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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.Medieval Indian Military History Records Communal Amity
By Anirudh Deshpande In the light of colonialist historiography on Indian history, especially the medieval period (700 – 1800 CE), Indians became accustomed to view their medieval past in communal colors increasingly from the second half of the 19th Century. This colonialist view of Indian history found its way...
Many Former Congressmen Joining Party In Uttar Pradesh
By Rahil Nora Chopra Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s plunge into politics has enthused the rank and file of the Congress. The party has also started joining hands with smaller parties in Uttar Pradesh. The OBC- dominated Mahaan Dal has joined hands with Congress party in the presence of Priyanka Gandhi....
UDF Sitting Pretty In Malappuram
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The sailing is smooth for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the Muslim-dominated Malappuram district, a bastion of the Congress ally, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). The sitting MP, P. K. Kunhalikkutty, who is also the national secretary of the IUML, will be the...
A United Labour Party Can Only Oust Tories
By Richard Burgon Calamity after Conservative calamity brings home just what difficulty the Tories’ Thatcherite administration is in. On February 14, the Tories suffered their 10th parliamentary defeat on Brexit. So commonplace have government defeats become that many hardly bat an eyelid. Government defeats are the new norm. The...
Densification Of Villages Must For Rural Development
By K R Sudhaman Nearly 800 million of 1.3 billion Indian people still live in the over six lakh villages. If there has to be meaningful and inclusive economic development these villages have to become sustainable with adequate jobs and check urban migration. Studies suggest that villages can develop...
Enough Is Enough: Opposition Has To Function Normally Now
By Nitya Chakraborty A week has passed since the suicide bomber attack on the CRPF convoy at Pulwama on February 14 resulting in the tragic death of more than 40 jawans. For more than seven days, the grieved Indians are expressing their heartfelt condolences to the families of the...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Issue of minority status of AMU referred to a larger bench – The Supreme Court referred the issue of the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University to a bench of 7 justices. The bench will essentially define the parameters of a minority institution. An earlier judgment had held...
Congress Ministers Take U-Turn On Two Crucial Issues
By L.S Herdenia BHOPAL: Answers given by the Ministers on the floor of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha have created highly embarrassing situation both for the state Government and the state Congress. The position was so much embarrassing that senior leader and former Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh had to...
Stalemate Over Delhi Govt’s Powers Continues
By Amritananda Chakravorty The tussle between the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Central Government looks unlikely to end, with a recent Supreme Court decision rendered on the power sharing arrangment between the two. This judgment came in the backdrop of the Constitution Bench decision in...
Time For New Delhi To Seriously Focus On Kashmir
By Sagarneel Sinha The recent deadly attack by a suicide bomber from the Pakistan based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pulwama of South Kashmir which killed 49 Indian paramilitary forces, the worst terrorist attack in decades since the start of insurgency in the valley, has once again brought the...
BJP’s Poll Pact With AIADMK Is A Good News For NDA
By B. Sivaraman Two different announcements on a single day—the AIADMK-PMK deal announced in the morning and the AIADMK-BJP deal declared the same evening—brought to light the dramatic shift of electoral fortunes in Tamil Nadu. The PMK would contest 7 seats—six out of the total 39 seats in Tamil...
Sanders Decision Galvanises American Left And Liberals
By Nitya Chakraborty At long last, Bernie Sanders has announced his decision to seek the Democratic Party nomination for the second time to fight against the incumbent United States President Donald Trump and in the process he has galvanized the movement of the forwarding looking masses of America who...
Pramila Jayapal outlines progressive programme for U.S. Congress
By Mark Gruenberg Pro-worker legislation, including equal pay for equal work and an updated stronger version of the Employee Free Choice Act, are part of the progressive platform lawmakers will try to push through the Democratic-run House in the 116th Congress, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair,...
CPI(M) Pushed Into A Political Bind
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two setbacks within a fortnight. That has been the lot of the CPI(M), which heads the Left Democratic Front Government in the kerala. The double blow came even as the formidable electoral juggernaut of the CPI(M) had just started rolling out. The LDF had taken...
Kashmir Needs A Political Solution, Not More Guns
By Kalyani Shankar While the neighboring Pakistan needs to be taught a lesson for sponsoring terrorist attacks in Kashmir, there is also need to address the Kashmir problem internally. There is no doubt that there are many things, which needs attention including the radicalisation of the youth in the...
Pulwama Attack Is A Failure Of Security Architecture
By Sanjiv Krishan Sood My heart goes out to the families of all the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in one of the most audacious attack by militants on security forces. The suicide attack which occurred on February 14 in Pulwama in South Kashmir killed more than 40...
Delay In Irrigation Projects Costing Indian Agriculture Dearly
By K R Sudhaman Project delays are a common phenomenon in India unlike in China where cost and time over-runs are rare. In fact in 1990s and early 2000, China had a record in no delay in implementation of World Bank’s development projects. Cost over-runs occur because of delay...
Modi Has To Give A Relook At His Pak Strategy
By Amulya Ganguli Every act of terrorism carries the threat of war. The Pakistani attacks on parliament in 2001 and on Mumbai in 2008 were followed by the possibility of a major conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. It was undoubtedly the menace of the ultimate, Holocaust weapons which...
