Labour Codes: Squeezing Wages to Raise Profits

On 21 November, 2025, the central government notified the four Labour Codes with the objective of bringing ‘flexibility’ into the world of labour. In response, workers and peasants across the country came out onto the streets, burned copies of the four Labour Codes; they have already started preparing for a General Strike.

Repeal of MGNREGA not a reform but a war on the poor

The BJP-led government has repealed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, and in its place, has pushed through Parliament a new Bill titled Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen). The government claims that this new law -- VB–G RAM (G) -- is part of its vision of Viksit Bharat.

Purna Swaraj, Communists and Hindutva Brigade

The adoption of the Purna Swaraj (complete independence) resolution by the Indian National Congress (INC) was a significant move in the saga of India's independence movement. At its forty-fourth session (December 26, 1929 – January 1, 1930), held in Lahore under the president ship of Jawaharlal Nehru, INC officially approved this resolution for the first time. On December 27, Gandhiji moved the resolution for complete independence at the Subject Committee meeting.

The RSS Network Exposed

For the first time, researchers have collected evidence to put together a picture of the shadowy network of organisations that are connected to the RSS – and the result is disturbing. They unearthed a network of 2500 organisations, that draw ideological, organisational and often financial sustenance from the Sangh. Of these 2500 organisations, 2240 are based in India while the rest are spread over 39 countries. They also developed a mapping of how these outfits are linked to each other, revealing the multi-layered connections to the parent RSS.

Looking Back at 2025, Preparing for the Future

As does every year, 2025 also taught us some unforgettable lessons, posed some uncomfortable questions and gave us some memories to cherish. We lived through the war and the protests to stop the war; we saw attempts to sabotage hard-won rights and also resistance against such attempts. People made their choices that made us sit, think, analyse and learn lessons. Overall, it is yet another year that marched into history, pushing us to search for a better future.

Scrapping MGNREGA is an Assault on Constitution

THE Central Government has used its majority in Parliament to scrap the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The new law that replaces it is a law for outright “adhikar chori” (rights theft). It has changed the very nature of MGNREGA. While it is a direct assault on the rights of the rural working poor, it should be seen in the framework of an attack on the Constitution of India.

Caste and the Court: Judicial Discourse & Unfulfilled Constitutional Promise

The Supreme Court’s Centre for Research and Planning has released an important document — the Report on Judicial Conceptions of Caste (2025) — examining how India’s highest court has historically understood caste. While the report is institutionally framed as a self-reflective exercise, a close reading reveals something far more significant: a decades-long ideological struggle within the judiciary, between the transformative, egalitarian mandate of the Constitution and the deeply embedded worldview of the upper-caste social order.

Bangladesh Burns, But Not the Resolve

BANGLADESH is in a state of unrest. It burns with hatred. One horrifying incident after another is being manufactured by violent, ultra-fundamentalist, fanatic extremism. Anti-India rhetoric is escalating at an alarming pace and anti-India slogans are being raised across Bangladesh.

Vande Mataram – BJP/RSS Ploy to Befool People

AN ironic but unsurprising coincidence marked the beginning of the winter session of Parliament. The Modi government decided to have a long discussion on ‘Vande Mataram’, which PM Modi, Amit Shah and others from the government side used to sing paeans of fulsome praise for the nationalism and sacrifice of freedom fighters inspired by the National Song, A few days later, the Modi Cabinet announced that 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) would be allowed in the insurance sector, up from the current 74 per cent.

Salil Chowdhury - Musical Child of Indian Communism

SALIL Chowdhury has completed a hundred years. The entire nation knows him as a legendary composer. Today’s celebrated music directors like A.R. Rahman and Ilaiyaraaja regard him as their guru. The debt popular music owes him is true enough—but it is not his whole identity. His contributions are spread across literature—poetry, stories, drama—and cinema. It is also important to remember that in one phase of his life, he was an active political worker and organiser. He worked among some of the most marginalised sections of society. He was at the centre of militant peasant struggles.

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