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.Social Security Code: Another Historic Opportunity Missed
By Dr K R Shyam Sundar and Rahul Suresh Sapkal The eventual Social Security Code (SSC) gazetted on September 29, 2020, is a much-diluted version of its earlier somewhat comprehensive draft presented before the Parliament in 2018. The 2018 draft was comprehensive as it sought to cover, though...
Employment Market In India Showing Conflicting Trends In Covid Era
By Satyaki Chakraborty The employment market in India after nearly seven months of varied phases of lock down and the surge in covid pandemic, is showing conflicting signs. Labour market statistics improved somewhat in September 2020. The unemployment rate fell sharply from 8.4 per cent in August...
American Rightwingers Are Fusing Anti-Semitism With Anti-Communism In Poll Campaign
By Amiad Horowitz It’s hard for anyone reading any reactionary publication to avoid the name George Soros. Many right-wingers claim that Soros, a billionaire Jewish businessman, is funding radical leftists. They claim that Soros pays Black Lives Matter protesters, and some say he helps coordinate leftist activities...
Uttar Pradesh Has Dipped New Low In Terms Of Law And Order
By Harihar Swarup Uttar Pradesh is India’s badlands, both in terms of crime and police atrocities. But even by its abysmal standards, the state has plumbed new depths with the Hathras rape case and its aftermath. A Lakshman Rekha was crossed that night in Boolgarhi village when...
BJP Govt Re-Invents Indira’s Foreign Hands Bogey
By K Raveendran Foreign hands was a bogey used by Indira Gandhi to denounce anything that was not to her liking. She saw a foreign hand in everything, from changing weather to large populations of India remaining poor, poverty having been a most favourite theme that she...
BJP On The Mission To Teach Nitish A Lesson In Politics
By Arun Srivastava Ram Vilas Paswan’s death just days before Bihar votes will inevitably cast a shadow on the polls, but one thing is absolutely certain that it will not have major impact on the electorate scenario and the political equations. He has been a dalit icon...
Mayawati Losing Support From Core Dalits In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Why is BSP national President Mayawati afraid of Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Ravan.? Mayawati recently charged the political rivals of financing organisations to damage the cause of the bahujansamaj. BSP national President Mayawati is aware of the damage done to her vote...
Other Viruses At Play In The Country More Dangerous Than Coronavirus
By Sushil Kutty The circus continues to rock. From deep inside Mumbai, it’s like the Centre’s nowhere in the picture. But push aside the facade like you do a curtain and the door opens to a vista wide open. You’ll spot the footprints of the Centre as clearly...
Large Resources Are Needed For Making Judciary More Performance-Oriented
By Yash Agarwal The first sentence on the Ministry of Law and Justice’s website states “Ministry of Law and Justice is the oldest limb of the Government of India dating back to 1833 when the Charter Act 1833 enacted by the British Parliament.” Why is the oldest limb...
NEO-NAZI Party Golden Dawn Declared A Criminal Organisation In Greece
By Kevin Ovenden At least 20,000 people gathered outside the central court in Athens on Wednesday to hear the long-awaited verdicts in the trial of Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn. Cheers went up when a guilty verdict was announced and the party was declared a criminal organization. Eighteen...
It’s Time To Say Not Any More
By Krishna Jha Untouched by the horror the 19- year old girl went through before dying, amidst waves of anger and discontent among people against inaction of the state government, there is floated the conspiracy theory. The course is settled. Finance capital has been making moves to cover...
Just High GDP Growth Will Not Lead To Poverty Reduction In India
By Prabhat Patnaik Growth under capitalism is associated with an increase in absolute poverty. Marx had recognised this and expressed it as follows: “Accumulation of wealth at one pole is, therefore, at the same time accumulation of misery, the torment of labour, slavery, ignorance, brutalisation and moral degradation...
Tribal Women Fight Two Pandemics In Maharashtra
By Prachi Hatiwlekar The unprecedented situation due to the Corona pandemic and the lockdown has not only aggravated the grim situation of women but also exposed the anti-people, anti-women policies and patriarchal ideology of the BJP-led central government. The year 2020 started in Maharashtra on a positive note....
Is Justice Accessible To A Dalit Employee In Private Workplaces In India?
By Ridhi Shetty In June, the State of California sued CISCO Systems on the grounds of caste-based discrimination. The lawsuit outlined harassment faced by an Indian American employee on the basis of his caste. California has alleged that the technology giant failed to guarantee a workplace free...
India Among Top N2O Emitters In The World: Study
By Sankar Ray Emerging economies pose threat to stratosphere due to an unprecedented increase in nitrous oxide (N2O) and leading among them are Brazil, India and China. Global anthropogenic (N2O) emission is due to agricultural production: 82 per cent. This is revealed in a paper, ‘Nature’: ‘A comprehensive...
Battle Lines Drawn For Fierce Contests In Bypolls In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: With the declaration of lists of candidates by both the Congress and BJP, battle lines have been drawn in 28 Vidhan Sabha constituencies which will go to poll on November 3, 2020. While the BJP did not have to face difficulty in...
Ram Vilas’s Death Will Make Chirag Paswan All Powerful LJP Leader In Bihar
By Rahil Nora Chopra Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan’s death on Thursday before Bihar votes in the first phase on October 28 will cast a shadow on the polls and have a bearing on almost every political move. Although BJP has handled Chirag Paswan with kid gloves so far...
Uttar Pradesh Under Yogi: Descent Into Barbarism
By Prakash Karat The death of a 19-year old Dalit girl due to brutal gang-rape and torture in Hathras and the way the Uttar Pradesh police and administration have handled provide a horrifying yet instructive tutorial on the nature of the Adityanath regime in UP. The family...
