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.The Scandal Of Covid-Vaccine Pricing
By Prabhat Patnaik When the country is grappling with the worst health crisis it has faced in a century, the Covid vaccine producers have decided to seize the opportunity to go on a profiteering spree, taking advantage of the Modi government’s incompetence or complicity (call it what you will)....
Modi Is The Super-Spreader Of Corona In India
By Arun Srivastava Dr Navjot Dahiya, vice-president of the Indian Medical Association, has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “super-spreader” of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to him, the blame for this devastating second wave lies squarely at the feet of Modi’s government. “While the medical fraternity is trying hard...
Covid-19 On A Killing Spree And Getting Out Of Hand
By Sushil Kutty So, here’s what one gentleman wrote on Facebook: “Don’t end up importing electric crematoriums. We have a window for 3 weeks to plan. Daily deaths are going to peak to 10K. Active cases are 30 lakh and we are going to add a minimum 30 lakh...
Vaccine Diplomacy: Battle Of Soft Power Between India And China
By Subrata Majumder With COVID 19 spreading globally and the pandemic is seen far from ebbing, vaccine diplomacy has become a new dimension in India-China spat to win diplomatic and economic influences in South Asia. So far, China was using trade and investment mantle, including loaning through Belt and...
Is Modi The Only Target Of Bangladeshi Islamists ?
By Ashis Biswas Political observers have been impressed by the spirited response of the Bangladesh Government towards the militant Hefazat-e-Islami (HI) demonstrators who created much havoc and mayhem during Indian PM Narendra Modi’s ceremonial state visit last March, embarrassing Dhaka no end. The obviously orchestrated demonstrations stretching from Comilla...
Amarinder, Sidhu Up The Ante
By Rahil Nora Chopra The rift between Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh and MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu widened further, with Amarinder Singh challenging his former minister to contest against him from Patiala and lose his security deposit like Gen JJ Singh. The Chief Minister while referring to Sidhu...
The Scandal That Is The Modi Government
By Prakash Karat The Covid-19 tragedy that is unfolding in India is of truly epic proportions. There is the scandal of people dying because of lack of oxygen in hospitals; there is the scandal of lack of hospital beds and medicines; there is the scandal of deaths due to...
May Day To See Protest Against Pro-Corporate Vaccine Policy
By Gyan Pathak The ferocious rise in the second wave of Covid-19 infections and deaths in India has made the working class suffer the most, and hence the May Day 2021 is going to be different. Trade Unions of the country, while demonstrating solidarity of the working class, will...
Tsunami Of Covid Devours India
By Krishna Jha The crisis is immense, with multiplicity in character, but agenda has been set with only one point, and that is promoting the process of financialisation, and the only way it goes is through destruction. There is no other way to explain the context. Covid 19 is...
How Lockdown Led To Spiking Of Gender Gap
By Nupur Dogra Recently, India fell by 28 positions to 140 out of 156 countries in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap report. The report identifies the decrease in women’s participation in the labour force, from 24.8 percent to 22. 3 percent, as one of the major...
Lessons From Pandemic: Build Hospitals, Not Bombs
By Dr. Arun Mitra Even though the world is into the deep crisis of Covid pandemic, the situation in low and medium economic group of countries with limited resources is precarious. For the first time there is a realization that we need huge resources and meticulous planning for universal...
Election Commission Caught In Its Own Trap
By Arun Srivastava The officials of the Election Commission supervising and monitoring the assembly elections to five states probably are from some other planet else how could they impose their irrational and whimsical orders mandatory for entering into counting centres on May 2? The EC officials have asked the...
Second Wave Exposes Tall Claims Of Atmanirbhar Bharat
By Ashok B Sharma The second wave of Coronavirus has brought in a tsunami-like disaster in India with mounting deaths, phenomenal rise in Covid positive cases coupled with acute shortages of vaccines, hospital beds, oxygen, oxygen transport facility and essential drugs needed for treatment like Remdesivir. Black marketing and...
Health Professionals Need Greater Protection
By Gyan Pathak The world has already lost 7,000 health workers since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and about 136 million health and social care workers are at great risk of contracting the infection while braving the disease to help others survive. However, the tremendous pressure of handling the...
When There Was No Oxygen On Modi’s Mind
By K Raveendran Each Mann ki Baat broadcast of Narendra Modi involves elaborate preparations. Often, work on two broadcasts goes on simultaneously. All those who are familiar with television and radio shows know this. But for the average Indian, Modi speaks his mind out every time he airs his...
UP Panchayat Poll Becomes Covid Super-Spreader
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: More than 125 teachers, shiksha mitr and instructors have died in the past 10 days while performing their duty in the panchayat poll, which is proving to be super-spreader. The spokesman of Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (RSM) has demanded postponement of the remaining phases of panchayat...
Maulana Who Fused Science And Rationality Into Islamic Study
By Harihar Swarup In a Manichean world darkened by narrow binaries, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan often stood as a source of light and hope. With his passing away, India and the world have lost a remarkable religious and Islamic theologian, who tried till the very last to bridge the difference...
We Have Only Ourselves To Blame For Killer Second Wave
By Kalyani Shankar World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has recently said that India’s situation is a devastating reminder of what the coronavirus can do. Indeed, he was right as the country is suffering from a severe and more dangerous second wave of the pandemic. The authorities...
