Farzana Wahid’s song calls for unity against divisive politics, but the growing influence of Jamaat-e-Islami reveals a ...
West Bengal’s voter roll revision revives Matua fears of exclusion, weak documentation, and state neglect. Can democracy ...
Trump 2.0 strips away the rules-based order, exposing raw power politics. What Venezuela, China, and India reveal about ...
At a protest against the US after it imposed tariffs on Indian goods, in Kolkata on August 1, 2025. On February 2 this year, ...
From the Criminal Tribes Act to mass incarceration and corporate impunity, the history of criminal law reveals how states define crime to discipline the poor, stigmatise denotified tribes, and shield ...
Rahul Gandhi’s aggressive Parliament strategy hasn’t translated into electoral gains. Can street mobilisation beat BJP narrative politics in 2026?
In conversation with Amit Baruah, Nidhi Razdan explains how Indian media moved from questioning power to repeating handouts, and why fear, ownership, and weakened institutions now define journalism in ...
DMK and AIADMK reject coalition rule as Congress and BJP seek Cabinet space ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu election.
Analysis of the 2026 Bangladesh parliamentary election. The banned Awami League cedes ground to the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami amid a bundled referendum, political violence, and claims of electoral ...
The ‘sing something’ situation—once a plot device that yielded ironic, situational gems—is dead. In the age of performative ...
Majumdar unpacks the moral slide of the denizens of this dystopian future. She also dwells on the decline of Kolkata itself.
A drone hovering over the village of Zehanpora in Baramulla district in north Kashmir gives a bird’s eye view of the landscape below. It shows a giant pile of rubble, shaded by a thicket of acacia and ...