Little boys and girls, as young as 10-11, are holding hands and creating barricades on the streets of Dhaka, managing traffic without any formal training but with so much efficiency that the entire traffic menace of Dhaka, where reaching one end to another would have taken five hours earlier, is more or less resolved. The … Read more
What makes America furious about Iran? Why is Donald Trump so hell bent to destabilise Iran and turn it into a war-ruined country with a flotsam of debris that will remarkably recite the memory of a vivid past, when Persia used to be a centre of power, military and intellectual, in a world where there … Read more
The good news for the Modi government is that Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries posted a hopping 17.9 per cent increase in profit during the first quarter (Q1) of the financial year (FY) 2018-19. Reliance Industries earned a profit of Rs 94.59 billion in Q1 of FY 2018-19 vis-a-vis Rs 80.21 billion profit in Q1 of … Read more
The White Helmets or the Syrian Civil Defence, a quasi-terrorist organisation funded by the US–NATO–Saudi–Israeli clique in their bid to overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, recently returned to news headlines again, not for their theatrics to build up support for the Western imperialist cause against Syria, but when they were evacuated by … Read more
When the elites and urban middle-class of India, the upper-caste privileged section of the society, was glued to the TV watching the theatrics performed during the no-confidence motion, either appraising Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi for their performance, Akbar Khan (28), a Mewati Muslim from Mewat district of Haryana, was lynched by the RSS-sponsored cow … Read more
Narendra Modi played the klaxon of the poll battle of 2019 from eastern Uttar Pradesh, where he went to address rallies. By launching his attack against the Muslim community by using the Congress as a scapegoats, Narendra Modi proved that despite ₹4,300 crore worth propaganda over his so-called development lullaby, the core election issue for … Read more
When a crisis-ridden government goes topsy-turvy over issues and ministers start swapping their roles behind the backdrop, it’s time to comprehend that by hook and crook the tyrant and sclerotic regime will try to cling to power. As soon as Nirmala Sitharaman, the defence minister of Narendra Modi’s cabinet, decided to wear the apron of … Read more
The Pathalgadi movement of Jharkhand is gradually manifesting itself as the largest tribal movement of India in the 21st century. The movement that started with the demand of recognising the special status granted to the residents of the Fifth Scheduled Areas by the Indian Constitution is now turning into a serious battle between the Hindutva … Read more
The Modi regime has increased the minimum support price (MSP) of 14 notified Kharif crops to fulfil the BJP’s poll promise of increasing farmers’ income in comparison to the input cost of farming by 50 per cent. This promise was reiterated during the Union Budget 2018-19 and the government announced the increase in MSP on … Read more
The brutal rape and attempt-to-murder of a minor girl in Mandsaur of Madhya Pradesh, infamous for last year’s brutal killing of farmers by the BJP government, has again raked up a communal binary over a heinous crime like rape. The two men accused of raping the minor in Mandsaur are Muslims; an identity that’s now … Read more
A massive movement of South Delhi residents and environmentalists have stalled the Modi regime’s plan to axe more than 17,000 trees in the very city that is choking due to severe air pollution and a deficit of nearly 900,000 trees according to a finding of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). The Delhi High Court … Read more
A nationwide outrage is taking place over the arrest of five civil rights activists in Maharashtra and Delhi, to combat which the Pune Police had to invent the dubious theory of an assassination plot prepared by these people in connivance with the Maoists to kill Narendra Modi. Though the loosely plotted story is busted by … Read more
When Ram Madhav declared that the BJP will end its opportunist marriage with the PDP in Kashmir, ending their three-year-long coalition government, the message that the ordinary Kashmiri people and the democratic anti-fascist people of India read on the wall said that the Narendra Modi-led Hindutva fascist regime will carry out severe massacres in Kashmir … Read more
In its World Fact Book 2017, the CIA called the VHP and the Bajrang Dal “militant religious” organisations, causing an uproar in the Hindutva fascist camp. The VHP has threatened a global protest against the US secret service agency unless the remarks are withdrawn from the report. Many BJP leaders are even threatening to sue … Read more
The Maharashtra Police have released two purported letters through which, they allege, the Maoists communicated with the arrested civil rights activist Rona Wilson. These letters are prima-facie evidence against Rona Wilson, which the police will use in the court. But even before the court, they’ve shown these precious catches and sensitive information to the press, … Read more
The Operation Green Hunt reached the urban landscape long ago, and in tandem with the brutal war waged against the poor tribal people of the mineral-rich zones of India, the oppressive state machinery has launched a concerted attack on those voices that echo support for the cause of the marginalised and oppressed people, who are … Read more
Several BJP-ruled states are witnessing a strong wave of farmers’ agitation against the anti-farmer policies of the Modi government. The 10-day-long farmers’ strike campaign from 1 to 10 June, called by the All India Kisan Mahasangh, an outfit of 130 farmers’ organisation that calls itself apolitical, is organised at village levels and is ensuring that … Read more
The AIADMK is paying the price of its pro-Hindutva and pro-Hindi stance more than ever since it carried out the brutal massacre of 13 protesters in Thoothukudi, shot by the Tamil Nadu Police’s snipers, trained by the Zionist Israeli regime. While the police and the district collector, obeying the order of the AIADMK’s ruling E. … Read more
The brutal massacre of more than 13 protesters by the Tamil Nadu Police, controlled by the fascist AIADMK regime, in a span of two days, 22 and 23 May 2018, to suppress the democratic mass agitation against the Sterlite Copper plant owned by Vedanta Resources, a British mining giant that has all major parliamentary political … Read more
Amit Shah, except for his villainous role in the Indian polity, also masters in the art of comedy, especially when he claims something in public, which returns to haunt him later as an irony. During a recent speech at the 3rd North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) conclave in Guwahati, Amit Shah said that the BJP … Read more