Climate, Catastrophes, and the Corporates!
Long gone is the time when climate disasters were being predicted for the future! Every ‘brink of climate catastrophe’ sign gets passed, and new warnings, more glaring and desperate, appear....
Then They Came for Me
The history of post-1947 India can be divided into two, one leading to the events of 25th May, 1967 in the Naxalbari village of North Bengal that sparked the Naxalbari...
The ABCs Under Fascism
Historically it has been observed that fascism is engendered by an acute crisis of capitalism. It has some very evident markers like the dehumanisation of certain communities, crushing of communist...
Stand in Solidarity with Azim Premji University Students
On 24th of February members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student-wing of the RSS, forced their way into Azim Premji University (APU) Sarjapura campus to disrupt a discussion...
Political Ecology of Nagarhole: A Tale of Exploitation and Resistance
On December 21, the Adivasis of Nagarhole started their historic 13-day Padayathra (December 21 - January 2), organised by Nagarhole Adivasi Jammapale Hakku Sthapana Samiti (NAJHSS), the federation of Gram...
30 Questions and a Solution to Start Off Your Year
Dear Reader, How does it feel to have witnessed another revolution round the sun, 12 flippings of the calendar pages, and 365 glances at the headlines showing the endless brutalities...
Bengaluru’s Tunnel Project: A Corporate Scam Pushed as ‘Development’
Over the past year, the Congress government in Karnataka has repeatedly claimed that it had ‘no money’ to run public transport. In January, BMTC fares were increased by 15%, and...
Farmers of Anekal vs. State of Karnataka
In Bengaluru the post-90’s boom has manifested in the expansion of the city limits, at the cost of fertile land owned and tilled by farmers for multiple generations. In this...
The Himalaya in Labour
The month of September has heralded a popular uprising in the neighbouring country of Nepal that is landlocked on three sides by India. The uprising in Nepal widely dubbed by...
Devanahalli Farmers Create History
Over three years of persistent struggle by the farmers of Devanahalli gained a momentous victory on the 15th of July, when the Siddaramaiah government was forced to drop the forcible...
Defuse the Ticking Bomb of Climate Crisis: The Path to Climate Justice is Red
As we inch closer to observing another World Environment Day mandated by the United Nations to fall on the 5th of June every year, the hundreds of treaties, summits, and...
Promises Made and Evaded by the Congress in Karnataka
It has been two years since Congress was voted to form the government in Karnataka. The electoral victory was hailed by many. It was expected to be a counter to...
A Cage in Search of a Bird: Paper Leaks and Crisis of India’s Education System
NEET-UG 2026 paper leak once again exposed the deep crisis of India’s examination system. Nearly 23 lakh students appeared for the NEET examination, which is the gateway to medical colleges...
The Nicobar Project: Genocide Disguised as Development
The Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) islands are home to multiple indigenous communities that have lived there for centuries. Some communities have particularly small populations and are isolated from the rest...
From Hitler, Hearst to Harvard: The Hoax of the Holodomor
Anti-communists, bourgeois historians, and fascist propagandists have long used various myths and distortions to malign the achievements of the great Soviet people during the period of socialist construction under the...
Campus Democracy Returns: Karnataka’s Long-Overdue Reckoning with Student Politics
After 37 years of enforced silence, Karnataka's college campuses may soon hear something unfamiliar: the noise of student elections. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced in the 2026–27 State Budget the plan...
On Bengaluru Floods, its Cause and Effect
The recent deaths during the Bengaluru rains once again exposed the brutal reality of urban flooding in India’s ‘Silicon Valley’. In April 2026, heavy rains led to the collapse of...
ABVP Strikes Again!
On May 4th, a group of people belonging to ABVP violently disrupted a final theatre performance at the department of theatre arts GB hall, University of Hyderabad, leaving several students...
No Pride in Capitalism
That time of the year is here- Pride Month. Spectacles, performances, and marches of ‘remembering’ and ‘strengthening solidarity’ among the queer communities and allies. Once rooted in collective resistance against...
The Three-Language Policy: Multilingualism or Linguistic Hierarchy?
Language is not only an instrument of communication or even knowledge, but also an instrument of power. - Pierre Bourdieu (Language and Symbolic Power) The CBSE has implemented the three-language...
Death of Our Nation!
If there lies a minuscule God hidden in the deepest pits and burrows of my heart, I call upon You, With obligatory alms, lamps, and chants dispersing vibrance that yearns...
Bourgeois Decadence in a Burning World: The Met Gala
The Met Gala is often described as a celebration of fashion. In reality, it has evolved into something far more revealing: an annual spectacle for a vulgar display of wealth...