Brinda Karat – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion: 20-Lakh Crore Package Revealed In Full. The Core Is Hollow

Brinda Karat | Sunday May 17, 2020

On a day when 26 migrants were killed and more than 30 injured in truck accidents on their painful journey home, India's Finance Minister was talking about opening up space exploration and travel to the private sector. This is not just bizarre, it shows the utter contempt of the ruling regime for the pain and suffering of crores of Indian citizens and workers, the cre...

Opinion: For Modi Government, Migrant Workers Are Not Citizens

Brinda Karat | Sunday May 03, 2020

India was among the first countries to rescue citizens stranded abroad when international travel was severely restricted because of the coronavirus pandemic. Special Air India planes were sent to bring Indians home. In answer to a question in the Lok Sabha on March 4, the Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said, "Air India has raised a bill of Rs 5...

Opinion: Protecting Health Workers Is Essential - But Centre's Move Is Faulty

Brinda Karat | Saturday April 25, 2020

On April 22, the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance was published in the Gazette of India in the name of the President of India. The main purpose of the amendment, as put out by the government, is to deal with cases of violence against medical personnel.

Opinion: Lockdown Being Misused To Persecute Government's Critics

Brinda Karat | Monday April 13, 2020

The COVID-19 created situation and the fallout of the lockdown has many dimensions. A concern is what happens to civil liberties and democratic rights in such a period. This is not an academic question but one that arises because of certain developments in the capital of India.

Opinion: Migrant Worker Exodus Is No Confidence Vote Against Centre

Brinda Karat | Monday March 30, 2020

India's unity, so crucial in the battle to save India's people from Coronavirus, will be strengthened if the government of India would keep the democratic and federal character of the constitutional framework in mind when taking decisions which affect the whole country.

Opinion: Mr PM, Can We Move Beyond Announcing A Task Force?

Brinda Karat | Tuesday March 24, 2020

Now that the clapping and clanging of utensils is over, the question is when will the Prime Minister and his government act to provide the essential physical and social infrastructure for our country to successfully tackle the Covid 19 virus? While governments of other countries have taken steps, in India we are still at the stage of Task Force discussions.

Opinion: Delhi Violence An Attempt To Turn Poll Defeat Into Victory Of Hate

Brinda Karat | Tuesday March 03, 2020

In every area we visited, every affected family from the majority community and their neighbors spoke almost the same words: "We have always lived in harmony... how could this have happened?"

Opinion: A Child's Slippers Used To Terrorize A School In Bidar

Brinda Karat | Tuesday February 18, 2020

Often, we do not fully realize the enormous cost that common citizens pay in these days of hate-filled politics. Such politics also generates an utter irrationality within the system, when the desire to please the rulers spreads like a plague among all levels of the bureaucracy, leading to the most bizarre actions which even the best satirists could not dream of.

Opinion: What About Minorities Being Persecuted In Our Country, Mr Modi?

Brinda Karat | Thursday February 06, 2020

The entire basis of the CAA - to give shelter to persecuted minorities - is revealed as being entirely hypocritical when one watches and listens to the speeches of BJP leaders who have become living examples of what and who a persecutor is.

Opinion: In Targeting Protestors, Modi Government Spreads New Lies

Brinda Karat | Sunday January 26, 2020

This is what Republic Day, 2020 is about: The determination of citizens to defend India's constitution, which places country before creed, and thereby its independence, with the last drop of blood.

Opinion: IIT-Kanpur's Crisis Of Conscience And The Faiz Controversy

Brinda Karat | Friday January 03, 2020

Only the very uninformed or, in the case of today's India, the very brazen, would have the gumption to accuse Faiz Ahmed Faiz and his writing of being even remotely communal. Yet this is what a complaint made by Dr. Vashi Mant Sharma, a faculty member at IIT-Kanpur, alleges. This followed the recitation of Faiz's iconic poem "Hum Dekhenge" by the institute's students ...

Opinion: The Unnao Victim's Family Shares Its Ordeal From Hospital

Brinda Karat | Saturday December 07, 2019

She was killed twice over - once by those who had gangraped her and then burnt her and the second time by those who allowed this to happen, the UP government and the police.

Opinion: Serious Issues In Ayodhya Verdict That Can't Be Overlooked

Brinda Karat | Monday November 11, 2019

The way the issue developed, it was obvious that the only way forward was through a judicial verdict. That verdict is now out. There is no alternative but to accept it. But acceptance does not necessarily mean closure.

Opinion: What About Me, Asks Jailed Student Fighting Chinmayanand

Brinda Karat | Friday September 27, 2019

Even as India can lay claim to having more progressive and comprehensive laws against sexual assault than many other countries, the subversion of these laws by VIP rapists with the patronage of governments, police and, seemingly, even a section of the judiciary, raise serious questions regarding the denial of justice for victims of sexual assault, Brinda Karat writes.

Opinion: The Betrayal Of Kashmir And A Warning For Other States

Brinda Karat | Wednesday August 07, 2019

Their home is broken and divided, there has been a forcible acquisition of their rights, leaders have been arrested, all communication with the outside world has been deliberately snapped, but still they are not allowed to speak. How would you feel in such a situation?

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