2026

India’s ongoing demographic transition, marked by rising life expectancy and the growing prevalence of chronic illnesses, has significantly intensified the demand for long-term care and support. The projected expansion of the elderly population in the coming decades is expected to deepen the country’s dependence on long-term informal care; unlike welfare-oriented states, where institutional mechanisms partially absorb these responsibilities, caregiving in India continues to be overwhelmingly (…)

June 2026
Antonio Negri was an Italian political philosopher who in his time courted controversy and was even jailed for links with Communist organisations. Leonardo Caffo talked with him about the future of the Left.
This is a fragment of an interview with the late Toni Negri I conducted in Paris several years ago during my doctoral research. It was originally commissioned by the newspaper Corriere della Sera, but was ultimately rejected by my editor at the time with the statement, (…)

14 July, 2026
Cancel the project which will only benefit the political-contractor lobby, compensate the people, and implement decentralized alternatives to make Bundelkhand water-secure, and also protect nature and livelihoods
As the Chita Andolan of people protesting against their displacement by the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project enters its 12th day, Campaign to Defend Nature and People (CDNP) expresses its solidarity with them. We condemn the interlinked illegalities and (…)

Press Statement
For Immediate Release
Hyderabad, 27 July 2026,
The All India Christian Council views with deep alarm the government’s evident determination to bring the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 — widely known as FCRA 2.0 — before Parliament in the current Monsoon Session for consideration and passage. We oppose this Bill, and we call on every political party that values the Constitution to resist it.
A Bill revived without consultation
This Bill (…)

29th July 2026
Press Release
The following joint statement issued to the media by the Central Trade Unions and Samyukt Kisan Morcha
National Convention of Workers and Farmers Resolves to Intensify Coordinated and United Struggles Against Anti-People Policies The National Convention of Workers and Farmers, jointly organised by the Central Trade Unions (CTUs), Sectoral Federations and Associations, along with the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) concluded today at the Talkatora Stadium, New (…)

BOOK REVIEW The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse by Joseph Kellner
Cornell University Press 2025. 242 pp. (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-8151-3 Reviewed by Margaret McCool
Joseph Kellner’s monograph, The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse, offers a fresh and illuminating perspective on how ordinary Soviet citizens navigated the collapse of the Soviet Union by turning to new cultural phenomena to orient themselves to a rapidly changing (…)

* ¨Women Counted as “Employed” — But Actually Unpaid Family Workers | Deepa Palathingal, Palak Kunwar
* The RSS Registration Controversy: A Footnote | Partha S. Ghosh
* Beyond Choice: Why Education Policy Must Serve the Common Good? | Adama Srinivas Reddy
* The Mirage of India’s ’Nuclear Renaissance’ | K Sahadevan

In India when the participation rate of the female labour force rises, it is often seen as a positive sign of progress and inclusion. The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), reported an increase in rate from 23.3% in 2017–18 to about 41.7% in 2023–24, which is indeed a big improvement. However, these figures may not be 100 percent accurate. A large part of this rise is due to women working in family businesses or farms where they are not paid rather than in paid or formal jobs. Many (…)

It is surprising that RSS is not a registered organisation even after 100 years of its existence. What is even more surprising is that the Congress Party which ruled India for so many years did not insist upon this basic requirement of a rule-based society. Leave aside the Home Minister Vallabhbhai Patel who had expressed his appreciation for its role in refugee relief during the Partition days, even Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was avowedly anti-RSS, did not raise this basic (…)

June 5, 2026
Abstract
This essay examines the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s century-long engagement with caste, arguing that the organisation’s evolution from Hedgewar to Bhagwat constitutes a performance of reform rather than genuine ideological transformation. It contends that the shift toward Samajik Samarasata (Social Harmony) represents a calculated electoral strategy rather than a conversion to structural egalitarianism, and that the RSS has systematically weaponised its sewa (…)