Mainstream Weekly

Most recent articles

• Scrutinising the Union Budget 2026-27 | P. S. Jayaramu

  7 February, by P S Jayaramu

  February 4, 2026
  Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget on Sunday, ( unusual ) 1st February 2026. This was her 9th budget presentation and by so doing she has joined the unique list of finance ministers having presented the budget multiple times. She defended her budget as being presented at a time when the country is faced with an external environment in which trade and multilateralism are imperilled and access to resources are disrupted, buying an insurance (…)

• The Hangman

  7 February

  from: Socialist Appeal. Vol. 2 No. 4. January 22, 1938
  The Soviet year 1937 opens in January with the Trial of the Seventeen, the sequel of the Trial of the Sixteen in August 1936. On the First of February several of Lenin

• 

  Opacity and Disregard for Workers, GRAMG Sham Exposed —NREGA Sangharsh Morcha

  7 February

  NREGA Sangharsh Morcha
  Twitter: @NREGA_Sangharsh
  Facebook: @NREGASangharshMorcha
  Email: nrega.sangharsh.morcha[at]gmail.com
  The Budget Speech and Documents aggravate the Modi Government

• 

  Jazz: Mr Wonderful | Red Garland Trio (1955)

  7 February
• 

  A documentary Report: Inside Syria

  7 February

  via: The Real News Network and Shadowgraph | Feb 5 2026
  If the embedded video does not load, use the link below to watch on youtube

• 

  Table of Contents, Mainstream, Vol 64 No 2-3, Jan 24, Jan 31, 2026 (Republic Day Special)

  24 January

  * More Authoritarianism Ahead | HK
  * Estimating the GDP in India: How Erroneous is it ? | Arun Kumar
  * Humpty Dumpty |

• More Authoritarianism Ahead — Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Jan 24 & jan 31, 2026

  24 January

  More Authoritarianism Ahead
  As India approaches the 77th celebrations to Republic Day we should recall India

• Mobocracy Overtakes Wisdom | Sandeep Pandey and Mir Shahid Saleem

  24 January

  Shri Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti, a conglomerate of Hindutva groups, has been successful in closing down the MBBS programme of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence based in Katra merely because 42 of the 50 students admitted to the programme based on their NEET performance happened to be Muslims. Although, the interference of Hindtuva ideology in more subtler forms has been happening in academic institutions since the Modi government came to power but this is by far the (…)

• Food racism is condemnable in US or India | Faraz Ahmad

  24 January, by Faraz Ahmad

  Two bright young scientists, Aditya Prakash and Urmi Bhattacharya from Colorado Boulder’s University have abandoned their promising careers in the United States of America (USA) for experiencing intolerable "food racism" in the Anthropology Department of the University for heating Aditya’s lunch tiffin containing ’Palak Paneer’ in the department’s microwave, a common practice among all staff members, because one staff member found the smell of Palak Paneer too ’pungent’,
  Urmi Bhattacharya, (…)

• Breathless in Delhi: A New Way of Living? | Majid Bashir, Nitish

  24 January

  Keywords: Air Pollution, Delhi, Sky, Transport System, PM2.5, PM10
  As we watched the cricket match unfold beneath a picturesque Melbourne sky on TV, we were struck by how deeply we miss the clarity of Delhi