The real concern is not primarily about eggs or ISKCON but about the transformation of rights into charity and citizens into beneficiaries. by Tinku Khanna There is a particular kind of politics that hides inside a child’s plate. We are trained to see the noon meal in a government school as charity — […]
The UP Police’s chargesheets filed in FIRs 163/2026, 164/2026, and 165/2026 in relation to the Noida workers’ protest case is a bundle of fairytales and falsehoods, and they reveal a vindictive attempt to entrap and wrongfully prosecute workers and activists on the basis of fabricated and contradictory claims” alleged the Campaign for the Release of […]
The death of renowned Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg on 17 June 2026, at the age of 87, marks the loss of one of the most original intellectual voices of the last half-century. Best known for pioneering microhistory and recovering forgotten lives from the margins of the archive, Ginzburg also offered profound reflections on citizenship, memory, […]
Israel is turning on its last important ally in an act of suicidal hubris. CHRIS HEDGES June 22, 2026 Israel is sabotaging the negotiations with Iran and alienating its last important ally by refusing to halt its attacks on Lebanon and withdraw from its occupation of the south. It is determined to reignite a regional […]
মানবিক বোধ ও সামাজিক স্থিতিশীলতার কথা বাদ দিয়েও আইনের আইনের দৃষ্টিতে হকারি কোনও অবৈধ কাজ নয়। হকাররা উড়ে এসে জুড়ে বসেনি। আপনার যতোই উৎপাত মনে হোক না কেন দেশের আইন আপনাদের এই অধিকার দেয়নি যে ইচ্ছেমত তাদের উচ্ছেদ করা যাবে। কৌশিক Groundxero | June 22, 2026 হকাররা এক বড় সমস্যা। সরকারগুলো তাঁদের নিয়ে কী […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The wave of demolition and eviction drives that has swept across West Bengal in the aftermath of the BJP seizing power in 2026 Assembly elections has triggered widespread outrage and anxiety among workers, hawkers, slum residents and other vulnerable sections of society. While the BJP-led state government has defended these actions as measures against “illegal […]