Brinda Karat – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion: Why It's So Easy For Congress Members To Switch To BJP

Brinda Karat | Sunday July 30, 2017

The political dictionary used by Modi admirers reflects to some degree the burial of political principles that has come to dominate public life today. Nitish Kumar's outright betrayal of the anti-BJP electoral mandate on the basis of which he became Bihar's Chief Minister is described as "a political master stroke."

Opinion: On Amarnath Yatra Attack, What Modi Government Must Ask Itself

Brinda Karat | Wednesday July 12, 2017

While mourning for those innocents who were brutally shot down on their way back from a pilgrimage to Amarnath, while committing ourselves as citizens to fight terrorism, our resolve to fight all those forces who divide people in the name of religion, whether we are in Srinagar or in Delhi, must be strengthened.

Opinion: As Mob Rule Took Over A Train Compartment, Nobody Helped

Brinda Karat | Sunday June 25, 2017

Sayara, 46, sits among the mourning women, her hand pressed closely against her chest as if to stop her heart from breaking. Her blue-grey eyes look at you, through you, beyond you. She is the mother of the young men who were lynched on Thursday evening on the train which runs from Delhi to Mathura.

Opinion: Chaste Peacocks Show We're On Worrying Turf Now

Brinda Karat | Friday June 02, 2017

When belief in mythology replaces logic in judicial pronouncements, and when resultant judgments contain the most outlandish, unscientific assertions, the very credibility of the system of justice-delivery is threatened.

Opinion: Modi Government Seeks To Impose A Food Code On Indians

Brinda Karat | Monday May 29, 2017

The attempts to impose a food code on Indians by the saffron brigade has now been taken forward by the central government in the form of an atrocious amendment to the Rules under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Issued on May 25, on the eve of the celebrations of the completion of three years of the Modi Government, it symbolizes the irrational and warped pri...

Opinion: The Difference In Justice For Nirbhaya And Bilkis Bano

Brinda Karat | Sunday May 07, 2017

Two judgements within a day of each other have caught national attention. The first is the Supreme Court judgement in the Nirbhaya case. The second is the Mumbai High Court judgement in the Bilkis Bano case. Two cases, two women, two standards of justice.

Opinion: What Modi Government Overlooks In Fighting Triple <i>Talaq</i>

Opinion: What Modi Government Overlooks In Fighting Triple Talaq

Brinda Karat | Friday April 14, 2017

What remains unchanged and in fact similar to both sides, is that their positions for or against instant triple talaq are determined not out of concern for women's rights to equality, but by their own sectarian agendas.

Opinion: Stripped, Sanitary Pad Removed - How Left Activists Were Abused

Brinda Karat | Thursday March 23, 2017

"I was stripped. I told them (female jail staff) to at least let me keep my underwear on as I had my period. They abused me, forced me to crouch, and removed my sanitary pad and underwear." This is the statement of a leading SFI activist of Bengal. The National Human Rights Commission under retired Chief Justice Dattu has instituted an inquiry into the complaint taken...

Opinion: Sex Crime Against Kerala Actor Shows Disturbing Trends

Brinda Karat | Wednesday February 22, 2017

The present case highlights the utter degeneration of basic values. The rate of crimes against women in Kerala has been on the rise and has crossed the national average.

Opinion: When Rape Becomes A Weapon Against Tribal Women

Brinda Karat | Thursday January 12, 2017

The tribal women of Bastar have shown the utmost courage in speaking out against the uniformed perpetrators of violence against them.

Opinion: Bengaluru Molestation Exposes Its Home Minister

Brinda Karat | Tuesday January 03, 2017

But along with the aspect of government and police accountability, every adult citizen who was there that night and who did nothing to help the women being targeted have failed basic responsibility and humanity. In case after case, it is the indifference of society, of those present, which provides the ultimate strength to the perpetrators of violence against women. F...

Opinion: Great First Step By Sushma Swaraj. But More Is Needed.

Brinda Karat | Wednesday December 28, 2016

These are cases beyond daily politics. The government must be given all support to bring the child back home to the loving embrace of his parents.

Opinion: How Radhika Vemula Is Paying For Her Son Rohith's Suicide

Brinda Karat | Monday December 12, 2016

A sustained attempt has been on to discredit the Vemula family and in particular, Rohith's mother, Radhika. The machinery of the State has been utilized to "prove" that Rohith was not a Dalit, that his mother had lied, and that a case on grounds of fraud could be made out against her.

Opinion: Plenty Of Emotion, But Not Logic, From Modi On Notes Ban

Brinda Karat | Thursday November 24, 2016

Post the currency ban the Prime Minister has chosen to use emotion as a substitute for logic in his justification for a policy decision which has resulted in an unprecedented meltdown of the economy, described by some as a financial emergency affecting all sections of the working people.

Opinion: What Chouhan's Biryani Remark Gives Away About SIMI Encounter

Brinda Karat | Wednesday November 02, 2016

Fake encounters such as those in Gujarat and now in Madhya Pradesh cannot take place without the sanction of the political leadership. The NIA investigation into the Bhopal killings, including that of Ramashankar Yadav, will not bring out the truth.

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