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What is next for the left-wing politics after the Congress’s victory in Karnataka?

Bhabani Shankar Nayak / Sun, May 21 2023

While the Congress defeated the BJP in Karnataka, the threat of Hindutva fascism still looms large over the state, which only the left can combat.

India needs alternative people’s media, distinguished journalists say at CASR event

People's Review / Sun, May 21 2023

Journalists demand powerful people's media in India in view of the corporate-communal nexus under the BJP in an event organised by the CASR.

The acquittal of the 67 Naroda Gam massacre accused to provide mileage to the BJP

People's Review / Sat, Apr 22 2023

The acquittal of the 67 Naroda Gam massacre accused, which took place in February 2002, will bolster the BJP's prospects and weaken its opponents.

On Eid, Indian Muslims must be thankful enough

Editor / Sat, Apr 22 2023

It's Eid; and beneath the typical happy photos, the pain, agony and tears of Indian Muslims, especially of West Bengal will remain hidden.

Ram Navami rally sparks violence in West Bengal’s Howrah, while CM resorts to mere rhetoric

People's Review / Thu, Mar 30 2023

West Bengal suffered once more due to violence triggered by Ram Navami rallies organised by the Hindutva-incensed organisations in Howrah.

40 Years of Nellie massacre: Where the template of injustice was created

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Feb 18 2023

Nellie massacre took place 40 years ago and doesn't appeal the mainstream Bengali conscience, but it set the precedence for gory atrocities in India, which helped the perpetrators of future pogroms.

The Adani Group controversy: Modi’s silence on Rahul’s questions says a lot

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Thu, Feb 09 2023

While responding to Rahul Gandhi's questions on his ties with the Adani Group, Modi evaded the questions using rhetoric against Gandhi-Nehru.

Union Budget 2023-24 reduced welfare spending and didn’t infuse any hope

People's Review / Wed, Feb 01 2023

The Union Budget 2023-24 was Nirmala Sitharaman's last full-fledged budget with no scope of happiness for the poor. Rather, it comes with rhetoric and attempts to divert the people's attention from the core issues.

What does Hindenburg Research’s report on the Adani group reveal?

Sankha S Biswas / Sat, Jan 28 2023

The Hindenburg Research's report on the Adani Group has exposed the tip of an iceberg, but it's not the only capitalist entity into stock manipulation, which is normal practice among corporates.

Why the BBC documentary on Modi isn’t what it should be?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Jan 27 2023

Although the Indian opposition is going gaga over the recent BBC documentary on Modi, in reality, it's quite a useless piece of propaganda that can end up helping the BJP polarise its disgruntled voter base.

China’s covid outbreak story: How bad is the situation?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Dec 24 2022

China's covid situation has been blown out of proportion by the western mainstream media at a time when the US and Japan are in sheer crisis.

Feelings of a Migrant Child

Anjum / Fri, Dec 02 2022

A displaced Afghan child named Yusuf writes to God, complaining about his condition. This work of fiction raises some disturbing questions.

GM mustard approval stirs a hornet’s nest and rings an eerie alarm

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Thu, Oct 27 2022

The GEAC's recommendation for GM mustard cultivation has stirred a hornet's rest, bringing even the RSS's farmers' wing against the BJP.

Why did Putin call the US and the West Satan and neo-colonial exploiters?

People's Review / Sun, Oct 02 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech during the accession of the new regions exposed the West and its evil agenda. Read to learn more.

Iran’s ‘hijab rebellion’: A critical analysis

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Sep 30 2022

Iran's 'hijab rebellion' has caught many eyeballs due to the incessant propaganda by western media outlets. But what lies behind the scene?

Mikhail Gorbachev: The man who destroyed the Soviet Union should and shouldn’t be remembered

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Sep 03 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who brought down the Soviet Union, is dead. But his dark legacy must stay alive to act as a reminder for all.

India’s GDP growth in Q1 of FY 2022-23: An alarming situation and government indifference

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Sep 02 2022

Though the Modi regime went into a jubilation mode, citing 13.5% GDP growth in Q1 of FY 2022-23, the reality shows an alarming picture.

Voices from the anonymous graves

Anjum / Thu, Aug 25 2022

Junaid Butt writes from one of the anonymous graves of Kashmir to his "Moji", telling her about many others like him who won't be ever found.

Dear President: The dignity of the Dalit and tribal women matters

Anjum / Sat, Aug 20 2022

Dalit and tribal women deserve dignity. Like any other women. Dear President Madam, please ensure we are not bereft of dignity.

Nitish Kumar’s new volte-face: Events, causes and possibilities

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Wed, Aug 10 2022

Nitish Kumar's volte-face and return to the Mahagathbandhan reeks of opportunism and desperation as the BJP turned it into a docile tool.

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Politics

The Adani Group controversy: Modi’s silence on Rahul’s questions says a lot

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Thu, Feb 09 2023

While responding to Rahul Gandhi's questions on his ties with the Adani Group, Modi evaded the questions using rhetoric against Gandhi-Nehru.

