Neutralise critics, control the narrative: Modi’s PR strategy when India battled COVID-19
When India was reeling under the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment and conflict with China, the Modi regime was planning to muzzle the press.
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Bengali Bhadralok’s “secular” Islamophobia manifested in anti-Abbas Siddique slurs
As Abbas Sidddique joined the Left and the Congress for the forthcoming 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, Islamophobia erupted everywhere.
IT raids on Anurag Kashyap and Taapsee Pannu: Modi’s vengeance against his critics
The recent IT Department raids on filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and female actor Tapshee Panu is another attempt by the BJP to gag its critics.
Six issues to ensure the BJP’s defeat in West Bengal
Whether it is possible to ensure the BJP’s defeat in West Bengal? This is a question that is bothering anti-fascists of the state and India.
2021 West Bengal Assembly election dates: The eight-phase dance of democracy
What made the Election Commission fix the 2021 West Bengal Assembly election dates in eight phases for 294 seats? Whom it’s supporting here?
Narayanasami’s resignation as Puducherry CM exposes BJP’s desperation
V Narayanasami’s resignation as Puducherry CM shows the vulnerability of the Congress-DMK coalition vis-a-vis the desperate BJP in the south
One year of Delhi anti-Muslim pogrom: Looking back at the ordeal
After one year of the Delhi anti-Muslim pogrom, the Muslims remain at the receiving end of injustice and vilification drive of the BJP.
Disha Ravi ‘Joseph’ and being a Christian in Hindutva fascism-ruled India
If the arrest of Dish Ravi for sharing a “protest toolkit” wasn’t enough, Hindutva fascists turned her into a Christian now to vilify her.
The need for an effective Opposition to the BJP
One of the principal weapons of the BJP is a disarrayed and bankrupt Opposition, which makes it imperative to build a new alternative.
Andolanjivis: The last man standing
Modi used the terms Andolanjivi and Parajibi in galore during a speech to demean the role of people’s movements against autrocracy,
Political crisis in Puducherry: Kiran Bedi’s removal isn’t Congress’s victory
The Modi regime didn’t remove Kiran Bedi as the LG to douse the political crisis in Puducherry but to aggravate it and help the BJP.
Divide, defeat, and demolish to gain power in Bengal: BJP’s 2021 strategy
The BJP’s obnoxious agenda is to divide the people of West Bengal in as many fractions possible to ensure they can be defeated and demolished
Petroleum and LPG price rise to impact the poor and the economy severely
Regular petroleum and LPG price rise is going to have severe impacts on the lives of the poor and the Indian economy’s scope of recovery.
Why Amit Shah’s promise of citizenship to the Matuas isn’t convincing?
Even though Amit Shah promised citizenship to the Matua community after the COVID-19 vaccination is over, why people weren’t convinced?
Modi’s “Andolan jivi” remark shows his growing frustration with farmers’ protest
Narendra Modi’s “Andolan jivi” remark has won him criticism and condemnation. But it also shows how frustrated and scared his regime is now.
Beyond Rihanna’s tweet on farmers’ movement and Indian celebs’ Modi worship
Pop star Rihanna’s tweet on farmers’ movement stirred up a hornet’s nest in India as the Modi regime deployed its celebrity pawns for defence.
SVAMITVA scheme: A debt trap for farmers that can’t be ignored
There is little discussion on the SVAMITVA scheme under which the farmers will be entrapped in debt and corporates are going to profiteer.
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
As per ritual, Nirmala Sitharaman omitted “unemployment” in budget 2021 speech
Nirmala Sitharaman omitted the term “unemployment” from her budget speech in 2021 just like she did in 2020. Why the government is doing this?
Union Budget 2021-22 is Modi’s anti-poor largesse for the corporates
The Union Budget 2021-22 is unsurprisingly another anti-poor and pro-rich propaganda budget from the Modi regime that has no economic solution