In this critical essay, Pranjali Bandhu examines Black women’s writing through the intersecting realities of race, class, and gender. Engaging with the works of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ann Petry, Zora Neale Hurston, and other influential writers, the article explores...
The People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) report Reddening the Green: Costs, Contexts and Consequences of the War in Bastar, 2024–2026 documents 27 months of Operation Kagaar through reported killings, arrests and surrenders, while locating the military campaign within a...
This article is a summary of the SIR Investigation Report prepared by the Anti-SIR Alliance and Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee, documenting the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka. Based on voter-roll data, field investigations,...
The climate crisis is no longer a distant warning but a reality unfolding through record temperatures, rising seas, melting glaciers, extreme weather events, wildfires, floods and growing food insecurity. But ecological catastrophes do not affect everyone equally. The destruction of...
What does it mean to live in abundance? This excerpt from Seeds and Herbs – Walking in the Land, with the People explores a very different understanding of abundance, one rooted not in accumulation and individual prosperity, but in community,...
Gail Omvedt was not only a scholar of Indian society but also a committed activist who placed her knowledge at the service of grassroots struggles. From her pioneering work on the Phule movement and caste to her engagement with farmers,...
In this exclusive interview with Abhish K. Bose, historian and scholar Manu Bhagavan examines the changing character of Indian democracy and the idea of Indian nationhood. He discusses the farm laws and CAA protests, the relationship between constitutional rights and...
Jos Chathukulam, T. V. Thilakan and C. V. Balamurali examine the socio-economic, livelihood and institutional conditions of Mulagamutty Kudy, a Muthuvan tribal settlement in Marayur, Idukki, following a field visit by the Centre for Rural Management (CRM), Kottayam. The report...
In the second part of his conversation with Abhish K Bose, Mohan J Dutta examines the growing concentration of media ownership, algorithmic power and the relationship between corporate capital and communal politics in India. He discusses self-censorship in newsrooms, the...
This is an edited transcript of economist Clara Mattei’s interview with journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy for Channel 4 News’ Ways to Change the World, originally published in February 2026. In the conversation, Mattei challenges the idea that capitalism is a natural...