Nitish Kumar’s new volte-face: Events, causes and possibilities

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Wed, Aug 10 2022

Nitish Kumar's volte-face and return to the Mahagathbandhan reeks of opportunism and desperation as the BJP turned it into a docile tool.

“Agnipath” protests: An albatross around Modi regime’s neck

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Jun 18 2022

The "Agnipath" protests by the youths of different States has caused a severe ignominy for the BJP as its core support base is on the streets

Asansol and Ballygunge by-elections’ results are TMC’s morale boosters but not for democracy

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sun, Apr 17 2022

TMC's Babul Supriyo and Shatrughan Sinha won the Ballygunge Assembly and Asansol Lok Sabha by-elections. The results show interesting trends.

The Rampurhat massacre exposed the TMC’s grotesque fascist rule once more

People's Review / Sun, Mar 27 2022

The Rampurhat massacre exposed how TMC supremo Mamata Bandopadhyay's rule has imposed a reign of terror in West Bengal, affecting people.

Asansol and Ballygunge byelections once more revealed Mamata’s soft Hindutva inclinations

People's Review / Sun, Mar 20 2022

Nomination of Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo for Asansol and Ballygunge byelections by Mamata Bandopadhyay exposed the TMC's Hindutva.

The Modi regime’s Ukraine evacuation failure: why the entrapped Indians are on their own?

People's Review / Thu, Mar 03 2022

Since the death of an Indian student in the Ukrainian conflict, a major outrage has been experienced in the country as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government failed to evacuate the Indian citizens—mostly students of medical education—and pushed them to the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. To cover up the Modi...

Can Modi’s “Nava Punjab” promise captivate the voters?

People's Review / Sat, Feb 19 2022

Why Modi's "Nava Punjab" promise and the BJP's prospects in Punjab are doomed? What are the roadblocks that the BJP can't overcome in Punjab?

Can the MLAs and ministers quitting the BJP in Uttar Pradesh help the Opposition?

People's Review / Mon, Jan 17 2022

Can all the MLAs and ministers quitting the BJP in Uttar Pradesh be helpful in the Opposition's quest for power in the 2022 UP Assembly polls?

What did the alleged breach in Modi’s security during his Punjab visit reveal?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Jan 08 2022

The ruckus over the alleged breach in Modi's security during his Punjab trip is a well-orchestrated election drama, staged by the BJP to win public sympathy.

Amit Shah’s claim of Modi’s “good governance” vs the grotesque reality

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Tue, Dec 28 2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised his boss, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for providing "good governance". But what does facts say?

Why Modi’s rhetoric on “national unity” smacked of hypocrisy?

People's Review / Sun, Dec 26 2021

Modi spoke on "national unity" while addressing a Gurparab in Kutch, but used the occasion to peddle Islamophobia and exhibit hypocrisy.

Can Modi’s Upyogi praise for Yogi help the BJP win the 2022 UP polls?

People's Review / Sun, Dec 19 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said UP (Uttar Pradesh) + Yogi (Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath) = Upyogi (useful thing) in a bid to promote BJP.

Indian Army’s killing of civilians in Nagaland stirred up a hornets’ nest

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Dec 11 2021

The Indian Army’s killing of civilians in Nagaland has jeopardised the Naga peace process and gave a jolt to the BJP and the Modi regime.

The Tripura civic body polls: why the BJP won? How did the TMC help?

People's Review / Sun, Nov 28 2021

The BJP's victory in the Tripura civic body polls showed how the disunity of the opposition helped the ruling party. Blame it on TMC and CPM.

BJP’s Tripura Police has slapped UAPA on activists, but who will fight this tyranny?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Tue, Nov 09 2021

Tripura Police has slapped UAPA on activists who have raised their voice against the anti-Muslim violence. What's its source of its impunity?

The 2021 bypoll results: what’s the message between the lines?

People's Review / Wed, Nov 03 2021

What do the 2021 bypoll results indicate? Was this a mandate against the BJP and the Modi regime? Or was it hyper-local reaction to policies?

Is Amit Shah’s claim regarding crime decline in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP’s rule true?

People's Review / Sat, Oct 30 2021

Amit Shah claimed that crime decline in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP’s rule is remarkable. But his MHA's NCRB data counters this narrative.

Inside Mohan Bhagwat’s 2021 Vijaya Dashami speech: a roadmap for BJP

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Oct 16 2021

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s 2021 Vijaya Dashami speech provided a blueprint to the Modi regime and the BJP on what's to be done in the future.

September 27th Bharat Bandh: farmers make Modi regime shudder

People's Review / Mon, Sep 27 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffers setback due to the immense success of the September 27th Bharat Bandh called by the farmers protesting his new farm laws.

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Economy

Union Budget 2023-24 reduced welfare spending and didn’t infuse any hope

People's Review / Wed, Feb 01 2023

What does Hindenburg Research’s report on the Adani group reveal?

Sankha S Biswas / Sat, Jan 28 2023

The Hindenburg Research's report on the Adani Group has exposed the tip of an iceberg, but it's not the only capitalist entity into stock manipulation, which is normal practice among corporates.

