2025

Shall we call Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Keywords: Central Pay Commission, Eighth Pay Cmmission, Economic Growth, Salary Increase, Allowance
India has one of the largest central government workforces in the world, which includes the Indian Armed Forces, the Indian Railways, and India Post, among other ministries and departments. India spends about 2 percent of its GDP annually on the emoluments (salaries, allowances, and pensions) of these employees. The Central Pay Commission is responsible for reviewing salary hikes for (…)

Communist Party of India
Central Office
New Delhi
August 23, 2025
For Favour of Publication
CPI mourns the passing of our beloved leader and former General Secretary Comrade Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
The Communist Party of India bows its red flag in homage to Comrade Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy (25 March 1942

[This article was recieved before the revised ruling [1] of the Supreme Court of India that scales down its strictures vis a vis dog citizens of Delhi]
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The following is a depiction of the terrible state of animal welfare in the country in the light of the new Supreme Court judgement [2] on dog relocation in the Delhi NCR region and its adjoining areas.
Keywords: Dog, menace, relocation, judgement, animal welfare
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Setting:
A meeting was convened where elder dogs (…)

Keywords: Neoliberalism, Education, Privatisation, Inequality, Public Schools, and Social Justice
Introduction
Education in India has long been hailed as the most powerful tool for social mobility, particularly for the poor, Dalits, Adivasis, and other marginalised communities. Yet, the neoliberal turn of the Indian economy since the 1990s has fundamentally reshaped classrooms, altering access and redefining education. Once a public good, education is increasingly treated as a commodity (…)

Abstract
While India commemorates over seven decades of political independence, many teachers in the country

Assam is heading into another high-stakes election season, and the air is thick with anticipation and unease. The Legislative Assembly Elections in March

From the courtrooms to legal campaigns for public good, the tradition of judicial activism and legal outreach by the courts in India is well documented. The Supreme Court, High Courts, and even lower courts have earned public respect for their integrity and independence in delivering justice and implementing the law in both letter and spirit, despite the limitations of evidence-based empirical legal practice. This public trust in the judiciary enables the Indian state and its legal systems (…)

There are multiple and diverse ways of reading an author

One of the most inspiring efforts that I have covered in my nearly five decades of development journalism is that of the saving of Himalayan forests in Tehri Garhwal district approximately during the period of 1977-80.
I was fresh out of college with unlimited enthusiasm for reporting such initiatives. The most valuable gift I received from this coverage was in the form of friendships with activists as well as villagers which have continued at our family level for decades.
When I first (…)