Opinion was a weekly journal which ran from 1960–1983 (with some interruptions during the Emergency). Of the thousand-odd issues within this time-span, I have been able to collect and digitise about a hundred scanned copies, which are indexed on this page. These have been made available from the personal family collections of Rani Day, S. Prabhala and B. Venkatappiah. I am actively seeking more issues to digitise, and would love to hear from anybody who has them.
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S. Natarajan, The Official Language Problem, 3-13
Laaeq Futhehally, How Sad But, Alas, How True!, 14-17
Vera Micheles Dean, Leadership In World Affairs, 18-22
Winifred Bose, Match-Making, 23-25
Sylvester Da Cunha, Impressions From An American Campus, 26-29
A.G. Noorani, Kashmir and Communist China, 30-32
N. da C., Lonely Days, 33-34
Jai Nimbkar, A Matter Of Critical Judgment, 35-38
R.P. Bagai, Punjabis - Some Characterstics, 39-41
A. D. Gorwala, Bengal and Indira, 3
A. D. Gorwala, The Lesson of Chile, 3-4
A. D. Gorwala, Diego Garcias and Arms to South Africa, 4
A. D. Gorwala, At Home, 5-6
K.N. Daruwalla, Saleem Peeradina, Gauri Deshpande, R Parthasarathy, Satya Dev Jaggi, K. Malik, The Year-End Selection, 7-17
A.G. Noorani, The Mind of Mr. Z.A. Bhutto, 18-22
Ian Tickle, Babi Yar, 23-25
P.V.R. Rao, Some Causes of Bad Government, 26-29
Bhikshu K. and Snehlata Damyanti, A Sermon for Christmas Day or What the Buddha Did For Angulimala, He Can Do For You!, 31-35
A. D. Gorwala, Indiriana, 3-10
Lokenath Bhattacharya, Poems, 11
S.B. Baba, Beggars of Bombay, 12-14
K. N. Daruwalla, Vistas, 16
A. Ramsay Tainsh, Return to Good Husbandry, 18-20
Sorab P. Patuck, An Election Message for Z, 21-26
A. D. Gorwala, Movements, 27
Keshav Malik, Situation, 28
A.G. Noorani, Our Decline, 29-32
R. Parthasarathy, Complaint, 34
N. A. Palkhival, Views, 35
Gauri Deshpande, Poem, 37
A. D. Gorwala, Why Are We So Poor?, 3-8
A. D. Gorwala, Thumbs, 9
K. Malik, Break-Up, 10
A.G. Noorani, India and the Indian Ocean, 11-12
Vivek, Abroad and At Home, 13-17
Gieve Patel, Legacy, 18
A. D. Gorwala, Some Letters by Ghalib, 19-22
R. Parathasarathy, Rough Passage, 23
Perin H. Cabinetmaker, The Story of a Book, 24-26
S.P.R., For Culture Read Guns, 27
A. D. Gorwala, The Public Voice, 3-5
K.N. Daruwalla, Naxalites, 6-7
A.G. Noorani, Reconstruction of Indias Political Parties, 8-11
Saleem Peeradina, Morning Glory, Marriage Poem, 13-14
M.M. Dave, Government Servants and Their Position, 15-20
The Bhikshu K. and The Lady Abbess Suchlata Damayanti, Words to a Novice, 22-23
Harbaksh Singh, Human Beings in Adversity, 25-30
K.N. Pannikar, Sex: Dilemma of the Educated, 31-33
A. D. Gorwala, Another Chance in West Bengal, 3-5
A. D. Gorwala, Orientation in High Quarters, 6-9
Gauri Deshpande, A Nest of Singing Birds: No Ones Ugly Anymore, 10-13
K.D. Katrak, A Nest of Singing Birds: Dadyseth, 13-14
A.K.C. Pannikar, A Nest of Singing Birds: From Duryodhans Letter, From Romance to Ritual, 14-15
Nissim Ezekiel, A Nest of Singing Birds: For a Friendly Critic, 16
Kamala Das, A Nest of Singing Birds: Ghanasyam, 17-18
A.G. Noorani, The Ahmedabad Riots Inquiry Report, 20-29
Bahirji, Book Review: Inter-generational Conflict in India, 31-32
D.M. ,Book Review: The Art of Possible by Michael Reisman