India’s GDP growth in Q1 of FY 2022-23: An alarming situation and government indifference

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Sep 02 2022

Though the Modi regime went into a jubilation mode, citing 13.5% GDP growth in Q1 of FY 2022-23, the reality shows an alarming picture.

Why slash on petrol and diesel prices is Modi’s deceitful cosmetic measure?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sun, May 22 2022

Why Modi's late reduction in excise duties and the resulting drop in petrol and diesel prices a mere cosmetic measure by the government now?

The unemployment situation in India has been worsening: it’s time to wake up

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, May 07 2022

As the unemployment situation in India is worsening rapidly, the government and the press are working in tandem to divert mass attention.

Russia-Ukraine war: will there be a steep hike in fuel prices in India after the assembly polls?

People's Review / Mon, Feb 28 2022

As Brent crude oil price crossed $100 per barrel following Russia's war with Ukraine, will there be a steep hike in fuel prices in India now?

The Union Budget 2022-23 gives no reasons to the poor to be happy

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Feb 04 2022

The Union Budget 2022-23 didn't announce anything significant for 85% Indians, which exhibits Modi's unapologetic corporate appeasement policy.

Why Oxfam’s inequality report is just tip of the iceberg?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Thu, Jan 20 2022

Oxfam’s inequality report has again stirred the controversy over India's widening wealth gap. However, it's just the tip of the iceberg.

Indian Railways’ privatisation blueprint in Modi’s CEA’s recommendations

People's Review / Mon, Sep 20 2021

Under the garb of closures and mergers, Indian Railways’ privatisation is advocated in CEA Sanjeev Sanyal-led panel's recommendations to the Modi government.

National Unemployment Day on Modi’s purported birthday on September 17th

People's Review / Sat, Sep 18 2021

Indian unemployed youth celebrated National Unemployment Day on Modi's purported birthday on September 17th 2021 to highlight their agony but did Modi notice?

The enigma of 20.1% GDP growth in Q1 FY 2021-22

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Thu, Sep 02 2021

The BJP's and the Modi regime's amplified cacophony over the claim of 20.1% GDP growth in Q1 FY 2021-22 shows how propaganda is used to kill common sense.

Modi’s asset monetisation programme is catastrophic for the economy

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Wed, Sep 01 2021

Modi's asset monetisation programme, the NMP is going to be catastrophic for the economy as public assets will be given out on long term lease at a low cost.

Who will benefit from Modi’s palm oil scheme?

People's Review / Sun, Aug 22 2021

The Modi government's plan to expand the oil-palm plantation in India will threaten biodiversity and the environment. But who will profiteer from palm oil?

PSBs gift corporates freedom from debts worth Rs 4.37 trillion during 2018-20

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sun, Aug 15 2021

India's public sector banks collectively wrote-off Rs 4.37 trillion-worth non-performing assets between April 2018 and December 2020, benefitting corporates.

GIBA Bill 2021: general insurance privatisation a threat to India’s economy

People's Review / Sat, Aug 07 2021

Nirmala Sitharaman successfully passed the GIBA Bill 2021 to privatise nationalised general insurance companies. This will jeopardise India's financial security

India’s economic liberalisation at 30: why Manmohan can’t escape crisis liability?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sun, Jul 25 2021

India's economic liberalisation turned 30. Manmohan Singh expressed his apprehensions regarding the economy. But can he escape the liability of the crisis?

Indian Railways’ privatisation: Ashwini Vaishnaw to hasten the process

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Mon, Jul 12 2021

How Ashwini Vaishnaw's inclusion as the Minister of Railways will boost the Indian Railways' privatisation drive and fulfill Modi's mission of selling it?

After chit fund scams, microfinance debt trap exploits Bengal villagers

Moumita Alam / Fri, Jun 25 2021

The microfinance companies have trapped the poor villagers of West Bengal in their obnoxious debt trap as these people have no access to institutional credit.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, the share market’s prospects and IBC’s failure

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Tue, Jun 22 2021

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala asserted that investors shouldn't be swayed by the inflation. Given the worsening NPA situation of the PSBs, can the markets stay safe?

What does the NSDL’s freezing of FPIs linked with the Adani Group imply?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Tue, Jun 15 2021

The NSDL's freezing of FPIs linked with the Adani Group has unearthed a can of worms, exposing crony-comprador capitalism's unholy bond with fictious capital.

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Geopolitics

China’s covid outbreak story: How bad is the situation?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Dec 24 2022

China's covid situation has been blown out of proportion by the western mainstream media at a time when the US and Japan are in sheer crisis.

Why did Putin call the US and the West Satan and neo-colonial exploiters?

People's Review / Sun, Oct 02 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech during the accession of the new regions exposed the West and its evil agenda. Read to learn more.

Iran’s ‘hijab rebellion’: A critical analysis

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Sep 30 2022

Iran's 'hijab rebellion' has caught many eyeballs due to the incessant propaganda by western media outlets. But what lies behind the scene?

Mikhail Gorbachev: The man who destroyed the Soviet Union should and shouldn’t be remembered

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Sep 03 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who brought down the Soviet Union, is dead. But his dark legacy must stay alive to act as a reminder for all.

Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit exposed the US’s hypocrisy on “One-China policy”

People's Review / Thu, Aug 04 2022

Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit to support its secessionists not only provoked tension, but also violated the US's "One-China Policy".

War and Peace: Why was Europe at war against Russia even in the period of peace?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sun, Jun 05 2022

The EU members have denounced Russia of violating the "peace" that prevailed in Europe since second world war. Are they telling the truth?

Uvalde school massacre: Why the US military might fails to save “American lives”?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Jun 04 2022

The Uvalde school massacre by an 18-year-old terrorist showed how vulnerable the "American lives" are that the US regime promise to secure.

Russian military operations in Ukraine: why Zelensky’s Nazi regime is evading peace talks?

People's Review / Sun, Feb 27 2022

Despite proposing peace talks amid the Russian military operations in Ukraine, what made President Volodymyr Zelensky evade dialogue with Russia?

Ukraine crisis: how the US-Ukraine nexus is provoking violence in Donbass region

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Thu, Feb 24 2022

The US and the NATO are sponsoring violence by neo-Nazi forces in Donbass region, intensifying the Ukraine crisis to trouble Putin's Russia.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine: a western propaganda blitzkrieg to spread Russophobia

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Thu, Jan 27 2022

For the US and the west, the theory of a purported Russian invasion of Ukraine helps in stirring Russophobia and distract the people at home.

Kazakhstan protests: what remains unsaid?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Tue, Jan 11 2022

The recent Kazakhstan protests have not just rocked the former Soviet republic, but also exposed a sinister geopolitical gambit in the region

Anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh during Durga Puja: what happened and who did it?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Mon, Oct 18 2021

Analysis of the recent anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh during Durga Puja over an allegation of besmirching the Koran in Comilla district.

Quad summit in the US and the futility of Cold War-era rivalry

People's Review / Fri, Sep 17 2021

The US is hosting the forthcoming Quad summit to up the ante against China in South China Sea and Indo-Pacific. But why such Cold War-era rivalry is futile now?

AOC’s “tax the rich” campaign at Met Gala is ridiculous like the Democrats’ tax push

People's Review / Tue, Sep 14 2021

AOC’s “tax the rich” campaign at Met Gala is ridiculous like the Democrats' tax push, which will spare the super-rich and only tax on high paycheque incomes.

After 45 years of his death, Mao Zedong haunts Xi Jinping’s ilk

People's Review / Thu, Sep 09 2021

After 45 years of Mao Zedong's death and establishment of capitalism in China, the growing mass resentment against the anti-Mao ruling clique is troubling Xi.

ISIS’s suicide bombings at Kabul Airport: who is the beneficiary?

People's Review / Thu, Aug 26 2021

The ISIS's suicide bombings at Kabul Airport killed 72 so far, including US personnel and children. However, the big question is, who benefitted from this act?

Afghanistan’s COVID-19 vaccination is at risk due to Taliban takeover

People's Review / Tue, Aug 17 2021

As the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan’s COVID-19 vaccination is at severe risk as international sanctions may choke the country and push it towards mayhem

Taliban insurgents won Afghanistan: what lies next?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Mon, Aug 16 2021

As the Taliban insurgents seized power in Afghanistan by ousting the American puppet government, what lies ahead for the war-torn country and its people?

India-China de-escalation at Gogra proved bilateral dialogue’s efficiency

People's Review / Sat, Aug 07 2021

India-China border stand-off at Gogra was resolved through bilateral dialogue and this proves that a peaceful approach to resolve the impasse can work well.

The US defeat in Afghanistan: a retrospection of an imperialist quest

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Mon, Jul 19 2021

The US exit from Afghanistan is another defeat of the imperialist power in the hands of the Asian people. A critical retropection of the 20-year-old Afghan war.

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Opinion

What is next for the left-wing politics after the Congress’s victory in Karnataka?

Bhabani Shankar Nayak / Sun, May 21 2023

While the Congress defeated the BJP in Karnataka, the threat of Hindutva fascism still looms large over the state, which only the left can combat.

Revisiting Lenin’s views on religion on his 152nd birth anniversary

Yanis Iqbal / Fri, Apr 22 2022

On Lenin's 152nd birth anniversary revisiting his views on religion in the context of the working class's struggle. It's important even now.

A ‘genocide’ without accountability

Samuel Sequeira / Thu, May 27 2021

Under Modi's rule India is going through a genocide under the garb of "pandemic". Yet, there is no accountability. Also, there is no simmering and visible anger

The real Modi: a “god” that failed India and the world

Samuel Sequeira / Wed, May 19 2021

Modi's megalomania made him a demigod for his ardent fans, but with time, especially in the last two months of COVID-19 crisis, his incapabilities were exposed.

As Uddhav steers Maharashtra out of COVID crisis, is a new leader emerging?

Zeenat / Sun, Apr 25 2021

Why is Uddhav Thackeray, the quintessential underdog, emerging as a new leader by steering Maharashtra resolutely during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis?

Has Indian democracy created its Frankenstein?

Samuel Sequeira / Mon, Mar 15 2021

Has the Indian democracy, after seven decades of its rickety carriage’s journey, created the Frankenstein that’s all set to devour it?

