2026

* The Hangman

Sujalam, suphalam, malayaja sheetalam

Jan 17, 2026
In the months I spent collecting data on working conditions of security guards in India, I repeatedly returned to a particular arithmetic that governed lives with ruthless precision. It was not the arithmetic of balance sheets or profit margins, though those also had significant bearing. Rather, it was the silent arithmetic of survival: how many hours one must work to feed a family, how many days one can go without speaking up before disrespect becomes unbearable, how much (…)

The issue of Special Intensive Review (SIR) of the electoral rolls, imposed by the Election Commission (EC) on the people of India, beginning with Bihar, started in June last year, just few months before the state Assembly elections were scheduled and eventually held.
The EC, led by a very questionable CEC Gyanesh Kumar set about disenfranchising crores of voters in Bihar, mostly from the marginalised sections and minorities, who are easily identifiable as Opposition voters in the ruling (…)

Pakistan has warned the United Nations (UN) that India

The COP30 conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which met in Bel

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Madhav Gadgil, was one of India

When all leaders of the world are capitulating before Trump, Mark Carney, the Prime Minister of Canada, has shown spine and delivered a speech in Davos on 20th January, 2026 that would go down in History. His bold and visionary speech needs to be emulated by other leaders of the world. Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of England, and Mark Rutte, otherwise known as most liberal Prime Minister of Netherland, and current head of NATO, are acting like toady. The strong criticism of Trump by (…)

(via: India Press Agency, February 6, 2026) Since even the highest bourgeois oracle, the IMF, has cast doubts on the veracity of India

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