CPI (M)’s Draft Political Resolution for its 24th Party Congress that refrains from evaluating Modi regime as fascist, and its ‘clarification note’ to cadres explaining why the Indian regime is…
As Modi regime is continuing with its no holds barred rhetoric on “Amrit Kaal” and “Viksit Bharat”, IMF, the postwar neocolonial economic arm of US, and global corporate agencies like…
It was in January 2017 that CPI, the second largest ally of the LDF government in Kerala led by CPM Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan, had accused the latter as…
While Modi government is gearing up to celebrate India's 75th Republic Day on January 26, the context is different compared to previous occasions. For, following the consecration and inauguration of…
As Modi is set to inaugurate the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on 22 January 2024, it will be quite unprecedented in parliamentary democracy. According to the Constitution of India which…
Background Emergence of the "new global far-right" or "ultra-right" or "radical right" integrating itself with neofascism is on the ascendance today. Though the term “far right” is used to refer…
The new wave of Zionist extermination and ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people unleashed since October 7, 2023 has surpassed the heinous crimes already committed by Israel that preceded them. As…
In commemoration of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, who is acclaimed as the “Father of Indian Green Revolution”, the standard mainstream explanation is that at a time when India had been passing…
June 25, 2023 is the 48th anniversary of Emergency Declaration that lasted for 21 months. Meanwhile, addressing the 102nd episode of the monthly radio show Mann Ki Baat on June…
Background The euphoria around many ‘frontier technologies’ such as Digitization, Internet of Things (IoT), Block-Chain, 5G, 3D Printing, Robotics, Gene Editing, Nanotechnology and the like that captured mainstream news headlines…
Where is the Train Collision Avoidance System developed by Indian Railways in 2011-12? While all have to focus on rescue, relief, medical treatment of the injured and restoration operations following…
The protest by prominent Indian wrestlers against BJP MP Brij Bhushan for sexual harassment of female wrestlers including a minor is assuming new dimensions with police declaring that they will…
Conceptualization of the Term The term development having many synonyms such as growth, evolution, expansion, enlargement, spread, progress, maturing, event, outcome, occurrence, phenomenon, happening, improvement and so on with shifting nuances depending on…
The unprecedented ethnic clashes in Manipur since 3 May, 2023 leading to the murder of at least 54 people, injuring hundreds and loss of property worth many crores have not…
While these lines are being written, Adani group had already lost around more than $50 billion (more than Rs. 4 lakh crore), equaling almost 20 percent of its market value…
Dharavi is Asia’s biggest slum that became world famous through the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Located in Mumbai, the financial capital of India, it symbolises India’s stature as the…
Approaching RSS Fascism BJP with 180 million-membership (as claimed by it in 2019) and wielding India’s state power today is the political tool of RSS, the longest-running and biggest fascist…
Claiming the October 2022 National Election as ‘stolen’, thousands of street goons who are supporters of neofascist Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, had on January 8 stormed the country’s Parliament,…
Introduction While these line are being written, in continuation of the BJP-CPI (M) joint meeting in solidarity with Adani, the CPI (M) led Kerala government has given its green signal…
Supreme Court’s split verdict on EWS that upholds the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act of January 2019 brought out by Modi government providing 10% economic reservation to the economically backward upper…
In fact, there is nothing unexpected or new regarding the decisions taken in the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held during October 16-22, 2022, as almost…
Democratic and well-meaning sections across the country have already come up against the “Agnipath” scheme announced by Modi regime in mid-June 2022. As in the case of other corporate-fascist moves,…
Introduction The most significant component of Chinese Communist Party’s (CPC) Centenary Celebration held on July 1 2021 was the hour-long speech of Xi Jinping, the “core leader”, delivered to the…
Following India’s bloodiest clash with imperialist China in 45 years, there seems to be no dearth of jingoistic postures from saffron centres, even as Chinese intrusion in to India’s territory…
Introduction COVID-19 pandemic, its emergence, global spread and the crisis therefrom are inseparably linked up with the character of neoliberal accumulation today. As is widely recognised, its origins are rooted…
Introduction The Notification issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on October 7, 2019, as per Modi government’s directive with a view to “Deepening Digital Payments” across the country…
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