2025

The Kerala High Court verdict interim order (Petroleum Traders Welfare and Legal Service Society & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Ors., WP(C) No. 9329/2025) on 18th June which restricting public access to toilet facilities in petrol pumps has precipitated a significant public outcry in Kerala. However, the verdict is legally sound in upholding the private property rights against uncompensated burdens due to the public access. This reaction, while understandable, misdirects the critique (…)

NCERT, which prepares the school texts for the CBSE Board, is on a speedy journey to change the school texts and supplementary reading materials. Mostly it is modifying and changing the contents to suit the agenda of the ruling party. BJP is pursuing the agenda of Hindu nationalism. It is constructing the past through these books to ensure that the new generation thinks in a way to support BJP-RSS

The tractor emerged as a symbol of farmers’ resistance in the historic movement held at Delhi’s "veshi" (marketplace or locality). Against the backdrop of the Green Revolution, the use of tractors increased across the country. Recently, it has become increasingly difficult to maintain pairs of bullocks. Once upon a time, a beautiful pair of bullocks was considered a sign of prosperity. Gradually, the tractor took the place of these bullocks. Due to rising fodder costs, labor needed for (…)

Abstract: India

[ Note from the Editor of Mainstream: The post 1968 left circles in Western Europe played a valuable role in defending and amplifying the leading voices of Polish left opposition like Adam Michnik and Jacek Kuron, who were among the co-founders of KOR (Komitet Obrony Robotnikow) - a committee for social defence of workers & their families facing repression. Posted below is a summary of discussions 45 years ago on the strikes in communist Poland in the pages of Echanges, a bulletin of a (…)

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Press Statement August 19, 2025
The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned by media reports that the Assam Police have summoned two senior journalists

The Editors Guild of India
August 20, 2025 | New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed that the YouTube channel run by senior journalist and General Secretary of the Guild, Mr. Ruben Banerjee, has been abruptly removed without any prior warning or notice. His channel, Mu Ruben Kahuchhi (

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