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BAPS, the Eiffel Tower and the curious silence on secularism

I was a little surprised to see how some of those whom I respect for taking a firm stand on patriarchal issues reacted to the manner in which they...

Seven Dimensions of Zohran Mamdani’s Win Hold Significance For Indians

His triumph demonstrates that that an authentic progressive position has political rewards even in a city identified with capitalism, that youth can overcome entrenched political leaders, that economic redistribution still motivates voters, and that moral consistency on difficult issues can be rewarded rather than punished.

Memories of ‘Nine Eleven’ today

On a day remembered and vilified, the author recalls moments of despair, brute violence and historical significance. All on the ninth of September….

Militaristic nationalism, pushed by complicit big media have blurred dangers of nuclear war to the planet: CNDP

The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) and other peace platforms commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6, 1945

Palestinian peace activist Awdah Hathaleen shot dead by Israeli settler in occupied West Bank

Beloved teacher and co-creator of No Other Land, Awdah Hathaleen was killed in broad daylight by a settler previously sanctioned for violence—his death part of a deepening wave of state-backed settler violence in Masafer Yatta

In a ‘major win’ for anti-caste activists, a US Federal Court upholds California Govt’s authority to act against caste oppression

The US District Court for the Eastern District of California in its ruling on July 18, in response to an allegation by the Hindu American Foundation that had claimed that the California civil rights department's enforcement of anti-caste policies violated the “constitutional rights of all Hindu Americans,” dismissed HAF’s contention

Israel’s Rafah camp – ‘humanitarian city’ or crime against humanity?

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has announced a controversial...

New York’s New Equation

At 11:47 PM on June 24, 2025, Andrew Cuomo...

Hegemony by might: Gaza, Iran and the failures of nuclear power politics

Without a transformation of global governance mechanisms, peace will not be the right of all nations and peoples, weak or powerful, but a privilege of the powerful

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SIR row: ‘Enough is enough’: Civil society demands rollback of voter revision, accountability from ECI

At a Press Club of India meeting, lawyers, former judges, activists and public figures demanded restoration of deleted voters, a public audit of electoral rolls, disclosure of the Election Commission’s SIR records and an independent inquiry into decisions taken under CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Youth Congress escalates fight against CEC Gyanesh Kumar as SIR controversy fuels nationwide protests

From marches at Jantar Mantar to a demonstration outside the CEC’s residence, the Youth Congress is taking its campaign against Gyanesh Kumar into the streets, as opposition parties, students, trade unions and civil society groups prepare fresh protests

Maududi Is Not Relevant for Indian Muslims — Nor Is Ghamidi

Why Indian Muslims Must Move Beyond Imported Intellectual Templates and Produce Their Own Indo-Islamic Thought and A Think Tank!

Census 2027: How much personal data is too much?

From parents’ place of birth and religion to Aadhaar, voter ID, passports and bank accounts, the expanded questionnaire is prompting concerns over privacy, data use and its overlap with the NPR

#QuitGyaneshKumar protests at 36 locations countrywide, Congress takes the lead

Congress workers protested in 36 countrywide locations against the ECI and the CEC Gyanesh Kumar, calling the betrayal of the Indian people by the constitutional body, “high treason”; Left parties also issued statements of protest.

‘BJP, EC looted the West Bengal polls’: Mamata seeks CEC’s arrest, fresh elections with pre-SIR voter list

Former -Bengal CM calls for pan-India protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and has demanded his arrest and accusing him of being "compromised" and working with the BJP.