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.Supreme Court’s Order On Sabarimala Reference Is Disturbing
By Ashish Goel The Indian Supreme Court’s handling of the review petitions pertaining to the original Sabarimala judgment delivered in September 2018 is emblematic of the court’s scant regard for the principle of stare decisis in particular and the process of law in general. It does not take a...
No Move In Budget To Get Back Bad Corporate Loans
By C H Venkatachalam The second budget presented by Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman and the seventh budget of the NDA-BJP government is another disappointment but not all surprising. When our economy is admittedly facing a downturn and confronted with serious problems, it was expected that steps would be announced in...
After Delhi Elections, Focus Is On Bihar
By Rahil Nora Chopra With assembly elections in Delhi over, the political focus is slowly shifting in Bihar. The opposition is hopeful of the JD(U) chief’s return to the secular fold. Some opposition leaders maintain that a new political equation will take shape in Bihar before the polls scheduled...
Sanders Advantageously Placed In Nevada Primary
By Eric A. Gordon In the lead-up to February 22 Caucus Day in Nevada, early voting will take place February 15–18. Nevada is the third state in the country to hold caucuses or a primary election, and the first Western state, after Iowa and New Hampshire. Early voting is...
Johnson’s Cabinet Reshuffle Is A Sign Of Crisis
By Ben Chacko Boris Johnson’s Cabinet reshuffle indicates a deep crisis. The root of the differences between the prime minister and his chancellor – which resulted in the Sajid Javid resignation – lies in the particular character of Britain’s continuing capitalist crisis and the different ways in which the...
Supreme Court Judgment On Reservation Is Unfair
By D Raja The Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) have been provided with reservation in jobs and also in education in the government on the basis of constitutional and statutory provisions in order to address the problems of discrimination, inequality and deprivation caused by castes,...
Bodo Accord Raises Many Inconvenient Questions
By Barun Das Gupta Late last month the Centre signed yet another peace accord with several militant groups in Assam. Among these are the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), Rabha National Liberation Front (RNLF), Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO), National Liberation Front of Bengalis (NLFB). Most of these were...
Assam: A Solution Worse than the Problem?
By Ashis Biwas With both central and state governments committed to implement Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam accord, intended to ensure the preponderance of Assamiya identity, culture and language, there are fears that non-Assamiya people, mainly Bengali Hindus and Muslims, will suffer a total marginalisation. Life for them,...
Indian Exports Suffering Even In South Asian Subregion
By Gyan Pathak In spite of great potential of Indian exports, the country’s performance has remained weak. India’s exports even in South Asia, where the Indian economy is relatively advanced and plays a significant role in shaping the economic and trade environment, are not encouraging. South Asia still remains...
Modi is trying to strenghten ‘Make in India’
By Subrata Majumder Economic prognosis says that Make in India has lost the steam. This was exemplified by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence in the 72th Independence Day speech from the rampart of Red Fort on August 15, 2019. GDP growth plummeted. IMF forecasted a nine year slowest growth...
Sedition Law Has No Place In A Democratic Society
By Amritananda Chakravorty As Samuel Johnson had famously said in 1775, “patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel”, it seems that the charge of sedition is the last refuge of the Modi regime. In the last three weeks, the Modi 2.0 Government, through different BJP-led State Governments or...
After New Hampshire Win, Sanders Calls For Unity To Defeat Trump
By Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik Coming off his second straight popular vote win, in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary on February 11, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., preached party unity to defeat incumbent GOP President Donald Trump. So did fourth-place Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Second-place finisher Pete Buttigieg,...
Modi Delivered Speeches, Kejriwal Produced Results
By K Raveendran In the early part of his political career, Arvind Kejriwal conjured up visions of a national role for himself, perhaps similar to what Narendra Modi has been doing. At least, this is what his actions suggested. He launched a relentless attack on Modi, in and...
Supreme Court Addresses The Lacunae In Anti-Defection Laws
By Shikhar Yadav IN a notable judgment of Keisham Meghachandra Singh v. The Hon’ble Speaker, the Supreme Court gave certain valuable suggestions which should catalyse a public debate about the need for amendments in the anti-defection law. The judgment lays down the foundation for the Constitution Bench to...
Why AAP Winning Delhi Polls Matters To This Son Of Bengali Refugees
By Rudrashish Chakraborty My parents belong to families of refugees from East Bengal, and both have suffered the indignity of dispossession and displacement from their native homes. My father’s family belonged to Noakhali: the notorious district in East Bengal ravaged by riots in 1946. Most of the...
On 109th Birth Anniversary Of Faiz, On February 13
By Awanish Somkuwar Faiz Ahmad Faiz came alive when his famous poem Hum Dekhenge was recently termed as anti-Hindu. There were explanatory write-ups and discourses about why and how it is not. In the process, what has gone unnoticed is a method in misunderstanding Faiz. If we...
Kejriwal’s Development Model Worked In Delhi Elections
By Kalyani Shankar Whoever thought seven years ago that the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would come this far to bag the throne of Delhi for the third term? Though AAP had arrived as a disruptive force in 2013 and dismissed as an upstart, its chief Kejriwal...
Communal Venom Did Not Help BJP In Delhi Polls
By Amulya Ganguli Few would have expected the Aam Admi Party (AAP) to repeat its stellar performance of five years ago when it won 67 out of the 70 Delhi assembly seats. But the fact that it is touching the 60-seat mark and succeeded in retaining its well...
