Opinion
Appeal
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.Modi-Led BJP’s Aid And Abetment For Gau Rakshaks
By Amulya Ganguli Although Jayant Sinha has been upbraided by his father, Yashwant Sinha, for garlanding a lynch brigade, the Union minister deserves a mild round of applause for revealing the BJP’s real face. But for his candour, the country would have continued to suffer from the...
Hema Malini’s Cheeks And Dawood’s Cheek
By Aditya Aamir Naming a place Nala Sopara and, then, asking, “Why has Nala Sopara turned into an overflowing gutter?” defeats the purpose of the moniker. “It’s raining cats and dogs in Chembur,” says the reporter, holding on to an umbrella to keep his head dry as swift-flowing...
Sri Lanka Lets India Operate Mattala Airport
By Barun Das Gupta Last week, Sri Lanka finally agreed to let India operate the Mattala airport situated about 40 kms north-east of the Hambantota seaport that China has built in the southern tip of the island nation. China has acquired 60 per cent stake in the...
Will Monsoon Session be Another Washout?
By Kalyani Shankar The last Monsoon session of the current Parliament is scheduled to begin from July 18 and last till August 10. Already there are speculations that this too will be a wash out session as in the past as the Parliament has not been functioning, as...
Mountains And The Molehills
Sushil Kutty Bill Clinton writes in his new book ‘The Missing President’: “When you find a mountain to expose in one person or party, you have to pick a molehill on the other side and make it into a mountain to avoid being accused of bias. The...
Amit Shah’s ‘Mission Kerala’ A Resounding Flop
By P. Sreekumaran BJP president Amit Shah’s much-hyped ‘mission Kerala’ has turned out to be a dismal flop. The crisis bedeviling the BJP in the state had been caused by the unilateral decision of the BJP national leadership to remove former state chief Kummanam Rajashekharan and shunt him...
The Whole Shebang About Kashmir
Aditya Aamir Here is how it stands. A set of people wants ‘Azaadi from India for Kashmir’. Another set wants ‘Azaadi for Kashmir to join Pakistan’. The second set includes separatists and Pakistan. The first set includes JNU scholar Shehla Rashid and others of her ilk in what...
MSP Hike May Prove To Be Meaningless
By Arun Srivastava Barely two months ago the farmers of Madhya Pradesh had hit the streets demanding minimum support price (MSP) for their produce. The state government was not too willing to concede to the demands of the farmers. The agitation even turned violent and at least nine...
Supreme Court Judgement On Delhi Is A Boost To Federalism
By Amritananda Chakravorty On 4th July, 2018, in a huge relief to the AAP Government in Delhi, and in a strong rebuke to the obstructionist behaviour of the Lieutenant Governor (‘LG’) of Delhi, the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court unanimously held that LG is an administrative head in...
Census Of Healthcare Facilities May Be An Excellent Idea
By Nantoo Banerjee It may be for the first time that the union health ministry has engaged itself in a serious exercise of conducting a census of over two million healthcare professionals and facilities across the country. Health Minister Jagat Prasad Nadda wants to complete the exercise within...
Pusillanimity Of Personal Interest
By Aditya Aamir ‘Personal interest’ shouldn’t overshadow ‘national interest’. One journalist knows this better than most. He once let his scooped out journalist mind report a coup that wasn’t a coup. Divested of the thought rather ingloriously, he ventured out only to ‘Walk the Talk’ with politicians and...
Ghosts And Vultures Wait In The Wings
By Sushil Kutty So far no ghosts! But that’s standard ghost-behaviour. The first “sightings” of ghosts in Charki-Dadri, where two aircraft fell after colliding midair, killing over 300, were reported nearly two-and-a-half months after the horrific mishap. The ‘House of Horror’ deaths are not even a week...
India May Not Impact Global Agriculture Market Until 2027
By Gyan Pathak While India’s policy may impact domestic production more than the global agricultural market, China’s policies, in particular regarding cereals, are likely to affect global markets in the next ten years through price movements, stock releases and import regulations. It will be mainly because India will...
LIC Set To Buy The IDBI Bank With IRDAI Approval
By Chidambaram N Modi the reformer on appearances is in practice a looter and usurper. The latest example is the hurried, illegal and forced buy out of ailing IDBI Bank by the Life Insurance Corporation of India. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) had...
Nitish Kumar Lands Himself In A Precarious Situation
By Harihar Swarup Can Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar really go back to the Mahagathbandhan? And, can his return really make much of difference in 2019 Lok Sabha polls? In May this year, speculation began in political circles about his return to the Grand Alliance, giving the opposition...
BJP Is Desperate To Keep Opposition Parties Divided In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Scared by possible opposition alliance of Samajwadi Party, BSP and Congress and other smaller and regional parties, BJP leadership is adopting multi-dimensional strategy to retain 73 seats won by party in alliance with Apna Dal in Uttar Pradesh in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.. ...
Sops Fail To Prop Up Chouhan Govt Popularity
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is almost daily announcing new schemes and projects to win over support of the electorate. But to everybody’s surprise, reports reaching Bhopal indicate a sharp decline in the popularity of the ruling party. Besides that, factional feuds...
Isolated Talibans: Desperate And In Disarray
By Sankar Ray Killing of 30 security jawans in an ambush at two checkpoints in the western province of Badghis of Afghanistan within three days of bilateral ceasefire a short while back, preceded by the death of over 50 civilians and security forces through blasts in Nangarhar province...
