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.Mental Health: Irrational Practices Can Be Harmful
By Dr Arun Mitra Reports of medical students and young doctors committing suicide even in the premier institute AIIMS is a matter of grave concern. This issue needs serious introspection on the part of medical profession as well as the society. Depression that these young doctors and students...
Migrant Workers Flee The Flawed Gujarat Model
By B. Sivaraman If the ability of the state to protect its citizens—be they religious minorities or migrant workers from other provinces—from mass atrocities is the test for democracy, then Gujarat has failed the test again and again. In 2002, it was a failed communal state. In...
‘Sex Predator’ MJ Akbar Was Once A Brilliant Editor
By Harihar Swarup M J Akbar is one of the brightest journalists and a handsome young man in his younger days; even now he has an impressive personality. No wonder women fell for him. With all the talents and rated as one of the best editor, he has...
Modi’s Kashmir Policy A Grand Failure
By Bhal Chandra Kango The Modi government’s Kashmir policy has been a grand failure. In 2015 when the election to J&K Assembly took place people participated with a great enthusiasm. However, the subsequent opportunistic alliance between PDP and BJP vitiated the atmosphere as the central government started pursuing...
Informal Diplomacy For Afghan Peace Gathers Momentum
By Sankar Ray Peaceniks in Afghanistan heaved a sigh of relief, with subdued optimism, when in November last year Col Chris Kolenda, an Afghan war veteran, boarded a Doha-bound plane, along with Robin Raphel for a dialogue with the Talibans – an experimental diplomacy sans formality, aimed at...
BJP’s Chaos Theory Fits Chaotic India
By Aditya Aamir MJ Akbar is out of the Council of Ministers and “they” think the state is free of the #MeToo stain. Ha! PMO got MJ to quit. NSA Ajit Doval did it. EAM Sushma Swaraj did it. WCDM Maneka did it. Blahblahblah… O! Great, just great....
‘Me Too’ Is As Much A Labour Issue As It Is Of Gender
By B. Sivaraman First it started as a trickle of bold expose by a few. Then it opened up the floodgates of years of pent-up frustration and anger of numerous women. The ‘Me Too’ phenomenon then literally turned into a deluge. The true colours of many big guys—from...
Congress Leaders Feel Break-Up With BSP Good
By Rahil Nora Chopra Most of the senior Congress leaders feel that the failure to form a BSP alliance with Congress for the coming assembly elections will end up in favour of Congress. They feel that the upper caste votes, especially those of Brahmins, who were once close to...
Sabarimala Saga: What the Govt. Failed to do
By P. Sreekumaran THURUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no escaping this conclusion: The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government has squandered another golden chance to defuse the tension over the ongoing agitation on the Sabarimala issue. Politics is the art of the possible. The situation arising out of...
Nitish Caught In Incompatible Political Chessgame
By Arun Srivastava Barely a month after JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar announced that an honourable agreement had been reached with BJP, some senior JD(U) leaders have expressed unhappiness with the BJP’s proposed formula for seat sharing in Bihar for the 2019 general elections. The party resolved at...
Two MP Ex-CMs In Unsavoury Controversies
By LS Herdenia BHOPAL: Two former chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh — Babulal Gaur of the BJP and Digvijaya Singh of the Congress – find themselves caught in fierce controversies. Babulal Gaur, nearing 90, has announced his intention to contest from his traditional constituency in Bhopal. Gaur...
Modi Govt Is Consistently Crippling The Central Public Sector Units
By Nitya Chakraborty The central public sector enterprises, especially the blue chip ones, which have made good reserves through their consistent growth profile, are now targeted by the Modi government to pay for the policy lapses of the NDA regime. These companies like the ONGC, IOC as also...
Sabarimala Boils Over In Godless Chaos
By Sushil Kutty “There is no God,” says physicist Stephen Hawking in his final book “Brief Answers to the Big questions” published posthumously. Coming at a time when a part of India known as ‘God’s Own Country’ is battling over whether women of all ages have the...
Ganga Maa’s Self-Proclaimed Son Is No More
By Arun Srivastava During the 2014 general election campaign in his Varanasi constituency Narendra Modi had said; “Ganga Maa has called me to serve her”. But after becoming prime minister, he conveniently forgot his words and promises. A true son of Ganga, Prof G D Agarwal, lost...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Supreme Court seeks information on the Rafale deal: The Supreme Court asked the Central Government information on the steps in the decision making process followed in the procurement of the 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, but did not issue notice in the petition. The Court also clarified that...
Threat Of Large Scale Protest By UP Policemen
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: All is not well with UP Police. If remedial steps are not taken in time, there could be a situation like the PAC revolt on 1973. The large scale protest by the policemen over the action against two constables involved in the shooting of...
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...
