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• Kerala Story — Between Cinema and Propaganda | Aaron Nair, Karamala Areesh Kumar, Sudhakara Karakoti

  10 April

  With the release of Kerala Story-2 on 27th February 2026, an influx of opinions and defences has hijacked social media and other popular discourse across the country. The first movie (part-1), released in 2023, faced a similar storm at the time of release and found acceptance from sections of the political elite. Promoted as the true story of over 32,000 girls targeted and converted by Islamists, going on to serve the interests of radical groups like ISIS, The Kerala Story was criticised for (…)

• The ongoing War in West Asia: An Analysis | P. S. Jayaramu

  10 April, by P S Jayaramu

  April 6, 2026
  Undoubtedly, the most widely read news in the World in the last six weeks is about the ongoing US-Israel led military offensive against Iran. Let me make my position clear that Iran only retaliated in defence. The War was waged on 28th February by Israel and the United States despite the well-known fact that the Oman-led negotiations to reach a satisfactory conclusion on the negotiations about Iran

• On caste and annihilation of caste . . . Simply told . . . as it is. . . | C. R. Bijoy

  10 April

  Apr 02, 2026
  Caste, a historically evolved sociopolitical phenomenon and structure, constantly defines and redefines itself according to the changes in the way production is organised, surplus generated, expropriated and distributed. This predates colonialism. The administrative categorisation of caste introduced by colonialism, excluded those who identified with religions that originated outside the sub-continent, as depressed classes: a loose generic label incorporating many (…)

• Will there be a successful deal between US and Iran to end this war? | Faraz Ahmad

  10 April, by Faraz Ahmad

  There can be no deal to end the Iran war, started by the Zionist Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his puppet the President of the United States of America (USA) Donald Trump, hugely deficient in the ordinary intelligence quotient, much as Trump seems desperate to end it, because his puppeteer Bibi is in no mood to relent, notwithstanding the devastation of Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities, the Tel Aviv International Airport, the Mossad headquarters and civilian casualties. (…)

• New Great Game: India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan at Energy Security Frontiers | Tanishaa Pandey & Lakshmi Karlekar

  10 April

  The International Energy Agency says, the month long US-Israel conflict with Iran has

• Appeal to UN officials to save the lives and livelihoods of 35 million migrant workers in Gulf countries | Faizi S

  10 April, by S Faizi

  Email From: Faizi S:
  Date: Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 2:37?PM
  Subject: Appeal to save the lives and livelihoods of 35 million migrant workers in Gulf countries
  To: UN sgcentral[atun.org
  cc: russia[atun.int, mission[atrussiaun.ru, chinesemission[atyahoo.com, chinapm[atun.int, usun.newyork[at, cuba_onu[atcubanmission.com, cuba[atun.int, pmun.newyork[atdirco.gov.za, southafrica[atun.int, colombia[atcolombiaun.org, colombia[atun.int, ep.nuevayorkonu[atmaec.es, spain[atun.int, (…)

• Gulf Region Migrant Workers Already Facing High Risks Now Also Exposed to War Dangers | Bharat Dogra

  10 April, by Bharat Dogra

  Migrant workers in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have often faced serious occupational hazards and other risks. Now as Iran

• Two Poems for Iran | Sagari Chhabra

  10 April, by Sagari Chhabra

  Minab
  There is a shimmering lake
  so vast that it reflects the blue sky;
  inside it many secrets lie;
  the wealth of our ancestors,
  the ashes of our forebears,
  and so many turtles, ducks and geese,
  the lake is an isle of peace.
  One looks, learns and grows
  about the universe, the planet
  and inter-connected life;
  till one day, someone cast a stone;
  the lake turned a deep blood red
  there were one hundred and fifty-two ripples,
  each ripple let out a human cry.
  Each was a voice
  of (…)

• Support Cuba | Soma Marla

  10 April, by Soma S. Marla

  In a recent seminar in New Delhi on

• Freedom Walks Through the Cemetery | Ilya Kharkow

  10 April

  (This text was written for the Anti-War Congress in Prague, Czech Republic, May 2024)
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