- India’s AI transition needs paid-practice floor for young workers
A paid-practice floor would attach a simple condition to public support for India’s ambitious AI adoption.
- India learns state’s role in market economy
For decades, India’s economic debate was framed through a simple story. The state planned, regulated and licensed excessively; private enterprise was constrained; then came 1991, when licences were dismantled, the economy opened and growth accelerated. The conclusion seemed obvious: the state was the problem and the market was the solution. - Measure India’s AI jobs boom by job quality, not headcount
More jobs than layoffs sounds like good news for India’s AI-era labour market — but the headline number hides a harder question: are these new roles building real skills, or just adding headcount? A four-point framework for judging the difference. - Is GDP still the best development yardstick?
A rising GDP can hide as much as it reveals — inequality, unpaid work, environmental costs, none of it shows up in the headline number. Drawing on India’s HDI data, this piece argues that GDP remains necessary, but was never meant to answer whether people are actually better off. - Beyond wealth, development: measuring freedom to live well
Two people can live in the same fast-growing economy and experience entirely different realities — one with real choices, the other without. Drawing on Amartya Sen’s work, this piece argues that wealth is only useful insofar as it expands people’s actual freedom to live the lives they value. - Hindutva forces attack Jadavpur University as ‘dimagi Naxal’ hunt comes home
A Hindutva attack on Jadavpur University follows Modi’s “dimagi Naxal” warning, as Bengal’s new BJP rule confronts a campus known for resistance.
- Can individuals ‘develop’ if climate worsens work conditions?
Rethinking development in India through capabilities, inequality and climate vulnerability. - Hindutva forces attack Jadavpur University as ‘dimagi Naxal’ hunt comes homeA Hindutva attack on Jadavpur University follows Modi’s “dimagi Naxal” warning, as Bengal’s new BJP rule confronts a campus known for resistance.
- CJP protest, Pradhan’s resignation: New public sphere rises
Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation wasn’t just a minister falling — it was proof that a youth-led public sphere, built on social media rather than television debates, can now force political accountability. This piece traces the CJP protest through Habermas and Fraser to ask what comes next. - When image shapes democracy: Question before Tamil Nadu
Elections decide who governs, but democracy is tested afterwards — in whether people keep evaluating leaders, or let long-held admiration stand in for scrutiny. Tamil Nadu, with its singular political history, now faces that question anew. - Mamata’s unity call against BJP meets Left scepticism in West Bengal
CPI(ML) Liberation says Mamata Bandopadhyay must apologise for corruption, “misrule” and political violence before any anti-BJP democratic platform can emerge - Mamata’s politics behind anti-BJP platform in West Bengal after TMC’s defeat
As calls for an anti-BJP opposition platform in West Bengal gain traction, questions emerge over opposition unity, electoral arithmetic, and long-term political survival. - BJP appropriates May Day: Labour trouble beneath outreach
Once dismissive of May Day as a foreign import, the BJP now marks it with enthusiasm. This article argues that the shift is not ideological but strategic, shaped by labour unrest, rising economic pressure and looming electoral battles. - Red unity paradox: CPI’s centenary marks missed scopes
On its 100th birthday, the CPI calls for unity against the far-right. Its own history explains why that may prove impossible - West Bengal’s communal politics: Economic crisis blends with polarisation
How has communal politics consolidated its base in West Bengal? - CPI(M) 24th Congress receives solidarity from communists around the world
Communist parties worldwide rally around India’s CPI(M), revealing common views on imperialism, Palestine and right-wing populism - History repeats itself: Delhi Assembly election 2025 under 2020’s shadow
The Delhi Assembly election 2025 is taking place under the shadows of the 2020 polls and reminding the minorities of some of the traumatic events of that year. - The ‘Fakir’ who rode the BMW: Deconstructing (inside) Modi’s ‘zero assets’ claim
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed at an election rally in Jharkhand, that he is poor, owns no property and doesn’t even have a bicycle. But is this true? What does data say? - Waning confidence? Modi’s Islamophobic rhetoric puts “guarantees” in backseat
What does Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Islamophobic hate-mongering imply? Is he losing confidence on his “Modi Ki Guarantee” narrative? Or is it an exhibition of his frustration? - CAA 2019: Shantanu Thakur’s “slip of the tongue” exposed the dilemma for the BJP
The CAA 2019 has always been a political trap for the refugees and a dilemma for the BJP. Now Shantanu Thakur’s “slip of the tongue” exposed the hollowness of Modi’s much-hyped citizenship law once more. - The BJP’s victory in the 2023 assembly elections: Factors and facts
What’s behind the BJP’s victory in the 2023 assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan? Beyond numbers, lies a complicated web of political and organisational factors. - Questioning Adani in the Parliament: BJP exposes itself over Mohua Moitra bribe row
TMC MP Mahua Moitra is reportedly under fire from the BJP for questioning Adani in the Parliament. But the BJP’s actions exposed it once more. - Left side (lined): CPI(M) at crossroads in Bengal
What does the CPI(M) want in West Bengal? It’s not clear from the party’s recent actions whether it’s concerned about defeating the BJP at all. - Did Ramesh Bidhuri’s anti-Muslim slurs in the Parliament show BJP’s 2024 strategy?
