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A Tale of Irony: The Sijimali Story from Odisha
  • Commentary
  • October 3, 2026

Vedanta’s Sijimali bauxite mining project has thrown Odisha’s Rayagada and Kalahandi districts into the eye of a storm. The predominantly tribal communities living in the villages at the foothills of Sijimali are opposing the project and the State has come down heavily on them.   Dr. Sankalpa Satapathy   Vedanta Limited’s Sijimali bauxite mining project […]

The revolutionary act of womanly love
  • Cinema
  • October 3, 2026

Ashley Tellis thinks Karthik Subbaraj’s Dorothy, currently making waves in Tamil Nadu, is, like some other of his films, a feminist cult classic   Karthik Subbaraj’s Dorothy ushers the return of Tamil cinema but, more importantly, will go down in history as one of popular Tamil cinema’s most powerful feminist films. At the heart of […]

Barricades, Internet Shutdown, Mass Detentions: Delhi Police Violent Crack Down on Protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and SIR
  • Peoples' Movements
  • October 2, 2026

Thousands of protesters gathered around Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on 2 October, defying the denial of police permission and a sweeping security clampdown imposed to prevent the protests from taking place. Barricades sealed the designated protest site from all four directions, mobile internet was suspended across central Delhi, several Metro stations were shut, and riot-control forces […]

Safety Out, Fear In? The Mirage of Women’s Security under ‘Double Engine’ Government/s
  • Sexual Violence
  • September 28, 2026

In a society where political leaders publicly endorse custodial deaths, support those accused or convicted of sexual offences, and scrutinise the ‘moral integrity’ of victims, the fear persists.   Debasree Sarkar   For the last few months of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ascendency to power on May 5, 2026, in West Bengal (WB), news reports […]

Labour department warns JNU management over non-compliance of orders, demands immediate cessation of layoffs and abuse of contract employees
  • Labour
  • September 28, 2026

After over 1200 workers at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) threatened to go on strike on 28 September 2026 over alleged exploitation and labour code violations, a hearing overseen by a labour department conciliator has led to the management being warned over “legal implications” of repeated violations of binding labour agreements, and issued orders for […]

Donald Trump and the Age of Evil
  • Commentary
  • September 26, 2026

By any standard of morality, Trump is depraved. But adorned with the power of the state, he descends to another level — the level of evil.   CHRIS HEDGES 25 SEP, 2026   Donald Trump exhibits the classic traits of psychopaths — superficial charm, grandiosity and self-importance, need for constant stimulation, a penchant for lying, […]