A. D. Gorwala, The Rain, 35
Gaurang Mehta, G.G. Looks at Mr. Chavans Budget, 36
A. D. Gorwala, Sovietising India, 3-4
A. D. Gorwala, Folly or Ideology, 5
The Bhikshu K., Homage to my first teacher, 6-7
A.G. Noorani, Communists and Bangladesh, 8-11
Eunice De Souza, Marriages are made ; Omen, 12
M.M. Dave, Queues, queues and queues, 14-18
Rosemary Pinto, Larazus come back, snail, 19-20
M.R. Pai, Why changes in Indian Press ?, 21-25
Siddharth Kak, Mid India, 25
A.H. Doctor, The U.S.A. and Mahatama Gandhi, 27-29
Jayanta Mahapatra, Hibiscus, 30
A. D. Gorwala, Conversation, 3-10
Gauri Deshpande, The Poems on Going Away, 11
Freedom P. Antia, The Right to Die, 13-15
R. Parthasarathy, Night; The Trumpet sun, 16
K.K. Sinha, The People and Their State, 17
Eunice de Souza, Folk Tales from Bandra, 18-19
A. D. Gorwala, Abroad, 21-24
Sankar N. Maitra, A Cloud Thats Dragonish, 25-27
Rajendra K. Aneja and N. Lalitkumar, 28-31
A. D. Gorwala, To Issue Now, 3-4
A. D. Gorwala, Be Strong, Be Not poor, 4-5
K.D. Katrak, The Kitchen Door, 6-7
A.G. Noorani, Fundamental Rights Elsewhere, 8-10
Kamala Das, Autumn Leaves; Benson and Hedges; Fancy Dress Show; Sick One, 11-13
P.N., Poem, 13
P. Kodanda Rao, Kashmir and Plebiscite, 15,18
Rosemary Pinto, Disintegration of a Lady as seen through the Eyes of Her Artist; The Dead, the Dying and the Wounded, 17-18
Gauri Deshpande, Rough and Real, 19-21
Durga Bhagwat, Enjoy and Learn, 23-24
Siddharth Kak, Retrospect; the Indo-Anglian, 25
Gokhale, Murthy, Godrej Berkeley-Hill, Views, 26-27
Perin. H. Cabinetmaker, Ten days in Mulmulbhata, 29-33
A. D. Gorwala, Honesty? Bah, Just Simple Folly!, 3-5
Vivek, The Problem of Corruption, 5-6
K.N. Daruwalla, Medea, 6-7
A.G. Noorani, Indo-Soviet Treaty and the Bangla Desa, 9-14
Kamala Das, A Man is a Season; Herons, 15
A.B. Shah, Muslim Women on the Move, 17-20
Rosemary Pinto, The Takeover; Mother Goddess, 21-22
Eunice de Souza, Problem Poet, 22
Hussain Shaheen, A Case for an Indo-Pak-Bangla Desh Confederation, 23-27
R. Parthasarathy, This Business, 27
Bhikshu K. and the Lady Abbas Snehlata Dayamanti, The Night that Maia Was Lost 28-32
A. D. Gorwala, The Sucker-Makers, 3-5
A.G. Noorani, Moscow as Communist Mecca, 6-9
Eunice de Souza, He Speaks; She Speaks; Alibi, 10-11
A.H. Doctor, How Fundamental Are Our Fundamental Rights?, 12-15
K.N. Daruwalla, The Revolutionary, 16-17
Shakuntala Paranjpye, The Present State of Population Control, 19-22
Kamala Das, Advice To Fellow-Swimmers; Lines Addressed To A Devadasi, 24
M.M. Dave, The Eligibility of Bengla Desh for UN Membership, 26-29
R. Parthasarathy, Pardon Us, 29
Gauri Deshpande, Evolution in Three Parts, 31-32
A. D. Gorwala, Tea for Two, 1-7
P. Kodanda Rao, Shatuntala Pranjpye, G.K.W. and V.T. Sreenivasan, Views, 7-8
A.G. Noorani, Transfer of High Court Judges, 1-3
A.D. Gorwala, Comment, 3-7
Gauri Deshpande, China: Sweet and Sour, 7-11
Fr. joe Pereira, Russell Pinto and Pearl Padamsee, Dying in Vein, 11
Christa Damkowski, The Victim's Point of View, 13-14
Ruskin Bond, Death of the Trees, 14-15
Tom Gay, Poverty, 16
A. D. Gorwala, Tovarish Nixon, 3-5
A. D. Gorwala, Mr. Justice Krishna Iyer, 5
K.N. Daruwalla, Varanasi Vignette, 6
Gauri Deshpande, How Sad, The Women's Lot, 8-10
Keshav Malik, Hell-Bent, 12
