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.Pranab Was Wrong In Describing Hegdewar “A Great Son” Of India
By Amulya Ganguli Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says that one unfortuate fallout of the Emergency was to bring the RSS into the national mainstream via its fraternal outfit, the Jan Sangh, the BJP’s predecessor, which resisted Indira Gandhi’s draconian rule and later merged into the ruling Janata Party....
Congress Has Become Wiser From Karnataka Assembly Poll Experience
By Nitya Chakraborty Only a month has passed since the results of the Karnataka assembly elections were out on May 12, but for the Congress Party, this has been the period of great learning about the dynamics of coalition politics. Congress led by Rahul Gandhi has become...
Trump Sees Light In ‘Very Talented’ Kim’s Eyes
By Sushil Kutty The summit of the century and all over the world it’s ‘We are live in Singapore’, TV news channels streaming pictures of Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump. Images of Kim and Trump shaking hands and sitting side by side, priceless additions to the world...
One-Shot Trump And Two-Faced Kim
By Sushil Kutty Fareed Zakaria’s documentary ‘Two Faces of Kim Jong Un’ was telecast Sunday night on CNN and being the Indian that he is/was, Zakaria wished, before the programme aired, that “hope President Trump watches so that he gets a better understanding of who he is going...
Shah Using Sampark To Redefine Political Contours
By Arun Srivastava The momentous victory of the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha election was neither the success of Hindutva nor a defeat of secularism. Consolidating their gains, the saffron brigade used the expansion to broad base its Hindutva outreach and agenda. They were in a mad...
Violent Attacks On Development Projects Rising
By Nantoo Banerjee Not many people in Bengal may have ever heard the name of a outfit called CPI-ML Red Star, not until it attacked a Power Grid Corporation’s (PGCIL) sub-station project, being built in co-operation with the West Bengal government, at fast developing Rajarhat in Kolkata’s outskirt....
Two Killer Words In The News
By Aditya Aamir Lynching is mob action. A ‘group of people’ lynch. So the term ‘mob lynching’ is an oxymoron. Lynching is mostly out in the open. In town and village square. In the Wild West of America it was stringing from the nearest tree. A couple or...
Fiscal Federalism Yes, But No Tangible Results
By K R Sudhaman Three years after setting up of Niti Aayog and path-breaking award of 42 per cent devolution to states from the central pool of taxes by the 14th Finance Commission, the question is now asked whether fiscal federalism has really got a shot in the...
Spectre Of Nipah Flare-Up Receding
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The worst is over, and the Nipah-struck Kozhikode district is bouncing back to normality. The most gratifying aspect is that no new cases have been reported in the ‘second wave’ of the Nipah outbreak in north Kerala. None of the second set of...
Creamy Layer Turns Messy And Uncanny
By K Raveendran The most hilarious court judgment ever is attributed to Sir Roger de Coverley, an Old English fictional character. Sitting in judgment for three days, hearing a dispute between two men complaining against each other, Sir Roger finally gave the verdict: Much might be said about both...
Desperate Nitish Move To Retrieve Lost Ground
By Arun Srivastava Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has lost the battle for survival even before it was trumpeted. The manner in which Nitish has been shifting the goal post and shuffling agendas gives a clear indication that he is in deep crisis and unable to evolve his...
Will opposition unity survive to snatch 2019 from Modi?
By Harihar Swarup Encouraged by the poll success in Karnataka and by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, Opposition unity looks certain in the run up to the general elections in 2019. If the Opposition sticks together, the BJP led by Narendra and Amit Shah, appears to be in trouble. Presuming...
Pranab Strikes Big Bang, Congress Hits Black Hole
By Sushil Kutty Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History Of Time and Citizen Pranab Mukherjee’s A Short History of Bharato! One a book, the other an oral summation. Hawking’s book was for eighth graders and it explained complex concepts such as space, time and black holes to the simple mind....
India Among Worst Peaceful Nations
By Gyan Pathak Against the popular belief among Indians that India is one of the most peaceful nations of the world, it has been declared 28th worst peaceful nation ranking 136th out of 163 nations measured for peacefulness by the Global Peace Index 2018. In comparison to last year,...
Yogi In Deep Trouble After Humiliating Defeats
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appears to be in deep trouble after the humiliating defeat in Kairana and Noorpur by-elections. Both Yogi and state BJP president Mahendra Nath Pandey have been summoned to Delhi by party president Amit Shah to seek a firsthand report on the...
Rahul Rally Creates Positive Vibes For MP Congress
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Eight days of farmers’ agitation have passed off peacefully. The only major event during this period was the visit of Congress president Rahul Gandhi to Mandsaur district, which saw six persons killed in violence last year. Five of them were killed by police bullets....
Ajit Jogi Seen Likely To Return To Congress
By Rahil Nora Chopra Speculation is rife again that Ajit Jogi may return to the Congress after Rahul Gandhi called up Jogi’s wife Renu, who is a Congress MLA, to enquire about his health earlier this week. Jogi is suffering from pneumonia and was shifted to a private...
Ghettos Of Utmost Happiness
By Sushil Kutty Arundhati Roy’s first book God of Small Things won the Man Booker in 1997. Second book Ministry of Utmost Happiness made it to the list but sank in its own sea of utmost unhappiness. Not surprising. For, it is like “beyond the flyover, the...
