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 Government In Tripura Is Facing Serious Discontent From People
By Barun Das Gupta Having inflicted a humiliating defeat on the BJP and coming back to power for the third consecutive time in West Bengal, a resurgent Trinamool Congress has set its sights on Tripura, a BJP-ruled State, where State Assembly elections are due in February, 2023, or...
Remembering My Friend And Brilliant Journalist, Chandan Mitra
By Nitya Chakraborty Dr. Chandan Mitra who was a dominant figure in national journalism in India’s national capital for the last three decades, died on Wednesday night. He was only 66. I had the good fortune of working with him as colleagues in the Hindustan Times’s Delhi edition. Even after...
Assembly Election Politics Hots Up In Uttar Pradesh
By Gyan Pathak Farmers have slowly been emerging as irresistible force. Gathering of over a lakh of farmers at Muzaffarnagar Mahapanchayat held on September 5 has not only given a clear indication of their gaining strength during the last nine months of their agitation against Modi’s three farm laws,...
Securing The Judicial System From Political Retributions
By Prof G Mohan Gopal It all started with a police demand for police custody being placed in the ordinary course before Justice Akil A. Kureshi’s court in the Gujarat High Court in 2010. Justice Kureshi brought to bear on this matter the same high integrity, independence and...
Nearly 1 Million People Killed In 20 Years Of US ‘War On Terror
BY Steve Sweeney The U.S. war on terror has killed almost one million people across the world and cost the country some $8 trillion over the past 20 years, according to a new report. The Costs of War Project by Brown University estimated that between 897,000 and 929,000...
India Have A Proud Tradition Of Evacuating Crisis-Hit Citizens For Long
By Harihar Swarup As a grim situation unfolds in Afghanistan, particularly in Kabul, post the withdrawal of foreign troops, the world stares at a humanitarian crisis. Countries with their citizens stranded in Afghanistan are burning the midnight oil to ensure their safe evacuation. Since August 16, over 800 Indians...
Modi Government Forgets It Has Mandate Only For Five Years, Not Fifty
By K Raveendran It is high time an economic component is added to the Constitution to prevent incumbent governments from arbitrarily introducing economic policy changes that have serious implications beyond its tenure and can endanger the future of the nation and the generations to come. It will help introduce...
Delhi Police’s Incompetence In Investigating Delhi Riots Has Crossed All Limits
By Sushil Kutty If there is shame, the Delhi Police is shameless. And courts shame the Delhi Police most every other week – “a Delhi court” one day, the Delhi High Court the next day. A couple of days ago, a Delhi court roundly castigated the Delhi Police for...
Non-Participation In Freedom Struggle Haunts RSS-BJP Combine
By D Raja Misrepresentation of facts, distortion of history, appropriation of some historical figures and events while negating or falsifying others are standard techniques in the ‘toolkit’ of the Sangh Parivar. This urge to rewrite the history of the Indian nation and the Republic stems from a deep seated...
Simultaneous Job Loss And Rising Labour Participation Is Mysterious
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The labour market situation in India is going beyond comprehension of the common people. Everybody was hoping for good days amidst the revival of economic activities after the lockdowns and containments measures were eased up further in August 2021, but about 15 lakh workers lost...
The United States Has Spent $21 Trillion On Militarization Since 9/11
By Luke Savage Earlier this week, at a press conference marking the end of the war in Afghanistan, Joe Biden delivered what is arguably the most encouraging remark of his presidency to date: “This decision about Afghanistan,” said Biden, “is not just about Afghanistan. It’s about ending an era...
People Reeling Under BJP Rule, But Opposition In Disarray
By Dr. Gyan Pathak One can’t fail to see people reeling under anguish, and even the BJP politicians are cutting a sorry figure when confronted by the miserable conditions of the people due to fear of political backlash, but the opposition parties are in utter disarray. They seem to...
Syllabus Revision In Delhi University Is An Assault On Academic Autonomy
By Rudrashish Chakraborty University of Delhi has been ravaged by a recent controversy pertaining to the revised syllabi of a few departments — namely, English, History, Political Science and Sociology. On August 24, 2021, the Academic Council, the highest statutory body on academic matters, approved syllabi of the aforesaid...
Modi Govt Refusing To Hike Old Age Pensions From Rs. 200 Per Month
By Prabhat Patnaik Junior Minister for Rural Development in the central government, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, ruled out in parliament any increase in the amount of monthly pension given by the centre to the elderly under the National Social Assistance Programme (The Telegraph, August 22). The amount currently being given...
Modi Reforms Debilitated By Antiquated Bureaucracy, Red Tape
By Subrata Majumder In a recent appraisal meeting with NHAI, flagging the issue of delay in projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Cabinet Secretary to prepare a dossier of babus who were responsible for the delay in projects. This unfolded Prime Minister’s frustration with bureaucracy and a warning to...
Sonia Snubs Sidhu’s Open Rebellion, Says Take Grudge To Rawat
By Rahil Nora Chopra In Punjab Congress, the infighting is at the peak. Congress Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat amid the rift in the party’s state unit, had used the term ‘Panj Pyare’ for the state Congress president and four working presidents after a meeting at Punjab Congress Bhawan. Now...
Welcome Changes To SEBI Regulations, 2012 But Bottlenecks Remain
By Pratik Patnaik The American blues musician, Arley “Buster” Benton’s famed number Money Is the Name of the Game has been the venerated adage of business pundits from the time of the Greco-Roman slave economy, through the tyrannical age of the ‘Industrial Revolution’ to the current age of neoliberal...
A Patriotic Forum Comprising Socialists Formed In Haiti To Fight Next Elections
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Plotters in Florida employing Colombian mercenary soldiers arranged to kill Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on July 7; rivalry among Haitian oligarchs may have played a role. A deadly earthquake followed and then flooding from a tropical storm. Amid the chaos, relief services are lacking...
