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.Kerala Teeters On Pinarayi’s Direction
By Sushil Kutty Rafale is not the issue in Kerala. Swami Ayyappa is. Unrest is on the move everywhere in the state after two child-bearing age women entered the Sabarimala temple Wednesday morning. Clashes between agitating Sangh Parivaar cadre and CPM workers claimed one life Wednesday evening. Chief Minister...
Last minute economic reforms needed for Modi to lure voters
In politics one week period may be too long, but for comprehensive economic reforms which should be meaningful a four-month time is too short. Seriously, the Modi government is up against time now as 2019 General Elections are just ahead. Commentators and economic historians may become busy these few...
Swami Ayyappan Loses His Celibacy For 4 Minutes
By Aditya Aamir ‘Yuvatis’ Kanaka Durga and Bindu sneaked into Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple in the wee hours of January 2, 2019. Victory! Temple Chief Tantri Kandraru Rajeevaru closed shut the temple doors and “purified” the temple precincts. Humiliation! Only then was the temple reopened for male Ayyappa devotees....
Kamal Nath Govt Wilts Under Mayawati Ultimatum
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has averted a political crisis by agreeing to withdraw all “politically motivated” cases filed by the previous BJP government as demanded by BSP leader Mayawati. The decision comes within a day of Mayawati threatening to reconsider her...
New Cuban Constitution Ensures Participative Democracy
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Delegates of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power on December 22, 2018 unanimously approved extensive revisions proposed for Cuba’s Constitution of 1976. The Assembly authorized a national referendum on acceptance or not of what is in effect a new constitution. That vote takes...
Less Prospects Of A Fight Between Govt And RBI In 2019
By Anjan Roy On the New Year’s Day the Reserve Bank of India put in place a mechanism for restructuring the stressed assets of the medium and small scale sector. Individual banks have been advised to take up stressed loans of these units and work out schemes which...
New Year Augurs Well For The Global Left
By B. Sivaraman It is a spring back moment for the global Left. It might not have reached a point of renascence yet. But the Left revival, though inconspicuous and asymmetrical across countries, is unmistakable. It is a bouncy aftereffect of the all too common right wing surge...
Oppostion Has To Adopt Three Point Programme To Unseat Modi
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi has broken his mounabrata by giving an extensive interview on New Year’s Day to ANI which elaborates in a big way his strategy to fight the Lok Sabha polls in April/May 2019. Three things are clear. First, the Prime Minister will...
Allahabad renamed as Prayagraj. Will voters be favoring BJP?
Kumbh Mela is just a fortnight ahead and amid such time the much hyped renaming of Allahabad has been approved by the Centre. As sought by the Uttar Pradesh government, the city will now be called as Prayagraj. The Yogi Adityanath cabinet took the decision of renaming the historically...
RSS Speaking Its Mind Through Gadkari
By Arun Srivastava Nitin Gadkari has been training his guns against the leadership of the Modi-Amit Shah duo. It began with the revelation that the election promise of Rs15 lakh being deposited into the account of every Indian out of the proceeds of black money seizures was made...
Mass Acquittal In Sohrabuddin Case Is Shocking
By Aayomi Sharma It has been 13 years since Sohrabuddin Anwarhussain Sheikh died. He was killed in an “encounter” with the Gujarat police, which is widely believed to be a case of “fake encounter”. He died on November 26, 2005 and since then his brother Rubabuddin has fought for...
Blaming Just Bank Officers For High NPA Accounts Is Unfair
By Nitya Chakraborty Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a recent statement has blamed to a great extent the officers of the public sector banks for delinquency in dealing with NPA accounts. He has mentioned that 6049 officers have been held responsible on account of staff delinquency in NPA accounts...
Bipartisan Politics Over Triple Talaq Bill
By Kalyani Shankar The Triple Talaq Bill is in focus once again with the Lok Sabha okaying it last week. It was not difficult for the Modi government to push it through with the BJP’s majority in the house but the trouble will start when it comes to...
Confrontation Politics To Intensify In Bangladesh
By Barun Das Gupta In the general elections held in Bangladesh on December 30, the Awami League-led Jatiya Oikya Front won a massive victory. So massive, indeed, that it has raised many eyebrows. In a 300 member parliament, elections were held for 299 seats. The Jatiya Oikya Front won...
Mayawati Wanting To Beat Rahul To The Finish
By Aditya Aamir Actor-writer Kader Khan passed away in Canada. The sun set on his life, 6 pm, December 31, 2018, six hours short of 2019. That was neat. Same cannot be said of politics, which confounds with the intermittent, mainly because of different natures of the personalities involved....
Happy New Year MR Great hope!
By Sushil Kutty Mr. Incidental Prime Minister your record in fulfilling 2014 general election promises stinks to high heaven. The Rs 15 lakh in every man’s bank account is a pipe-dream Pied Piper sold. All the people got was Jan Dhan bank slips showing little or no money. You...
Cash handout, monthly income support for farmers on card before polls
Easing of agrarian distress is highly important for the Bharatiya Janata Party before India goes into polls. The government is learned, through people familiar with the matter and seeks to remain anonymous, to be weighing options like cash handout for farmers, monthly income support program for them and revamped...
The incidental prime minister and HMV!
By Sushil Kutty People are talking of the film ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ on Dr. Manmohan Singh. When he was prime minister, Dr Singh was mocked for being allegedly remote-controlled and sentenced to silence by the ‘family behind the throne’. Sanjay Baru, his media advisor, broke the silence...