Andolanjivis: The last man standing

Samuel Sequeira / Thu, Feb 18 2021

Modi used the terms Andolanjivi and Parajibi in galore during a speech to demean the role of people's movements against autrocracy,

When fascism comes to visit you

Samuel Sequeira / Sun, Feb 07 2021

Is India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, still a democracy or has crossed the Rubicon and has become a full-fledged fascist state? If the developments over the last six years are any evidence, then, India has arrived. It has achieved under Modi what the Hindutva fascist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)...

Budget 2021 epitomises Hindutva quackery in India

Bhabani Shankar Nayak / Wed, Feb 03 2021

The Union Budget 2021-22 is nothing but a Hindutva quackery on an ailing Indian economy, pushing it to the extreme of a pernicious realm.

The normalisation of “Hindutva shock therapy” for the consolidation of capitalism in India

Bhabani Shankar Nayak / Sat, Jan 23 2021

Modi has been working on the normalisation of “Hindutva shock therapy” for the consolidation of capitalism in India to benefit his big donors

Many tales of corporate control over agriculture

Bhabani Shankar Nayak / Sun, Dec 27 2020

The experiences of corporate control over agriculture globally show how farmers are ruined and the corporations enrich through such policies.

Indian Muslims: The quest of a better representation in politics and blunders

Naveelah Ishteyaque / Fri, Dec 18 2020

Despite housing the world's second-largest Muslim population, India has a very skewed ratio of the community's share in politics and power.

200 Years of Frederick Engels and the question of “Authority”

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Nov 28 2020

As Frederick Engels turned 200 on November 28th 2020, we turn to his views on "authority" in the context of working class's quest for power.

Killing the host, the BJP-AIMIM style

Samuel Sequeira / Thu, Nov 19 2020

Has the AIMIM got the space that the BJP-led Hindutva politics has created through bullying and marginalising the Muslim community.

Paris attack: Why would Muslims apologise for terrorist acts across the world?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sun, Oct 18 2020

Soon after a French middle-school history teacher was killed in the Conflans Sainte-Honorine suburb of Paris, allegedly by an Islamist bigot, a global Islamophobic outcry began, accompanied by the demand that Muslims apologise for terrorist acts like this. From the mainstream press to the social-media rabble-rousers of the right-wing ecosystem,...

Why the NEP 2020 will deprive the poor of education?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Wed, Aug 05 2020

The NEP 2020 has been planned meticulously to deprive the poor students of the right to education, not just higher education but also school education.

NEP 2020: 10 uncomfortable questions that should be asked

Swapna Gopinath / Sat, Aug 01 2020

The NEP 2020 is neither inclusive nor progressive. Ten questions are asked on this policy, which no one would like to answer. Read them here.

Deconstructing the triumphant decadence: Perforating the idea of nation and exequial of reason

Mostaid Ahmed / Mon, Jun 22 2020

The essence of an idea of nation lies with its imagination. The recent consistent onslaught on its idea is gravely frightening.

Flaws of personalised diplomacy of narcissist leaders

Samuel Sequeira / Sat, Jun 20 2020

This comment article critiques how authoritarian narcissist personality of a populist leader and his style of governance impacts the nation. All is well when everything goes well. Victory is easy even when governance is failing the people continually.

Indifference, when a pregnant woman is jailed under false charges, is a crime, dissent isn’t

Dhrupadi Ghosh / Wed, Jun 10 2020

If there is an ominous silence over the arrest of a pregnant woman like Safoora Zargar under false charges, then that's a crime. Dissenting isn't.

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Editorial

Beyond Rihanna’s tweet on farmers’ movement and Indian celebs’ Modi worship

Editor / Tue, Feb 09 2021

Pop star Rihanna's tweet on farmers' movement stirred up a hornet's nest in India as the Modi regime deployed its celebrity pawns for defence.

Editorial

The farmers’ tractor march on Republic Day: Defiance against corporate-fascism

Editor / Mon, Jan 18 2021

The declaration of farmers' tractor march on Republic Day has panicked the Modi regime and it's insomniac now, haunted by the spectre.

Editorial

Welcome 2021 with new promises of victory against fascism

Editor / Thu, Dec 31 2020

As the world steps into 2021, with the hyper-consumerist and brainwashed urban elites and middle-class looking forward to a vaccine that would save them from COVID-19, forgetting the much deadly diseases like cancer, tuberculosis, etc, which kill millions a year, and big pharmaceutical companies of the world drooling to bag...

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Society

Mumbai local train services to follow vaccine discrimination violating fundamental rights

People's Review / Fri, Aug 13 2021

Mumbai local train services will only allow fully-vaccinated passengers from August 15th. This decision is discriminatory and violates fundamental rights.

Resuming suburban local train service is important for West Bengal’s survival

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Mon, Oct 12 2020

The suspension of suburban local train service in West Bengal has not just caused inconvenience to commuters but also affected the economy.

Birendra Chattopadhyay: A poet in a centenary year

Asok Chattopadhyay / Sun, Sep 20 2020

September 2nd is gone with the wind and a birth centenary year of a renowned Bengali poet has passed by in the corona-ruled lockdown times. A people’s poet has unfortunately been seen to be a prisoner in Facebook Live programmes and so on. Renowned poets and artists have been seen...

