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.Jack And The Brahminical Beanstalk
By Aditya Aamir The photograph says it all. Six women and one Jackass! The ‘Jackass’ moniker given to Twitter CEO Jack Patrick Dorsey by a twitterati Brahmin incensed at Jack holding a placard showing the sketch of a smashing looking girl holding a placard reading ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy’,...
Supreme Court Has To Take Up Few Reforms Immediately
By Gopal Sankaranarayanan At the beginning of last month, Justice Ranjan Gogoi commenced his term at the helm of the Supreme Court. He was quick to admit that he was “strict” and that he ought to be accepted thus. For those us who have crossed his path...
After Venezuela, Trump Is Targeting Bolivia
By Chris Williamson CUBA has been blockaded by the United States for nearly 60 years; Venezuela is battling against a raft of US sanctions choking its economy; and Nicaragua is expecting imminent US legislation blocking loans and requiring it to override its constitution and hold early elections....
Judging Alok Verma Guilty For Supreme Court
By Sushil Kutty Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Tuesday spoke of a ‘platform’ some people are using to air their views and that not every Tom, Dick or Harry should be given one to use or misuse. Most people who commute by the Metro do use...
Govt-Rbi Understanding Is A Positive Development
By Anjan Roy It all ended in a whimper. The government and the Reserve Bank had been publicly disagreeing on a number of issues which were thought to be so serious as to bring forth resignation of the Reserve Bank governor Urjit Patel. The battle was to be...
In Section 144-Hit Kerala, ‘Gulag’ A Record Gone Missed
By Aditya Aamir Different strokes for different people are giving Kerala Police a bad name. Shouting ‘Sat Sri Akal’ doesn’t invite instant arrest in Amritsar post the recent grenade attack, which killed several people, but chanting ‘Sharanam Ayyappa’ in Sabarimala can land the Ayyappa devotee in the slammer,...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
CVC ordered to furnish copy of report to Alok Verma – The Supreme Court has ordered the The reports, as the court noted, appeared to be mixed. In the hearing, counsel representing NGO Common Cause, which had filed for a probe into the circumstances leading to the removal of...
Future Of Institutions Depends On Supreme Court Now
By Amritananda Chakravorty In recent times, the Supreme Court is not just the final arbiter of rights, but also the hub of all political developments. Not a day goes by when the Highest Court does not deliberate on extremely pertinent issue, with wide ramifications. In the last one...
It Is Total Confusion In British Politics
By Arun Srivastava Utter confusion grips British rulers and their political parties on whether the UK should quit the EU. Even after two years of the referendum piloted by David, which authorised the country to part company with the EU, the British leadership lacks clarity whether they took...
Maverick Or Selfish Giant: Enigma Of Mayawati Politics
By Amulya Ganguli Mayawati’s comment that she is not interested in a post-poll pact with her latest ally, Ajit Jogi, in Chhattisgarh is yet another example of her singularly self-centred brand of politics which has little place for political partners outside her immediate objectives. In Chhattisgarh, the...
Sabarimala Gender War Enters Another Phase
By Sushil Kutty The ‘Police Raj’ in Sabarimala is being questioned after a night of an unprecedented police-devotee confrontation at the Ayyappa Temple. The Kerala High court sought an answer from the Kerala government Monday morning, seeking to know the source of the order to control the Ayyappa...
MP Parties Promise The Moon, But Mum On Resources
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: If all the promises made by Congress and BJP in their manifestoes for the upcoming MP Assembly polls were to be fulfilled the state government is destined to become bankrupt. Congress in its ‘Vachan Patra’ has promised the moon to the voters. If...
BJP, RSS To Intensify Sabarimala Agitation
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP have decided to up the ante on the Sabarimala issue. As part of a well-planned strategy, the saffron brigade has decided to intensify the agitation by hitting the streets. The Sangh...
Rafalequake To Hit Modi Government In December
By Nitya Chakraborty The Rafale Deal has finally torpedoed the four and half year old NDA government headed by Narendra Modi. After the last hearing on the PIL on Rafale Deal on November 14 and the close appraisal of the proceedings in the Court, the legal experts...
India’s GDP Growing, Jobs Shrinking
By Nantoo Banerjee It may sound rather odd that India’s high rate of economic growth has practically no net contribution to the country’s job market. The net domestic headcount of full-time employees may be actually shrinking though the economy is growing above seven percent. It is a paradox...
Policing The Ayyappa Devotee
By Sushil Kutty In the ‘app’ world that we live in, we’ve to part with personal info. In Ayyappa country, the police control the very thoughts and behaviour of the Ayyappa devotee. And, if the Ayyappa bhakta, who is used to chanting the Ayyappa name, is within...
Tory Government Has No Moral Right To Stay
By Ben Chacko Business chiefs’ attempt to shore up Theresa May’s fragile grip on power by speaking out in favour of her deal with Brussels should sharpen the left’s understanding of the class character of the dilemma facing the British Establishment. So too should the chorus of voices...
Merceneries Fighting A Losing Economic Battle
By K. Raveendran When one heard finance minister Arun Jaitley defending demonetisation, which even its originator has since disowned, one feels pity for him because he was merely doing a mercenary job as he had very little to do with the ill-fated decision. But when one finds S...
