Suranya Aiyar If Prashant Kishor is an agent of the Modi Regime, then we are looking at something akin to a medieval court drama of intrigue, back-stabbing and betrayal of sub-continental proportions. The question is not Prashant Kishor’s political beliefs, to which he is entitled, but of pretenses in presenting himself as an independent professional… Read More Will The Real Prashant Kishor Please Stand Up?
Sharp rise in number of people facing a crisis in freedom of speech, while authors particularly alarmed by deterioration in India under Narendra Modi Half the world’s population cannot freely speak their mind according to a new report on freedom of expression. In its annual report, the advocate group Article 19 found the number of people… Read More More than half the world cannot speak freely, report finds
WORLD INEQUALITY DATABASE Given its geographic size and population, now the largest in the world, the distribution of economic growth in India has significant implications for global inequality dynamics. This underscores the importance of accurately measuring income and wealth inequality in India. In this paper, Nitin Kumar Bharti, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, and Anmol Somanchi… Read More Economic inequality in India: ‘billionaire raj’ is now more unequal than British colonial rule
The Aam Adami Party (AAP) seems to be on the verge of an implosion. The maverick behaviour of several of its leaders points to widening fault lines within the party. Bharat Bhushan The arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s close aide, Bibhav Kumar, has brought the party crisis to his doorstep. The Swati Maliwal episode is… Read More Is the AAP imploding? Swati Maliwal episode points to the fractures within
Narendra Modi’s communally provocative statements are important in spreading an anti-Muslim animus among the electorate, especially among Dalits whom the BJP fears might vote along with the minorities against the BJP Bharat Bhushan In his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a reporter “the day I do Hindu-Muslim, I will be unworthy of… Read More What is behind Modi’s campaign doublespeak?
The watchdog must reclaim its autonomy and backbone to safeguard democracy’s “soft guardrails”. VAISHNA ROY Newt Gingrich, the Republican politician from the US mostly credited with beginning the right-wing dominance of the House of Representatives, once told his partymen to stop using “Boy Scout words”. “You are fighting a war,” he said. “It is a… Read More The fall of the Election Commission
A few simple but deeply philosophical sentences by one of India’s most outspoken journalists. Ravish stands out, but there are many other courageous reporters, and we must be grateful to them all. Listen to his talk here, it was delivered yesterday. He uses the word talkhi to describe the atmosphere sought to be created and… Read More Ravish Kumar: आपके पास सत्ता है पर ताकत नहीं.. बहुतों को डराया जा सकता है.. उस डर का आप क्या करेंगे जिससे आप खुद डरे हुए हैं..
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने कहा है कि न्यूज़ क्लिक के संपादक प्रबीर पुरकायस्थ को अवैध रुप से गिरफ्तार किया गया था। मोदी सरकार के दौर में पत्रकार होना और सही सवालों के साथ काम करना कितना ख़तरनाक हो सकता है इसके सौ उदाहरण दिए जा सकते हैं। लेकिन न्यूज़ क्लिक का मामला बताता है कि आप… Read More न्यूज़ क्लिक पर कोर्ट का बड़ा फ़ैसला, पुरकायस्थ रिहा | Prabir Purkaystha’s arrest illegal: SC
In a major development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 15) declared as illegal NewsClick founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha’s arrest by the Delhi police and his remand in a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967. The Court noted that a copy of the remand application was not provided to Purkayastha or his… Read More Prabir Purkayastha’s Arrest & Remand Illegal: Supreme Court Orders NewsClick Editor’s Release / Bhima Koregaon: Gautam Navlakha gets bail as SC lifts stay on Bombay HC order
Election Trend & BJP Crisis : रुझान आने शुरू..गृहमंत्रालय के बाद इनकम टैक्स में आग ! Fire in Income Tax building Fire in North Block, Ministry of Home Affairs (April 16)