Constitutionalist ,President's Rule in U.P., 14-16
Shiv K. Kumar, Flux, 18
A. D. Gorwala, Self-Sufficiency Still, 19-21
Eunice de Souza, My Grandfather's Death, 22
Student, Aspects of Communist Chinese Aid, 23-24
Siddharth Kak, Ahmednagar Interior, 25
Y.A. Raikar, Teach Them No Superstition, 26
A.G. Noorani, Crisis of The Judiciary, 27-28
A. D. Gorwala, Solzhenitsyn, 3-8
Sukrita Paul, Birthright, 9
G.L. Mehta, From Personal Suffering To World Suffering, 11-12
Shiv K. Kumar, An Indian Mango Vendor, 13
A. D. Gorwala, Hanoi and Cambodia, 14-15
Nergis Dalal, Lord Chesterfield's Letters, 17-18
V.B. Kulkarni, Communal Relations: Now, 19-21
Kailash C. Kohli, The Touch of Time, 22-23
Kamala Das, Cerebral Thrombosis, 23
A.G. Noorani, The Politics of History, 25-29
K.N. Daruwalla, The Professor Condoles, 30-31
A. D. Gorwala, The Hangman's Rope, 3-6
Kamala Das, Old Cattle, 7
K.N. Daruwala, Forest-Dreams, 7-8
M.M. Dave, Grave Injustice, 10-12
Gauri Deshpande, Landscapes, 13-15
A.G. Noorani, The Yakir-Krasin Trial and Socialist Legality, 16-23
D.D. Karve, The Idiocy of Bandhs, 24-25
Diana Zinkin, People, 25
A. D. Gorwala, The French Communist Dilemma, 27-29
A. D. Gorwala, The Public Voice, 30-32
A. D. Gorwala, Have You Eyes, and Do Not See Your Own Damnation? Eyes, and Do Not See The Company You Keep?, 3-6
Kamala Das, Autobiography, 7
A.G. Noorani, Letters of Junius, 8-11
Gauri Deshpande, October, 13-14
A. D. Gorwala, Views, 16-21
Gauri Deshpande, Lessons For a City Child, 23
N.S. Gehlot, Misuse of Article 356, 25-27
Nalapat Madhavikutty, Frigidity and The Sepia-Tinted Photograph, 29-30
A. D. Gorwala, A Man and His Country, 3
A. D. Gorwala, Normalcy (Contd. from 10-2-1975), 4
J. B. Kripalani, A Forgotten Chapter, 5-6
Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, Tyranny, 7-8
A. Ramsay Tainsh, The World Bank Tries Again, 9-13
K. Santhanam, Presidential Rule in Tamil Nadu, 14
J. W. Chapman, The Unionversity, 14-15
Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, The Right To Know, 3-5
A.G. Noorani, Lord Denning's Judgment, 7-9
J.B. Kirpalani, A Little Laughter, 11-13
B. Venkatappiah, Some Thoughts (cont.), 14
H.M. Patel, Of Peasant Society, 15-20
M.M. Dave, Deception In The Name Of Spiritual Propoganda, 21-23
R.V. Pandit, View, 23-24
A. D. Gorwala, Not Heeded, 1-5
Soli Sorabjee, Book Browsing In Solitude, 6-11
A.G. Noorani, CPI's 50th anniversary, 12-14
A. D. Gorwala, Judgment (The Tale Of A Dream), 15-19
A. D. Gorwala, Too Many Cattle, 3-5
Amiya Rao, Antigone, 6-9
A. D. Gorwala,Be Good,Oh Be Good, Do Be Good! (cont. from 18th May), 11-17
A. Ramsay Tainsh, The World's Most Insidious and Expensive Disease, 19-21
A. D. Gorwala, Drift, Delay, Drift, 1-3
A. D. Gorwala, Bureaucracy, 4
A. D. Gorwala, The President, 1-5
A. D. Gorwala, 3-Minute Spot, 5-8
A.G. Noorani, Mr. N. Sanjiva Reddys Truth, 1-6
A. D. Gorwala, editorials from the Emergency, 1-12
A. D. Gorwala, Views, 1-5
A.G. Noorani and R.P. Patwardhan, Comment, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Public Voice, 1-6
Gauri Deshpande, View responding to R.P. Patwardhan, 6-8
A. D. Gorwala, The US-Iran Affair, 1-2
Gauri Deshpande, Driftwood, 2-4
A.G. Noorani, Mrs. Gandhi and the Lie, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, Firing on Crowds, 4-7
