2026

Apr 02, 2026
Caste, a historically evolved sociopolitical phenomenon and structure, constantly defines and redefines itself according to the changes in the way production is organised, surplus generated, expropriated and distributed. This predates colonialism. The administrative categorisation of caste introduced by colonialism, excluded those who identified with religions that originated outside the sub-continent, as depressed classes: a loose generic label incorporating many (…)

April 6, 2026
Undoubtedly, the most widely read news in the World in the last six weeks is about the ongoing US-Israel led military offensive against Iran. Let me make my position clear that Iran only retaliated in defence. The War was waged on 28th February by Israel and the United States despite the well-known fact that the Oman-led negotiations to reach a satisfactory conclusion on the negotiations about Iran

There can be no deal to end the Iran war, started by the Zionist Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his puppet the President of the United States of America (USA) Donald Trump, hugely deficient in the ordinary intelligence quotient, much as Trump seems desperate to end it, because his puppeteer Bibi is in no mood to relent, notwithstanding the devastation of Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities, the Tel Aviv International Airport, the Mossad headquarters and civilian casualties. (…)

The International Energy Agency says, the month long US-Israel conflict with Iran has

Email From: Faizi S:
Date: Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 2:37?PM
Subject: Appeal to save the lives and livelihoods of 35 million migrant workers in Gulf countries
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Migrant workers in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have often faced serious occupational hazards and other risks. Now as Iran

Minab
There is a shimmering lake
so vast that it reflects the blue sky;
inside it many secrets lie;
the wealth of our ancestors,
the ashes of our forebears,
and so many turtles, ducks and geese,
the lake is an isle of peace.
One looks, learns and grows
about the universe, the planet
and inter-connected life;
till one day, someone cast a stone;
the lake turned a deep blood red
there were one hundred and fifty-two ripples,
each ripple let out a human cry.
Each was a voice
of (…)

In a recent seminar in New Delhi on

(This text was written for the Anti-War Congress in Prague, Czech Republic, May 2024)
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ALL INDIA TRADE UNION CONGRES
Press Statement by AITUC released today-4th April 2026 demanding withdrawal of UGC Circular
The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) strongly opposes the recent circular issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) directing that Anganwadi centres be maintained as part of their social responsibility and extension activities. This move is deeply regressive and illustrative of a dangerous drift in the Union Government