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.There Is No Sign Of The Promised Light Ahead
By Krishna Jha The options are not many. The dark bottomless abyss stares at us. There could be either Covid 19 or starvation. Perhaps it could be both. Resembles the torture chamber of World War II when six crore, inclusive of children and seniors, perished under the wheels of...
Hindu Fascism Forced To Retreat In West Bengal
By Sankar Ray Proving exit poll-wallahs and corporate-backed psephologists, most of whom predicted that the saffron animal was breathing down the neck of Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, shamefully wrong, the intrepid 65-year old rose like a one-woman army to have slapped the message...
Big Brother China Bullying Small Neighbours
By Barun Das Gupta China is more and more adopting a big-brotherly attitude toward its small neighbours, giving rise to both fear and resentment in them. On May 10, the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, Li Jiming, told a virtual meeting of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) that “Obviously...
Kerala’s Initiative To Curb Fleecing Of Covid Patients
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fleecing of patients is a dastardly deed even in normal times. But then, we are not living in normal times. The entire world is at war with a rampaging virus which is snuffing out precious lives through its macabre death dance. The war can only...
India Pays Dearly For Modi’s Image Building
By B Arjun India is in the midst of the world’s worst outbreak of Covid-19 cases. It is a dystopian nightmare. The new cases and death toll are continuously rising. The medical response is hampered by shortages of oxygen, drugs, and hospital beds. According to experts, “The significant inefficiency,...
Bihar Storm Over Pappu Yadav’s Arrest
By Rahil Nora Chopra The arrest of Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) founder and former MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav in a 32-year-old case has sparked a huge political storm in Bihar and exposed cracks in the Nitish Kumar led NDA in Bihar. Leaders of two NDA constituents in...
The Government That Refuses To Learn
By Prakash Karat Weeks have gone by since the disastrous second Covid-19 wave unfolded, but the Modi government refuses to realise the folly of its ways and rectify its policies. The Supreme Court hearing the Covid pandemic issue had raised valid questions and expressed reservations about the vaccine policy...
Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Many Challenges To Face
By Sagarneel Sinha After days of speculation, finally, the BJP, which created a new record this time in Assam by returning to power for the second time consecutively, appointed Himanta Biswa Sarma as the new chief minister. Many saw this decision coming with the saffron party avoiding to declare...
Auto Sector Fears Another Dip As Sales Of Vehicles, Fuel Drop
By K Raveendran As Covid continues to ravage the country and more and more areas coming under lock-down like restrictions, the automobile sector is worried about that the green shoots that had begun appearing may not survive for long. According to reports quoting a top BPCL official, fuel sales...
UP Panchayat Poll Results Boost Opposition Morale
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The opposition is in an upbeat mood after panchayat results dealt BJP a humiliating defeat in its key districts. There is feeling among the opposition parties that that panchayat results have proved that rural voters were against BJP, which shows that the party could be...
Covid-19 Pandemic Calls For Early Relaxations On IPRs
By Rohan Wadhwa The second wave, or rather a tsunami of Covid-19 as the Delhi High Court has observed, has knocked down India’s medical system. There are appalling reports of casualties due to a lack of medical facilities from all over the country. The paucity of drugs that Covid-infected...
Starmer Must Turn Left In The Interest Of Survival
By Arun Srivastava Facing criticism after losing the Hartlepool by-election and control of eight councils, Britain’s local authorities, Labour leader Starmer is facing a challenge to his leadership not only by the Corbynites but even by some unattached Labour leaders. Though the Labour retained mayoralties of London, Liverpool and...
Suo Moto: A Glimmer Of Hope Amidst Total Government Apathy
By K Raveendran Increasing instances of courts resorting to suo moto route to take up issues of public concern have perhaps attracted the tag of vigilantism by judiciary. From a purely legal perspective, there may be several pitfalls of this instrument, which can be considered to be a post-1990...
Mamata Must Mobilise Her Theoretical And Political Idealism
By Arun Srivastava While home minister Amit Shah befittingly supported by his buddy, governor Jagdeep Dhankar, has been busy preparing the blue print for dismissing the Mamata government on the plea of its failure to control the election violence and placing the state under President’s rule, the five member...
The Risks In Underestimating Narendra & Amit
By Sushil Kutty A Noida resident labels doctors ‘Jallad’. Loosely translated, ‘Jallad’ is an executioner, the hangman at the local penitentiary. But what’s this lady’s grouse with doctors? The family belongs to Bihar. The pandemic caught them stranded in Bhagalpur. The lady’s mother and husband were found Covid-19 positive....
Covid-19: Lessons In Constitution And Governance
By Akhil V. Menon and Rassal Janardhanan A. We are currently facing a challenge, unprecedented in the history of the country. The pandemic has taken away countless precious lives and has left our nation gasping for breath. Once the pandemic recedes, it will leave a country that may be...
A Sound Data Protection Authority Is Need Of The Hour
By Ashit Kumar Srivastava It was in 2017 when the Supreme Court in K.S. Puttaswamy-I recognised the Right to Privacy as a part of fundamental rights. Further, it also realised that digital privacy is as important as spatial privacy (Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul deserve honourable mention)....
Soli Sorabjee’s Role In Precedent-Setting Cases
By Harihar Swarup Soli Sorabjee, besides being a reputed attorney, was a noted social person. As President of India International Centre and, earlier as a member, he will always be remembered. When he was not able to stand up and walk, he would move on a wheel chair, visiting ...
