Left side (lined): CPI(M) at crossroads in Bengal
What does the CPI(M) want in West Bengal? It’s not clear from the party’s recent actions whether it’s concerned about defeating the BJP at all.
Left Front
What is next for the left-wing politics after the Congress’s victory in Karnataka?
While the Congress defeated the BJP in Karnataka, the threat of Hindutva fascism still looms large over the state, which only the left can combat.
Why the left’s debacle in West Bengal good for the real left?
The CPI(M)-led parliamentary left’s debacle in West Bengal is a good news for the real progressive left as it can now fight for the principal opposition space.
Who gains from Kolkata Police’s clash with left activists if not the BJP?
Kolkata Police’s clash with left activists showed that neither Mamata Bandopadhyay nor the left-Congress are serious about fighting the BJP.
The tragedy of Indian politics is the absence of a credible opposition
The hallow of invincibility around Modi is not because he is invincible but because the lacklustre attitude of the opposition has provided him an edge.
Police Firing in Bhangar: Mamata’s Nandigram in Making?
Mofijul Khan and Alam Mollah died on Tuesday, 17th January, due to police firing in Bhangar on the agitating villagers, who were since protesting against forcible land acquisition done by the West Bengal government for a project of Powergrid Corporation of India. The villagers were also protesting against the high-tension electric wires passing over their … Read more