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.Supreme Court’s Helping Hand To Modi’s ‘Pakoda Economics’
By K Raveendran Observations made by the Supreme Court in a case relating to compensation to a deceased housewife should help Prime Minister Narendra Modi take his ‘pakoda economics’ to new, but highly productive frontiers. Modi’s pakoda economics seeks to redefine the meaning of employment so...
Saffrons Are Foolishly Using Tagore To Influence Bengal Voters In Poll
By Arun Srivastava While the entire saffron brigade from Delhi to Calcutta has suddenly become conscious of the existence of Rabindranath Tagore, image of the Bengali culture and ethos, the public face of Hindu culturism Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have been striving hard to exploit the legacy...
Corporatisation Of Agriculture Is Not All That Bad For Farmers
By Subrata Majumder India underwent two phases of agriculture reforms since independence. In 1960’s, it launched Green Revolution to increase productivity of agriculture produces. In the second phase, it introduced three farm bills in September 2020 to dismantle the restrictive agriculture marketing. The main aim is to protect...
Delhi Sultan Is Finally Realising His Dream Project At The Time Of Covid
By Sushil Kutty The Opposition is looking for words to condemn the Central Vista, which got the Supreme Court’s nod January 5, 2020. So far, they have found ‘travesty’ and ‘misplaced priority’ and a couple of others like “saddened” and “colossal waste of public money.” Somehow, the...
When “Rule Of Law” Becomes “Rule By Decree” In Parliament
By Vaidushya Parth In the Indian constitutional scheme of things, the work of Parliament is to make laws (legislation), check the work of the government (scrutinising the role of the executive), and to conduct debates on current issues of public importance. Generally, the decisions made in one House...
Assange Judgment Is A Stunning Victory Of Free Speech And Humanity
By Tim Dawson AS Judge Vanessa Baraitser started to deliver her ruling in the Old Bailey’s number two court on Monday nothing felt right. Proceedings started late. Julian Assange slumped in the dock, surrounded by bullet-proof glass, his clothes flapping slightly around his diminished frame. They Don’t Extradite...
Sasikala Is Sure To Be Active Again In Tamil Nadu Politics After Her Release
By Kalyani Shankar Sasikala, a close aide, and companion of the former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa will be released soon. Post-Jayalalithaa’s demise in 2016 there was massive political turmoil within the ruling AIADMK until she was sent to jail in February 2017 for four years....
Farmers Agitation Is Getting A Character Of Another Freedom Movement
By Arun Srivastava After 40 days of peaceful non-violent satyagrah, a situation reminiscent of the famous 1942 “Do or Die” movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi, is fast emerging on the political horizon with the farmers’ not willing to accept anything below scrapping of three black farm laws...
God Save America As Trump Is Set To Settle Scores With Biden
By Sushil Kutty January 5, 2021, is the Georgia senate runoffs and if the Republicans lose “we’ll change America” is what Democratic senate minority leader Chuck Schumer promised a couple of months ago, soon after Joe Biden was declared winner by television networks on November 4. Since then,...
LDF In Kerala Plunges Into Poll Mode Again
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Buoyed by the spectacular victory it achieved in the local body elections, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government has plunged itself heart and soul into the crucial assembly election battle due in May. The victory, pulled off in the face of heavy odds,...
Indian Manufacturing Sector Has Started Recovering But By Shedding Jobs
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Indian manufacturing sector has started recovering after dealing with the pangs of pandemic and consequent lockdown in the country. Excepting few sectors, the recovery is well spread but the disquieting fact is that the industries are entering this process of with less people on...
Dissent Over Cabinet Expansion Spreads In Madhya Pradesh BJP
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Inclusion of two Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalists in the Shiv Raj Singh Chouhan cabinet has given rise to rebel like situation in Madhya Pradesh BJP. Going public Ajay Vishnoi, senior BJP legislator questioned the neglect of Mahakausal and Vindhya Pradesh in giving representation in...
Atul Anjaan Asks PM To Convene All Party Meet To Discuss Economic Crisis
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: CPI national secretary and general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha Atul Anjaan has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to urgently call the meeting of all political parties to discuss to discuss grave economic situation in the country.. Talking to IPA Atul...
Despite Stringent Penalties, Crimes Against Women Not Declining
By Niharika Ravi It has been eight years since that woeful night of December 16, 2012, that shook the nation and the world when a para-medic was gang-raped in a moving Delhi bus. She later died of grievous injuries though she was given the best medical care....
Agitation By Farmers Put The Centre At Its Wits’ End
By Nantoo Banerjee Farmers from Punjab and Haryana have shown the community their resolve to protect their interest against lawmakers. If farmers from the rest of the country have not shown a similar courage and initiative to express their disapproval of the three central farm legislations passed...
India’s Vaccine Drive Will Be A ‘Work In Progress’
By Gyan Pathak Since both the Indian vaccines – Covaxin and Covishield – have now been officially approved for emergency use, the focus is on its distribution and prioritization, which are still being worked out as a ‘work in progress’ due to many inherent difficulties in India’s...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Finally Discovered A Poet In Him
By Sushil Kutty Jawaharlal Nehru’s tryst was with ‘Destiny’. With the ‘Midnight Hour’ and with ‘Redemption.’ There’s nothing to show in verses and stanzas if he had ever had a tryst with writing poetry. Maybe he must have quoted poetry to someone at some time, but there’s nothing...
Profits Of Companies Soared But Wages Of Workers Were Cut
By Satyaki Chakraborty In the current financial year, many companies suffered due to the lockdown following pandemic, but there are other companies which did normally and profits soared, but the figures show that despite high revenues, these companies cut wages of the workers taking advantage of the...
