Resolving Contradictions Within the People
In the social context, when it comes to the process of organising the masses, imbuing them with revolutionary ideas, consolidating the vanguard class into a revolutionary party, rallying the broad...
Anatomy of a Cockroach
The economic reforms of the 1990s, and the developments that followed, proved catastrophic for many sections of Indian society. Among those affected were the youth, who were crushed under ever-increasing...
D.D. Kosambi: The Pioneer of the Marxist School of Indian Historiography
History is the development in chronological order of successive changes in the means and relations of production. - D.D. Kosambi (History and Society) Very few intellectuals have left as profound...
Google-Adani Break Ground In Vizag
“We invite the whole world’s data to reside in India.” PM Narendra Modi said recently, pitching the country as a global data hub ahead of the India AI Impact Summit...
The Hidden Cost of Private Education: Extraction of Labour, and Exploitation of Students
At institutions like the Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, the language of ‘innovation, science and student-centric education’ masks the truth of commodification of education in these institutions which are turning...
The Moo Point
For years, the narrative that cow slaughter is the foulest and vilest deed above all has been propagated by the Indian media. Those who consume beef are labelled crude and...
CBSE, OSM, and Privatisation
For the 2025–2026 batch +2 exam, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) transitioned from physical answer sheet evaluation to digital evaluation method of On-Screen Marking (OSM). Although this transition...
The Class Struggle in Environmentalism
On June 5th, students from All India Students Association (AISA) held a flash demonstration at Lal Bagh on the occasion of World Environment Day. They highlighted key environmental issues in...
Who Encroached on Whom?
In India, we have often come across success stories of how several recognised restaurant chains first started as humble roadside stalls or as street food carts. These stories celebrate individuals...
Fertile Lands for a Sterile Project: Report on Bidadi AI City
On 12th March 2025, the Greater Bengaluru Development Authority (GBDA) sent preliminary notices of land acquisition to the farmers of Ramanagara district to build a Greater Bengaluru Industrial Township (GBIT),...