North Karnataka and its Call for Statehood
The debate over regional imbalance in Karnataka has resurfaced, driven by familiar concerns that have persisted for decades. A recent letter by Kagawad MLA Bharamagouda Kage to the Chief Minister...
“We Must Fiercely Defend Our Agricultural Land”
Interview with Ramesh Cheemachanahalli, core committee member, Bhoo-swadhina Virodhi Horata Samiti on the historic Devanahalli struggle. Q. The Karnataka government has withdrawn the Devanahalli land acquisition notification after 1198 days...
Ballari: A Story of Loot, Betrayal, and Resistance
In early May 2025 a special CBI court in Telangana’s Nampally convicted former Karnataka minister and BJP MLA, Gali Janardhan Reddy and three others in the long-running Obulapuram Mining Company...
Eviction, Exploitation, and Resistance: The Struggle of the Jenu Kurubas in Nagarhole Forest
On May 10, 2025, members of the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and Adivasi Sangharsh Morcha (ASM) visited a forest area in Nagarhole, Karnataka, to express solidarity with around 52...
Trade Unions Call Nationwide Strike on May 20
On March 18, a coalition of 10 central trade unions, excluding the RSS-affiliated Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), announced a nationwide strike on May 20. This strike is a defiant response...
Viduthalai 2: A Spark Review
Viduthalai, which translates to liberation, is a film that in its most raw and visceral form, embodies the essence of emancipation. From the very first frame, where a hammer is...
Our Task in the Current Situation
Two years have passed since we started this magazine, a new kind of initiative in a city like Bengaluru that is one of the biggest investment hubs in India witnessing...
Repeal AFSPA! Restore Peace in Manipur! AFSPA Not an Answer to End Ethnic Divide Manufactured by BJP-RSS!
With a death toll of more than 250 and with 60,000 people being displaced, Manipur has been burning since May 2023 with periodic upsurge in violence and counter violence with...
Victory for Devanahalli Farmers
The farmers of Devanahalli have been fighting against forcible land acquisition for almost three years now. The initial notification for acquisition was given by the then BJP government and the...
How Bengaluru’s Migrant Workers Pay with Their Lives for Climate Change and Corruption
In Bengaluru, a mix of intense rainfall and real estate corruption had a deadly result last month. On October 22, eight construction workers and a sub-contractor were crushed to death...