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.Stirring Up A Hornet’s Nest Over Ayodhya And Kashi Is Ominous
By P Sudhir It is bizarre that the Ayodhya and Kashi issues have again started unravelling. These questions remained in suspended animation with orders from the highest judiciary. For many, the Ayodhya verdict was an enigma with the apex court order that those who criminally destroyed Babri Mosque were...
Ladakh Is Only Seeking Security Within India’s Constitutional Framework
By Deepshika Trivedi, Vinay Kumar For most of independent India’s history, Ladakh symbolised peace, resilience, and patriotism. It has stood firm at the nation’s northern frontier, both geographically and ideologically. Yet today, the region finds itself in turmoil. What began as a peaceful demand for constitutional safeguards has spiralled...
As Campaign Heats Up, Bihar State Polls Set To Be Political Pot-Boiler
By Rahil Nora Chopra As the high-stakes battle for Bihar inches closer, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor has been busy cornering the Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar over corruption, while positioning himself as an alternative leader capable of ushering in clean politics in the...
Gandhi’s Birthday On October 2 Is A Reminder To Fight For An Inclusive Nation
By Krishna Jha “He (Gandhi) stopped at the threshold of the huts of thousands of the dispossessed, dressed like one of their own. He spoke to them in their language, here was living truth at last, not quotations from books. For this reason, the ‘Mahatma’, the name given to...
Sharp Rise In Public Way Obstruction Cases In India Is Alarming
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is showing sharp rise in public way obstruction cases. In 2023 it rose to 151469 just from 93,548 in 2022. There has also been 7.2 per cent rise in registration of cases. Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes rose by 5.7 per cent while Special...
Kantara Chapter 1 – From Local Legend To Pan-Indian Phenomenon
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: When Kantara opened in Karnataka in September 2022, few could have predicted that a film made on a modest budget would turn into a sweeping cultural phenomenon. Under the direction, writing, and starring of Rishab Shetty, Kantara (budget ~ ₹15-16 crore) emerged not...
Mexican President Sheinbaum Completes Her First Year In Office With Big Success
By Kurt Hackbarth MEXICO CITY: On September 15, Claudia Sheinbaum — the first woman president in Mexico’s history — stepped onto the balcony of the National Palace to perform the ritual grito, or cry of independence. In keeping with her government’s drive to recognize overlooked female figures in Mexican...
Trump’s Visa Tariff May Be Blessing In Disguise For India’s Talent Reservoir
By K Raveendran Bill Gates’ recent revelation about how a critical recruitment drive of fifteen Indian engineers had once saved Microsoft from slipping into irrelevance comes at a time when the United States under Donald Trump is imposing restrictive visa measures that are designed to block the very talent...
Federal Government Shutdown Is A Sort Of Ego-Tussle Between Trump And Democrats
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: On The U.S. federal government shut down effective October 1 I as the Congress did not approve a funding measure before midnight. The standoff pitted House Republicans, who passed a “clean” continuing resolution, against Senate Democrats who insist on tying healthcare protections to...
Calling Sonam Wangchuk Anti-National By Centre And BJP Is Preposterous
By Sushil Kutty Like one newspaper wrote, he’s now a national security ‘threat’. The threat in single quote-unquote, which makes it double the threat, our man Sonam Wangchuk in Ladakh, who has just started his languishing phase in life in Jodhpur, where he has been incarcerated in jail and...
Controversy Over SIR And Bihar Electoral Roll Not Yet Over
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The final electoral roll of Bihar after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was published on September 30, 2025 after over a three months of exercise since it was announced by the Election Commission of India on June 24, but the controversy surrounding the SIR refuses...
Muslim Brotherhood’s Fading Empire And Its Dangerous Heirs
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury For decades, the Muslim Brotherhood has loomed large in the Western imagination, often described as the ideological mothership of global Islamism. To many policymakers in Washington, London, or Brussels, the name alone has become shorthand for a wide spectrum of Islamist activity. Yet, this...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro Has Emerged As A Principled Fighter Against Trump
By Cruz Bonlarron Martínez NEW YORK: The US Department of State published a tweet on Friday night stating its plans to revoke the visa of Colombian president Gustavo Petro due to his “reckless and incendiary actions” on his visit to New York City during the United Nations General Assembly....
China Is Making Every Effort To Attract Talent Thrown Out By America
By Anjan Roy Donald Trump’s high fees for H1B visas are a serious headache for India, not just for the sake of its impact on India’s IT sector and services exports to USA. This is a huge worry for the overall security environment and strategic- diplomatic scenario for India....
Trump’s Final Peace Plan On Gaza Is Out As Nobel Peace Prize Announcement Is Nearing
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump’s 20-point proposal for peace in Gaza has been accepted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump’s let it be known to the shady Hamas leadership, whatever is left of it, to agree to the plan or perish. Israel will have “our full...
Forest Regeneration Declining In India Needing Urgent Attention
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As against forest cover target of 33 per cent of country’s geographical area needed for maintain ecological balance, increase in India’s forest cover is moving very slowly. Recorded forest area (RFA) during the last decade (2013-2023) has only slightly increased from 23.48 per cent to...
Major U.S. Businessmen Are Not Happy At Trump’s Anti-H-IB Visa Moves
By Kunal Bose Newspaper interview pieces are generally on predictable lines and very little of substance generally emerges from the discourse. This is specially the case when the interviewees hold sensitive offices in business and finance. They are not expected to say things that will offend the powers that...
Capitol Crisis: How A Government Shutdown Could Reshape Federal Power
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: With less than 24 hours remaining before a potential government shutdown, the nation’s capital finds itself trapped in a political vise that threatens to squeeze the life out of federal operations and fundamentally reshape the American bureaucracy. The standoff centres on a familiar...
