Opinion

The Future of INDIA Depends on Unity, Humility and Struggle

To defeat authoritarianism, the INDIA bloc must look beyond mere electoral math, embrace its diverse ideological roots, and transform political cooperation into a sustained, grassroots movement for constitutional democracy.

Up in Flames: Why 4,000 Burned EVMs Rekindled a Democratic Crisis

A devastating EVM fire in Kolkata highlights a deeper crisis in Indian democracy. More than a physical accident, it reveals how rapidly institutional trust erodes when transparency is compromised.

Sleeping Under an Open Sky on No-Man’s Land: Two Children, Ten Lives, and the Machinery of Exclusion

The Panchagarh (India-Bangladesh) border crisis reveals a global shift: citizenship is no longer a guarantee of rights, but a weaponized spectacle used by states to mask economic failure through human exclusion.

History Changes Governments, Institutions Decide Who Survives: The Challenge Before Bengal’s Muslims

As Bengal enters a new political era under the BJP, Muslims face growing anxieties over rights and representation while confronting a difficult truth: institutional strength matters more than political patronage.

An Eid Like Never Before: The Eid al-Adha Stolen from the Poor

This year's Eid-al-adha brought uncertainty instead of celebration for many Muslims in Bengal. Amid hardship, loss, and disrupted traditions, communities found strength in sacrifice, charity, and solidarity.
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Time we rose above BRA PANTY feminism?

Last year this time, the theatre society of the college I teach in got disqualified at a Sahitya Kala academy event, because their play...

11 Rapes a Day, 6 Gang-Rapes a Week—And Shivraj Still Sleeps Soundly

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan suffers from chronic verborrhea. He shoots off jumlas with greater rapidity than in even Narendra Modi. If...

Will Dineshwar Sharma have a free hand in Kashmir?

An observation of former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Dineshwar Sharma spotlights the contrary pulls in the Modi government on Kashmir problem. In an interview...

Niti Aayog: a monument to Modi’s ignorance

One of the major decisions taken by Narendra Modi soon after becoming the Head of Government in May 2014 was to replace Yojana Aayog...

Congress helps Shivraj appoint new Lokayukta, secretly!

During his first term as Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly (2010-2013), Ajay Singh (Rahul Bhaiya) had made a name for himself...

The BHU incident is the worst thing to happen to Narendra Modi

The BHU is the worst thing that could have happened to Narendra Modi in the three years of his disastrous regime. The students’ agitations...
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