Prabir Purkayastha

Founder Editor of Newsclick which covers and analyses key issues in today's world from points of view virtually missing from the coverage of the dominant corporate media.

Prabir Purkayastha
Are the Yeddy Diaries Forged?
23 Mar 2019
Prabir Purakayastha discusses with Paranjoy Guha Thakurta about the veracity of the diary entries showing payoffs to the top brass of BJP by Yeddyurappa.
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'Abandoning Alliances, a Fatal Mistake by Congress'
16 Mar 2019
Will Congress be able to shift the upper caste vote by entering UP without supporting coalitions that look like natural alliances?
Prabir Purkayastha
Did Modi Demonetise Before Formal Approval by RBI?
11 Mar 2019
The answer to the question appears to be in affirmative if the recent disclosures under the Right To Information Act are considered.
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Will We Ever Know the Truth about the Balakot Air Strike?
11 Mar 2019
The Government of Pakistan has said that the damage is being overplayed by the Indian side.
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Tech for Democracy in the Brave New Digital World
08 Mar 2019
As “influence” on the digital platforms can be bought, will Indian elections, already plagued by money power, suffer even further?
Prabir Purkayastha
Worldview with Aijaz Ahmad: The Delusions of an Arab NATO
07 Mar 2019
Political analyst Aijaz Ahmad and Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha discuss the attempts by the US to create an 'Arab NATO'.
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Air Strikes in Balakot on JeM Camps: War Clouds Gather over India-Pakistan Relations
26 Feb 2019
Newsclick would join all others who call for restraint in this deadly game of nuclear chicken between India and Pakistan.
Prabir Purkayastha
The Discontents of the Data Universe
25 Feb 2019
The new data universe turns out to be even more unequal than the one we know. Its “growth” does not create jobs; indeed, it creates job loss.
Prabir Purkayastha
Unravelling of the US-made Venezuela Coup and the Blowback in Haiti
23 Feb 2019
The recent history of Haiti, is like most of the western hemisphere, the history of US neocolonialism.
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CAG Report: A Poor Defence of the Rafale Deal
14 Feb 2019
This CAG report, a hurriedly prepared and badly redacted defence of the Rafale Deal, is not going to help Modi much in the coming days.