Voter Deletion is Voter Selection
The recent uproar over mass voter deletions in Bengaluru and the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls exposed the hollowness of the hallowed Indian democracy. These exercises have...
Centralising Bengaluru: The Greater Bengaluru Authority and the Erosion of Local Self-Governance
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) was officially dissolved in September 2025, being replaced by the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) as per the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act (GBG Act) passed by...
This Month in History
September 2, 1945 : Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of Vietnam and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. September 9, 1976 : Chairman Mao Zedong - a...
UPDATES ON STUDENT MOVEMENTS
Medical Student’s Suicide Sparks Protest in Jharkhand Students at Manipal Tata Medical college in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, protested administrative negligence after MBBS student Divyanshu Pandey died by suicide on August 22....
UPDATE ON PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS
KSRTC and BMTC Employees Struck Work Demanding Better Wages BMTC and KSRTC employees went on a state-wide strike on 5th August demanding a payment of arrears for a period of...
What Does the Karnataka State Education Policy Promise?
On August 8th, the principal features of the Karnataka State Education Policy were presented to the public through a press note. It states that the committee was formed in October,...
‘Singara’ Chennai and the Battle for Livelihood
Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains. You have a world to win. - (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels) On July 31st, around 2,000...
Reflections on Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp
Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp’ is a collection of twelve short stories in English translated by Deepa Bhasthi from a mix of languages common to Malnad. Her recent awarding of the...
Justice Undone: Malegaon Blast Case Judgement
When bombs tore through the crowded lanes of Malegaon in 2008, killing six people and injuring over a hundred, it was assumed to be another in a series of Islamist...
Quantum Capital: The Politics of Innovation and Exploitation in Karnataka’s Q-City Plan
Karnataka government has announced a thousand crore investment in setting up a Q-city near Bangalore. This announcement has been made by the Science and Technology Minister, N S Boseraju during...