Social distancing: Is this term really what one should use?

Moumita Alam / Sun, May 10 2020

Social distancing is a term that's used 24/7 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in our social context, is this the right term to use at this hour?

Accusation, demise and Islamophobia: Social media on the last Wednesday of April

Prateek Srivastava / Wed, May 06 2020

How Irrfan Khan’s death was used to deny the US’s accusation of religious intolerance in India. Can mourning Khan's death imply there is no Islamophobia?

Distancing bodies, shifting minds: The ambivalence of ‘being together’ during COVID-19

Dr Sayan Dey / Sun, Apr 26 2020

An effort to map the individual physical and psychological transformations that the world is undergoing during the lockdown period due to COVID-19.

Why just rescue students from Kota but not migrant workers?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Mon, Apr 20 2020

Yogi Adityanath regime could allocate 250 buses to rescue 7,500 students from Kota but his government and the BJP ignored the plight of migrant workers.

The mass exodus of poor from cities is not caused by the lockdown but Modi’s apathy

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sun, Mar 29 2020

The mass exodus of millions of workers from metros to their native villages isn't merely a result of the COVID19 outbreak but Modi regime's sheer apathy.

Who is spreading Coronavirus in India?

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Tue, Mar 17 2020

Who is spreading Coronavirus in India? Which class is responsible for the spread of Coronavirus and why would people pay for this class's irresponsibility?

Alleged custody killing in Sinthee Police Station and TMC’s similarity with BJP

Dhrupadi Ghosh / Sat, Feb 15 2020

The death of Rajesh Kumar Shaw in Sinthee Police Station, Kolkata, due to custodial torture, exhibited, once more, the similarity between BJP and TMC.

‘Kill one’s reputation, kill one’s cause’: BJP and the politics of character assassination

Harsh Vardhan Tripathy / Mon, Feb 03 2020

How the strategy of character assassination is adopted by the BJP to combat the challenge thrown by Shaheen Bagh.

Kamlesh Tiwari murder case hijacked by the Hindutva camp to score brownies

People's Review / Sat, Oct 19 2019

Kamlesh Tiwari, a notorious Hindutva fascist leader who belonged to the Hindu Mahasabha and later founded a small outfit called the Hindu Samaj Party, was murdered at his house in Lucknow’s Naka area by two unknown assailants on Friday, 18 October 2019. His murder created a ruckus as both Hindu...

Inside Murshidabad’s triple murder case and the RSS’s filthy political drama

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Oct 12 2019

The gruesome murder of Bandhu Prakash Pal, a school teacher, and his family in Murshidabad's Jiaganj has sparked a communal controversy. We analyse the case

No to human rights: CRPF’s Khushbu Chauhan’s NHRC diatribe

People's Review / Sat, Oct 12 2019

CRPF woman constable Khushbu Chauhan's diatribe against dissent in democracy exposed Hindutva state's contempt for human rights, followed by its forces.

Will Durga Puja of Bengalis succumb to Hindutva’s juggernaut?

People's Review / Sun, Oct 06 2019

The Hindutva fascist camp is frantically attacking Bengal's Durga Puja celebration in a bid to transform the occasion into a puritan version of Navratri.

Jinnah resurrected in Modi-fied India by the Hindutva fascist rampage

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Wed, Aug 14 2019

Though Jinnah is a despised name in Indian polity, yet, the actions of PM Modi and his BJP has instigated fresh trouble for the BJP as they seek respite.

Countering Hindutva radicalisation through affirmative actions can prevent teenagers from becoming Richa Bharti

People's Review / Thu, Jul 18 2019

Hindutva radicalisation programme of the RSS is creating an army of bigoted fanatics like Richa Bharti. Deradicalisation is a must to stop this menace.

Not “cheap” tourists Mr Kamat, Goa is threatened by your government-backed corporate aggression

Anand Patil / Thu, Jul 11 2019

Goa Forward Party leader Durgaprasad Kamat recently made a derogatory statement over "cheap tourist" by citing a photo of people sleeping at Goa airport.

The vexing alarm of water crisis is ringing in India

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Jun 28 2019

India is running out of water. It's not surprising that the Modi regime and its corporate funders are exploiting the situation to profiteer from mass agony.

Malnutrition and broken public healthcare triggering children’s death in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sun, Jun 23 2019

The children's death due to AES in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, has a malnutrition and poverty angle to it that no one is talking about.

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Gender

Why does the ‘break the bias’ theme of International Women’s Day 2022 mock Indian women?

People's Review / Tue, Mar 08 2022

The celebration of International Women's Day 2022 with the theme 'break the bias' mocks Indian women who reel under patriarchy's juggernaut.

Karnataka hijab row: a standoff between Muslim women’s right to education and Hindutva fascism

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sun, Feb 13 2022

The Karnataka hijab row has been used by the BJP-RSS to deny Muslim women right to education, while the Opposition fell in the "hijab" trap.

Why the Modi Cabinet’s decision to raise women’s legal marriage age is dangerously flawed?

