Category: Opinion
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Robbed of “Special Status”, Kashmiris feel insecure, humiliated and reduced to a bounty of war
The Kashmiris are not merely robbed of their identity and the “special status” vestige, their land and women are now treated as spoils of war.
Despising freedom while celebrating Independence Day is quintessential of Hindutva fascism
While the RSS and Modi strongly despise the term freedom, they loudly celebrate India’s Independence Day for which none of their own sacrificed their lives.
The Kashmir annexation paved the way for India’s ignominy
By abolishing Article 370 and 35A, the Modi regime and Amit Shah actually declared official annexation of Jammu & Kashmir which is a self-goal for India.
What lies beneath Ravish Kumar’s Ramon Magsaysay Award?
There is a jubilation among liberal democrats over NDTV’s Ravish Kumar winning the Ramon Magsaysay Award. However, we delve deeper to find what the award is
The UAPA Amendment feeds to the BJP’s desire to curtail the leftover democratic rights of critics
With the passage of the UAPA Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, the Modi regime is all set to curtail the leftover democratic rights of the people.
Democracy: Go, Goa, gone!
Under Modi-Shah’s domination poaching opposition lawmakers is legitimised, which is why no one criticised how the BJP poached MLAs in Goa and Karnataka.
NIA Bill passed by the Lok Sabha will make the agency Modi-Shah’s neo-Gestapo
Despite opposing it, most of the opposition MPs, barring few, voted in favour of the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019 brought by Shah.
Karnataka under BJP’s siege, boycotting polls is the only option for the JD(S)-Congress
The attempts made by the Congress and the JD(S) leaders to save the coalition government are futile as the MLAs are bought in wholesale by the BJP.
Indira Jaising, Anand Grover and Lawyers Collective are Modi’s new punching bags
The CBI raids conducted against prominent lawyers and activists Indira Jaising and Anand Grover indicates that the Modi regime wants to gag their activism.
Organised resistance to NRC is necessary to stop Bengali Muslims’ persecution by the BJP
It’s an urgent task to build a massive organisation to resist the BJP’s attempts to persecute and dehumanise the Bengali Muslim community using the NRC.
The journey of Jharkhand transcending into “Lynchistan”
The recent lynching of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand again confirmed the fact that the state is actually becoming a lynchistan like Uttar Pradesh or Rajasthan.
The doctors’ strike in Kolkata: A critical analysis
The death of an 80-year-old patient in Kolkata’s Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) on 11 June 2019, for which the agitated family members and relatives of the […]
How Mamata Banerjee can thwart an imminent BJP victory in West Bengal?
The threat of an imminent eviction looms large over Mamata Banerjee. She can still thwart the BJP by adopting pragmatism and shunning her arrogance.
Modi’s brute majority is a reflection of India’s divergence from the secular ethos
Modi’s victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha election exposes the communalism that has been festering in our neighbourhood and drawing rooms. It’s out now.
Modi 2.0: The Hindu Rashtra and the scripted rise of the emperor
The rise of Modi isn’t just Modi’s or Amit Shah’s credit, rather this victory’s credit should go to the RSS, which is implementing its Hindu Rashtra scheme.
Vidyasagar’s statue demolition: The Naxal vs Hindutva fascist dichotomy
It’s imperative to do a comparative analysis of BJP’s smashing of Vidyasagar’s statue vis-a-vis the demolition of statues by the CPI(M-L) workers in 1970.
Not Jai Shri Ram but only progressive slogans epitomise West Bengal
Despite the Hindutva fascist juggernaut of Narendra Modi is ruining parts of the state, West Bengal won’t replace democratic slogans for Jai Shri Ram.
Sanjay Gandhi: The tyrant of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty whom Modi loves to forget
Despite attacking the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty on each occasion why does Modi remains quiet on Sanjay Gandhi, the tyrant who ruled India during emergency?
Why brand Modi enjoys the halo of invincibility?
What makes Modi confident of a victory? No, it’s none of his achievements rather a carefully designed perception-building exercise that’s yielding returns
Ouch! Notre Dame; it’s beloved and it’s pretty
Notre Dame is Europe – Europe in microcosm. European Christianity has been burning down for decades, and it is now down to the embers.