When fascism comes to visit you

When fascism comes to visit you

Is India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, still a democracy or has crossed the Rubicon and has become a full-fledged fascist state? If the developments over the last six years are any evidence, then, India has arrived. It has achieved under Modi what the Hindutva fascist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been always striving to … Read more

Clash at Singhu Border repeats BJP’s 2020 violence template

Clash at Singhu Border repeats BJP's 2020 violence template

A feral gang of 200 goons, armed with rods, sharp weapons and petrol bombs attacked the farmers protesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-corporate farm laws at Delhi’s Singhu border on Friday, January 29th 2021. The attackers, who called themselves “locals” accused the farmers of being “anti-national” and demanded their forceful eviction from the National Highway … Read more

Nishan Sahib—the Khalsa flag—over India’s Red Fort on Republic Day

Nishan Sahib—the Khalsa flag—over India’s Red Fort on Republic Day

On India’s 71st Republic Day—which commemorates the adoption of the country’s constitution—Indian farmers, with Sikhs from the state of Punjab leading the charge, entered New Delhi as they continued their months-long protest against controversial new agricultural laws passed by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A culmination of the protest came when some of … Read more

Arrest warrant for Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani shows India’s shabby press freedom

Arrest warrant for Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani shows India’s shabby press freedom

The row over Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani Group continues as a Gujarat court issued an arrest warrant against him recently.

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