NB: For my dear comrades and loved ones. You’re always present in my life. Dilip To Leave Something Behind Sunset at Candolim, October 2026 I cannot say that I know you wellBut you can’t lie to me with all these books that you sellI’m not trying to follow you to the end of the worldI’m… Read More To Leave Something Behind
US Congress’ Democratic sweep intensifies pressure on Modi’s governance, despite enduring strategic convergenceBharat Bhushan The Democratic Party’s electoral sweep of both chambers of the US Congress presents a two-front dilemma for the Narendra Modi government. It must simultaneously navigate an unpredictable and transaction-oriented US President Donald Trump, and an empowered US Congress controlled by Democrats… Read More Modi’s Trump bet collapses. Expect Democrats to raise the heat
Migrant workers’ protests in the NCR stem from the ‘thekedari’ system of labour contracting, rather than labour law changes alone. A triple paradox—permanent temporality, recruitment turned exploitation, and a triangular trap with employers and the state—shapes both grievances & collective action. NB: This is related to what I have argued of late as a clue… Read More Triple Paradox of Labour Contracting
NB: To be accurate, the MAGA gang and the Republican Party are as genocidal as the Democrats. Trump is touted as Israel’s best friend among a host of American and British best friends. To be accurate again, a vast majority of Israel’s population is supportive of, or indifferent to genocide. And a vast majority of… Read More The Genocide Party Won And Apparently It’s A Victory For Progressives
Yogendra Yadav No one expected Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar to resign after the massive INDIA bloc rally this Sunday. Yet, despite the churlish debate over how many attended the rally, the protest has achieved more than anyone expected. At the same time, this success places greater responsibility on everyone involved in this month-long… Read More The anti-SIR and anti-CEC agitation is now set to become a pro-democracy movement
The Iran war, gas prices and Trump’s miscalculations led to one of the most decisive repudiations of an American president By Josh Dawsey Alex Leary and Lindsay Wise In mid-February, one of President Trump’s economic advisers arrived at the Oval Office with charts showing how the administration’s policies might be making America great again. Household… Read More Hubris -> Nemesis: How Trump Lost the Midterms
In an in-depth interview with the ECPS, Dr. Subir Sinha, Director of the SOAS South Asia Institute, examines how India’s emerging Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is challenging Narendra Modi’s authoritarian-populist hegemony. Situating youth mobilization within broader crises of unemployment, neoliberal restructuring, electoral legitimacy, and Hindu majoritarianism, Dr. Sinha argues that Modi’s strategies for containing generational… Read More Dr. Subir Sinha: India’s Youth Anger Is Unraveling Modi’s Authoritarian Populism
Modi posted: “MLC elections in 28 seats across four big states — Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka. Elections held using ballot papers. Guess how many seats Congress won?” A monocled emoji at the end of the post emphasised his sarcasm suggesting that this was the obvious conclusion after a close examination of the results.… Read More PM, Shah Rush To Discredit INDIA Vote-theft Campaign
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Dozens of high schools across France were blockaded again on Monday as the government braced for another tense week of protests over school conditions and the high cost of living. The protests come amid warnings that weeks without lessons are putting some pupils’ school year and final exams at risk. As… Read More French pupils resume school blockades as country braces for more protests
NB: This is a shameless assault on the most fundamental guarantee of the Indian Constitution, and if the Supreme Court cannot see it as such, we are free to draw the most sinister conclusion. This is the centenary of the RSS; and this, is the clearest evidence of what they wish for as their utopia.… Read More Special Intensive Revision (SIR, 2025-26) is a brazen assault on India’s universal adult franchise