Zeenat / Fri, Dec 17 2021

Why the raising of the women's legal age of marriage by the Modi regime isn't going to solve the "underage" marriage issue but complicate it further?

Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu and the Miss Universe pageant glorified Zionist occupation

People's Review / Wed, Dec 15 2021

Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu won the Miss Universe pageant, which was marred in controversy over its normalisation of Zionist terrorism in Palestine.

Survey reveals grotesque fact: Patriarchy enslaves Indian women mentally too

Mantasha Ansari / Thu, Dec 09 2021

National Family Health Survey shows that around 75% of women in three Indian states support domestic violence by their male partners.

BJP celebrates Muslim Women Rights Day after violating their rights

People's Review / Sun, Aug 01 2021

When the BJP celebrates Muslim Women Rights Day after violating their rights and dehumanising them, irony dies a thousand times.

Ripped jeans saga: A rip through misogyny

Zeenat / Sat, Mar 20 2021

The ripped jeans controversy stoked by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat is beyond the scope of what a girl should wear.

Exclusion of Muslim women writers in West Bengal’s textbooks

Moumita Alam / Mon, Mar 08 2021

West Bengal's schools and Madrasahs have microscopic presence of Muslim women writers in their syllabus, which exhibits an exclusionary policy

Licence to rape: Analysing the judiciary’s recent comments

Zeenat / Thu, Mar 04 2021

From "will you marry her?" as a question to a rape convict to normalising marital rape, the judiciary's comments provide a licence to rape.

Ramesh Jarkiholi’s alleged sex tape also exposed the Opposition’s patriarchal hypocrisy

People's Review / Thu, Mar 04 2021

The controversy over Karnataka's BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi’s alleged sex tape has also exposed the patriarchal hypocrisy of the Opposition.

When ‘love jihad’ bogey mocks Women’s Day

Zeenat / Tue, Mar 02 2021

India will celebrate International Women's Day while the women lose their right to "choose" their life partner due to the 'love jihad' bogey.

Hathras gangrape and the selective outrage of India’s mainstream

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Oct 02 2020

The Hathras gangrape and murder of a Dalit girl didn't trigger an outrage in the upper-caste sections, exemplifying myriad dynamics of rape.

Being a single working mother in the time of a pandemic

Moumita Alam / Sun, Jun 21 2020

The single working mothers have been going through a toughest phase in their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic and no one is talking about their issues.

Caging Pinjra Tod activists exemplify Modi regime’s fear

Dhrupadi Ghosh / Sun, May 31 2020

The state repression exhibited by the arrest of two Pinjra Tod activists, Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, exemplifies the Modi regime's fear.

Isn’t India itself a “Bois Locker Room”?

Moumita Alam / Mon, May 11 2020

Who should be blamed for the Instagram "Bois Locker Room" controversy? Is it just a fringe incident or a reflection of our misogynist society?

Significance of International Women’s Day shouldn’t be forgotten

Samiksha / Sat, Mar 07 2020

It is time to understand the real significance of International Women's Day, 8 March, and reclaim its legacy by fighting against patriarchal capitalism.

Allegation of sexual assault on Gargi College students exhibits danger of fascism

People's Review / Sun, Feb 09 2020

The allegation of sexual assault on Gargi College students on 6 February 2020 shows that the Hindutva fascist rape brigade is rampaging with impunity.

Women of Shaheen Bagh and Park Circus are writing a glorious chapter of anti-fascist struggle in India

Samiksha / Wed, Jan 15 2020

The women of Shaheen Bagh and Park Circus have shown how resiliently women can trigger panic within the Hindutva fascist state and cause it severe ignominy.

Unnao rape victim and others will be cast to the oblivion of India’s memory

Samiksha / Sun, Dec 08 2019

India will cast the Unnao rape victim and many like her, whose case won't instigate the Brahminical patriarchal middle class, to the oblivion.

Priyanka Reddy case exposes Hindutva fascism’s hypocrisy

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Mon, Dec 02 2019

The gang-rape and murder of Priyanka Reddy is one of the goriest incidents but the Hindutva fascist camp's attempt to communalise it is extremely heinous.

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India

Healthcare

India’s acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines boosts pharma profits

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Jun 05 2021

India's acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines is helping pharma giants to profiteer, while the Modi regime remains elusive about universal vaccination drive

Healthcare

Why Modi regime’s absence from the COVID-19 scenario is problematic?

People's Review / Fri, Apr 30 2021

Why the Modi regime’s absence from the COVID-19 scenario is inflating the problems and why the state can't remain nonchalant at the hour of public health crisis

Healthcare

Shortage of oxygen and Remdesivir pushes Indian healthcare into coma

People's Review / Sat, Apr 24 2021

The shortage of oxygen and Remdesivir vials has pushed the Indian public healthcare sector to the brink of collapse, aggravating deaths due to COVID-19.

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Media

India needs alternative people’s media, distinguished journalists say at CASR event

People's Review / Sun, May 21 2023

Journalists demand powerful people's media in India in view of the corporate-communal nexus under the BJP in an event organised by the CASR.

