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The Biopolitical Anatomy of Hindutva Fascism: Part II: SIR, EVMs and the Judiciary

The Architecture of Exclusion: Necropolitics and the Hazardous CitizenTo understand the operational logic of contemporary majoritarian governance, we must look beyond the reassuring rhetoric of constitutional democracy and examine...

Searchlight on 2025: The polished window and the dry rot

The author, in his inimitable style writes of the abyss of disintegration that 2026 is likely to harbour in

Beyond Victory and Defeat: Why the ‘Does God Exist’ Debate Was Not a Win for Religion

Until religion can solve the problem of evil without resorting to circular belief, it cannot claim victory over reason

SIR: Over 3.5 Crore electors flagged for removal across 12 states in SIR, Uttar Pradesh will publish its draft rolls on December 31

More than 3.5 crore electors have been provisionally deleted from electoral rolls across 12 states and UTs following the publication of draft rolls under the SIR, Uttar Pradesh, which has the largest electorate in the country, is scheduled to publish its draft electoral rolls on December 31, 2025, marking the next major phase of the ongoing controversial revision exercise

Kishore Theckedath: an exceptional Marxist intellectual and mass organiser

Kishore Thekedath who passed away at 89 in Mumbai hailed from Kerala and was among the founder members of the Bombay University and College Teachers Union (BUCTU) in 1966, remaining on the Executive Committee of the body for fifty years until 2016; he was also the Vice President of the Kerala People's Education Society (KPES), which has been running the large Adarsh Vidyalaya in Mumbai very well for several decades. This tribute, by Ashok Dhawale, senior CPI-M leader brings alive Thekedath’s contribution to the collective struggles of teachers and students

Kerala Lynching: Migrant worker lynched in Palakkad a ‘victim of Sangh Parivar’s hate politics’ says state government

Media reports state that the state Local Self Government Minister MB Rajesh alleged that the man from Chhattisgarh had been ‘attacked after being stigmatised as Bangladeshi’

“Let there be CHRISTMAS…”!

December 2025Let there be Christmas to help us realise...

SIR 2025 in Bengal: 5 Key Takeaways That Strike at BJP’s ‘Infiltration’ Bogey

As the state heads toward the 2026 elections, the battle lines have shifted. The issue is no longer just about who gets to vote, but the validation of the voter themselves, with the data proving that those accused of being “outsiders” are, in fact, the most settled insiders of all.

India’s New Labour Codes: A critical appraisal

With the Government officially rolling out its long-discussed labour reforms, India stands at a crossroads. Do the new Codes advance labour rights — or do they quietly shift the balance of power toward employers under the guise of reform?

India’s Long Slide on Freedom: Reading the Human Freedom Index 2025

The Human Freedom Index 2025 , published in the...

The Cross Bat Conversation: Air, antiques and force majeure

The author, brings attention to crucial issues affecting our society and state through his unique brand of satire

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Yes, Savarkar did file 10 Mercy Petitions before the British, revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh refused to Compromise: Grandnephew tells Pune Court

Savarkar’s grandnephew who had lodged a criminal defamation case against LOP Rahul Gandhi, stated and admitted during his testimony that while there were other freedom fighters who refused to file clemency petitions before the British, his uncle Vinayak Savarkar  had filed as many as ten!

Court recognises mob lynching as aggravating factor, sentences seven to life for 2022 cow-vigilantism killing

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Despite ASI’s warning protesters in Bharuch march to collector to ‘preserve original identity’ of Bharuch mosque

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Falsifying the Truth: PUCL condemns the systematic manipulation of census data & suppression of ground realities in census exercise

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Disclosure and transparency from the RSS may finally expose decades-old ambiguities

The author, a historian and keen documentalist of the far right argues that if the RSS is compelled into legal transparency and accountability, murky details from the past could well tumble out of its century old existence