2026

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This article examines the Akal Takht

February 4, 2026
Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget on Sunday, ( unusual ) 1st February 2026. This was her 9th budget presentation and by so doing she has joined the unique list of finance ministers having presented the budget multiple times. She defended her budget as being presented at a time when the country is faced with an external environment in which trade and multilateralism are imperilled and access to resources are disrupted, buying an insurance (…)

from: Socialist Appeal. Vol. 2 No. 4. January 22, 1938
The Soviet year 1937 opens in January with the Trial of the Seventeen, the sequel of the Trial of the Sixteen in August 1936. On the First of February several of Lenin

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The Budget Speech and Documents aggravate the Modi Government

More Authoritarianism Ahead
As India approaches the 77th celebrations to Republic Day we should recall India

Shri Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti, a conglomerate of Hindutva groups, has been successful in closing down the MBBS programme of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence based in Katra merely because 42 of the 50 students admitted to the programme based on their NEET performance happened to be Muslims. Although, the interference of Hindtuva ideology in more subtler forms has been happening in academic institutions since the Modi government came to power but this is by far the (…)

Two bright young scientists, Aditya Prakash and Urmi Bhattacharya from Colorado Boulder’s University have abandoned their promising careers in the United States of America (USA) for experiencing intolerable "food racism" in the Anthropology Department of the University for heating Aditya’s lunch tiffin containing ’Palak Paneer’ in the department’s microwave, a common practice among all staff members, because one staff member found the smell of Palak Paneer too ’pungent’,
Urmi Bhattacharya, (…)

Keywords: Air Pollution, Delhi, Sky, Transport System, PM2.5, PM10
As we watched the cricket match unfold beneath a picturesque Melbourne sky on TV, we were struck by how deeply we miss the clarity of Delhi

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The multilateral world system is inherently imperial and has been susceptible to imperial mandates. Throughout the 20th century, the United States masked its dictatorship by intervening in other countries’ affairs under the pretence of promoting democracy and human rights. Recent actions in Venezuela and threats to Greenland and other independent nations have exposed the self-serving nature of US imperialism. Additionally, the US claim to mediate Operation Sindoor raises concerns (…)

Kazi Nazrul Islam, the revered poet of Bengalis around the globe must be sulking in his grave at the disregard and insult meted out to his famous poem " (Mora eki brinte duti kusum), meaning "two blooms on one stem" by the BJP Bengali leaders, who see Gujarati duo, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as the precursor of a communally exclusive new future for West Bengal
Nazrul’s poem is used as a powerful expression of unity, particularly to emphasize the shared existence and harmony between (…)