Brinda Karat – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion: Brazen Attempts To Tyrannize With Power The Unnao Rape Survivor

Brinda Karat | Thursday August 01, 2019

The Supreme Court has ordered that the four cases related to the rape of a teenaged girl in which the main accused is a BJP MLA are to be transferred from Uttar Pradesh to a court in Delhi.

Opinion: Nirmala Sitharaman, Glass Ceiling Breaker, Can Change Much More

Brinda Karat | Sunday June 02, 2019

As the new cabinet gets down to work, the appointment of Nirmala Sitharaman as the country's Finance Minister has invited special attention, as it should. As the country's first woman Finance Minister, (except for the short stint when Indira Gandhi held the portfolio as Prime Minister) Nirmala Sitharaman has broken a hitherto iron barrier, just the way she had done as...

Opinion: "<i>Acche Din</i>" Not Uttered Once By Modi, "Secularism" By Congress

Opinion: "Acche Din" Not Uttered Once By Modi, "Secularism" By Congress

Brinda Karat | Sunday May 05, 2019

In the face of this openly divisive and communal campaign, the main opposition party, the Congress, has refused to defend the basic concept of secularism in this election campaign. The word itself is missing from the platform of that party. Congress leaders talk of love versus hate, hugs versus hits, and so on, but never once in a single speech, has there been a word ...

Opinion: Modi Reveals Desperation Days Before Election Begins

Brinda Karat | Thursday April 04, 2019

India has been and is united against all these acts of terror, regardless of the religious garb the terrorists use to justify their acts. But today, it is India's great misfortune that it has as a Prime Minister a man who can find ways even to divide people in their resistance to terror attacks on an utterly communal agenda.

Opinion: Rahul Gandhi And Congress Prove Their Inability To Fight BJP

Brinda Karat | Sunday March 31, 2019

The Congress under Rahul Gandhi has lost the plot. On the pretext of establishing his pan-India leadership, he has decided to stand from Wayanad, a constituency in the southern state of Kerala, to fight not the BJP, which has little presence there, but the Left. In another southern state, Karnataka, the Congress is a partner in the ruling alliance. If the idea was for...

Blog: When National Security Is Reduced To Chest-Size And Debate Is "Anti-National"

Brinda Karat | Tuesday March 05, 2019

There is unanimity in supporting all government efforts to get Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar on the global terrorists' list. But what of the battle to win back the minds and hearts of the people of Kashmir? The five years under the Modi government have highlighted the spectacular failure to do so.

Opinion: Centre's Double Standards Exposed In Aftermath Of Pulwama Terror

Brinda Karat | Wednesday February 20, 2019

Policies based on the "Kashmir is an integral part of India, but the people of Kashmir are not" approach can only defeat the bigger goal to successfully meet the challenge posed by terrorism.

Opinion: In Yogi's Uttar Pradesh, A New Crime - Hindu-Muslim <i>Dosti</i>

Opinion: In Yogi's Uttar Pradesh, A New Crime - Hindu-Muslim Dosti

Brinda Karat | Friday January 25, 2019

The case is a classic example of how conspiracies to heighten communal polarization are organised to gain electoral advantage. These are indeed dangerous times for the citizens of Uttar Pradesh.

Opinion: With Sabarimala Protests, BJP Attempts New Dark Age For Kerala

Brinda Karat | Thursday January 03, 2019

When right-wing forces led by those in power threaten, bully and intimidate all those who stand for democracy and equality, the message of the Women's Wall has a resonance far beyond the boundaries of Kerala.

Opinion: Congress, Now In Charge Of Rajasthan, Fails Naseeruddin

Brinda Karat | Sunday December 23, 2018

Even 24 hours after the shameful incident, there has not been a single word of condemnation by any Congress minister or leader in Rajasthan. No case has been filed, there has not been a single arrest. No policeman is being questioned for their lack of action in what appears to be a clear case of connivance. It is a disappointing start.

Opinion: The Asia Bibi Case In Pakistan Should Serve As A Warning For Us In India

Brinda Karat | Saturday November 10, 2018

Recent developments in Pakistan on the Asia Bibi case should serve as a warning for us in India. Although in entirely different circumstances, the relevance for us in India of the Pakistani case is that it was triggered by blatant defiance and opposition to a landmark Supreme Court judgement by zealots operating in the guise of defending religion and religious sentime...

Opinion: Amit Shah's Blatant Defiance Of Supreme Court Order

Brinda Karat | Monday October 29, 2018

The BJP President Amit Shah's speech in Kerala using, typical of his style, the language of a school bully, should be seen as a direct assault on the Supreme Court of India. He said that courts should not give orders which cannot be implemented. Although he was speaking on the Sabarimala judgement reversing the ban on women's entry into the temple, what he said has wi...

Opinion: "Will You Remain Silent?" - Akhlaq's Daughter On His 3rd Death Anniversary

Brinda Karat | Friday September 28, 2018

Three years after this horrific killing and violence, charges have not yet been framed by the court, all the 18 main accused in his killing are out on bail, his home is locked up, his family have had to leave the village. Instead of getting justice, his family, including his teen daughter Shaista have to contend with a false case of cow slaughter foisted on them by a ...

Opinion: Team Modi's No To Foreign Aid Without Even Consulting Kerala

Brinda Karat | Friday August 24, 2018

The dispute over accepting aid from foreign governments for flood-hit Kerala raises several questions.

Opinion: How Kerala Survived Its Worst Crisis In A Century

Brinda Karat | Wednesday August 22, 2018

As the flood waters in devastated Kerala recede, the extent of damage can be better though still not fully assessed and the way forward charted with lessons from what has occurred.

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