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.Twin Disasters Ringing Alarm Bells For Indian Economy And Public Health
By Prakash Karat IN the space of a few days, there have been two developments concerning the pandemic and the economy which are alarming. India became the country with the second largest number of Covid-19 cases in the world, overtaking Brazil. Preceding this came the news that in...
Online Fantasy Sports Are Entertaining Young Indians Like Never Before
By Satyaki Chakraborty Are you not getting enough of cricket, football, kabaddi, basketball, volleyball, baseball, hockey and other favourite sports of yours? You can now try the online fantasy versions of these, and that too for free! Homebound Indians bored of the pandemic have been taking to...
Priyanka Has Succeeded In Making Up Congress Battlefield-Ready
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, with her aggressive posturing and fighting spirit, has succeeded in making her party the main opposition in Uttar Pradesh. Her ground level work during the pandemic has reaped dividends in raising the party morale as well as...
AGR Order: A Case Of Subjective Judicial Overreach?
By Rohan Deshpande On September 1, 2020, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Arun Mishra finally sought to set at rest the controversy surrounding payment of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues by telecom companies. It may be recollected that on October 24, 2019,...
Corporations Cashing In On Covid-19 Set To Make Billions
By Ben Chacko Corporations cashing in on Covid-19 are set to make tens of billions more in profits this year while millions of people fall into poverty worldwide, Oxfam has revealed. According to a new report by the charity today, 32 of the world’s largest companies stand...
Modi Revels In Celebrating Everything But Reality
By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s obsession with making India the best place in the world is much appreciated even by his critics. But many a time, the expression of his resolve often sounds jarring as it is marked by a terribly wrong sense of time....
Frightening Prospect Of Disease And Death
By Gyan Pathak We are faced with a frightening prospect of the Death. COVID-19 has been infecting and killing more and more. Within weeks, India will become the worst hit country of the world. Death pattern has already been changed since March 24 after the lockdown of...
Modi Govt Is Using Covid As A Shield To Suppress Rights Of Workers
By Amarjeet Kaur Covid-19 has come as a rude shock to the world community. This has impacted all sections of society and all types of activities in the human society but the worst of those affected are the working people the world over. The world capitalists instead of...
New Education Policy Dismantles Diversity And Dissent
By P Sandosh Kumar Indian higher education has witnessed tremendous progress since independence. There has been a significant increase in the number of colleges and universities across the country. The Nehruvian consensus believed in providing limitless possibilities of free liberal education that reflects the spirit of reason, tolerance,...
Trump’s Right Wing Agenda Can Be Defeated In November Poll
By Joe Sims Why did Hillary Clinton lose in 2008? Her campaign couldn’t figure out how to defeat a mass movement. Why did she lose in 2016? Once again, her campaign couldn’t figure out how to defeat a mass movement. While the first loss to Obama...
Bihar Assembly Elections In November Are Crucial For Indian Polity
By Kalyani Shankar The upcoming Bihar elections are unique in many ways. In fact this will be the first digital poll held amidst Covid. This time, the elections will be fought through virtual rallies and door-to-door campaigns as well of the social media. The BJP is far ahead...
21 Million Jobs Lost, But Tv Shows Rhea, Kangana
By Satyaki Chakraborty The disparity between newspaper headlines and what the 24X7 TV news broadcasts daily couldn’t be any wider. If newspapers are frontpaging the unprecedented GDP growth rate contraction by – 23.9 per cent, or the four-decade-high unemployment figures, with 21 million jobs lost in the...
India Gatecrashes Into Another Exclusive Club At A Crucial Period
By Barun Das Gupta Just as tension between India and China started escalating again at the Ladakh border, India announced it had gatecrashed into yet another exclusive club, that of countries possessing hypersonic weapons. So long it had three members – the United States, Russia and China....
Big Government Expenditure Is A Must Now To Revive Ailing Economy
By K R Sudhaman The severe contraction of the Indian economy in the first quarter of 2020-21 at 23.9 per cent, though on expected lines in the face to total lock down in April-May is certainly a wake-up call for the government to carry forward major structural...
Amid The Corona Pandemic, Political Temperature Rises In Hill Tripura
By Sagarneel Sinha At a time, when there has been a rise of fear among the citizens due to the worsening situation of the novel Coronavirus pandemic in the state, hill Tripura is witnessing a rise of political temperature. There are speculations in the political circles that...
Indian Forces Are In Buoyant Mood Over Lac Actions In Border Areas
By Sushil Kutty Let’s understand ourselves and let’s get this clear: We’re not world conquerors. We don’t covet ‘Other Land.’ The Chinese know it from way-way behind. As did all shades of India’s rulers. So, how could Jawaharlal Nehru have had a different psyche from that of...
India’s Right To Education Is Not Being Properly Implemented
By Nipun Arora Right to Education (RTE) has had an interesting history. It was initially a directive principle of state policy and so was non-enforceable in nature. Subsequently, through judicial pronouncements, it was held that education is an integral part of a dignified life under Article 21 of...
David Graeber Was An Exemplary Scholar Activist Fighting For People
By Michael Hardt David Graeber was an exemplary scholar-activist. We all know plenty of professors who will occasionally participate in demonstrations and sign petitions; and activists who conduct research and teach. David, however, was so deeply engaged in both realms that it would be impossible to assign...
