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.CPI’s Bengali Daily Kalantar Reappeared On December 26, 2020
By Sankar Ray Kalantar Dainik, Bengali morninger of Communist Party of India in Kolkata, hit newsstands – albeit select ones – on 26 December , the 96th birthday of a first communist party on Indian soil. The CPI – carrying forward the unanimous decision of undivided CPI –...
Arif Mohammad Khan Is On Modi’s Radar As Vice President Candidate
By Rahil Nora Chopra Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan is one of the most vocal supporters of the Modi government and a vocal critic of “Islamic fundamentalism”. Khan has backed the abrogation of Article 370, He may be the choice for next Vice President of India. The “think...
Communist Party Of India Played Historic Role In Last 95 Years
By D Raja On December 26 in the year 1925, the Communist Party of India (CPI) — was formally founded on Indian soil at Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) braving the brutal attacks and repression unleashed by the British and other colonial rulers. Since then, the period of 95...
Trump Awards Modi For India’s Military Alliance With U.S.
By Prakash Karat There is something curious about the “Legion of Merit” award conferred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi by President Donald Trump. The Legion of Merit is primarily a military honour bestowed by an American president. The chief commander category has been in the past given...
Centre’s Four Labour Codes Are A Matter Of Serious Concern
By Binoy Viswam The four labour codes initiated by the government had been a matter of serious contention between various forces related to production process. Modi government was always in a hurry to get it passed by Parliament. For the BJP passing a law in Parliament is only...
Narendra Modi Government’s Food Economy Policy Is Flawed
By Prabhat Patnaik The Indian intelligentsia has an incredible propensity to swallow the self-serving arguments of metropolitan capitalism that are typically supposed to constitute ‘economic wisdom’; and nowhere is this more evident than in the case of India’s food economy. There are a plethora of centre-page articles in...
Narendra Modi Tried Image Make Over In His Address At AMU
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi’s visit and his epilogue at the Aligarh Muslim University would be remembered for its asymmetry. While it reminds of the famous maxim kahin pe nigahe, kahin pe nishana (targeting someone and shooting somebody else) it also attempts at his image makeover in...
Spymasters Tales Dominate Good Reads Of Year 2020
By Papri Sri Raman Year 2020 has been a bad year for the publishing industry. Retail buying has gone down to near zero. For six months, from March to September, online sales of books too could be counted on the fingertips. It is books that have been on...
Lawyers And Activists Join Farmers To Fast In Solidarity
By Niharika Ravi Lawyers from across the country have announced that they will observe fast along with the farmers to show solidarity. Farmers protesting near the Delhi borders announced that they would observe fast on Kisan Diwas (National Farmers’ Day) on December 23 to commemorate the achievements...
Election commission doing PR work for ‘One Nation One Poll’
By K Raveendran With Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitching more loudly in favour of his idea of ‘one nation one poll’, the Election Commission seems to have started a process of federating the idea further. The other day chief election commissioner said in an interview that the...
Poor Girls Must Be Provided Special Assistance During Pandemic
By Gyan Pathak There is no species known in this world whose women kind are so badly treated by its men kind as our own species called human beings. At times of crisis it is women and girls who lay down their lives for wellbeing of rest of...
Muslim Voters Behaviour Is The Determining Factor In Bengal Assembly Polls
By Sushil Kutty Nearly 30 per cent of West Bengal is Muslims. And Muslims are the deciding factor in all elections. The Congress benefited with Muslims votes. The Left profited with Muslim votes. Trinamool worsted the Left with Muslim votes. Now what? There’s no other ‘secular’ party left...
Socialist Nations Have Set Models In Covid Management In 2020
By Satyaki Chakraborty The year 2020 is approaching its end next week making it the biggest health disaster in the 21stcentury.In the last two decades of this century, there were epidemics like Sars, Hini and Ebola but the Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed all those in its global impact...
Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha May Split Secular Votes In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With Asaduddin Owaisi joining hands with Om Prakash Rajbhar and other smaller caste parties, the Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha could pose some damage to Samajwadi Party, Congress and BSP in 2022 assembly polls. The rainbow coalition of smaller castes groups with the initiative of...
Centrist Democrats Are Not Acting Enough To Bring Positive Change
By John Wojcik Quick to condemn progressive Democrats for not exercising enough care to build party unity, centrist and conservative House Democrats, when given their chance to preserve party unity, instead voted by secret ballot on Friday to bar New York’s progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from securing...
New Year 2021 Will Be A Challenging Period For Bjp In Polity, Economy
By Kalyani Shankar What does the crystal ball say about the year 2021? The famous French astrologer, physician, and prophet Nostradamus predicts that it will be the year of catastrophe, as the pandemic will continue though many optimists expect it to be better than 2020. When...
Grounds Being Prepared By BJP For Head On Collision With Mamata
By Arun Srivastava The challenge to Sunday’s hegemonistic assertion of Home Minister Amit Shah that the TMC chief would remain alone just ahead of the ensuing assembly election has come from an unexpected quarter. Usually the professionals do not join issues or enter into unsolicited tiff with...
Personality Clash In Ruling Communist Party Has Landed Nepal In Crisis
By Barun Das Gupta The continuing feud between two factions of the Nepal Communist Party (CPN), one led by Prime Minister K, P. Sharma Oli and the other led by party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, has landed Nepal in a first class political...
