Opinion
Appeal
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.Japanese Deflation — That Horrible Sinking Feeling
By Anjan Roy In the midst of a pandemic, the economic scenario is looking dismal. To break the chain of infection, we are isolating ourselves and that is bringing the level of activity to a minimum; demand is hibernating; investment is better not mentioned. Prices of manufactured goods are...
Total Lockdown Should Have Been Declared Earlier
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The nine-day total lockdown, which has come into force from this Saturday, has been welcomed by one and all. It has been put in place as the partial lockdown has failed to prevent a deterioration in the covid situation. But there is a perception that...
Questions Being Asked As To What Next For Labour Party
By Arun Srivastava Labour’s humiliating byelection defeat in Hartlepool marks the disastrous end to the first year of Keir Starmer’s leadership, which was supposed to begin a new era for Labour. Keir had replaced Jeremy Corbyn with the promise to salvage the situation and give a completely new dynamics...
Is There Hope In This Pandemic?
By Ibad Mushtaq This perhaps may not be the best of times to ponder upon the question of hope. Engulfed by death, disease and desolation, India, and along with it the entire world, is going through a time unparalleled and not witnessed by most of us alive. Scenes of...
Mamata To Forge United Front Of Opposition
By Rahil Nora Chopra After becoming the chief minister of West Bengal for the third term, Mamata Banerjee now has become the face of opposition leader for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 and she is expected to launch a United Front against the BJP at the national level....
BJP May Face Defeat If There Is Alternative
By Binoy Viswam While the propaganda machinery of the Sangh Parivar was singing glory for the Modi magic during Covid, the people of five Indian states have written a different story. They came out with their verdict. These states represent the south, east and northeast regions of the country....
For Free Universal Vaccination Against Covid-19
By Prabhat Patnaik Of all the decisions taken by the Modi government the most mindless has been the so-called “liberalisation” of vaccine distribution. Originally, the central government was the sole buyer from the two producing firms at a fixed price of Rs 150 per dose, and then, while itself...
Assam Victory Model Crucial For BJP Nationally
By Sagarneel Sinha Putting an end to the endless speculations of the skeptics, who weren’t sure about the saffron party’s victory, the BJP led NDA returned to power with a comfortable majority. This is the first time in the history of Assam that a non-Congress party returned to power...
BJP Preparing Ground For Dismissal Of Mamata Government
By Arun Srivastava While the Union home ministry is busy building a strong case for imposition of President’s rule in Bengal and proceed against Mamata government for its failure to check the eruption of large scale post-poll violence in the state, Mamata Banerjee announced no one, even a union...
Bangladesh Cheers Trinamool Congress Win
By Ashis Biswas While the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) major election victory in Bengal has been welcomed in Bangladesh, there is also an undercurrent of dismay. Judging by social media messaging, Bangladeshis fear that the Teesta River Water sharing project may not be implemented. And criticism on this score about...
Time For U.S. Foreign Policy To Abandon Cold War Strategies
By David Cavendish Passing the 100-day mark of President Joe Biden’s administration, one word we hear often is “bold.” From the passage of the American Rescue Plan (to fight the coronavirus), to important changes proposed in the American Jobs Plan (on infrastructure), and his American Families Plan (expand paid...
Kerala: A Significant Victory For The Left
By Prakash Karat The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala has been re-elected to office with a big mandate. This is a significant election in many respects. The first significant aspect of the election is that this is the first time after 1977 that an incumbent government has...
Poll Panel’s Outlandish Stand Against Media Fails To Impress
By K Raveendran The Madras High Court’s ‘warning’ to the Election Commission that it should be booked for murder for failing to prevent the spread of Covid infection, no doubt, came like a bolt from the blue. But the demand by the poll panel that media must be debarred...
Covid-19 Stretching Healthcare Systems To Breaking Point
By Gyan Pathak The deadly new surge in COVID-19 in South Asia, especially India, has strained the healthcare systems to a breaking point in the whole region. India has become the worst affected country, not only in the region but also in the world with 4.13 lakh new daily...
Home Ministry Escalates Blame Game With Mamata
By Arun Srivastava Goebbelian thesis has come alive in Bengal. The RSS and the BJP have succeeded in their design to push a divisive narrative that the state has been in the midst of a communal war like situation. Coinciding with the occasion of swearing in of Mamata Banerjee...
Narendra Modi In The Crosshairs For The First Time In Seven Years
By Sushil Kutty “Law and order are everywhere the law and order which protect the established hierarchy,” wrote the mid 19th French literary figure Honore de Balzac. Replace with “Covid-care is everywhere the Covid-care which protects the established hierarchy” and we’ve hit the nail on the head. Common folk,...
BJP Gets Rude Shock In U.P. Panchayat Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP got a rude shock when it lost in Ayodhya, Varanasi (Kashi) and Mathura in zila panchyat elections. What could be more shocking for the ruling party that it lost in these three Hindu bastions.BJP won so many elections riding on the Hindutva wave in...
How Modi Govt Policies Made Air Travel More Costly
By Nihar Gokhale In the year 2017, the Government of India changed the way airport tariffs are calculated in India. Airport tariffs are fees that passengers and airlines pay the airport for using its services, which include user development fees (that are a part of air tickets) and aircraft...
