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.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...
London High Court’s Ruling Boosts Anti-Maduro Forces In Venezuela
By Ben Chacko The London High Court’s decision to withhold much needed financial support from Venezuela amounts to “slavishly following Trump’s illegal regime change agenda and nothing else,” campaigners said today. The British government has “unequivocally recognised” opposition figure Juan Guaido as president of...
Modi Regime Is Destroying The Bluechip Public Sector LIC
By Binoy Viswam Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government champion a special style of functioning. Saying something and doing the opposite is the crux of it. Even in framing the slogan ” sab ka sath sab ka vikas” this was the approach. During the last six years...
Pandemic China Losing Grip, Paves Way For Atmanirbhar Abhiyan
By Subrata Majumder Till the outbreak of COVID 19, China was the biggest trade partner of India. Trade increased due to a surge in imports from China. It outsmarted oil rich countries and became the biggest source of imports. Imports from China accounted for over 13.7 percent of...
Promise Of Free Ration Is A Pre-Election Bribe To Poor
By Arun Srivastava The migrant workers who were treated like stray dogs and thrown out of their work place are now the most sought after commodity. The rich farmers and big business have opened their gates for them and these poor labourers are virtually being treated like newlywed...
LDF Government’s Success Story Is A Continuance
By E. Chandrasekharan Right from its beginning Communist Party of India has always tried to translate Marxist theory into programmes, policies and practices aimed at bringing about radical change in the society, both through popular mobilisation and the use of state power. While the centrist and broader social...
Bihar Parties Start Poll Preparations
By Rahil Nora Chopra As the assembly election in Bihar is coming closer, political parties are busy with their planning and strategy for the election. The opposition parties seem to be ununited as Upendra Kushwaha, Jitan Ram Majhi and Mukesh Sahani have shown their displeasure against Tejashwi Yadav...
Labour Party Must Debate Socialist Ideas In Depth
By Ben Chacko Britain’s Labour Party’s national executive’ decision to take for itself the power to change the rules by which it is constituted, is a demonstration, as if we needed one, that the character of the movement’s leadership is critically important. The closely fought elections to...
Nepal’s Territorial Claims On India May Boomerang Finally
By Barun Dasgupta India-Nepal relations soured recently after the Nepal Government claimed three Indian territories to be their own – Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in Uttarakhand. The total area is 335 sq. kms. The Nepali side not only claimed these Indian territories but published a new map showing...
A Cruel Joke On A Billion And Quarter People
By K Raveendran The government claim that the money raised through the daily hike in fuel prices is going into the hands of the poor people is a joke more cruel than the one-paisa cut it announced at around the same time two years ago. ...
In This Era Of Pandemic, Old Economic Theories Are Going Upside Down
By Anjan Ray Extreme situations bring forth extreme thinking. When the world is facing economic crisis from coronavirus pandemic and government spending is shooting through the roof, Modern Monetary Theory —or better known now-a-days as MMT— is putting forward an alternative viewpoint — don’t bother about rising deficit...
Banning 59 Chinese Apps Was A Kneejerk Reaction To Chinese Challenge
By Arun Srivastava India banned 59 Chinese smartphone applications, including some popular ones like TikTok, Shareit, UCBrowser, Club Factory and Cam Scan this Monday. The reasons cited by the Modi government has indeed been of very serious nature. If the officials of the Modi government are to be...
Chouhan Gets No Central Clearance For His Expansion List
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: It is now crystal clear that the BJP central leadership did not approve the list of probable ministers suggested by the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Thus it is for the third time that the process of cabinet expansion has been...
