What forced the BJP to drop CAA 2019 campaign during Durga Puja in Bengal?
After much hullabaloo over the issue, what made the West Bengal BJP to drop CAA 2019 campaign during the Durga Puja to woo Hindu voters?
Month: September 2020
How the farm reforms will destroy India’s farmers and food security?
How Modi’s farm reform measures and dilution of Essential Commodities Act, 1955, will affect the farmers and food security of the poor?
Fact check: No, the Chinese PLA soldiers crying in the video aren’t afraid but singing
Recently, Indian mainstream media outlets like Zee News and Times Now published a story showing a video of a few soldiers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) crying. Citing a Taiwanese publication, the Zee News and Times Now stories claim that the Chinese PLA soldiers crying in the video are sent to the Ladakh … Read more
Padma Kuppa denounces concerns about Indian Muslim oppression
Michigan state legislator Padma Kuppa denies “religious fundamentalism” of Hindu nationalist regime that attacks the Muslims of India.
Inside Modi’s two anti-farmer agriculture bills: A trap to rob farmers and people
What are the salient features of Modi’s two anti-farmer agriculture bills? We analysed the anti-poor provisions of these bills.
Will the farmers’ crusade against the two anti-farmer bills usher in a new dawn?
The two anti-farmer bills passed by Modi’s BJP in the Parliament has triggered large-scale protests. Can the farmers’ movements change India?
Rajeev Sharma – the spy or the victim of press clampdown?
The arrest of journalist Rajeev Sharma, accused of spying for China, raises unpleasant questions for the Delhi Police and the government.
Birendra Chattopadhyay: A poet in a centenary year
September 2nd is gone with the wind and a birth centenary year of a renowned Bengali poet has passed by in the corona-ruled lockdown times. A people’s poet has unfortunately been seen to be a prisoner in Facebook Live programmes and so on. Renowned poets and artists have been seen on Facebook screens reading poetries … Read more
NIA arrests Muslims again to help Modi sail through anti-incumbency waves
Under the guise of busting an al-Qaeda network, the NIA is targeting hapless Muslims. These arrests will help Modi sail through rough sea.
How long the Indian economy’s irreversible crisis can be concealed by the Modi regime?
These days the Delhi Police has literally hijacked the limelight by bringing forth a 1.1m-page-long chargesheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid. But whatever may be the discourse over this witch-hunt by the state machinery, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime is finding it difficult to publish even a single page report on the … Read more
OFBJP listed as Foreign Agent under US law
Allegations of US Department of Justice investigation continue to circulate as the Overseas Friends of the BJP registered itself in the US.
Why the Delhi Police’s supplementary charge sheet in the “Delhi riots” case is a mockery of democracy?
The Delhi Police’s supplementary charge sheet in the “Delhi riots” case is another attempt to appease the Modi regime and its agenda.
The Delhi Police’s incessant efforts to please the BJP reached a new peak
By arresting Umar Khalid under the UAPA in the “Delhi riots” case, the Delhi Police has displayed the nadir it has stooped to.
How some anti-NRC organisations are fooling Bengali refugees with CAA 2019?
Did the CAA 2019 provide any relief to Bengali non-Muslim refugees? How some of the anti-NRC organisations are misrepresenting the law?
No, CAA 2019 won’t disenfranchise anyone, CAA 2003 will
77% respondents of a survey think CAA 2019 will disenfranchise them, but they, ironically, don’t know about CAA 2003, the actual culprit.
How India-China border tension is helping Modi defuse discontent?
A war with China at the behest of the US and the Quad will be beneficial for Modi to defuse public anger against the ongoing economic crisis.
Journalism’s metamorphosis into cheap entertainment in India
India’s mainstream journalism is at the peak of its decay in decades. It has metamorphosed into cheap showbiz, aiming to sensationalise news.
Why a “humane CAA” is demanded to fight the NRC menace?
Why the demand for a “humane CAA” is raised by some of the organisers of West Bengal’s anti-NRC movement as an effective weapon against NRC?
By invoking “Act of God” Sitharaman attempts to bankrupt the states
Why Nirmala Sitharaman invoking “Act of God” clause to deny states their GST dues is actually an illegal action and attack on federalism?
Pranab Mukherjee must be remembered for gifting India NRC
Why the people must remember Pranab Mukherjee for the NRC exercise that has threatened the citizenship of millions of Indians?