Mainstream Weekly

Real Threat to Press Freedom

Ajit Bhattacharjea — 2011-11-08T07:53:01Z

As we come to the end of this two-day celebration of Press Day, I would like to join the other speakers in paying homage to Nikhil Chakravartty. Long before death took him away, he became a father figure for the press, always ready to help and give us the benefit of his mature advice. I remember with gratitude how, some months before his death, he quietly and without fuss or undue ceremony, donated his personal library to the Press Institute of India. He must have known the end was coming. (…)

- 2011

JP's Message

Ajit Bhattacharjea — 2011-04-14T10:03:43Z

Jayaprakash Narayan has left a heritage of unremitting intellectual and political pursuit of individual freedom and social justice. He campaigned for human rights everywhere, including Kashmir, Nagaland and Tibet. His transparent sincerity, simplicity, openness to new ideas and willingness to re-examine his own made it a privilege to know him.
Yet one cannot say that the social evils against which he struggled are nearer solution today, 19 years after he left us. In many ways the (…)

- 2011

Why V.P. Singh Must Be Defended

Ajit Bhattacharjea — 2008-12-21T19:23:31Z

Former PM V.P. Singh passed away in New Delhi on November 27, 2008. He had been at the centre of controversy for having implemented the recommendations of the Mandal Commission Report thereby introducing reservation for OBCs. In that context and because of his bold stand in upholding secular values in the wake of L.K. Advani's rath yatra at that time, the following lines were written just before VPS was forced to lay down office on November 9, 1990. This article by veteran journalist Ajit (…)

- December 20, 2008 - Annual Number 2008

JP's Message

Ajit Bhattacharjea — 2007-10-16T12:48:34Z

- October 13, 2007