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Massive Jail Bharo Across India: SKM Warns of Escalated Struggle from 26 November
  • National
  • August 10, 2026

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Central Trade Unions on 10 August mobilised workers, farmers and other sections of working people in a nationwide Jail Bharo protest against the Narendra Modi government’s economic and labour policies. The SKM warned that if the government fails to address the demands, it will launch an intensified and sustained […]

Reading Shakambhari I: ‘A Living Wage is Not a Public Order Problem’
  • Labour
  • August 10, 2026

The Shakambhari writ petition in the Supreme Court is one of several petitions filed by Shakambhari, the wife of the imprisoned sixty-year-old journalist Satyam Verma, across the Indian courts of law in the wake of wave of arrests that took place following mass protests and workers’ strikes in Noida through the second week of April […]

Gaza’s Board of Pieces
  • Commentary
  • August 10, 2026

Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza is a mirage, a conjuring trick in which peace is unilaterally declared as Israel seizes more Palestinian land and brings the genocide to its grim conclusion.   CHRIS HEDGES Aug 10, 2026   There is no ceasefire in Gaza. There is no functioning “Board of Peace.” There is no […]

উচ্ছেদের মুখে দাঁড়িয়ে প্রতিরোধের প্রাচীর তুলছেন ঢাকুরিয়ার বস্তির বাসিন্দারা
  • Peoples' Movements
  • August 9, 2026

দক্ষিণ কলকাতার ঢাকুরিয়া ব্রিজের নীচের বস্তির বাসিন্দারা মাথার ওপর ছাদ হারানোর আশঙ্কা নিয়ে এক অনিশ্চিত ভবিষ্যতের সামনে এসে দাঁড়িয়েছেন। গত ১২ দিন ধরে উচ্ছেদ নোটিসের বিরূদ্ধে তাঁরা আইনি ও সামাজিক প্রতিরোধ গড়ে তুলেছেন।   সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন।   “বিজেপি-কে ভোট দিয়েছিলাম তো আমরা সবাই। কিন্তু তারাই বুলডোজার চালাবে আমাদের ঘরে বুঝতে পারিনি।”   “আমাদের দেশের […]

‘Not Fair NEET, But Ban NEET’: Hunger Strike Against NEET Enters Seventh Day in Chennai
  • Education
  • August 7, 2026

The indefinite hunger strike against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) in Chennai entered its seventh day on Saturday, August 8. The agitation, led by the Anti-NEET Federation and the Joint Movement Against NEET, is demanding not merely reforms to the examination but its complete abolition, along with greater state control over education.   Chennai, August […]

A Victory or Mere Symbolism? The Future of the Cockroach Janta Party
  • Commentary
  • August 6, 2026

The future of the CJP will ultimately depend on whether it can transform its momentary popularity into a sustained democratic movement capable of bringing meaningful changes to India’s education system.   By Dr. Prantik Basak and Ayushiba Jadeja   The sudden and unexpected resignation of the Education Minister of India, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, highlighted a […]