Author: teesta setalvad

Farewell, Sonya Gill, Feminist, Communist, Meticulous Organiser – Lal Salaam

A pillar of the left movement in Maharashtra and the co-founder of PARI, she combined ideological clarity with a lifetime of organising the struggle for women's rights on the ground.

Zakia Jaffri, with her compassion and resilience inspired millions

She inspired millions and if there is some consolation today, 22 years after the massacre, it lies in the fact that a complicit media has had no choice but to reflect this in the coverage of her demise.

Is India’s unique experiment on people’s democracy with the right to universal franchise being lampooned by a compliant Election Commission?

December 31, 2024Many epithets have been used to describe the regime in place at the centre in India since May 2014 and it is...

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