UGC Regulations, Rohith Act,and the Brahminical Backlash
The recent stay ordered by the Supreme Court of India on the UGC (Equality Promotion in Higher Education Institutions) Rules, 2026 marks yet another moment where the state has sided...
From the British Raj to BK-16
At the outset of monsoon in 1929, inside the damp walls of Lahore Central Prison, Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) comrades Bhagat Singh, Jatin Das, B. K. Dutt and many...
The Nicobar Project: Ecocide Disguised as Economy
Earlier in February, the National Green Tribunal dismissed a petition filed against the Nicobar Project on grounds of “considering the strategic importance of the project". Further it found that ‘adequate...
Budget: Vikas❌ Bakwaas* ✅
The Union Budget 2026–27, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as a roadmap to “Viksit Bharat 2047” and youth-driven growth, projects ₹53.5 lakh crore in total expenditure and a fiscal...
It is My Right Now
I bought my ticket to witness the farce of your democracy. Sitting in the theatre, It is my right now to hoot, to hurl my rage. You too gave no...
Ashes of Holi-Ka
He lit the pyre, not with grief—but gain, While Holika lay trapped inside the flame. A son who smiled while setting fire to pain, And claimed it all in god...
Can the Mekedatu Project Solve Bengaluru’s Water Crisis?
Bengaluru is facing an acute water crisis. Groundwater levels are rapidly declining, borewells are being drilled deeper with uncertain results, and residents are increasingly dependent on private tankers. The burden...
When Surprise Airstrikes are no Longer ‘Surprise’
It has been 6 months since Trump’s ‘Gaza peace plan’ came into effect as a measure. Yet, not a day passes without a family losing a loved one, or learning...
On International Women’s Day
Comrade VI Lenin, Pravda, March 4, 1920 Capitalism combines formal equality with economic and, consequently, social inequality. This is one of the principal distinguishing features of capitalism, one that is...
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...