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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.Whiff Of Confrontation In Malayalam Film World
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A confrontationist ambience is building up in the Malayalam film world with the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) and the Women’s Collective in Cinema (WCC) set on the path of a showdown. The bone of contention: the reinstatement of actor Dileep, who...
BJP’s Dilemma Over #Metoo And Mj Akbar
By Amulya Ganguli Since offence is the best form of defence, it is not surprising that Union minister of state for external affairs, M J Akbar, lost no time on his return to India from a foreign tour to launch defamation proceedings against one of those who...
Dark Clouds Gather Over Sabarimala
By Aditya Aamir Travancore Devaswom Board-initiated talks to arrive at a consensus failed Tuesday. BJP was not part of the talks but its shadow looms large. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says Supreme Court order will be implemented come what may. Ayyappa devotees say they will not allow ‘fertile...
Will KCR’s gamble for telangana Pay Off?
By Kalyani Shankar Telangana, the country’s youngest state, will face elections on December 7 for the second time since its birth in 2014. Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Rao took a big risk by advancing the polls by eight months. It was also his bravado to announce the list...
BJP’s Predatory Politics Saves Akbar
By Aditya Aamir #MeToo-struck Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar returns from a foreign tour and imputes that labeling him a sexual predator “at this particular point of time” amounts to macerating and bedevilling the BJP, give the ruling party a hard time in the...
Uzbekistan Showcases Buddhist Heritage To The World
By Ashok B Sharma Tourism has become a mantra for Uzbekistan to bolster its economy. There is a steady rise in the contribution of travel and tourism to the Uzbek economy. With a number of sites in the country designated by UNESCO as heritage sites, the Central Asian...
Double Standards Rule Supreme
By Sushil Kutty Women’s rights are taking a beating in Kerala, floundering in the choppy waters of pride and prejudice. Rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal is out on bail even as a massive outpouring of ‘belief’ is mocking the Supreme Court verdict on the entry of women of...
Jungle Raj Returns To Haunt Nitish’s Bihar
By Arun Srivastava In a late-night encounter in Salarpur diara (a small island) on the Ganga River on the outskirts of Khagaria, a young police officer Ashish Kumar was shot dead by dreaded gangster Dinesh Muni while Nitish Kumar was hauling up his police officials at a...
Metoo Movement Is A Great Social Churning Process
By Amritananda Chakravorty The last two weeks in India have been jolted by allegations of sexual harassment, molestation, stalking and sexual assault levelled by women from various fields, especially in media, entertainment, and even IT companies against men in high and powerful positions. #MeToo Movement, which started in...
US Sanction May Prove To Be Boon For India
By Nantoo Banerjee The US trade and economic sanction against Iran and Russia opens an opportunity for the country to explore the possibility of trading in Rupee not only with these two countries, but also with other likeminded nations, including Venezuela, Indonesia and, even, China. India is...
It is an exciting time to be part of U.S. Left
By John Bachtell Twenty-one months in, we can survey the damage done by the Trump administration. The GOP Congress has been plagued by internal division, giving the resistance some breathing room. But the White House has worked efficiently to advance an agenda of inequality and repression: What...
Madhya Pradesh May Be Headed For Hung Assembly
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: In view of the sharp erosion in the traditional vote bank of the BJP and the failure of the Congress to form a united front, the possibility of a hung Vidhan Sabha in Madhya Pradesh cannot be ruled out. Given the political scenario...
When Hype Fails To Touch People’s Lives
By K. Raveendran Promise the moon. Make people believe in it and win the election. Then turn around and tell them they must be really stupid to believe that they would one day get the moon. This is what Modi did in 2014 to win the election. And...
Make Or Break For Congress In 2018 Assembly Polls
By Harihar Swarup The coming elections in the five states—Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram — have been rightly described as the “semifinal” to 2019 Lok Sabha polls. With the announcement of these elections, India has well and truly entered the poll season. Doubtless, the stakes are...
Trump’s Target Has Shifted From Syria To Iran
By Conn Hallinan The Syrian civil war has always been devilishly complex, with multiple actors following different scripts, but in the past few months it appeared to be winding down. The Damascus government now controls 60 percent of the country and the major population centers, the Islamic State...
Making SC Tharoor’s ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’
Aditya Aamir Congress Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor is wasting time digging up fossilized lexicon like the worthless and of no value ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’. A Hindu horde is marching on Thiruvananthapuram, his parliamentary constituency, and momentous things are set to happen. There might even be ‘mob violence’ which some...
Smog: Time To Act And Save Health
By Dr Arun Mitra Unprecedented high levels of air pollution in north India during the months of October and November in 2017 raised serious alarm in the society as well as the government. This is because health is directly related to clean air quality besides clean drinking...
British Indians Face A Full-Blown Brexit Crisis
By Arun Srivastava Brexit with an uncertain future is not a politically and economically correct proposition for India. In the wake of David coming out with the proposal of holding a referendum, apprehensions were expressed on the future of Indians living and working in Britain and the relation...
