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By Nitya Chakraborty Eight decades ago, on May 25, 1943, an unprecedented cultural development took place in Bombay at the Sundari Bai Hall. The Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) was founded at a conference of the cultural workers and politico-cultural activists in an atmosphere of electric enthusiasm. It was a real national body of the […]

The post IPTA Turns 80: Heralding The Biggest Cultural Movement In India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dipankar Bhattacharya As India observes the 250th birth anniversary of Rammohan Roy, one of the earliest and greatest campaigners for modern India, on May 22, 2022, we are faced with one of history’s cruel ironies. The incumbent regime is pushing 21st century India into revenge-fuelled mass violence by distorting history and using the perceived […]

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By Sushil Kutty Sitting abroad and lashing out at the government, is not going to help the Opposition win the people at home over to its side. The ploy will boomerang even before the opposition leader tightens his seat belt on the return flight. Similarly, a pair of journalists writing anti-Modi pieces in the New […]

The post Winning The Hearts Of Foreigners Abroad Is Not Going To Help Rahul Gandhi first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Vaishnavi Sundar There had been few attempts at reviewing the Indian criminal justice system since its codification during British rule. But in 2000, a rejig was attempted when the Union Government entrusted a committee led by Justice V.S. Malimath to propose changes to the criminal justice system so it became more sensitive to a […]

The post Violence Against Women Calls For An Inquisitorial Legal System first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee Few will disagree that the US-led 30-member North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is using Ukraine to test Russia’s military capability and patience. The increasing supplies of arms, money and even clandestinely despatching soldiers to Ukraine indicate that NATO is fighting a proxy war against Russia cleverly using Ukraine as a pawn. The […]

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By Sankar Ray It was Rabindranath Tagore, the myriad-minded poet, thinker and staunch internationalist who stood up openly at a public meeting in 1897 at the historic Town Hall of Calcutta, then India’s capital in protest against the infamous sedition act, the day before it was first used –Section 124A of Indian Penal Code. It […]

The post Rabindranath Tagore Spoke Strongly Against Sedition Law In 1897 On The Eve Of Tilak’s Arrest first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By D. Raja Two hundred and thirty years back, noted British-American author, political theorist and philosopher Thomas Paine was charged with sedition for publishing his treatise the Rights of Man in England. Rights of Man severely criticized the monarchy, hereditary government and advocated social welfare measures for the poor. Paine’s criticism of the monarchy and […]

The post No Scope For Review, Sedition Law Must Be Removed From Statute first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The controversial sedition law will be paused while the government reviews it, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark order that impacts hundreds charged under the colonial-era relic. Those jailed for sedition can approach courts for bail. No new FIRs will be filed for sedition and all pending cases will be on hold while […]

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By K Raveendran The Narendra Modi government has received a real snub from the Supreme Court, which has overruled the Centres’ objections and stayed all proceedings in sedition cases. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana also directed on Wednesday that all pending cases, appeals and proceedings with respect to charges framed for […]

The post Supreme Court Sees Through Govt’s Game On Seditions Law first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The whole idea and ideal of secularism came decades later, but the day India decided to be a pluralistic society, with Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Isai, all living under the same sky, that day India ensured it would be a communal cauldron for all times to come. Dr. BR Ambedkar was practical. He wanted to make […]

The post Sangh Parivar Is Bracing For Next Round Of Battle After Ayodhya first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dipankar Bhattacharya Constructing the future and settling everything for all times are not our affair… (what) we have to accomplish at present (is) ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid […]

The post Remembering Karl Marx And His Teachings On His 204th Birth Anniversary first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty May 4, Wednesday 5 am, the loudspeakers started blaring. One began, and the other followed. The first one with the ‘azaan’, the second one with the ‘Hanuman Chalisa’. It was Raj Thackeray going ahead with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ challenge to the Maha Vikas Aghadi government on its refusal to […]

The post Raj’s War Against His Cousin Uddhav Is Leading To Turmoil In Maharashtra first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The legend of the Indian cinema, Satyajit Ray, has crossed one more year after his centenary celebrations began on May 2 of last year. The last icon of what is termed as Bengal Renaissance, died at the age of only 71 on April 23, 1992. Though his last film ‘Agantuk’ was released […]

The post Remembering The Maestro Satyajit Ray On His 101st Birth Anniversary first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Amulya Ganguli When the US-based commission for international religious freedom branded India as a country of “particular concern” because of its poor human rights record. a pro-BJP newspaper described the American outfit as “India-hating”. The casual dismissal of the criticism showed what external affairs minister S. Jaishankar has hailed as a confident assertion of […]

The post Mr. Jaishankar – You Can Find Out What BJP Fringe Groups Are first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The time of reckoning has finally come. The Supreme Court of India is to begin final hearing of petitions challenging sedition law on May 5, 2022, as the Apex Court has said on April 27, and would not entertain any request for any further adjournment of the matter. The three-judge Bench […]

The post Time Of Final Reckoning Has Come For Sedition Law first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Majoritarian’ propensities have completely riveted the Indian politics and its social order. This majoritarian principle has not only vitiated the political structure, instead it has also affected the judiciary; the bureaucracy is already dancing to its tunes.  Stimulating majoritarian is the part of the well designed strategy to convert India into a […]

The post Highest Judiciary Is Avoiding The Tasks Of Protecting Indian Constitution first appeared on IPA Newspack.