In Sonu Surrender & its Significance/Insignificance, Kobad Ghandy critically interrogates the state’s celebration of a Maoist leader’s surrender, arguing that such developments do little to address the deeper structural causes of resistance in India. Situating the event within a broader...
In this interview, CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya offers a sharp and grounded analysis of the 2025 Bihar assembly election. He explains how the SIR machinery, women’s cash transfer schemes, and the growing influence of the Adani-led corporate ecosystem shaped...
This article, written by Adv. Vinod Payyada, offers a sharp and timely analysis of the Bihar election results, examining their political implications and the challenges they pose for India’s democratic future.
Ebin Gheevarghese’s article profiles Chief Raoni Metuktire, the 93 year old Kayapó leader who has become the most recognizable face of Indigenous climate activism. From his early life in the Xingu forests to the global stage of COP-30, Raoni’s lifelong...
This article is a transcription of a speech delivered by Dr. Prakala Prabhakar at a meeting titled “Stolen Republic”, held in Chennai on August 23, 2025, and organised by Voice of TN under the leadership of Mr. Maruthaiyan. In his...
In this deeply reflective essay, Natasha Tassell-Matamua explores the urgent need to reimagine humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Drawing on Indigenous worldviews, she contrasts the Western notion of “sustainability” with an Indigenous ethic of care, reciprocity, and kinship with...
In the high desert of Ladakh, where the mountains meet the sky, a quiet war is being waged; not with guns, but with laws, bulldozers, and ideologies. Once a symbol of India’s ecological harmony and cultural pluralism, Ladakh has become...
In this article, Jesu Rethinam and Vijayan M.J trace the birth of the first International Fisher Women’s Day from the shores of Kerala to a global movement. Framed within feminist political economy and justice, the article celebrates fisherwomen as leaders...
5 Minutes Read Kerala formally declared that it has eradicated extreme poverty, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan making the announcement at the special State Assembly session on the occasion of ‘Kerala Piravi’ on Saturday (November 1, 2025). The state described the moment as a...
In Why the Subaltern?, A. K. Ravindran challenges the dominant notions of hierarchy, progress, and civilization that define both caste and class society. He argues that the subaltern, the labouring, life-sustaining communities, are not inferior but embody the creative and...
