommending probe by CBI and SIT into post poll violence in West Bengal is a big setback to the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Government .The High Court refusing to subscribe to the reiteration of Trinamool Congress...
Sushmita Dev’s Exit Reflects Congress’s Disorder In Assam
By Sagarneel Sinha Initially, it was thought that the ruling BJP led National Democratic Alliance would easily win the state assembly polls in Assam held this year. Many considered that Congress wasn’t that strong enough to challenge the BJP led NDA. However, the grand old party decided to ally...
Mexico Under President Obrador Is Doing Away With ‘Neo-Liberalism’
By Prabhat Patnaik President Lopez Obrador of Mexico in his inaugural speech itself had called neoliberalism a “disaster” and a “calamity”. The Leftist political party, MORENA, to which he belongs, had stated in its programme: “The global economic crisis has revealed the failure of the neoliberal model. The economic...
Secondary Market For Corporate Loans Is Not Helping Economy
By N. Shankar With the blessings of RBI and as per its guidelines, Secondary Market for trading of Corporate Loans and debt trading is being created. As per report available, 10 top Banks that include 4 PSBs, 4 Private Sector Banks and 2 Foreign Banks have come together and...
Adviser’s Sharp Post On Kashmir Lands Navjot Singh Sidhu In Soup
By Rahil Nora Chopra Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has appointed his close associate and Jalandhar Cantt. MLA Pargat Singh as PPCC general secretary, organisation. The move comes after Sidhu appointed Lok Sabha member Dr. Amar Singh, retired IPS officer Mohammad Mustafa, Dr Pyare Lal Garg and Malwinder...
Afghanistan Crisis Underscores The Need For A Refugee Law By India
By Jay Manoj Sanklecha With the capture of Kabul by the Taliban, Afghanistan has descended into chaos. Horrific visuals of ordinary Afghanis storming the capital’s airport and clinging on to airlines and military transport, in a desperate attempt to flee the repressive regime, have been streamed the world over. ...
Remembering Anahita Ratebzad, Mother Of Afghan Women’s Liberation
By Tim Wheeler All the newspapers and television news programs right now are filled with stories about the dark future hanging over Afghan women and girls as the Taliban retakes control of their country. The Guardian late last week featured an article by an unnamed Afghan woman who said...
