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Put Gyanesh Kumar BEHIND BARS for TREASON
By NR Mohanty. It’s not enough if the CEC is punished; it’s time some top judges are made accountable for their brazen acts of omission and commission.
Finally, 'Ringleader' GYANESH KUMAR IN THE DOCK. A TURNING POINT for India?
By Manan Kumar. Modi’s regime will collapse in a year, or he will impose an Emergency, said Rahul Gandhi.
Kalidas Style: The Axe of FCRA
It is a clear case of borrowing dollars on interest while denying dollars coming free. Independent Ink Editorial The recent jubiliation over India attracting 136 billion USD through The Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) deposit scheme (FCNR-B) seems justified on the face-value. India badly needs inflow of dollars to halt a mounting current account deficit (CAD), as the Indian Rupee has been steadily losing ground to the dollar over the last decade, especially post-COVID. S
90 lakh voter names deleted! SO WHAT HAPPENED in West Bengal?
By Rahul. SIR data show that over 53% of the deletions were women.
'Why should I hide, journalism is not a crime?' Women Journos Protest at the Press Club of India
"We are independent journalists," she said, "how will we earn and continue to work if accounts are suspended?"
So What's the Big Secret?
Independent Ink Editorial: The secrecy surrounding the fund and its contributors is puzzling. If the money it receives is being used for public relief, why is there a need for secrecy?
Editor's Pick
When Tech Billionaires Come Marching In…
By Ajith Pillai. Do we really require data centres, even as protests against them have erupted in Europe and Latin America?
Mangoes, Baby Crocodiles, Zero Press Conferences: And the US Ambassador drops a Bombshell
By Anuradha Bhasin. What do the BJP leaders see when they look at themselves in the mirror?
The Man without a CV, and the Man with a Charge Sheet of History
By Narendra Pachkhede in London. The Man without a CV.
Politics
‘It is the mind that keeps you going’
She is 29 years old. She led a 23-day hunger strike that brought down a cabinet minister. She danced when it was over. She is still asking for more.
Great Cricketers Stand Up for Imran Khan, a Cricket Legend, now Half-Blind, Rotting in a Dark, Solitary Cell, as Army Generals Call the Shots
By Ganpy Natraj. More than 20 great captains and cricketers, including Clive Lyod, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, David Gower, Ian Chappel, Mike Brearley, Michael Atherton, Dilip Vengsarkar, David Gower
90 lakh voter names deleted! SO WHAT HAPPENED in West Bengal?
By Rahul. SIR data show that over 53% of the deletions were women.
History
'Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque…. India belongs only to me' : Mira Nair's Amrita Sher-Gil
She arrived like a comet, changed what Indian art could be, and died at the age of 28 before the world had fully understood what it had lost.
AI tech giants buy books in bulk. Even rare books. Why? To destroy them!
By Ajith Pillai. Amazon, the largest online seller of books, buying books to destroy them is indeed ironic.
There may not be any 'Other' like you
Professor Sumit Sarkar: A tribute to the intellect infinite, or as they say in simple Latin, intellectus infinitus.
Society
Don’t restrict your daughters, educate your sons
By Antara Chandra. The boys and girls who marched at midnight: What the Internet can teach us about emotions and ethics.
‘Guns may shoot, and knives may carve, but we won’t wear your silly scarves'
By Divya Trivedi. Tribute to Marjane Satrapi. Rebel, graphic artist, writer, filmmaker, a great human being.
Ram Mandir Loot: The Buck Stops with the Prime Minister
By NR Mohanty. The video evidence presented by the SIT shows that vehicles loaded with cash, gold and silver offerings have left the Ram Temple premises at least 70 times during a 45-day window.
Ground Report
To Rebel is To Be!
By Amit Sengupta. The sudden, radical rupture inflames the rain-soaked afternoon. The fire spreads in the eyes, and inside clenched fists. A mother holds her little child close to her heart, eyes blazing. A thin, wiry young woman in a red sari, becomes a fiery symbol of shakti – women’s power. A grandmother is so intense, that her entire history of angst and anger explodes.
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Put Gyanesh Kumar BEHIND BARS for TREASON
By NR Mohanty. It’s not enough if the CEC is punished; it’s time some top judges are made accountable for their brazen acts of omission and commission.
Don’t restrict your daughters, educate your sons
By Antara Chandra. The boys and girls who marched at midnight: What the Internet can teach us about emotions and ethics.
‘Guns may shoot, and knives may carve, but we won’t wear your silly scarves'
By Divya Trivedi. Tribute to Marjane Satrapi. Rebel, graphic artist, writer, filmmaker, a great human being.
Finally, 'Ringleader' GYANESH KUMAR IN THE DOCK. A TURNING POINT for India?
By Manan Kumar. Modi’s regime will collapse in a year, or he will impose an Emergency, said Rahul Gandhi.
Kalidas Style: The Axe of FCRA
It is a clear case of borrowing dollars on interest while denying dollars coming free. Independent Ink Editorial The recent jubiliation over India attracting 136 billion USD through The Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) deposit scheme (FCNR-B) seems justified on the face-value. India badly needs inflow of dollars to halt a mounting current account deficit (CAD), as the Indian Rupee has been steadily losing ground to the dollar over the last decade, especially post-COVID. S
‘It is the mind that keeps you going’
She is 29 years old. She led a 23-day hunger strike that brought down a cabinet minister. She danced when it was over. She is still asking for more.
Ram Mandir Loot: The Buck Stops with the Prime Minister
By NR Mohanty. The video evidence presented by the SIT shows that vehicles loaded with cash, gold and silver offerings have left the Ram Temple premises at least 70 times during a 45-day window.
When Tech Billionaires Come Marching In…
By Ajith Pillai. Do we really require data centres, even as protests against them have erupted in Europe and Latin America?
Great Cricketers Stand Up for Imran Khan, a Cricket Legend, now Half-Blind, Rotting in a Dark, Solitary Cell, as Army Generals Call the Shots
By Ganpy Natraj. More than 20 great captains and cricketers, including Clive Lyod, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, David Gower, Ian Chappel, Mike Brearley, Michael Atherton, Dilip Vengsarkar, David Gower
90 lakh voter names deleted! SO WHAT HAPPENED in West Bengal?
By Rahul. SIR data show that over 53% of the deletions were women.
'Why should I hide, journalism is not a crime?' Women Journos Protest at the Press Club of India
"We are independent journalists," she said, "how will we earn and continue to work if accounts are suspended?"
So What's the Big Secret?
Independent Ink Editorial: The secrecy surrounding the fund and its contributors is puzzling. If the money it receives is being used for public relief, why is there a need for secrecy?
Mangoes, Baby Crocodiles, Zero Press Conferences: And the US Ambassador drops a Bombshell
By Anuradha Bhasin. What do the BJP leaders see when they look at themselves in the mirror?
'Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque…. India belongs only to me' : Mira Nair's Amrita Sher-Gil
She arrived like a comet, changed what Indian art could be, and died at the age of 28 before the world had fully understood what it had lost.
The Man without a CV, and the Man with a Charge Sheet of History
By Narendra Pachkhede in London. The Man without a CV.
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