Gauri Deshpande, Two Poems for Two Girls, 8
K.F. Rustamji, The 1979 Drought (contd.), 1-7
A. D. Gorwala,A! Freedom is a Noble Thing, 1-8
A. D. Gorwala, Russian Troops Patrolling Delhi?, 1-2
K.B. Lam, Big Weapons and Small Weapons, 2-4
A. D. Gorwala, Dictatress Again, 1-2
A. D. Gorwala, View, 2-4
A. D. Gorwala, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, 1- 2
Smita Bankeshwar, Political Cricket, 2-5
A. D. Gorwala, Comment, 8
A. D. Gorwala, The Public Voice, 1-5
Madhava, The Mandate of the People, 1-2
A.G. Noorani, Mockery of Federalism, 2
A. D. Gorwala, Regarding Honours, 3-4
A. D. Gorwala, I shall defuse, 1-3
A. D. Gorwala, Indifference in Administration, 4
A. D. Gorwala, Musings, 1-3
A. D. Gorwala, Comment, 3-4
A. D. Gorwala, Two Letters by Ghalib, 4
Taya Zinkin, A Dynamic Approach to Family Planning, 1-6
P.V.R. Rao, The Interim Budget, 6-9
A. D. Gorwala, Comment, 9-12
K.F. Rustamji, Police-Press Relations, 1-8
A. D. Gorwala, This Uneasy Land, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, Dialogue, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, Will You Come Into My Parlour?, 1-8
A.G. Noorani, Questions about Moradabad, 1-6
A. D. Gorwala, To Tyranny, 6-8
Gauri Deshpande, Three Practical Suggestions Towards Lib, 1-4
K.F. Rustamji, Communal Voice, 1-8
A. D. Gorwala, The Dervish's Idle Day (contd from 5-8-1980), 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, Ordinances, Legality and Tyranny, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Dervishs Idle Day (contd from 23-8-1980), 4-8
A. D. Gorwala, Shall India Disintegrate?, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The National Security Ordinance, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Public Voice, 1-4
Jai Nimbkar, The Electric Muddle, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Dervish Alwarog (contd from 21-10-1980), 4-8
A.G. Noorani, Mrs. Gandhi and Moradabad, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Five Great Failures of the Indian Polity, 1
Taya Zinkin, A Way to Die, Living to the End, 1-3
A.G. Noorani, Mrs. Gandhi and Moradabad (contd), 3-4
Taya Zinkin, A Way to Die, Living to the End (contd from 11-11-1980), 1
A. D. Gorwala, Carter, Reagan and the Future, 1-7
A. D. Gorwala, Comment, 7-8
A. D. Gorwala, Comment, 1-3
Jai Nimbkar, Farmers Movement, 4
Nari Rustomji, Assam Bridging The Gap, 1-3
A. D. Gorwala, Christmas/New Year edition, 1-4
K.F. Rustamji, The Blind Eyes of Criminal Justice, 1-8
A. D. Gorwala, The Public Voice, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Dervish Alwarog (contd from XXI: 26), 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Old Man's Dream, 1-4
Jai Nimbkar, The Vanishing Forests: Who is Responsible, 1-8
Taya Zinkin, Madrid Revisited, 1-4
Gauri Deshpande, Pilgrimage, 1-3
W.M. Aitken, Stink in High Places, 3-4
A. D. Gorwala, Views, 1
K.F. Rustamji, Police Reform-Attainable or Just a Distant Dream?, 2--7
auri Deshpande, Stopping at all Stations, 1-4
W.M. Aitken, Stink in High Places (contd from 17-2-1981), 4
A. D. Gorwala, Post-Budget Prayers, 4
Jai Nimbkar, Medieval Mentality of Banks, 1-3
K.F. Rustamji, Broken Image of the Police, 3-4
P.V.R. Rao, The Budget, 1-4
Taya Zinkin, Impressions of Guadelope, 1-3
Jai Nimbkar, The Reason Why, 3-4
