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.Female Dissenters: New Faces Of Global Courage And Resistance
By Priyanka Preet Succeeding generations will perhaps remember us as a generation of dissenters–forever resisting, sloganeering, thriving and rebelling. But they must also remember female dissenters kindly for they have revolutionised the idea of citizenship through consistent dissent. With the surge of extremist governments across the globe...
Congress Faces Tough Time Finding Late Ahmad Patel’s Replacement
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the demise of master strategist Ahmed Patel, the Congress does not have even a single leader who can mediate with the allied parties or regional satraps effectively. The Congress high command is searching for a leader who can seek feedback from workers at the...
Kerala Left Democratic Front Shows An Alternative
By Binoy Viswam The people of Kerala have once again proclaimed their political determination by giving a thumping victory for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the local self-government elections. It was so convincing that out of 14 district panchayats LDF could win 11. Out of 152 block...
LDF Victory In Kerala Local Polls Is Approval Of State Govt Performance
By Prakash Karat The Local Self-Governing Institutions (LSGI) elections in Kerala have resulted in a resounding victory for the Left Democratic Front. The LDF has won 11 out of the 14 district panchayats; 108 of the 152 block panchayats; and 514 of the 941 gramapanchayats. The LDF...
Supreme Court Move For Panel On Farm Issues Not A Breakthrough
By Arun Srivastava The Supreme Court has advised the Modi government to constitute a panel having representatives of the Centre as well as the farmers’ unions to end the dead lock between the two parties over the three new farm laws. . The observation of the court “your...
India’s Performance In Attracting FDI During Pandemic Is Commendable
By Subrata Majumder Global FDI plunged by 49 percent in the first half of 2020 due to Covid 19, according to UNTACD’s Global Investors Trend Monitor. The fall was more steep in developed nations than in developing countries, according to the report. It was 75 percent fall...
LDF Rides The Rollercoaster In Kerala Local Polls
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A spectacular success achieved in the teeth of extreme adversity. That aptly sums up the thumping victory the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has scored in the local body elections, billed as the semi-final. What is remarkable is that the victory has been achieved...
Andhra’s Gaming Law Is A Setback To Liberty And Human Agency
By Sri Harsha Kandukuri The Andhra Pradesh Assembly recently passed the AP Gaming (Amendment) Bill, 2020 replacing the ordinance promulgated in September 2020. This amendment to the AP Gaming Act, 1974 was carried out to make ‘online gaming, online gambling and online betting an offence’ in the...
UNICEF To Feed Britain’s Children For First Time In History
By Lamiat Sabin UNICEF – the UN’s Children’s Fund – will provide humanitarian aid to Britain’s hungry children for the first time in its 70-year history, according to an announcement made by the UN body. Labour MPs branded the situation a “disgrace” for one of the richest...
Fifty Years Of Liberation Of Bangladesh From Pakistan
By Nitya Chakraborty On December 16, fifty years ago, the India-Pakistan war over Bangladesh liberation ended with great Indian victory under the leadership of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. That year 1971 was the golden year of Indian diplomacy when beginning from March 1971 when Pakistan army cracked...
Modi Government Must Repeal Three Farm Laws Passed By It
By D. Raja The recently enacted three Farm Laws became controversial and farmers across the country are agitating in a single voice for their complete rollback. The new laws have the potential to redefine Indian agriculture totally in areas of production, procurement, marketing, pricing, stocking and land ownership....
Worsening Malnutrition In Children May Deteriorate Further
By Gyan Pathak Hunger and malnutrition is the index by which one knows the real level of development, the government may claim whatsoever. The result released for the first phase of the 5th round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) with reference year 2019-20 shows the decline,...
Govt Can Only Blame Itself For Farmers Stir Imbroglio
By K Raveendran Union ministers have claimed that the farmers agitation is being hijacked by ultras, Maoists and anti-national elements while prime minister Modi himself has blamed the opposition parties for misleading the innocent farmers to promote their own respective agendas. There may be an element of...
Gautam Navlakha’s Glasses And Blind Men’s Bluff
By Sushil Kutty He is nearing 70 and he is a patient of several ailments. Branded an ‘Urban Naxal,’ he’s incarcerated in Navi Mumbai’s notorious Taloja Jail. Most ‘Urban Naxals’ are 60-plus, guys (‘guy’ accounts for both genders) who are not a flight risk (therefore no need...
U.S. Agencies Making Use Of Artists For ‘Soft Coup’ In Latin America
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde Invasion gets bad press – those close-ups of foreign boots marching over a beach or a neighborhood like El Chorrillo in Panama in 1989, where they still don’t know the total number of those who were killed. After more than a century of relentless...
CPI(ML) Revisits The CPI Poll Strategy Of 1967 In Bengal
By Subhankar Gupta Spectres of legendary communist leaders of yesteryears, Bhowani Sen and Somnath Lahiri, haunted the crucial West Bengal state committee meeting of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation last weekend when it declared unequivocally that the views of its general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya that Bharatiya Janata...
Two Prime Ministers Worked Hard To Achieve Self Sufficiency In Foodgrains
By Kalyani Shankar The continuing protests by the farming community for the past 20 days might as well be one of the biggest challenges of the Modi government. Though the government is seized of the issues the confrontation still continues. Perhaps it is time to look back...
It Is Official Now: Joe Biden Is The Elected President In America
By Nitya Chakraborty It is finally official now sanctified by the endorsement given by the electoral college of the USA at its meeting on Monday, December 14. Democratic candidate Donald Trump has been elected as the President of America in his third attempt by getting 306 votes out...
