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.Manish Sisodia’s Bail From Prison Is A Big Relief For Aam Aadmi Party In Delhi
By Sushil Kutty Manish Sisodia got bail and arrived at his residence on August 9. Sisodia was the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi. Then, he drew up Delhi’s excise policy. He was arrested and jailed 17 months ago. In fact, people sort of forgot Manish Sisodia as the news...
Supreme Court Judgement On Caste Issue Is Good In Intent But Keeps Some Snags
By D Raja The recent judgement of the Supreme Court has once again re-opened the ever-elusive question of caste and what to do with it. For the most part caste and its affect has been deliberately confined to the social realm as a practice reminiscent of the ancient past...
PM’s Move To Send Waqf (Amendment) Bill To JPC Is A Big Victory For Opposition
By Arun Srivastava Lok Sabha referring the controversial he Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on August 8 is the first major defeat of Narendra Modi during his long ten year rule it also underlines that he cannot dictate the parliamentary proceedings suiting his whims...
Narendra Modi Govt Is Pursuing Jobless Growth Strategy Even In Its Third Term
Dr Yugal Rayalu Among many features that are decoded about the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of the prominent one is rising concern about joblessness. Whole nation is busy discussing the 2024-25 budget presented in the Parliament on July 23. The corporate sectors are fielding learned men...
Maha Assembly Polls: Shiv-Sena (UBT), NCP (SP), Congress To Share Seats
By Rahil Nora Chopra Seat-sharing talks have begun in right earnest with Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray conducting separate meetings with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and NCP-SP supremo Sharad Pawar. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and K C Venugopal were also present during Kharge’s meeting with Thackeray. The MVA alliance...
US Role In Post-Hasina Bangladesh Must Be Monitored Closely By Secular Forces
By P. Sudhir The mass revolt against the authoritarian government of Sheikh Hasina Wazed has had a dramatic outcome with the fall of the government and Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country. On Monday (August 5), the `March to Dhaka’ called by the student protestors saw tens of thousands of...
Remembering Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, A Visionary Who Failed To Gauge The Reality
By Satyaki Chakraborty Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who passed away in Kolkata on August 8 morning in his small two room flat, was a hard core communist till the end of his life at 80. A leader of the CPI(M) since 1966, Buddhadeb was known for...
India’s Money Laundering Industry Has Only 0.76 Per Cent Conviction Rate
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s money laundering industry, though illegal, remains the foundation of the parallel black economy of the country, notwithstanding the draconian Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), PM Narendra Modi’s vow of action against it, and Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) shows of strict actions, especially against opposition...
Waqf Board Amendment Bill Reads Like A Counter To Caste Census
By Sushil Kutty The Modi government’s Waqf Board Amendment Bill, 2024, has further cemented Opposition unity as party after party of the INDI-Alliance stood up in the Lok Sabha and accused the NDA government of dividing Hindu and Muslim, one of them going to the extent of branding the...
Indian Economy Has To Meet The Twin Challenge Of Unemployment And Poverty
By Krishna Jha The possibility of India becoming developed Bharat remains a mirage. In fact it can hardly turn into reality. The mother with her baby, hungry for last two days, a common feature in our country, can never be convinced of the easy availability of food for her...
Mumbai Railways To Replace Vegetable Cultivation With Floral Lands
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The practice of growing vegetables on the land along Mumbai railway tracks is on its way out. The railways now plan to use the land for horticulture and beautify the tracks, giving the local commuters an aesthetic feel of the city. It has earmarked 150...
Narendra Modi Govt’s Move To Amend Waqf Act, 1995 Has Divided The Country Again
By Asad Mirza The Narendra Modi government’s move to amend the Waqf Act 1995 has come under severe criticism both by the secular parties and Muslim organisations. But it also highlights the fact that the so-called Muslim leaders themselves are not ready to set their own house right. Taking...
Across Europe, Gaza Has Become A Litmus Test For The Left Parties
By Nessim Achouche If at Harvard earlier this year students received their degrees in the colors of Palestine, in Paris this same flag was waved by France Insoumise MPs in parliament. Each set of images remind us of a different time: the 1960s and ’70s, when left-wing parties in...
British Trade Unions And Left Activists Unite Against Far Right Rioters
By Elizabeth Short LONDON: We Will not stand back and allow the far right to attempt to divide us, unions vowed on Wednesday..Violence has gripped Britain after far-right agitators exploited the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport to push their racist agenda. The unrest was sparked after...
Modi, Doval, Jaishankar Out-Manoeuvred In Bangladesh By Pakistani Players
By Sushil Kutty India didn’t know what was cooking in its backyard. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, vaunted vishwaguru – supposedly the only leader with the charisma to talk Russia out of the war with Ukraine – was caught off-guard when a coup forced Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to...
US Agencies Might Have Played A Role In Facilitating Sheikh Hasina’s Ouster
By Arun Srivastava After the sudden, inglorious exit of Sheikh Hasina from the political theatre of Bangladesh, the tone and temper of the students’ movement have changed. A new narrative is making rounds in the political and media circles that the student movement for quota reform is fading from...
INDIA Bloc Against Taxing Future Crises Of Life And Health
By Dr. Gyan Pathak INDIA bloc is now firmly against taxing people on their future crises of life and health, protested within and outside the Parliament against imposition of 18 per cent GST on life and health insurance premium, and demanded their immediate removal. Modi government seems to be...
Phogat’s Olympics Fiasco And How Number 100 Turns Out To Be Most Inauspicious For India
By K Raveendran Vinesh Phogat’s Olympics debacle is the ultimate manifestation of the uncertainty in sports, where triumph and tragedy often converge in a moment’s breath. Phogat, a wrestler whose athletic prowess as well as her struggle against sports bureaucracy has made her a beacon of hope and defiance...