Gauri Deshpande, So Its Spring Again (So What!), 1-3
M.K. Rathish, Whose Life is it Anyway?, 3-4
Gauri Deshpande, Plus Ca Change, 1-8
A. D. Gorwala, Comment, 8
A. D. Gorwala, The Public Voice, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, View, 4
Maurice and Taya Zinkin, The Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries, 1-4
Maurice and Taya Zinkin, The Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries (cont.), 1-4
K.F. Rustamji, Police Firing, 1-2
Maurice and Taya Zinkin, The Transfer of Technology (cont.), 2-7
Taya Zinkin, General Decline in Moral Values, 1-4
Gauri Deshpande, Woman To Woman, 1-4
Gauri Deshpande, Woman To Woman (cont.), 1
W.M. Aitken, Say It With Trees, 2-4
J.B. Kripalani, Brewing One's Liquor, 1-2
A. D. Gorwala, Views, 2-5
Gauri Deshpande, Have You Heard The One About -- ?, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Presidents Eve of Independence Day Address, 1-4
Taya Zinkin, The Curse Of Tradition, 1-3
A. D. Gorwala, Old Age, 8
A. D. Gorwala, The Real Responsibility, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Burden of the Past, 1-2
A. D. Gorwala, Views, 2-4
B.V. Nimbkar, Hypocrisy or Naivety, 1-2
M.K. Rathish, The Mannerless Indian, 2-3
Uma Joshi, Condemning Dowry Socially, 3-4
A. D. Gorwala, Why Are We So Poor, 1-8
Taya Zinkin, The Mannerless Indian, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Public Voice, 1-4
A.G. Noorani,The Roots or Corruption, 1-5
Gauri Deshpande, Two Tanka For Teruo, 5-7
Dharam Yash Dev, A Tale Of Our Times, 1-3
Bill Aitken, Plato As Con Man, 4
A. D. Gorwala, To Recapitulate, 1
A. D. Gorwala, Mrs. Gandhi And Corruption, 2
A. D. Gorwala, Impressions Of The Antulay Affair, 2-3
A. D. Gorwala, Comment, 3
Bill Aitken, Plato As Con Man (cont.), 3-4
A.G. Noorani, Two Years of Indira Gandhi's Rule, 1-8
A.G. Noorani, Mrs. Gandhi And The Opposition, 1-8
Taya Zinkin, Rape, 1-3
Jai Nimbkar, Kindness or Cruelty, 3-4
Taya Zinkin, Impressions Of A Little Miracle, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, The Public Voice, 1-3
A. D. Gorwala, Comment, 3-8
Gauri Deshpande, "Exile and The Kingdom" ,1-8
Ghulam Mohamed, The Kashmir Contention, 1-4
A. D. Gorwala, About Ourselves, 1-2
M.K. Rathish, Assimilative Hinduism, 2-3
A. D. Gorwala, Comment, 3-4
A.G. Noorani, What is "Communalism"?, 1-6
Gauri Deshpande, Of Art and Hair, 7-8
A. D. Gorwala, Conversation Piece, 1-6
A.G. Noorani, Mrs. Gandhi, Moscow and CPI, 6-8
Gauri Deshpande, Which Is Back Home Anyway?, 1-2
A.G. Noorani, Nehru Sans Power, 2-5
M.M. Dave, Tax Exemptions For Donations For Distribution of Prasad, 5-7
M.K. Rathish, Kiss and The Mad Mullahs, 7-8
A. D. Gorwala, Recipe For Success In Administration, 1-5
A.G. Noorani, India After Indira, 5-7
Gauri Deshpande, Metropolitan Morsels, 7-8
A.D. Gorwala, Goodness, 1-3
Gauri Deshpande, Gandhi, 5-8
M.K. Rathish, A Question Of Ethics, 9
Stefan Konig, Family Life, 9-12
A. D. Gorwala, Humour, Soviet Style, 12-13
R. Tiruvengadam, Snake in the Glass, 14-15
S.P. Sathe, A Penalty Against Illegal Detention, 1-2
A.G. Noorani, The Calibre of Leadership 3-7
Gauri Deshpande, Glories Past, and Present too?, 7-13
P.N. Driver, The Importance of English, 13-15
A. D. Gorwala, Letter to the Editor, 15
Ruskin Bond, A Bedbug Gives Thanks, 16