Welfare, minority consolidation, and women voters boost TMC, while BJP banks on anti-incumbency, urban discontent, and Hindi-speaking voters, making Bengal’s electoral outcome a complex and closely watched contest.

The Abhaya movement faces a turning point as delayed justice and electoral politics collide after the victim’s mother joins BJP, raising questions over the future of a once non-partisan protest.

India was the first to recognize Palestine and stood with the Global South. Today, we remain silent on Gaza, Cuba, and Venezuela. It is time to reclaim our strategic autonomy. While, at the Oscar ceremony, Javier Bardem declared 'Free Palestine' while Priyanka Chopra stood uncomfortably silent. As a UNICEF ambassador, she speaks for children but ignores those in Gaza and India's own Dalits.

As millions of voters face "adjudication," India’s democratic promise of equality is under strain. What remains of the republic when the right to vote becomes a burden of proof?

At Kolkata’s Park Circus Dharna Manch, a Memory Wall gathers stories of broken cups, peanuts, pitha and migration—personal memories that question whether citizenship and belonging can truly be reduced to documents.

PM Modi says India will overcome the energy crisis like Covid. But memories of lockdown chaos, migrant suffering, oxygen shortages, and communal blame remind many Indians of unresolved lessons.