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Opinion: A Giant Cover-Up? Proof Of Evidence Being Planted, Centre Is Silent
Every day brings fresh evidence of the hurdles India faces as Chairman of the G-20 group in showcasing to the world, in the words of the Prime Minister, that it is "such a rich and living democracy of the world."
- Brinda Karat
- Dec 15, 2022 14:09 pm IST
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Opinion: On Assam Chief Minister's Comments About Shraddha Walkar
He said, while campaigning for the BJP in Surat, Gujarat, "Vote for Modi - without a strong leader in the country, murderers like Aftab will emerge in every city.
- Brinda Karat
- Nov 20, 2022 15:17 pm IST
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Opinion: India vs "Governor-itis", An Epidemic That's Spreading
Under the present dispensation at the Centre, there has been an unprecedented interference by Governors in matters of policy and governance where non-BJP parties rule the state.
- Brinda Karat
- Oct 27, 2022 13:11 pm IST
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Opinion: When Muslims Are Demonised At Garba Events
India needs to ask itself some hard questions - in our own times, in our own society, is evil triumphing over the good?
- Brinda Karat
- Oct 05, 2022 16:21 pm IST
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Opinion: Fact-Checking Amit Shah On His Declarations In Telangana
Yes, there was a "liberation" in Telangana, only it was not the chronology recited by Amit Shah.
- Brinda Karat
- Sep 19, 2022 16:48 pm IST
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Opinion: Teen Rape And Hanging - When Leaders Blame The Victims
Two Dalit sisters, 17 and 15, were raped, murdered and hung from a tree in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur.
- Brinda Karat
- Sep 17, 2022 16:44 pm IST
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Opinion: Will Amit Shah Intervene In Bilkis Bano Case?
Is this the way to develop "Nari Shakti" and protect the dignity of women?
- Brinda Karat
- Aug 17, 2022 12:25 pm IST
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Opinion: What PM's Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign Should Alert Us To
For Har Ghar Tiranga to go beyond a slogan or a ritual, it is important to remind ourselves of our own history and what was critical in winning us our independence.
- Brinda Karat
- Aug 10, 2022 11:52 am IST
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Opinion: Who In Their Right Senses Would Call Her Rashtrapatni?
Patriarchy is reflected in language that often invisibilizes women. It needs to be challenged and changed.
- Brinda Karat
- Jul 29, 2022 12:06 pm IST
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Opinion: The Supreme Court's Scathing Criticism Of Nupur Sharma
Will the welcome though belated comments of the Supreme Court on Nupur Sharma and her statement against the Prophet lead, at least now, to the logical step of her arrest? In a scathing indictment, the Bench in an open court said, "The way she has ig
- Brinda Karat
- Jul 02, 2022 12:03 pm IST
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Opinion: Modi Sarkaar's Approach To 'Agniveers' vs Its Help To Super-Rich
It was a striking pose captured by the strategically-placed camera- that of the powerful Prime Minister of India at the feet of his mother.
- Brinda Karat
- Jun 20, 2022 12:27 pm IST
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Opinion: Dear "Fringe Elements," A Note For You
The impunity with which BJP leaders continue to make the most obnoxious and provocative statements, seeking to strip India's Muslims of equal citizenship shows the patronage they enjoy from the State, the government and the ruling regime leadership.
- Brinda Karat
- Jun 12, 2022 06:50 am IST
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Opinion: Inflation And Price Rise - You're On Your Own, People
Today in power, when prices are shooting up, the leaders of the ruling regime maintain a deafening silence. Instead, they strain every nerve to divert people with their manufactured divisive slogans.
- Brinda Karat
- May 20, 2022 12:26 pm IST
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Opinion: From Gujarat To Hyderabad, "Honour" Killings Erupt
How many more lives will it take to put an end to horror killings and violence against young people whose only crime is to fall in love across the Lakshman Rekha drawn by bigoted orthodoxy in the name of caste and now also religion?
- Brinda Karat
- May 14, 2022 17:58 pm IST
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Opinion: The Bulldozers Destroyed A Lot More Than Property
This bulldozer can never be stopped with a response from equally fundamentalist politics. It can and must be stopped by those who believe in unity, secularism and defending the rights of the poor.
- Brinda Karat
- Apr 27, 2022 09:51 am IST
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Don't Dilute Message Of Women's Day - by Brinda Karat
On March 8 this year, hundreds of millions of women across the world will celebrate the day not having been able to do so for the last two years because of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.
- Brinda Karat
- Mar 08, 2022 07:00 am IST
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Opinion: Is Wearing Hijab On Campus A Law And Order Issue?
The happenings in BJP-ruled Karnataka as the " hijab controversy" is misleading. It is nothing of the kind. It is an outright assault on the right to education of young Muslim women, guaranteed to them by the law and the Constitution of India.
- Brinda Karat
- Feb 10, 2022 14:27 pm IST
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Opinion: The Filmed Assault And Lynching Of A Young Mother In Delhi
When we express our anguish, anger and horror at the Shahdara crime, we cannot forget that it is also a result of the normalization of such crimes by the horrific and the blood-soaked culture of mob lynching promoted by those in positions of power.
- Brinda Karat
- Feb 01, 2022 11:50 am IST
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Opinion: The Acquittal Of Kerala Bishop Is Best Example Of A Bad Judgement
This is equally a fight against insensitive and patriarchal judicial blinkers that dehumanise a victim of rape and expect her to abide by a preconceived code of conduct as a "sterling witness".
- Brinda Karat
- Jan 17, 2022 17:53 pm IST
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Opinion: Centre's Hypocrisy In Raising Marrying Age For Women To 21
The central government is set to introduce a Bill to raise the marriageable age for women to 21 years. Given its majority in parliament, this Bill will probably become law. Yet there are so many important issues that require deeper consideration that
- Brinda Karat
- Dec 20, 2021 07:27 am IST