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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.SCO Entry To Help Boost India-China Trade Ties
By Subrata Majumder Chinese media were euphoric that the 18th Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held in Qingdao, China, where India and Pakistan were admitted as new members of the organization, will open a new page for better relations between the two countries. Chinese newspaper Global Times...
Trump Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
By Sushil Kutty Lessons from around the world. One of them that anyone who marries Imran Khan can expect to be ex-spouse. Second: Imran Khan swings both ways. Third: Trump’s marriage with Kim is vague. Four: War-games are like bedroom-games. They provoke, help balance the balance! Post...
Marx Was A Great Scholar In Mathematics, Linguistics
By Sankar Ray Twenty-five years ago, as grapevine had it, when the then general secretary of Communist Party of India Indrajit Gupta was reportedly approached to write a forward for the first comprehensive English version of Karl Marx’s Mathematical Manuscripts from the Russian text, the CPI leader declined...
Despite Trump’s Record, There Are Positives From The Korea Summit
By C.J. Atkins It was no Reagan-Gorbachev moment, nor was it some earth-shaking leap toward permanent peace. But contrary to what you might be hearing or reading, the Trump-Kim summit did achieve some net positives…or, at least, potential ones. Many liberal commentators and media personalities are so eager...
Return of the Sleeping AAP Warrior
Aditya Aamir Jocko Street was packing his bag, bought from Dubai Mall along with a Gillette shaving kit and a Swiss pocketknife. He bent to task with concentration only he could command. An extra pair of washed jeans, a couple of shirts, four t-shirts, a set of underwear and...
Reliance On Alliance Not Easy
By Sushil Kutty Those who say Modi and Shah failed big-time in post-poll machinations in Karnataka wait! Post-government formation, trouble is dogging the ruling Congress-Janata Dal (S) alliance. The slip is showing. The ladders on the Congress-JD (S) stockings are unravelling. Like silk usually does under stress. ...
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...
