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.Prof. D N Jha Was A Great Fighter Against Distortions In History
By Harihar Swarup Former professor and chair at the Department of History at Delhi University specialising in ancient and medieval history, D N Jha consistently called out what he saw as distortions of Indian history. A historian whose work on India’s ancient past often found its way into...
Indian Democracy Is Only As Strong As Country’s Own Institutions
By B K Chaturvedi This week, at a G-7 conference, India reaffirmed its commitment to democracy in a joint statement. The statement, which India has signed, says, “We are at a critical juncture, facing threats to freedom and democracy from rising authoritarianism, electoral interference, corruption, economic coercion, manipulation...
The Importance Of Being Akhilesh Yadav In Emerging Indian Polity
By Nitya Chakraborty In March/April 2021, India witnessed a sort of Kurukshetra battle in the soil of West Bengal which is far away from Aryavartha, the Hindi heartland and the epi-centre of both the Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata..Prime Minister Narendra Modi lost that battle to the Trinamool Congress...
Both BJP And The Congress Are Now The Victims Of Dissidence And Indiscipline
By Kalyani Shankar Both the Congress party and the BJP – the two main national parties- are facing internal problems in the states where they rule. The basic difference between the two parties is the Congress is on the decline while the BJP is growing to replace Congress in...
Revolt In LJP Signals Churning In Bihar Politics
By Gyan Pathak Revolt in Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has signaled a churning in Bihar politics the final outcome of which may not only impact the political fortunes of the party but also of the BJP and JD(U) individually and NDA as a whole, which may also present an...
Akhilesh Yadav Giving Final Shape To Mission 2022 To Capture Power
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Enthused by the recent success in panchayat polls which showed the mood of rural voters, Akhilesh Yadav is preparing for Mission 2022 to take on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP to capture power. Akhilesh Yadav is in aggressive mood to enter alliances...
Foolproof Vaccination Strategy Needed To Deal With ‘Forever Virus’
By Sushil Kutty Dr Larry Brilliant, an epidemiologist who helped the WHO eradicate smallpox in the last century says “it’s too late to hope for herd immunity” against Covid-19 and, therefore, the novel coronavirus can be called the “forever virus”, something that wouldn’t sit well with most of us....
Kerala Workers Lose Rs. 13,650 Crore In Wages During Lockdown
By Rejimon Kuttappan Rajesh Ravi, a 42-year-old auto-rickshaw driver in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, could earn only Rs. 400 in the last 30 days. “Pre-lockdown, my monthly earning was around Rs. 10,000, with which I could manage my five-member family budget. Now, we are in real trouble....
After Mid-Term Win, Mexico President Takes Up Programme For Transformation
By Andrés Jiménez Montoya With the announcement of results from the June 6 Mexican midterm elections, the centre-left MORENA Party has held onto its federal congressional majorities in the Chamber of Deputies and won state and local elections across the country in 31 states and Mexico City. MORENA (Movimiento...
Curb On Investment And Import From China Fails To Work
By Nantoo Banerjee At first, it was the virus. Then came the vaccine. China has converted the pandemic into a great opportunity for economic expansion and international cooperation in pursuit of its strategy to become a strong imperial economic power in Asia and other parts of the world. Paradoxically,...
Big Brother Will Be Watching Officials Even After Retirement
By Amulya Ganguli Yet another example of the Narendra Modi government’s paranoia is the latest amendment of the Central Services (Pensions) Rules which bar all retired officials in intelligence and security services from penning their memoirs. The gag order is unusual in a democracy and can be said to...
Centre Must Give Special Assistance To Jharkhand
By Gyan Pathak Despite improvement in human and economic development, Jharkhand is yet to overcome its legacy of numerous problems even after 20 years of its becoming a state. It is a matter of serious concern that the state is the worst in hunger and the second worst in...
Uddhav Thackeray Will Remain Chief Minister For Full Five Years
By Sushil Kutty Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister for 5 years, says Shiv Sena gadfly and Thackeray confidante Sanjay Raut, speaking for Uddhav Thackeray, and possibly for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who, iterates Raut, has a “political message” for the state BJP Opposition but also to the constituents of the...
Narendra Modi and RSS Face A Difficult Choice Between USA And China
By Arun Srivastava Currently a question is making rounds in the global political system; which block India would join? Whether it would be Chinese world order or align with the new order which the US president Joe Biden is trying to evolve. Paradoxically while China is seen moving closer...
Only Solid Left Unity Can Stop France’s Rightward Drift In 2022 Poll
By Cole Stangler The first thing to understand about 2022 Presidential elections in France is that it probably won’t go as expected. The last two contests have made a mockery of pundits: around this time in 2016, center-right former PM Alain Juppé of Les Républicains (LR) was the odds-on...
Dynasty Fever Grips Trinamool Congress In West Bengal After Assembly Poll
By Harihar Swarup With the appointment of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, as Trinamool Congress’s all-India general secretary, yet another regional party in India has formally taken the dynastic route to political leadership. Mr Banerjee, a Member of Parliament, has been the de facto number...
Turmoil Shows Why Modi Was Pushing One-Nation, One-Poll Idea
By K Raveendran Multi-dimensional pressure points that have forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi to change his ways half way through his second tenure shows exactly why he has been promoting the one-nation, one-election idea. Simultaneous elections to parliament and state assemblies would have given him peace of mind in...
Jitin Prasada’s Defection To BJP Will Be No Gain To Saffrons In Uttar Pradesh
By Arun Srivastava We usually come to listen to one simple refrain that Congress is gradually getting deviated from its ideology and it needs a major reform keeping conformity to the changing times. The leaders deserting the party often come out with the allegation that they have not been...
