Interview with Akkai Padmashali, transgender activist.

Interview with Shafey Kidwai, the author of 'Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion and Nation'.

The deletion of the names of two top leaders of the Malabar Mappila rebellion from the Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle invalidates t

Gail Omvedt (1941-2021) was an unabashed individual thinker whose works covered caste, class, gender, economics, tribal issues and socio-agricultural

The dispute over the unveiling of a Siva statue in Begur lake in violation of a High Court order takes a communal turn, undermining efforts to preserv

Historical records show that it was the Marathas who came up with the name of Aligarh for their fort in the town Kol, a name which was then extended t

Two successive NDA governments have taken forward the neoliberal agenda set in motion in 1991, with disastrous consequences for banking and agricultur

While the Gujarat High Court’s stay on crucial provisions of the State’s amended anti-conversion law comes as a relief to interfaith couples, it has p

Interview with Dr Ashok Dhawale, president, All India Kisan Sabha.

The Constitution 127th amendment restores the rights of States to determine their list of other backward classes, a power that the Supreme Court verdi

The story of India’s liberalisation drive is the incessant push towards deregulation and privatisation, which has promoted the growth of monopolies, o

The Gupkar alliance’s August 24 resolution demanding restoration of the special status and statehood of Jammu and Kashmir and the sudden assertiveness

For three decades, successive governments have implemented various measures that undermine workers’ rights in the name of improving ease of doing busi

Interview with Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Kashmir’s veteran pro-resistance leader.

Syed Ali Geelani’s (1929–2021) stance remained unwavering: the solution for Kashmir lies in the plebiscite, a vote to determine whether Kashmir will g

If India has become the hot destination for global capitalists since the implementation of neoliberal policies, it is beyond doubt that the industrial

In a historic decision, the Tamil Nadu government appoints several non-Brahmin priests to perform rituals in Vedic temples, but casteist elements try

Contrary to popular perception, the economic reforms of 1991 were a dismal failure as they did not address chronic issues in the areas of manufacturin

The stock market, with the foreign institutional investor at the centre, has come to symbolise what neoliberalism has to offer. If at Independence fre

The U.S. demolishes its CIA base and war machines in Kabul as its last troops retreat from Afghanistan after an “extraordinary mission” that in realit

Interview with P. Chidambaram, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.

The way the region has been governed since colonial times shapes the narratives of underdevelopment of the social sector in the present time.

A clutch of variegated, life-affirming stories to read and revisit as we emerge from an age of forced social isolation.

Neoliberalism, which could garner support for itself by promising a better tomorrow for all in its growth phase, has entered a period of prolonged sta

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist).

A brilliant resurrection of Sir Edwin Arnold’s 19th century poem on the life and teachings of the Buddha, which is sure to create more awareness about