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• The Silent Spectators of Wage Theft | Saikat Chakraborty

  7 February, by Saikat Chakraborty

  Jan 17, 2026
  In the months I spent collecting data on working conditions of security guards in India, I repeatedly returned to a particular arithmetic that governed lives with ruthless precision. It was not the arithmetic of balance sheets or profit margins, though those also had significant bearing. Rather, it was the silent arithmetic of survival: how many hours one must work to feed a family, how many days one can go without speaking up before disrespect becomes unbearable, how much (…)

• Justice Delayed is denied, but only for the chosen ones | Faraz Ahmad

  7 February, by Faraz Ahmad

  The issue of Special Intensive Review (SIR) of the electoral rolls, imposed by the Election Commission (EC) on the people of India, beginning with Bihar, started in June last year, just few months before the state Assembly elections were scheduled and eventually held.
  The EC, led by a very questionable CEC Gyanesh Kumar set about disenfranchising crores of voters in Bihar, mostly from the marginalised sections and minorities, who are easily identifiable as Opposition voters in the ruling (…)

• Why the Indus Cannot Be Held Hostage to National Power? | Ranjan Solomon

  7 February, by Ranjan Solomon

  Pakistan has warned the United Nations (UN) that India

• COP30: Key Actions Missing Despite Climate Urgency | K N Ninan

  7 February

  The COP30 conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which met in Bel

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  Tribute to Madhav Gadgil (1942-2026) | Jos Chathukulam

  7 February, by Jos Chathukulam

  Abstract
  Madhav Gadgil, was one of India

• A Great Speech Which Should Have Been Made By India | Vijay Kumar

  7 February, by Vijay Kumar

  When all leaders of the world are capitulating before Trump, Mark Carney, the Prime Minister of Canada, has shown spine and delivered a speech in Davos on 20th January, 2026 that would go down in History. His bold and visionary speech needs to be emulated by other leaders of the world. Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of England, and Mark Rutte, otherwise known as most liberal Prime Minister of Netherland, and current head of NATO, are acting like toady. The strong criticism of Trump by (…)

• India’s Budget 2026-2027 overlooks poor & jobless, instead has sops for private sector | Prabhat Patnaik

  7 February, by Prabhat Patnaik

  (via: India Press Agency, February 6, 2026) Since even the highest bourgeois oracle, the IMF, has cast doubts on the veracity of India

• Administrative Behaviour and the Limits of Decentralised Governance: Evidence from the People

  7 February, by Jos Chathukulam

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• Trump

  7 February

  Abstract
  The proposed

• When Power Bows: What the Akal Takht-Bhagwant Mann Episode Tells Us About Punjab | Rajvinder Singh

  7 February

  Abstract
  This article examines the Akal Takht