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.Being Clever By Half Will Not Help Rahul’s Congress
By Sushil Kutty Veteran author Nayantara Sahgal saying she’s half-Muslim and then claiming “I’m Hindu myself” is the height of confusion. At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Sahgal confirmed her half-Muslim identity and then confused with “We refused a religious identity when we attained Independence because we’re a deeply...
Will PM Modi opt for advancing Lok Sabha Poll?
By S. Sethuraman There are valid reasons at this time to guess options before the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a snap poll to Lok Sabha ahead of May 2019, when the five-year term of the currentHouse ends.Firstly, there is emerging anti-incumbency factor, though limited to isolated areasyet,...
Shiv Sena’s Decision To Go Solo A Blow To BJP
By Kalyani Shankar After all the bickering the Shiv Sena has decided to part ways with the BJP. The party has passed a resolution in its national executive meeting last week that it will go it alone in the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha and the Assembly polls. The...
MP By-Elections: Congress Gets A Boost, BJP In Disarray
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: With the announcement of polling dates for the Kolaras and Mungawali Assembly by-elections, hectic activity has started in both the Congress and Bhartiya Janta Party. The byelections were necessitated by the death of sitting members. Both the seats were held by Congress. Mungawali was...
Why did Bhansali not allow women to live after rape? And Alauddin his fun!
Sushil Kutty The person who walked in to watch Padmaavat, ‘first day, first show’, expecting to see Rani Padmavati burning bras instead of jumping into a Jauhar Khund, must be a feminist disappointed. She forgot the movie was about 13th century compulsions and practices pictured on 21st Century celluloid. There were...
A Plain-Speaking Survey For Economic Turnaround
By G. Srinivasan The pre-budget Economic Survey of the last full-budget of the Modi Government is, true to its customary elegance and gravitas, focused on long-term issues that have a decisive bearing on the Indian economy and the demographic dividend it is putatively enriched with to make high growth...
The Trump Spectacle And The End Of Truth
By Albert Scharenberg Robert Zaretsky recently commented in The New York Times that Donald Trump’s presidency marks the coming of age of The Society of the Spectacle—a society in which truth is essentially reduced to a mere hypothesis and consistently subordinated to orchestration. Indeed, lies and deception...
Why ASEAN Matters So Much For India?
By Nilanjan Banik When it comes to competing in the world economy, the Chinese dragon always wins hands down against the Indian elephant. India’s share in world trade is stuck at around 1.8 percent since 2011, whereas that for China is close to 12 percent. For the Indian...
Supreme Court Hearing On Judge Loya’s Death Significant
The much awaited hearing on late CBI Judge Loya’s death witnessed unexpected drama last week. It was a keenly watched hearing, since this matter was supposed to be the trigger for the four senior most judges of the Supreme Court to call the press conference on 12th January, 2018...
Telecom Imports Putting Pressure On Security, Forex Reserves
By Nantoo Banerjee The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) may be trying to push the manufacturing of telecommunications equipment in the country for both economic reasons and alleviating security concerns, but the progress made so far in this regard is far from encouraging. India has become one...
On Delhi Metro, an ‘eye-opening picture’ of ‘sick journalism’
Sushil Kutty Some journalists are pinheads. But all journalists come loaded with questions in their heads. Suspicious to a fault, journalists have a questioning mind. Some even questionable minds. Hacks at heart, they hack into lives without a ‘May I?’ These days of Social Media they are prone to...
Binoy Kodiyeri Episode: Points To Ponder
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Dubai Police and the Dubai Court giving a clean chit to Binoy Kodiyeri, son of Kerala CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s son, the party has emerged out of a tight political situation at least for the time being. The Kerala CPI(M)...
Our Institutions, Including Statute, Need A Re-Look
By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Davos World Economic Forum to sell his great India story to the world. But even before he could make a pitch, he lost his cause. Damning conclusions in two separate reports about the performance of his government put him...
Importance Of Scientific Health Education
By Dr. Arun Mitra Education is the key to development of any society. It opens up one’s mind, widens the horizon of thinking and gives an insight into the causes and effects of happenings around. Health education is all the more important because good health is most dear...
Bengal Byelections Seen Going TMC Way
By Ashis Biswas Unforeseeable occurrences apart, the outcome and the broad trends of the Uluberia Lok Sabha and Noapara Assembly by elections in West Bengal on Jan 29, are predictable. The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) should win both seats on current performance. Given the state of the...
Election Commission Seems Partisan Against AAP
By Harihar Swarup The Delhi High Court has acted wisely by restraining the Election Commission from holding by-election to the seats fallen vacant following disqualification of 20 MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party. However, the court refused to stay the Centre’s notification disqualifying 20 MLAs for holding office...
JP’s ‘Man Of Science’ Goes Off The Bend
By Sushil Kutty You think you know the man – his cold efficiency and his investigative mind, a one-time no-nonsense top-cop of a metropolis of hard-cases and white collar criminals with a yen for a dollar and a date. Then suddenly, when he is off-guard, or rather when...
2018 Budget: What Can Jaitley Do?
By K R Sudhaman Come January, all sorts of rent-seeking and lobbies start, demanding tax sops and other concessions in the General Budget. But the voice of underprivileged and poor, particularly farmers, who have been hit by an unprecedented crisis, is hardly heard as it is very feeble....