What do Ramesh Bidhuri’s anti-Muslim slurs targeting BSP’s Danish Ali hint at? Is this going to be the template that the BJP will use in 2024? - Partition of Bengal – A saga of lost hopes and homeland
The partition of Bengal in 1947 is a forgotten chapter in history, although its trauma and pain are still visible in the lives of the people.
- India learns state’s role in market economyFor decades, India’s economic debate was framed through a simple story. The state planned, regulated and licensed excessively; private enterprise was constrained; then came 1991, when licences were dismantled, the economy opened and growth accelerated. The conclusion seemed obvious: the state was the problem and the market was the solution.
- Measure India’s AI jobs boom by job quality, not headcountMore jobs than layoffs sounds like good news for India’s AI-era labour market — but the headline number hides a harder question: are these new roles building real skills, or just adding headcount? A four-point framework for judging the difference.
- Is GDP still the best development yardstick?A rising GDP can hide as much as it reveals — inequality, unpaid work, environmental costs, none of it shows up in the headline number. Drawing on India’s HDI data, this piece argues that GDP remains necessary, but was never meant to answer whether people are actually better off.
- Beyond wealth, development: measuring freedom to live wellTwo people can live in the same fast-growing economy and experience entirely different realities — one with real choices, the other without. Drawing on Amartya Sen’s work, this piece argues that wealth is only useful insofar as it expands people’s actual freedom to live the lives they value.
- India is growing; its affordable housing isn’t
India’s cities are growing richer on paper, even as millions struggle to find a home they can afford. This piece looks past GDP to ask what affordable housing actually requires — and why growth alone hasn’t delivered it.
- From a caste symbol to a national icon: why more young women are discovering Ambedkar
For decades, Ambedkar’s legacy was read almost entirely through caste. Now, young women across caste lines are finding another Ambedkar — the one who fought for the Hindu Code Bill and women’s legal equality. This piece asks what that discovery means, and where it can go wrong. - All Muslims are terrorists: Children fall prey to bigotry
Who is responsible for instilling Islamophobia in children’s minds? - Cauliflower returns to haunt Bihar, but whom exactly?
Why defending the cauliflower farming optics can become a self-goal for the BJP? - Wage labour, gender: India’s working women’s struggle for recognition
Despite rising female labour force participation, 61% of Indian women work in informal sectors like domestic help and construction, facing low pay, hazards, and legal exclusion. - Minority persecution in India: Jaishankar’s rebuttals expose a lot
On the allegations of minority persecution in India, S Jaishankar claimed in the US that there is none as the minorities get ration in India.
- Evicting hawkers or cleansing cities for ‘Corporate India’?
