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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.Will Loss In Jharkhand Teach BJP How To Fight Delhi Polls?
By Rahil Nora Chopra After getting weakened in Haryana and losing out Maharashtra to the smart power-play by the Sharad Pawar-stitched Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance, now BJP has lost the Jharkhand assembly elections as well, in a triple-whammy. The BJP is facing this kind of consecutive checkmates because the elections...
U.S. Encirclement Endangers Cuba’s Economy
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Closing a session of Cuba’s National Assembly on December 21, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel declared that, “The 61st year of the Revolution has indeed been difficult and challenging.” He blamed these troubles on the “brutal” and “demented” U.S. blockade. Dangers have mounted for...
2020 Will Be A Year Of Big Struggles And Challenges
By D. Raja 2019 ended with country plunging into a political turmoil from North West to Noth East, from North to South and from East to West. It marked the Mr. Narendra Modi government taking over the power for the second term. It witnessed the abrogation of Article...
Supreme Court Failed In Its Constitutional Duty In 2019
By Amritananda Chakravorty As the year 2020 dawns on us, the state of the country, and its judiciary, fills me with dread, and yet the protests of the people of India in coming out on streets, wanting to defend their ‘own’ Constitution are deeply heartening and keep...
India Suffers Surprise Oil Shock With Devastating Effect
By K Raveendran The spurt in global oil prices could not have come at a worse time for India. The benchmark Brent crude at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) futures market traded at $67.02 a barrel at the beginning of the week, up 0.22 per cent over the previous...
Labour Passing Through The Process Of Severe Churning
By Arun Srivastava The leadership selection process for Labour is under way. But what is not to the runners is ideological contour and the probable programme the party should adopt for becoming the party representing the aspiration of the Britishers. Though after the abysmal electoral performance of...
Savitribai Phule – A Great Poet Of Protest And Awakening
By Awanish Somkuwar I was surprised to find no book by or about Savitribai Phule in a prominent well-equipped public library of my city Bhopal. Efforts went vain searching them elsewhere. I am not sure about public libraries across the country except a few but it is...
Authoritarianism Of Ruling Regime Facing Resistance
By Prakash Karat THE fortnight since the adoption of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill by parliament has been witness to one of the significant moments in recent political history in India. It has revealed two facets which are interrelated but opposite in nature. The first facet is that the...
More Investment Is The Key To Economic Growth In 2020
By Anjan Roy What are the prospects for the Indian economy in 2020. Given the sharp slow-down in the growth rates, the liquidation of the largest non-banking financial company which clogged up credit flows to major housing and other projects, the questions about the bulging NPAs of public...
Socialist Edge Of Corbyn Programme Must Be Retained
By Ben Chacko The response to Rebecca Long Bailey’s clearest pitch yet to succeed Jeremy Corbyn at the helm of the Labour Party shows that the contest is going to be difficult to navigate — not just for the candidates, but more importantly for the socialist left. ...
AAP Is A Front-Runner For February Poll In Delhi
By Kalyani Shankar As the New Year is round the corner all eyes are on Delhi where Assembly polls are likely to be held in February 2020. The present Aam Admi Party government’s term ends on February 22. The fight for Delhi is going to be fierce as...
Pan-India Agitation Against CAA Is Setting A New Narrative For 2020
By Nitya Chakraborty The year 2019 is ending with the continuing agitation by the students, academicians, civil society and the opposition parties against the imposition of CAA by the BJP government on the one hand and the definite shift in the power balance of the country by the...
Hemant Soren Has Taken The Right First Step As CM
By Arun Srivastava While Hemant Soren the chief minister of Jharkhand just after assuming the office decided to withdraw the Pathalgadi sedition case in the maiden cabinet decision, the Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray even after being in office for some time has not so far initiated the...
India Must Give Second Thought To Selling Or Privatising Soes
By Gyan Pathak In the midst of a severe downturn of the economy and the GDP growth rate touching a new low, Modi government has launched a large scale privatisation of the public sector companies expecting one lakh crore rupees as proceeds to cover up shortfall in revenue...
‘After Porn Ends’ Is A Significant Social Documentary
By Brian W. Major After Porn Ends is an important documentary exploring what happens to sex workers once they retire from the “adult entertainment” industry. It raises important issues that viewers can use to inform their thinking and analysis of the role played by pornography, and sex work...
Economy And Stock Market Moving In Opposite Direction
By Nantoo Banerjee Indian economy is witnessing an amazing contradiction. Its growth rate in 2019 is among the lowest in the last two decades. But, its stock market is booming like never before. There is every reason to suspect that the situation is engineered. It has something to...
Modi’s Gujarat Experience Is Hurting Him
By Amulya Ganguli Till the agitations began on the citizenship law, Narendra Modi’s career would have been a matter of envy for all politicians, for he had never known failure since becoming the Gujarat chief minister in 2001. After weathering the storm of the riots in the...
Mamata Puts Full Stake On Muslim Base In Bengal
By Ashis Biswas Apparently, the centre-state confrontation over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizen exercise (NRC) has reached a premature climax in West Bengal. Largely ignored by mainstream media, Bengal suffered the longest spell of organised arson and the planned destruction of...
