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.Private Trains Project Is Elitist, Pro-Rich And Anti-People
By Gyan Pathak With inviting request from private operators for qualification for Rs 30,000 crore mega private trains project, Modi government has taken yet another step for privatization of the Indian Railways. The bait being ‘faster-more comfortable-world class travel’ as a bargain for getting support from the...
Changing ‘Faces’ Of The Coronavirus
By Sushil Kutty Covid-19 deaths are indifferent statistics. Till when one of the numerals indicates the passing away of someone who was close acquaintance, a relative or workplace colleague. Then, the number takes shape in flesh and blood. And, then, all of a sudden, the coronavirus is too...
Monthly wage loss from first two lockdowns put at rs. 34,000 crore
By Satyaki Chakraborty A recent study released by the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) reveals that the estimated monthly wage loss caused by job losses and layoffs in the country in the first two lockdowns alone, will touch Rs. 33,800 crore. The study also shows that...
Tearing Down The Wall Between State And Church
By Pratik Patnaik On a foggy June morning of 1987, in his famous speech President Ronald Reagan had famously implored (and rightly so) General Secretary Gorbachev of, what was then, the Soviet Union to tear down a certain wall. The wall that he was referring to was the...
Needed A Strong Pro-Entrepreneur Policy
By Nantoo Banerjee Years ago, Bengal’s Marxist Chief Minister Jyoti Basu once asked one of his close business friends, Jit Paul of the Apeejay group: ‘what is the surest way to create employment fast?’ To this, Paul’s simple suggestion was: ‘create as many employers as fast as possible....
High Rating Of Narendra Modi’s Popularity Is Due To Weak Opposition
By Amulya Ganguli How valid is the assumption about Narendra Modi’s popularity? The BJP’s losses in the assembly elections of 2015 and 2016 underlined the ephemeral nature of its 2014 general election. Within a year of that success, the BJP lost in Delhi and Bihar and, in 2016,...
Any Escalation In South Asia Would Be A Health Disaster
By Dr Arun Mitra Recent events in the south Asian region are upsetting and worrisome and these require statesmanship to wriggle out. There has been perpetual tension between Pakistan and India which has led to immense wasteful expenditure on arms race thus marring development in the two countries...
Indian Agriculture Entangled In A Web Of Policies
By Gyan Pathak COVID-19 has serious implications on agriculture, rural employment, and food security. Policy responses in relation to COVID-19 outbreak include several agriculture policies, agro-food supply chain policies, consumer policies, trade policies and others. However, much more are needed to overcome the crisis it has presented. Moreover,...
Narendra Modi Government Changing The Laws To Suit RSS Needs
By Arun Srivastava One question that unswervingly and consciously continues to haunt is why the Modi government has been desperate to destroy the democratic institutions of the country and its laws. The plausible answer obviously is as these are stumbling blocks in its path to transform India into...
Baba Ramdev Does A Great Disservice To Science Of Ayurveda
By Harihar Swarup Baba Ramdev has done a disservice to Ayurveda. He puts out Coronil, a drug in the market that claims nothing short of being a “cure” for the worst public health crisis we have faced in a long time. Soon, it turns out that the drug...
Beauty Industry Takes Biggest Hit From Covid Pandemic
By K Raveendran Beauty lay in the eyes of the beholder. Post-Covid, not any longer. Beauty now lies hidden behind masks and inside protective gloves. As such, the beauty industry has taken the biggest hit from the Covid pandemic. Even in Unlock 1.0 and 2.0, the...
Frightening Surge In Number Of Kerala Covid Patients
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala’s worst fears, voiced by both Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Health Minister K K Shailaja, appear to be coming true. There has been a frightening surge in the number of covid patients in the state. And the most worrying part of...
Custody Deaths In Tamil Nadu After Brutal Torture Mark An Ominous Trend
By Prakash Karat The deaths of a father and son, Jayarajan and Bennix, after brutal torture in a police station at Sathankulam in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu have caused widespread outrage. Equally shocking has been the attempted cover-up by the police authorities and the underplaying of the...
Indian Government’s Public Health Care Expenditure Is Still Very Low
By Prabhat Patnaik DD Kosambi uses a telling example to illustrate the crisis of Indian feudalism: at the third Battle of Panipat in 1761, the troops on one side had not had enough to eat, while the troops on the other side just managed to assuage hunger by...
Uddhav Thackeray Is A Transformed Person As A Coalition Chief Minister
By Sushil Kutty One news report quoted Uddhav Thackeray saying just hours after he became Maharashtra chief minister that he “couldn’t believe it.” Only the second Sena leader to become Maharashtra CM, the other being veteran Manohar Joshi in 1995, Uddhav Thackeray, caught in the mire of...
Priyanka’s Shift To Lucknow Seen As Boost To U.P. CONGRESS
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s decision to shift to Lucknow has not only boosted the morale of Congress Party but also brought her to the centre stage of opposition politics in UP. In order to accomplish Mission 2022 assembly polls, it is imperative for Priyanka...
New Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Is A Coalition Of Three Factions
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: For all practical purpose it was not BJP ministry which was expanded on July 2 but a coalition ministry having three constituents – Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Jyotiraditya Scindia and BJP. The largest number in the ministry belongs to Scindia faction,...
Abusing Of Policing Power Is Normal In India These Days
By Bindu Doddahatti What we currently have in India is more of a gross abuse of policing power of the state, rather than a mass incarceration situation like the U.S. It is true that minorities in India are over-represented in the prison population just like the U.S. It...