How Yogi’s Kolkata flyover ad gaffe exposed Indian media’s editorial bankruptcy?

People's Review / Sun, Sep 12 2021

Yogi Adityanath's ad in The Indian Express using a Kolkata flyover's photo to show Uttar Pradesh's development stirred a controversy after the paper apologised.

Danish Siddiqui’s killing and some uncomfortable questions

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Jul 17 2021

Danish Siddiqui's killing in Afghanistan raises uncomfortable questions regarding the practice of "embedded" journalism that jeopardises journalists' security.

Neutralise critics, control the narrative: Modi’s PR strategy when India battled COVID-19

Zeenat / Sun, Mar 07 2021

When India was reeling under the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment and conflict with China, the Modi regime was planning to muzzle the press.

BJP’s attack on journalists continues unabated as India skids press freedom index

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Thu, Feb 04 2021

Any attack on journalists is a threat to the functioning of a democracy. But in Modi's India, attacking and imprisoning journalists is a norm.

Arrest warrant for Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani shows India’s shabby press freedom

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Jan 22 2021

The row over Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani Group continues as a Gujarat court issued an arrest warrant against him recently.

Fake news stating Putin has Parkinson’s disease published by Indian media

Samiksha / Sun, Nov 08 2020

A fake news in the west that says Russian President Vladimir Putin has Parkinson’s disease is republished without verification by Indian media

Arnab Goswami’s arrest: Nothing to grief or cheer for

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Nov 06 2020

Arnab Goswami's arrest on charges of abetment to suicide isn't an attack on "press freedom" and it's not something to be happy of either.

Bajaj and Parle’s boycott of toxic news channels can’t stop hate-mongering

People's Review / Sat, Oct 17 2020

Bajaj and Parle's boycott of toxic news channels can't stop hate-mongering as the servile corporate-owned media survives on spewing venom.

Fact check: No, the Chinese PLA soldiers crying in the video aren’t afraid but singing

People's Review / Thu, Sep 24 2020

Recently, Indian mainstream media outlets like Zee News and Times Now published a story showing a video of a few soldiers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) crying. Citing a Taiwanese publication, the Zee News and Times Now stories claim that the Chinese PLA soldiers crying in the video...

Rajeev Sharma – the spy or the victim of press clampdown?

People's Review / Mon, Sep 21 2020

The arrest of journalist Rajeev Sharma, accused of spying for China, raises unpleasant questions for the Delhi Police and the government.

Journalism’s metamorphosis into cheap entertainment in India

Naveelah Ishteyaque / Sun, Sep 06 2020

India's mainstream journalism is at the peak of its decay in decades. It has metamorphosed into cheap showbiz, aiming to sensationalise news.

Arnab Goswami’s howling over freedom of speech got irony a heart attack

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Fri, Apr 24 2020

Arnab Goswami is howling over an attack on his freedom of speech and got a respite from the Supreme Court too. But can irony stand this man's theatrics?

Fake news alert: No, China didn’t give Pakistan masks made of underwears!

Soumo Mondal / Mon, Apr 06 2020

No, China didn't send masks made of underwear to Pakistan as claimed in a video circulated on social media and publicised by the Indian mainstream media.

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Minorities

India Minorities

Disha Ravi ‘Joseph’ and being a Christian in Hindutva fascism-ruled India

Samuel Sequeira / Tue, Feb 23 2021

If the arrest of Dish Ravi for sharing a "protest toolkit" wasn't enough, Hindutva fascists turned her into a Christian now to vilify her.

Minorities

Nishan Sahib—the Khalsa flag—over India’s Red Fort on Republic Day

Pieter Friedrich / Wed, Jan 27 2021

On India’s 71st Republic Day—which commemorates the adoption of the country’s constitution—Indian farmers, with Sikhs from the state of Punjab leading the charge, entered New Delhi as they continued their months-long protest against controversial new agricultural laws passed by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A culmination of the...

Minorities

Can the recent anti-Muslim violence in Madhya Pradesh help the BJP?

People's Review / Sat, Jan 02 2021

The recent anti-Muslim violence in Madhya Pradesh is an attempt by the BJP and the RSS to deflate the farmers' movement with communalism.

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Art & Cinema

Union Budget 2016-17 is Actually an Anti-Poor Budget Concealed in Tri-Colour Package

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Nov 26 2016

(This article was first published in March 2016 in the previous version of People’s Review. Due to an incident of hacking the old website was pulled down and we could only restore the old articles in this section) The Union budget for the FY 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley...

Archive Articles Economy

Corporates Looted Rs 1 lac crore from PSU Banks

Tanmoy Ibrahim / Sat, Nov 26 2016

(This article was first published in September 2015 in the previous version of People’s Review. Due to an incident of hacking the old website was pulled down and we could only restore the old articles in this section) The great Indian loot is here. According to a report published by...

Archive Articles Opinion

NREGA Dilution to hit Farmers Hard

Editor / Sat, Nov 26 2016

(This article was first published in September 2015 in the previous version of People’s Review. Due to an incident of hacking the old website was pulled down and we could only restore the old articles in this section) As per several reports from the mainstream media, Modi regime is determined...

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