Politics is our blood, not in our blood. We can’t think of the world or our own existence without politics. Now that politics in India is guarded by the toady corporate-media, therefore, it becomes imperative for the independent journalism to launch a fierce critical attack against the way politics is done in India and in the world. Our guiding ideology is anti-fascism and people’s democracy. We analyse politics from the point-of-view of the people, the working people.
The Soil of Chhattisgarh is crimsoned again in the blood of the tribal people resisting the aggression of the corporate houses on their land, water and forests. According to reports, 10 (12, according to unofficial estimate) hapless tribal people, four men and six women, were killed in a fake encounter at Pujari Kanker of Bijapur … Read more
A tale of few alleged slaps is now keeping the Delhi Police on its toes. Ever since, the Chief Secretary of Delhi, Anshu Prakash, alleged that two of the Aam Aadmi Party MLAs had assaulted him during a midnight meeting at the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the national mainstream media and the Delhi … Read more
Since opening gates to the neo-liberal economy, India is adorned with the titular compliment of being the largest democracy in the world. There is no apprehension in this, with our universal suffrage, multi-tier governance system, a Constitution in place, Army in the barracks and an elected government making laws, we can very well compete with … Read more
A few days ago, when five Muslim soldiers were killed during an attack in Sunjuwan, a remark of Assauddin Owaisi, the Hyderabad MP of the AIMIM, created a furore. In his statement, Owaisi asked why the Indian mainstream media and the Hindutva rabble-rouser brigade are quiet on the “sacrifice of the Muslims for the nation”, … Read more
In the presence of Premiers of SAARC nations, corporate bigwigs, popular celebrities and several religious and political leaders from opposition parties, more than three years ago Narendra Modi took oath as the 15th Prime Minister of the country. In three decades it was for the first time that BJP came to power with an absolute … Read more
The RSS-led Hindutva thugs have instigated the Kasganj communal riot to spark a prairie fire of communal pogrom targeting the vulnerable Muslim community in riot monger Yogi Adityanath-ruled Uttar Pradesh. By inciting violence deliberately and by exploiting the tragic death of a Hindutva fascist soldier in “friendly fire”, the Hindutva camp is trying to incite … Read more
Delhi was a tight slap for the Modi government when amidst the rage of the Modi Tsunami the capital city-state gave three out of 70 seats to the BJP while giving a thumping majority to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) – 67. The BJP MLAs were ridiculed and said they just need a scooter to … Read more
The essential pre-conditions of nationalism and patriotism, according to the Sangh Parivar and the Modi regime, are absolute and unconditional submission to the might of the Indian military establishment, which consists of the Army, Navy and Airforce. Seldom does the crook pastor follows the gospel teachings in his own life. This became evident once again … Read more
Abdul Basheer was brutally lynched to death by Hindutva mercenaries in Mangalore not because he had any role to play in the murder of the Hindutva fascist Deepak Rao, the Bajrang Dal goon killed recently in a spat but simply because he was a Muslim. The religious identity that has been the cause of several … Read more
West Bengal is experiencing a paradigm shift in its political theatre as the BJP and the Mamata Banerjee-led ruling Trinamool Congress entered into a cut-throat competition to outdo each other in playing the game of communal polarisation. The state that was once called the oasis of secularism in a country that is ravaged by communal … Read more
Recently, Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted by a special CBI court of Jharkhand in one of the cases of the Fodder Scam and he’s now thrown behind the bars for three and half years, for the second time since he was convicted in the same scam in October 2013. Since this verdict, the political amphitheatre … Read more
Dalit agitation in Maharashtra, following the violence unleashed upon the community by the Hindutva fascism-incensed upper-caste mob during an Ambedkarite rally to commemorate 200 years of the battle of Bhima Koregaon, where the army of Peshwa Baji Rao II had been thwarted by the Bombay Native Infantry of the colonial East India Company, is now … Read more
By filing a police complaint against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the BJP-led communal fascist government of Assam showed the intolerance towards dissent that the Hindutva camp and its lackey bureaucracy suffers from. Even meek criticism from a fellow right-wing politician is considered as a threat to the Hindutva empire by the rulers and … Read more
BJP has a really long list of Hindutva hate mongers and there is rarely any leader in the party who doesn’t act like a knicker -clad lemur of the Hindutva fascist RSS during public discourse. Apart from the serial hate mongers and rioters, the BJP also has Gyan Dev Ahuja, who is known for his unique … Read more
The narrow victory of the BJP in Gujarat and its bagging of Himachal Pradesh from the control of the Congress will provide a breather to the RSS-led Hindutva fascist camp for the time being, however, the massive mass discontent that became visible in the citadel of Amit Shah and Narendra Modi, signalled that all is … Read more
After managing to secure its iron-strong domination on the neo-Hindutva citadel of Gujarat and after bagging Himachal Pradesh in the recent assembly elections, the BJP and the Sangh Parivar is all set to expand its presence in the North East and sweep two of the states going for polls, Meghalaya and Tripura with sheer zeal … Read more
The structure of the Indian state-machinery is designed in such a way that a political force, which is favoured by the majority of the ruling clique- the feudal landlords, big comprador and bureaucratic capitalists, foreign monopoly capital-owned corporations and banks – will be able to sweep elections, irrespective of the wave of public mood in … Read more
When Shambhulal Raigar brutally lynched Mohammad Afrazul Shaikh and then burned him in Rajsamand of Rajasthan, a few hours drive from Jaipur, he was sure that this act will make him a celebrity; he knew, from his accurate understanding of the undergoing trends of the Indian politics that he will be absolved of all his … Read more
The Congress was pronounced dead post-2014 rise of Narendra Modi, the fascist tyrant who is set to rule India, along with his coterie of RSS-trained hardcore Hindutva fascists for decades to come. The resurrection of the Congress Party and the glorification of its present and past leaders, especially of the new party chief – Rahul … Read more
Then came Ayodhya. After India was ripped apart and ravaged by a dastardly communal carnage and a large-scale displacement of people on communal lines during the partition, the Ram Janmabhoomi controversy suddenly resurrected, after dying a peaceful death in the 19th century when the Nirmohi Akhara, promoted and funded by British colonial rulers, started a … Read more