2026

The recent protests in Jantar Mantar and across the country, spearheaded by students, put the spotlight on Gen Z and their distinctive style of activism. The protest has changed the public’s perception of youth from passive digital natives to active participants in democracy. Although critics raise concerns about ad hoc activism, emotional rhetoric, and the protesters’ viral symbolism, a widespread narrative holds that Gen Z is fundamentally different from earlier generations, and the (…)

Across West Bengal, today, mobility has a new sound—the soft, electric hum of the e-rickshaws, popularly known as “toto”. The toto has become one of the most visible signs of technological change in everyday transport. Carrying passengers from villages to markets, railway stations and schools, it has expanded mobility at relatively low cost. Yet behind this transformation lies a less visible question: does the rise of the toto represent economic progress, or does it reflect an economy (…)

On one side, you face the domination of the Islamic Republic; on the other, the imperialist forces that republic claims to stand against
20 Aug 2026
August marks the anniversary of the 1988 mass executions in Iran, a horror that echoes in the country’s current surge in death sentences. It also marks the 19 August anniversary of the UK- and US-orchestrated coup against the prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953. Amid the current, indiscriminate waves of US-Israeli military assaults (…)

The ancient Greeks did not have only one term to express what we mean by the word life. They used two semantically and morphologically distinct terms: zoé, which expressed the simple fact of living common to all living beings (animals, humans, or gods), and bios, which signified the form or manner of living peculiar to a single individual or group. In modern languages this opposition has gradually disappeared from the lexicon (and where it is retained, as in biology and zoology, it no longer (…)

Communist Party of India
We hereby release the text of the letter written by Communist Party of India General Secretary D. Raja to Shri Amit Shah, Hon’ble Home Minister, regarding illegal house arrest of leaders and workers of the Communist Party of India in Uttar Pradesh. Sd/-
Roykutty
Office Secretary
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New Delhi,
August 31, 2026
To,
Shri Amit Shah,
Hon’ble Minister for Home Affairs,
Government of India,
New Delhi.
Sub: Illegal House arrest of leaders and (…)

September 5, 2026 | New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India (EGi) strongly condemns the detention and alleged assault on journalists Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan, working for 4PM News Network, by Delhi Police personnel attached to the Saket Police Station. The two women journalists were covering the inauguration of a new wing at the Max Hospital in Saket, an event which was attended by Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
The journalists have charged that when they (…)

The current Prime Minister of India once made a statement likening his association with certain business tycoons with the relation that Mahatma Gandhi had with businessmen and industrialists such as G D Birla. In this context, it is useful to recall a few facets about Gandhi’s association with persons from the commercial world. 1. Even when he was in South Africa, Gandhi placed less importance on the relentless pursuit of business profit by individuals than on their sacrificing (…)

Jadavpur University witnessed blatant right-wing violence on August 20, 2026. It is reported that clashes between the Left-wing students and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members during a general body meeting of FETSU (Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students’ Union) triggered the violence. The Telegraph reported (August 21, 2026):
Supporters of RSS student wing ABVP raided the Jadavpur University campus twice within a few hours to carry out what its leaders described as (…)

The May 1926 General Strike in the UK and the May 1974 Railway strike in India both grew from protests against low pay and harsh working conditions into wider working-class upheavals. India’s latest strikes may foreshadow a deeper economic and political unrest.
Karl Marx, the greatest theoretician ever of capitalism and the working class’ revolutionary role in building socialism, was born in Germany on May 5, 1818. After being expelled for his ideas and activism, he developed much of his (…)

When Ramani Atkuri walked into a primary health centre in a tribal pocket of Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh, there was no one in the registration centre or the consultation room. Surprisingly, the simple rural folk gathered there were not upset. A young man was, however, busy dispensing medicines at the pharmacy. Atkuri was surprised when he ran to the registration counter after a while; five registrations later, he hurried to the consultation room and took his seat. Yes, the young man was a (…)