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Is India’s Electoral Process Compatible with a Federal Democracy?
  • Commentary
  • April 26, 2026

(This article does not seek to satisfy those in search of arguments for revolutionary transformation. While I hold that the existing system is deeply flawed, particularly in a subcontinent as complex as India, the article’s scope is deliberately limited. It confines itself to examining the question of federalism within India’s electoral framework, and nothing beyond.) […]

Rolling Back Equality: Six Ways in which Gendered Citizenship and Bodily Autonomy were Undone in India in Six Weeks
  • Gender
  • April 26, 2026

As residents of a nation-state focused on undermining gender justice through concerted and choreographed action of all its functionaries, how do we resist?   By Samata Biswas   The last month and a half in India have been singularly detrimental to all the strides that the country has made towards gender justice.   On 13th […]

এখন রাজার কাপড়ও নেই, পরার ভানও নেই
  • Commentary
  • April 24, 2026

ট্রাম্পেশ্বর ও নন-বায়োলজিকালদের নিয়ে যে কাল্ট ফিগার তৈরির নিরন্তর এবং সচেতন পরিকল্পনা হয়েছিল, তা নিয়ে লেখাজোখাও হয়েছে। কিন্তু ওই যে — তাঁরা নগ্ন, কাজেই ধরা পড়ার লজ্জাহীন। এবং হাতেগোনা কয়েক জনের ওইসব শিক্ষা, সংস্কৃতি, যুক্তিবাদ ও নৈতিকতার পুঁথিগুলো স্রেফ এখানে অ্যাকাডেমিক ইন্টারেস্ট। এতে এদের কিচ্ছু এসে যায় না।   শুভদীপ মৈত্র   উলঙ্গ রাজা কবিতাটা […]

‘Demanding Workers Rights not a ‘Pakistan-linked’ Conspiracy’: Labour Organisations Slam State Repression and Criminalisation of Workers’ Revolts  
  • Labour
  • April 23, 2026

Mazdoor Adhikar Sangharsh Abhiyan (MASA), a joint platform of workers’ organisations and trade unions, organised a press conference on Tuesday, 21 April, at Press Club of India. The gathering was addressed by Supreme Court senior counsel Adv. Prashant Bhushan and various worker organisation leaders. At this time, thousands of workers across Delhi-NCR and various other […]

State Push for Bauxite Mining in the Eastern Ghats (Aravalli of Odisha) Amid Adivasi Resistance
  • Peoples' Movements
  • April 22, 2026

Amid escalating protests and allegations of police repression in Odisha’s mineral-rich tribal regions, the state’s push to fast-track bauxite mining projects in the Eastern Ghats has intensified. Even as questions mount over consent, legality, and environmental impact, key constitutional institutions have remained largely unresponsive, deepening concerns among affected local communities.   A day after the […]

Labour Unrest in India’s Industrial Belt: Experiences, Resistances and Demands of Non-Permanent and Women Workers
  • Labour
  • April 22, 2026

Over the past few months, a wave of worker-led protests has swept across India’s industrial belts—from refineries and factories to gig platforms and domestic workspaces. Triggered by stagnant wages, unsafe conditions, and deepening contractualization without labour rights, these struggles are not isolated eruptions but part of a broader awakening among the country’s working classes. Women […]