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.Stalin Still Has A Long Way To Go
By Kalyani Shankar Where can you find Stalin, Nehru, and Gandhi in the same cabinet except in Tamil Nadu? Immediately after Independence, many chose to name their children in memory of freedom fighters. The late DMK chief and former Tamil Nadu chief minister Karunanidhi also named his third son...
People Caught Between The Devil And The Deep Sea
By Gyan Pathak People of India are being driven on a path between the devil and the deep sea. On one of the passageways there is the Union Government and on the other the profiteers. The Centre is taxing the people more and more while the profiteers are making...
Nepal Prime Minister Voted Out But Clings To Power
By Barun Das Gupta The inevitable has happened. Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli lost the trust vote in Parliament on Monday, by 93 votes for and 124 against. But he has not resigned which political propriety demanded that he do. Immediately after the voting, President Bidya Devi...
Floating Bodies Point To Lack Of Government Accountability
By Arun Srivastava Around 100 bloated decomposed bodies were seen floating in Ganga river in Chausa, a village located about 11 km from Buxar city, on Bihar’s border with Uttar Pradesh. The officials of Bihar suspect that these bodies might have been in the water for at least five...
Bill Gates, White Man’s Burden And Modi Vaccine Fiasco
By Prabir Purkayastha The incompetence of the Modi government is starkly visible in its handling of the current crisis. It fares even worse on the vaccine front. Its belief in the ideology of free-market capitalism is that the market will magically produce whatever we need. This is why it...
Covid Surge Takes Big Toll On Economy Of States
By Nantoo Banerjee Lockdown may be a temporary solution to contain the spread of coronavirus, but it’s time for the government and society to consider other measures to prevent the virus expansion. For the poor and daily wage earners, lockdown means no income and no food. Even a good...
Second Wave Of Covid-19 Driving Up Unemployment
The second wave of COVID-19 beginning from February 2021 has been not only severely impacting the economic recovery in India, but has also threatened a contraction in its GDP and consequently a sharp spike in unemployment. S&P’s moderate and sever downside scenario has estimated a hit of 1.2 –...
Bengali Intelligentsia Has To Counter BJP’s Islamophobia
By Amulya Ganguli The belief that the RSS-BJP has scored an ideological victory over the secular forces by forcing their leaders to visit temples at election time or give voice to the Chandi incantation is only partially true. Hindus have always been expressive about their faith as the four-day...
What Next: Should Development Precede Bengali Pride?
By Subrata Majumder The uproarious West Bengal poll is over. Nudging out the highly speculative hung government, West Bengal witnessed the return of TMC (Trinamool Congress) led by Mamata Banerjee, with a massive victory for a third term. This sends a new message to Modi’s political satraps, who were...
States Battle Covid Without Much Help From Modi Govt
By Subodh Varma Last year, the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared to be directing the fight against COVID-19 directly, imposing a two-month long lockdown starting March 25, 2020, announcing various schemes and policies to buoy the economy, funding private companies for vaccine development and other...
Behind The Scene: A Vote For Both Change And Continuity
By Harihar Swarup The outcome of the assembly elections is a setback to both national parties and will result in more assertive states. It is also now time for all the new governments to focus on Covid-19. Swear in the new chief ministers immediately, don’t fight over cabinet berths,...
Modi Has A Knack For All Wrong Decisions At The Wrong Time
By K Raveendran “This government has lost its mind. They talk of being a superpower, but what kind of superpower that can’t even find oxygen for its people?” This quote from a Meerut man who lost his niece to Covid, has been carried by The Economist to show the...
Wheat Procurement Up Amidst Fear Of Covid-19
By Gyan Pathak The ferocious rise in COVID-19 infection and its continuing spread from the urban to rural India has put the government and the people under fear of difficult days ahead. People are worried about fall in their income and rise in inflation, while the government has become...
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....
