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.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...
Yogi On The Mission To Throttle The Voice Of Protest
By Arun Srivastava The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath deserves kudos for his brazen boldness to trample and discard the façade of minimum morality, social and political decency and instead of acting against the Hathras rape accused threatening the political forces and persons who have been...
Gold Smuggling Case: NIA On The Defensive
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Investigation Agency(NIA) has come under tremendous pressure in the wake of the NIA court in Kochi seeking clarification on whether it had evidence to prove the terrorism angle in the gold smuggling case. The court has been unsparing in its criticism...
The Drug-High Bollywood Dilemma
By Sushil Kutty We, the people are squabbling on many a matter. There’s rancor in the air. Telecast minute by minute. There’s the fracas surrounding the drug business in Bollywood: Whether narcotic drugs are consumables? And should some narcotics be made legal? Like marijuana in the United States....
Empire Of High Technology Thrives On Monopoly
By C.J. Atkins In the middle of the last century, Marxist economist Victor Perlo described the U.S. economy as an “empire of high finance.” If he were writing today, he’d probably update his assessment to say U.S. capitalism has also become an “empire of high technology.” ...
Kolkata Physicist Who Inspired The 2020 Nobel Laureate
By Sankar Ray Kolkata is in a rare radiance as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2020 to Sir Roger Penrose, emeritus professor at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK, and Honorary Fellow and alumnus of St...
Indian ‘Chaebols’ Have The Best Of Everything
By K Raveendran Modi bashing is a favourite pastime for Rahul Gandhi. He has been doing that as a daily routine to the point of sounding monotonous. But he has said a few home truths about the Modi government, which unfortunately do not receive the attention that these...
Hiring PR Agency To Conceal The Truth In Hathras Rape Case
By Arun Srivastava Rape has been a weapon to throttle the voice of protest and in the true sense the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath has been resorting to the same tactics to silence his critics and political opponents when he blamed political parties and civil...
Thirty Years After Germany’s Unification On October 3, 1990
By R S Yadav On September 23, 2020, Parliament passed the three anti-farmer agriculture bills and then on the same day approved the three anti-working class amendments in labour laws tabled as three Labour Codes. One labour Code had been earlier passed in August 2019. Thus, the...
Thirty Years After Germany’s Unification On October 3, 1990
By Victor Grossman On October 3 this year, many Germans, party leaders, and media pundits above all, recalled October 3, 1990, when their dreams of a unified Germany became reality. They celebrated with speeches, fireworks, and beer, and vibrant voices, resounding tutti with the “Deutschland über alles” anthem,...
Pope Francis Has Made History By Calling For Replacement Of Neo-Liberal Capitalism
By Nitya Chakraborty The new Pope Francis, the head of the Vatican based Roman Catholic Church made a history on October 4 when in his sermon he passionately called for the replacement of neo liberal capitalism with a more just and human system. Earlier also, Pope Francis showed...
