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.The Emerging Nepal-India-China Equation
By Barun Das Gupta Nepal Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli paid a five-day official visit to China from June 19. Before going into an analysis of that visit and its import and impact on Nepal, India and China relationship, it may be useful to take a brief...
Is emergency the only measure of Indira Gandhi?
By Harihar Swarup Howsoever, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his colleagues may abuse Indira Gandhi, compare her to Hitler, to mark the 43rd anniversary of Emergency, she remains the most popular leader of India. If BJP leaders think they can get votes by recalling days of Emergency and...
Disillusions Of Worshipping False Gods
Sushil Kutty “What the hell’s going on?” Resentment and bitterness have taken hold of the once redoubtable Arun Shourie. He says “we are so callous. We’re demoralizing the army. They’re endangering the lives of soldiers this way.” Retired army generals do not think the ‘leak’ endangers soldiers. The...
Pakistan Fails In Bid To Keep Off Terrorist Funding List
By James M. Dorsey The Pakistani government’s removal of a virulently anti-Shiite militant from its terrorism list at the very moment that an international money laundering and terrorism finance watchdog was deciding to put the country on a watch list, highlights Pakistan’s struggle to come to grips...
Comparing Indira To Hitler Is A Travesty Of Truth
By L.S. Herdenia I do not hold any brief for Indira Gandhi as far as her decision to impose Emergency is concerned. There is no doubt that the Emergency period will be recorded as a black chapter in the democratic history of the country. But certainly I have...
The Simple Prescription For Peace
By Dr. Arun Mitra July the 7th will always be remembered as a historical day. On this day in 2017 the world community decided to vote for complete nuclear disarmament and save the world from catastrophe that could threaten the very existence of mankind. It wasn’t an easy...
Headwinds Of Dalit Politics Force Mayawati To Change
By Arun Srivastava For BSP supremo Mayawati the 2019 Lok Sabha election is an opportunity to consolidate her grip on the dalits and untouchables of Uttar Pradesh and resuscitate her own image as a dalit champion. Unfortunately her impulsive political actions of the past have given her...
Mexico Is Poised For A Regime Change On July 1
By Mark Gruenberg In news U.S. workers won’t like to hear, particularly those in Midwestern industrial states that saw their jobs and plants decamp south of the border, some two-thirds of Mexicans support a new North American Free Trade Agreement. Some of that support seems to be coming...
BJP’s 2019 Election Launch Pad Is Out
By Sushil Kutty “What the hell’s going on?” Once journalist-now-dissident-BJP-leader Arun Shourie labels Indian Army’s ‘surgical strikes’ “farjical/farcical strikes” and the next day – 636 days after the army’s special forces struck and decimated terrorist launch pads in POK – television news channels are awash with video proof...
Chances Of Govt-Opposition Cooperation In Monsoon Session Bleak
By Nitya Chakraborty The monsoon session of Parliament beginning on July 18 is expected to see sharpest confrontation between the BJP and the Congress led opposition making the smooth functioning of the proceedings of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha impossible. Right now, the political temperature has hottened...
Congress Warming Up To Kamal Haasan
By Rahil Nora Chopra Will the Congress tie up with Kamal Haasan’s fledgling party? We don’t know yet. But the Gandhi family, at least its younger members, did roll out the red carpet for the superstar. Apparently even as Rahul Gandhi was holding an intense discussion with Kamal on...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Bar associations cannot deny the right to legally represent any individual – The Supreme Court expressed that a bar association could not restrain advocates from defending an individual. The petitioner had filed a writ petition against a resolution passed by the lawyers of the trial court, where he was...
This Is “Undeclared Emergency” Now
By Indira Jaising Some of us who lived through the Emergency declared on June 25, 1975 are still around, I am one of them. I was then a young lawyer practising in Bombay. I had chosen to work for the trade union movement, and in that capacity...
BJP Wants To Project Its Own CM In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has toughened his stand against the BJP and taking a cue from his master, his JD(U) has dared the BJP to pull out of the alliance in the state. However undeterred of his threat and issuing of caution by his...
Justice Chelameswar Was Right In Focussing On Lapses In Judiciary
By Amritananda Chakravorty On 22nd June, 2018, Justice J. Chelameswar retired from Supreme Court, after a tenure of almost 7 years at the Apex Court of the country. After his retirement, he gave interviews to various media platforms, including print and electronic media, which seemed to have upset...
Kashmir: BJP’s 2019-Driven Hindu Card May Not Work
By Amulya Ganguli The series of by-election defeats suffered by the BJP in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar along with its failure to form a government in Karnataka and the party’s uncertain prospects in the three assembly elections this winter cannot but have made the saffron...
A Global Economic Crisis Is Brewing
By Nilanjan Banik and Pierto Paganini We are passing through an interesting time. There is a likelihood that trade war between two of the world’s biggest economies – China and USA – may blow out of proportion. The consequence may be another economic downturn in the offing....
2019 No Cakewalk For BJP, Despite Modi, Shah
By Kalyani Shankar The BJP is getting poll ready, going by the aggressive statements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party chief Amit Shah. Also the media advertisements indicate a “Modi shining” mood, ahead of the 2019 polls. Shah, known for his micro-management, has already started working...
