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.Tejashwi Has Transformed Political Agenda In Bihar Assembly Poll
By Harihar Swarup It’s an election like no other in Bihar. No street side addas, clamorous band bajaa or flag-waving processions. In a pandemic, rallies are still jam-packed, yet voters stand within chalk circles at polling booths. A lead actor for the last three tumultuous decades is missing...
Knotty Issues In House Privilege Move Against Arnab
By K Raveendran The contempt of court notice sent by the Supreme Court to the Secretary of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for sending a letter to Republic TV editor in chief Arnab Goswami, ‘intimidating’ him for approaching the court against the privilege notice issued by the state assembly...
Bengal May Witness New Phase Of Political Violence After Shah Visit
By Arun Srivastava Bibhishan, the poor tribal farmer at whose house the Chanakya of BJP, Amit Shah, had his lunch as a part of his grand design to reach out to the tribal, just ahead of the West Bengal assembly election, did not get chance to speak...
The “Liberal” US Media Got It Wrong Again In 2020 Elections
By Sagarneel Sinha It is not yet clear when the United States of America would officially declare the presidential election results. Although it appears, almost certainly, that Joe Biden of the Democratic Party would be the next man in the White House ousting the incumbent Republican president Donald...
Farmers’ Resentment Has Put Nitish Kumar In Tight Spot
By Ashok B Sharma Farmers’ issue has come to the fore in recent Bihar assembly election. The Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had repealed the State Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act way back in 2006. The farmers in the state are not benefitted by this move, rather they...
Taliban Terrorism Is Back In Afghanistan Hitting Kabul Govt
By Sankar Ray Afghanistan’s Taliban militants have resumed their terrorising posture embarked, thereby frustrating the proponents of a sustainable milieu for peace. At the moment, they have exacerbated violence and intimidation to capture Kandahar, the capital for the hard-line movement nearly a quarter-century ago. Hundreds of insurgents,...
Divided States Of America (And India): Democracy At Crossroads
By Annie Domini The United States of America is going through the quadrennial process of electing the 46th president, or re-electing the incumbent despot Donald Trump, heavily challenged by the mild Democrat Joseph Biden. At the time of writing this column, Biden has secured more votes than any...
Modi Has Finally Surrendered India’s Defence Security By Signing BECA
By Prakash Karat The signing of the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) for geo-spatial cooperation at the 2+2 meeting of the United States and Indian defence and foreign ministers in New Delhi must have been a moment of deep satisfaction for the US establishment and the Pentagon....
Defenders Of Human Rights Must Defend The Rule Of Law For All
By Indira Jaising The arrest of Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, on the basis of a complaint made in May of abetment of suicide in which ‘A’ summary report was filed, exposes the political use of the power of the police all over the country and in...
ED Stumped As Covid Plays The Spoilsport
By P Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The best-laid plans of men and mice go wrong. The plans of Enforcement Directorate, which is on an investigation spree in ‘communist-ruled’ Kerala, have also gone awry, thanks to the dreaded corona virus. The ED had summoned Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s Additional...
Nitish Kumar’s “Last Election” Announcement Was A Surprise
By Rahil Nora Chopra Nitish Kumar who has been the chief minister of Bihar for 14 years and 6 months has announced his retirement at a rally in Dhamdaha in Purnia and also announced that all is well that ends well. The day before poll in his...
Even If Biden Wins, The Left Must Keep Up Pressure From Below
By Joe Sims It is generally said that an assessment of a politician’s stance on this or that issue shouldn’t rest on positions they took a decade or two ago. According to this view, the past is not a prelude to the present or predictive of a...
Sustaining Post-Covid Economic Recovery Is A Challenging Task
By Anjan Roy The Indian economy will fare badly this financial year is a given. That it could quickly turn around is also not a surprise either. But then, sustaining an incipient recovery would be the biggest challenge. And this would basically be a financial sector marvel....
Protecting Employment And Creation Of Additional Jobs Matter Most
By Prakash Karat The spectre of unemployment is stalking the country. After the pandemic broke out and the hasty lockdown, millions lost their jobs in industry, small businesses, service sector and, above all, in informal sector. Even prior to the Covid-lockdown, unemployment had grown tremendously. Demonetisation and...
Right Wing Politics Is Similar In Both America And India
By Binoy Viswam From America to India, the basic character of the ultra-right-wing politics is one and the same. From the rooftop they preach democracy. In the heart of heart, they nourish absolute contempt for democracy and its fundamental values. The presidential election scenario in the US...
U.S. House Progressive Bloc Expands Despite Trump’s Hateful Rhetoric
By Chauncey K. Robinson Despite aggressive moves by Donald Trump and the GOP to divide working people with messages of hate and fear, election night delivered a number of victories that consolidated and expanded the progressive wave that started with the 2018 midterm elections. It is being led...
Right To Dissent Of An Individual Has To Be Protected By The State
By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr In India, political philosophy and theory are not popular. So issues like the rationale of the State or the irreducible status of the individual on moral and existential grounds have never been debated as they should be. Most political scientists in...
India’s Civil Service Needs Now To Reinvent Itself
By Moin Qazi When India attained independence, Sardar Vallabhai Patel was the first to envision civil services as the ‘steel frame’ of Independent India. Despite reservations of several colleagues, his resolve to retain the cadre was strong. While speaking to the first batch of civil servants at the...
