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The Raid Method: Criminalising Dissent
  • Commentary
  • June 22, 2026

That is not investigation; it is intimidation wearing an investigation’s clothes — a counter-terror agency turned into a tool against dissent.   Groundxero | June 22, 2026   At 4.30 in the morning on 18 June, a dozen National Investigation Agency (NIA) officers walked into the south Kolkata flat of Jhelum Roy — a scholar, […]

Beyond Sijimali: The Eastern Ghats Under Siege
  • Adivasis
  • June 21, 2026

A looming crisis is threatening the lives and livelihoods of Adivasi communities across the Eastern Ghats. The biodiversity, nature, and environment of the Eastern Ghats are hurtling towards destruction. Yet, the struggle of the indigenous communities to save the Eastern Ghats continues.   Update: 20 June, 2026   The brutal police crackdown on Kantamal village […]

What the Room Already Knew
  • Commentary
  • June 18, 2026

A viral comedy show clip with the “₹370 biryani” remarks has now turned into a police case. What followed was called a “controversy.” It actually should be called a revelation. It is not coincidental that we are living through this biryani moment in a political climate where rape threats are a standard tool of silencing […]

Labour Codes, Bourgeois Legality, and the Recomposition of Working-Class Power
  • Labour
  • June 14, 2026

The limits of legality and the transformation of production together point to a single conclusion: only through expanding forms of collective organisation across the value chain can the working class convert dispersed struggles into sustained class power.   Sifar   The implementation of India’s four Labour Codes marks a reorganisation of the relationship between capital, […]

‎68 Days in Jail: The Story of Umuri Majhi and the Resistance in Sijimali
  • Adivasis
  • June 9, 2026

The release of Umuri Majhi after 68 days in jail brings renewed attention to the struggle unfolding in the Sijimali hills of Kalahandi. Her experience reflects the hardships faced by Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining and defending their land, forests, and livelihoods.   Dwit David Philip   Kumerdei Majhi, whose official name is Umuri Majhi […]

Cockroach Janta Party Situation is Insane
  • National
  • June 8, 2026

A massive turnout at Cockroach Janta Party’s ‘Gen-Z Protest’ against corruption and incompetence in India’s public education sector signals a changing of the guard in Indian public fora. The police-permitted peaceful protest took place within Jantar Mantar’s designated demonstration area, and was a one-of-a-kind, perhaps chaotic display of new age, spontaneous mobilisation made possible through […]