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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.A Perfect Crime, Gripping Netflix Documentary On The Looting Of East Germany
By Dennis Laumann A Perfect Crime, a new four-part documentary series on Netflix about the 1991 assassination of German politician Detlev Rohwedder, surprisingly offers critical viewpoints about German reunification. October 3 marked the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and...
New Political Alliance In Kashmir Can Help In Starting Of Democratic Process
By Kalyani Shankar It was unusual for the arch- rivals former chief ministers Abdullahs (Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah) of the National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti of the PDP posing for a photo last week in Srinagar. It was Mehbhooba’s father and former chief minister Mufti...
Socialist Victory In Bolivia Elections Is A Big Rebuff To Rightists Propped By U.S.
By Nitya Chakraborty The massive win by the Movement Toward Socialism Party (MAS) in the general elections including President and Vice-President in Bolivia held on October 18, has given a big boost to the leftwing forces in Latin America which were on the defensive in the region...
World Bank Fears A Major Financial Crisis With Continuing Pandemic
By Anjan Roy The current pandemic has the potential of turning into a major financial crisis, fears Carmen Reinhart, Chief Economist of the World Bank. Ms Reinhart’s comments cannot be taken lightly as she has deep insights into the working of the financial system. Her warning...
Letters To Umar Khalid And Modes Of Remembering
By Annie Domini In a deleted tweet posted a few days ago, jailed scholar Dr Umar Khalid’s father, Dr S Q R Ilyas, said his son is spending his prison time reading, writing and collecting his thoughts. Some of us who retweeted it in momentary relief, or...
Come Rain Or Sunshine, Bollywood Should Stay Rooted To Its Secular Ethos
By Sushil Kutty Bollywood is an amalgamation of filmmakers and talented people in the arts, and in the techniques, coming together to script and play out stories on celluloid that catch the fancy of people pining to escape the tediousness of life, for a price. So, it is...
Military Stand Off May Last Until China Recognises LAC
By Nantoo Banerjee India’s current border dispute with China owes its origin in 1950 when China sent its troops to Tibet taking control of the remote mountainous region that declared independence in 1913. The Chinese military further crushed a massive Buddhist uprising in Tibet in 1959. Dalai...
Hindutva Hardliners Ignore Sabka Saath Slogan
By Amulya Ganguli Two recent events have emphasized the saffron brotherhood’s unease with “secularism” and Hindu-Muslim amity. One was the anxiety expressed by Maharashtra governor B.S. Koshyari about the possibility of the chief minister, Uddhav Thackeray, turning “secular”. The manner of his observation seemed to indicate that...
How long will be the ‘long haul’ in Ladakh?
By Barun Das Gupta It was on May 5 that the first clash occurred between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh near the Pangong Lake. Five and a half months later, the Indian and Chinese troops are still in eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation. Even after seven rounds of...
Global Hunger Index Has Exposed Hollowness Of Centre’s Propaganda
By Gyan Pathak ‘Good day’ for a Hungry is at least two square meals a day. ‘Atmanirbhar’ means nothing to them if the ruling establishment cannot create a condition in which a hungry can fill up one’s stomach. Global Hunger Index 2020 has exposed the hollowness of...
Jacinda Ardern Will Follow Strong Centre-Left Policies In Her Second Term
By Arun Srivastava While the rightist forces across the world have been on the prowl to capture power in almost all the major countries and ravage the global peace and political economy, Jacinda Ardern led Labour Party of New Zealand had inflicted a significant rebuff to its...
Kashmir’s New Political Alliance Sets Agenda For Restoration Of Article
By Harihar Swarup Six of Kashmir’s biggest political parties came together on Thursday to form an alliance to peacefully seek the restoration of the erstwhile state’s special status and fight for the rights of the people in the restive region. Leaders of the National Conference (NC),...
Loan Moratorium: Government Flip-Flops In Full Play
By K Raveendran The Modi government’s prevarication on the issue of loan moratorium during the Covid-19 pandemic has been evident right through. Every time the issue came up before the Supreme Court, which assumed a proactive role in bringing relief to those affected, the government has been...
Street Vendors Are Not Getting Benefits Of Govt Programme
By Gyan Pathak When a shylock comes to rescue a person in trouble, his main motif is not to help but to derive as much benefit as he can from lending. Similar is the case prevailing in Modi Raj under which even government is charging exorbitant interest...
BJP Leadership Is Mobilising All Its Muscle Power To Win Elections In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava For the sake of the survival of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, it is imperative that the NDA must win the Bihar assembly election. Losing the election would endanger the Modi government and also pull down the RSS from the high...
Changing Contours Of Kerala Politics
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The contours of Kerala politics are changing fast. That is for sure. The latest shift in the political kaleidoscope – a tectonic one at that – is the decision of the Jose K. Mani faction of the Kerala Congress(M) to switch loyalty to the...
Industrial Relations Code And Standing Orders Act Hurt Workers
By Dr K R Shyam Sundar A day after receiving presidential assent, the controversial Industrial Relations Code (IRC) 2020 which amends and consolidates existing laws relating to terms of employment, settlement of industrial disputes, and the functioning of trade unions, it was published in the Gazette of...
Top Medical, Scientific Journals Call For Ouster Of Trump In November 3 Polls
By Lawrence Albright Two esteemed medical and scientific journals have broken with almost two centuries of non-partisanship and weighed in on the upcoming Presidential elections in the United States. Scientific American Magazine, in its October 2020 issue, published an editorial entitled “Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden,” while...
