The structure of the Indian state-machinery is designed in such a way that a political force, which is favoured by the majority of the ruling clique- the feudal landlords, big comprador and bureaucratic capitalists, foreign monopoly capital-owned corporations and banks – will be able to sweep elections, irrespective of the wave of public mood in … Read more
The much-awaited and much-discussed Gujarat assembly election 2017 results are out and as anticipated by the majority of the democratic and progressive camp, the BJP, once more, won the election by using the age-old Hindutva strategy to polarise the voters to sweep the polls. The BJP has won 99 seats out of 182 in the … Read more
When Shambhulal Raigar brutally lynched Mohammad Afrazul Shaikh and then burned him in Rajsamand of Rajasthan, a few hours drive from Jaipur, he was sure that this act will make him a celebrity; he knew, from his accurate understanding of the undergoing trends of the Indian politics that he will be absolved of all his … Read more
Hadiya, the 24-year-old woman from Kerala, courageously unveiled the Hindutva fascist character of the Indian state machinery before the world by solely demanding her right to live with a man of her choice, the man that she loves, the man whom she married following Islamic rituals. The veil of sham secularism that the Indian state … Read more
The Congress was pronounced dead post-2014 rise of Narendra Modi, the fascist tyrant who is set to rule India, along with his coterie of RSS-trained hardcore Hindutva fascists for decades to come. The resurrection of the Congress Party and the glorification of its present and past leaders, especially of the new party chief – Rahul … Read more
Then came Ayodhya. After India was ripped apart and ravaged by a dastardly communal carnage and a large-scale displacement of people on communal lines during the partition, the Ram Janmabhoomi controversy suddenly resurrected, after dying a peaceful death in the 19th century when the Nirmohi Akhara, promoted and funded by British colonial rulers, started a … Read more
The BJP’s endeavour to Talibanise India on the path shown by the CIA-funded Salafist terror group in Afghanistan, is showing visible signs of progress as in the past 10 days incidents of death threats, issuance of bounty for beheading individuals and the firman of chopping-off fingers or breaking arms of dissidents have been issued by … Read more
A nationwide ruckus is created over the screening of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 190-crore movie, Padmavati, by a little-known organisation –the Shri Rajput Karni Sena, which is a feudal warlord organisation of the upper-caste Rajput community’s arch-reactionary section. The Shri Rajput Karni Sena and other Kshatriya-Rajput organisations affiliated with the BJP and the RSS in North … Read more
Demonetisation and GST roll-out hit the Indian trade and commerce, especially small and middle-scale traders, industrialists and the broad masses of workers and farmers adversely and created an economic catastrophe from which the Indian economy shows no sign of recovery even now. At a time when the economy is crisis-ridden, the workers and farmers are … Read more
Since few years, the BJP and Hindutva fascist outfits associated with the RSS are vehemently opposing the celebration of the Tipu Sultan Jayanti by the Congress government of Karnataka. The occasion is used by the BJP, RSS and the Bajrang Dal to spew venom against the anti-colonial monarch who died valiantly while protecting his kingdom, … Read more
Narendra Modi’s three and half years of governance has not only taken the country to the verge of a major economic catastrophe and unleashed the terror of cow vigilante groups associated with the RSS, the fountainhead of Hindutva fascism, but it has also breathed a fresh lease of life in the political satire and comedy … Read more
The forthcoming Gujarat Assembly Election has turned on the political heat in the state and the country’s mainstream media is focusing on the battle-of-words between the incumbent BJP and the opposition Congress, which is trying hard to seize control of the state after nearly two decades of banging head against the wall. Within this cacophony, … Read more
The interest of New Delhi in resolving the Kashmir issue, which is essentially an issue of a forceful military occupation over a people who wants freedom for themselves, is as much that a wolf has in eating grass. The recent appointment of former IB chief Dineshwar Sharma as the interlocutor of New Delhi in Kashmir … Read more
The BJP is facing the heat of anti-incumbency wave in Gujarat, a state it has ruled for 22 long years and whose “model of development” is used extensively by Narendra Modi to build his “pro-development” image and sweep elections in one after another state. There is a clear sign of mass discontent against the saffron … Read more
Amit Shah finally broke his conspicuous silence on the issue of a sudden surge in the turnover of his son Jay Shah’s firm Temple Enterprise, which increased 16,000 times from Rs 50,000 to Rs 800m in just one year, coincidentally soon after Narendra Modi became the prime minister. Shah spoke briefly at a forum of … Read more
Modinomics is the new school of economics to which the Bhakts, the cheerleaders of Narendra Modi-led Hindutva fascist regime, subscribes to and they hail it as a powerful weapon to get rid of all the woes of the poor and take India to the plane of development that Modi promised during his 2014 election campaign. … Read more
Exiled Bangladeshi author, Taslima Nasreen exposed her hypocrisy more than once when it came to condemning Hindutva terror, which is slaughtering the minority community members and those who are expressing their dissent against the Modi regime of India. Ventriloquising on behalf of the RSS-led Sangh Parivar, the Modi government and all Hindutva venom spitters, Taslima … Read more
Firebrand anti-establishment journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on the evening of 5 September outside her home in Bengaluru. Seven bullets were fired targeting her, of which three hit her and killed her on the spot. The assailants shot her from point-blank range and the modus operandi of this murder matches with … Read more
Narendra Modi, during his tenure as Gujarat chief minister and a contender as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 general election, often criticised the UPA II government led by Dr Manmohan Singh, for being a too big government with 70 ministers providing minimum governance. When Modi assumed office in May 2014, he started with … Read more
When the national news bulletins have started pushing the stories of mob lynching and gory atrocities committed by the RSS-backed Gau Rakshaks (cow vigilante stormtroopers) to the oblivion as these lynchings become the norm, a unique incident in BJP-ruled Maharashtra’s Pune city brought a small but a very effective change in the hitherto existing and … Read more