The BJP government in West Bengal claims its eviction drive against hawkers is about reclaiming public land. Yet millions of Indians depend on informal markets for affordable goods and livelihoods. As corporate power expands, the informal economy increasingly finds itself under sustained attack. - Bangladesh: Mob rule burns democracy
The interim government talks of reform. The streets tell a different story. - The Zionist Israeli attack on Palestine has dug the grave for the West in the Middle East
Did the West just dig its own grave in the Middle East and in the Global South by supporting the Zionist Israeli attack on Palestine? - On Eid, Indian Muslims must be thankful enough
It’s Eid; and beneath the typical happy photos, the pain, agony and tears of Indian Muslims, especially of West Bengal will remain hidden. - Anti-Muslim violence during Ram Navami celebration: new normal in Modi’s New India
The recent surge in anti-Muslim violence during Ram Navami celebrations across different states exhibit Modified India’s disastrous journey.
- India can’t wait until 2047 to build ‘Viksit Bharat’
Training ten million Indians in AI sounds impressive, but scale isn’t the same as capability. This piece argues that Viksit Bharat by 2047 depends on decisions India makes now — not in the years just before the deadline. - Cage called freedom: Who is really free?
Nobody stands over you with a whip, yet the alarm still rings, the notifications still pull, the metrics still judge. Drawing on Max Weber’s “iron cage,” this essay asks whether today’s freedom is really freedom at all — or just a cage with better lighting. - What is next for the left-wing politics after the Congress’s victory in Karnataka?
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
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
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 forgotten slaughter: When Jammu’s Muslims faced genocide
Jammu’s Muslim genocide remains a forgotten part of India’s history, which brings up inconvenience for the establishment. - Does the anti-CAA 2019 movement have a potential to defeat Modi like the farmers?
Why the anti-CAA 2019 movement failed to gain anything unlike the farmers’ movement? What went wrong with the anti-CAA-NRC protests? - Why after 50 years of his death Lin Biao terrorises the Chinese rulers?
Lin Biao, Mao Zedong’s designated successor, mysteriously died on September 13th 1971. But why? Did he die while fleeing after failing in a coup or was killed? - Rearview: How pandemics have reshaped human society in history
The history of the human society is one of pandemics as well. Deadly pandemics like COVID-19 striked human beings since centuries and reshaped the society.
- GM mustard approval stirs a hornet’s nest and rings an eerie alarm
The GEAC’s recommendation for GM mustard cultivation has stirred a hornet’s rest, bringing even the RSS’s farmers’ wing against the BJP. - Autumn in West Bengal: The season of pain and not celebration
Autumn in Bengal has been stereotyped as per the romanticised version peddled by poets and authors for ages, ignoring the crisis it brings. - BKS’s protest on MSP is the RSS’s attempt to weaken the farmers’ movement
The BKS’s protest on MSP on September 8th is the RSS’s attempt to weaken the farmers’ movement by driving a wedge, especially before the Uttar Pradesh polls. - Sinking potato price: A woe for north Bengal farmers
The falling potato price has become a curse for farmers of north Bengal districts who have invested huge amount to cultivate the crop.
- From student voice to political instrument: CJP’s changing face
CJP turned student anger over paper leaks and exam irregularities into one of India’s most visible youth movements. But as political flags and old party links surface, a harder question emerges: is CJP still a platform for students, or has it become a tool for someone else’s politics? - Secondary education can’t remain secondary in India
India’s push to expand elementary education has worked — but secondary schooling tells a different story. With government schools scarce, especially in states like UP, private unaided schools are filling the gap, often without matching learning outcomes. A look at what that means for India’s youngest generation. - Are Jammu & Kashmir’s higher education institutions future-ready?
Enrolment in Jammu and Kashmir’s colleges and universities has grown steadily, but access alone no longer defines success. This piece asks whether the region’s higher education institutions have the faculty, research culture and infrastructure to meet the demands of the years ahead. - Why Modi’s jibe on students pursuing medical education in Ukraine is unfounded?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s jibe on students pursuing medical education in Ukraine is unfounded as it lacks facts regarding the issue. - Why the students’ agitation against RRB NTPC in Bihar and UP is more than just Modi’s fault?
The students’ agitation against RRB NTPC results reached a peak in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. What had sparked this agitation? What’s its goal?
