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• 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

• Narcissistic Leadership A Barefaced Dictatorship | Shraddha Rishi, Ajay Kumar Mishra

  24 January, by Ajay Kumar Mishra

  Abstract
  The multilateral world system is inherently imperial and has been susceptible to imperial mandates. Throughout the 20th century, the United States masked its dictatorship by intervening in other countries’ affairs under the pretence of promoting democracy and human rights. Recent actions in Venezuela and threats to Greenland and other independent nations have exposed the self-serving nature of US imperialism. Additionally, the US claim to mediate Operation Sindoor raises concerns (…)

• Bengal has become the battle ground for capitalist Gujarati skill and Mamata’s Bengali pride | Arun Srivastava

  24 January

  Kazi Nazrul Islam, the revered poet of Bengalis around the globe must be sulking in his grave at the disregard and insult meted out to his famous poem " (Mora eki brinte duti kusum), meaning "two blooms on one stem" by the BJP Bengali leaders, who see Gujarati duo, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as the precursor of a communally exclusive new future for West Bengal
  Nazrul’s poem is used as a powerful expression of unity, particularly to emphasize the shared existence and harmony between (…)

• Hour of Humpty Dumpty | Vijay Kumar

  24 January, by Vijay Kumar

  It is the symptom of the time that Donald Trump is strutting and fretting on the world stage, in his hour of intoxication with the power of the Imperial Presidency, with all hubris at his command.
  The foundational concept of

• Nobel Growth: Understanding 2025

  24 January

  Abstract:
  This year

• Pedagogical Industry And Dis-Establishment Of School: Perspectives Of United States |

  24 January, by Sunita Samal

  Abstract: The school has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat and makes futile promises of salvation to the poor of the technological age. The ideology of obligatory schooling admits of no logical limits. Indeed, preventive concentration camps for pre-delinquents would be a logical improvement over school system. Neither learning nor justice is promoted by schooling because educators insist on packaging instructions with certification. Learning and assignment of social roles (…)

• The Price of Political Overreach | Albert Smith

  24 January, by Albert Smith

  The Enforcement Directorate