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...
Educate,Agitate,Organise
April 11th and 14th respectively mark the birth anniversaries of two of India’s most radical anti-caste thinkers: Jyotirao Phule and B.R. Ambedkar. Remembering them now is a necessity for all...
Lights, Camera, Propaganda: Disseminate Hate and Eliminate the Truth
Why do we watch films? For entertainment? To learn? To critique? Whenever there is criticism on how certain movies in their depiction or narratives are oppressive to a certain group...
The Bureaucratization of Gender in Ramrajya Through the Trans Act 2026
Existing as a visibly trans person in this country has never been easy. During British colonial rule, eunuchs (an outmoded term for hijra, kinnar, intersex people, feminine men, and gay...
Lenin is Young Again!
On 8th March 1887, five Russian students who were running a secret revolutionary study circle at St. Petersburg University were hanged by the Tsarist regime. The leader of the group,...
Oppose the Imperialist US-Israel Aggression on Iran
Iran has been under attack by the imperialist US-Israel axis, not merely since 28th February of this year, but for over seven decades. This hostility did not emerge from some...
The Soviet Red Resistance to the Fascist Offensive
Emergence of Fascism in Europe Post-First World War Europe witnessed two starkly opposite phenomena: the glorious Russian Revolution, which established the first workers' state in the Soviet Union, and the...
Beyond Martyrdom: A Radical Reading of Bhagat Singh
On 28th March, Inquilab: An Evening of Resistance was organised by All India Students’ Association and Spark*, in Bengaluru to commemorate the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. It...
On the Karnataka Education Budget 2026-27
The Karnataka state budget for the financial year 2026-27 was presented by CM Siddaramaiah on March 6th, 2026 with a total outlay of around Rs. 4.49 lakh crore. Out of...
The Need for a Rohith Act
Caste discrimination in India’s higher education system is structural, persistent, and often invisible. Behind the facade of meritocracy lies a deeply unequal reality where students from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled...