For the first time in months, electricity has been restored—if only temporarily—to a single street in Jabalia, in northern Gaza. Streetlights flickered back to life on Al Faluja Street, located in the western part of Jabalia Camp, just four kilometres…
Gaza (QNN)- The Gaza Government Media Office welcomed the US announcement of the transition to phase two of Trump’s ceasefire plan, affirming its full readiness to transfer authorities and complete handover procedures, even as Israel publicly objected to the plan.…
Sometimes, a legislator, whether intentionally or unintentionally, asks questions in the assembly that completely expose the flaws in the government's development plans. One such legislator is Pratap Grewal from the Sardarpur constituency in Madhya Pradesh, who represents the Congress party…
A talk on “Popular resistance in India and Development” delivered at Bahuroopi Baba Saheb – March towards Equality National Seminar, held during the Session on Ambedkar perception of labour reforms and movements, at Bahuroopi Baba Saheb National Theatre Festival 2026,…
On Boxing Day 2006, Ethiopian troops, endorsed by the United States, rolled into Mogadishu. Their intervention, aimed at crushing the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and installing “a weak, decentralised client state … willing to settle for ongoing state collapse rather than…
Ever since the BJP-led NDA came to power, there has been a deluge of cow-related lynchings. Hindutva activists, bolstered by the support they receive from the ruling dispensation, have been on a rampage, terrorizing people over their dietary choices with…
Donald Trump’s Board of Peace overseeing the reconstruction of Gaza was always going to raise a host of niggling questions. From the outset, the US President made it clear he would be the helmsman of what was essentially an outfit…
PARIS – US President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, together with his destabilizing foreign policy – notably the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and subsequent threats to bomb Iran and invade Greenland – have…
Rethinking Standardized Measurement As a scientist, I was taught to see standardization as essential, an objective way to understand the world. Science relies on universal laws, so applying the same logic to human experiences once felt intuitive. But over time,…
More than a political figure, Trump acts as a chaotic stress-test on American institutions, civic norms, and political culture, revealing the weaknesses the system has long ignored. What happens when a political outsider acts as an unsanctioned auditor of the…
Sometimes, a legislator, whether intentionally or unintentionally, asks questions in the assembly that completely expose the flaws in the government's development plans. One such legislator is Pratap Grewal from the…
A talk on “Popular resistance in India and Development” delivered at Bahuroopi Baba Saheb – March towards Equality National Seminar, held during the Session on Ambedkar perception of labour reforms…
Ever since the BJP-led NDA came to power, there has been a deluge of cow-related lynchings. Hindutva activists, bolstered by the support they receive from the ruling dispensation, have been…
With West Bengal Assembly polls not too far off, speculations are being voiced on what turn would they spell for the state and key politicians trying their best. Prime Minister…
The Union Budget is more than a financial statement — it is a declaration of a nation’s priorities. For the average citizen, especially those in education, health, research and rural…
In financial year 2024–25, 91 percent of individual traders in India’s equity derivatives segment lost money. The collective damage amounted to ₹1.05 lakh crore (approximately $12.5 billion), a 41 percent…
On Boxing Day 2006, Ethiopian troops, endorsed by the United States, rolled into Mogadishu. Their intervention, aimed at crushing the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and installing “a weak, decentralised client state…
PARIS – US President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, together with his destabilizing foreign policy – notably the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and…
More than a political figure, Trump acts as a chaotic stress-test on American institutions, civic norms, and political culture, revealing the weaknesses the system has long ignored. What happens when…
The presidential election in 2024 may be the last free vote taken in the United States. Dictatorships only hold elections with predetermined outcomes or do not hold them at all.…
The West is very proud of its eyesight. Satellites blink. Algorithms scrape. Journalists retweet. Intelligence agencies inhale metadata like oxygen. We are assured—ritually — that nothing escapes the gaze.And yet,…
Anyone from the former Yugoslavia will immediately understand the title. Mujo is a legendary (though fictional) Bosnian character, the protagonist (together with his inseparable friend Haso) of countless jokes that…
In the decades since the formal end of colonialism, nations across the Global South have proudly waved the banner of independence, self-reliance, decolonization, and now—deglobalization. The rhetoric of national empowerment,…
Rural peoples’ movements and communities demand the shutdown of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Over the past 80 years, imperialist governments and their transnational corporations (TNCs) have…
Established Western economic institutions are facing a formidable challenge from Chinese newcomers, each side offering distinct and competitive lending strategies with far-reaching consequences for global infrastructure and development. In October…
Here it is from an old college buddy and confidante of mine, J D. This former progressive talk radio host and socialist thinker nailed it with his commentary on things…
Bangladesh is a major producer of garments supplying to world’s top brands such as H & M, Lewis, Gucci, Zara and many others. Nearly 4.0 million workers, mostly women toil…
It’s official, according to a speech by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the United States is jumping off the neoliberal globalization bandwagon (a root cause of domestic extremism) and it…
The publication of Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison in 1975 inaugurated a paradigm shift in the study of punitive institutions. Foucault’s genealogical method traced the decline of…
PUDR condemns the arrest of Kranthi Chaitanya, Vice-President of the Civil Liberties Committee (Andhra Pradesh unit), and fellow activist Mohan Krishna on 9 January 2026, and their subsequent remand to…
On January 10, 2026, the Inspector of Police, East Police Station, Tirupati, issued a remand report to the court (Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tirupati) seeking permission for judicial…
Viksit Bharat: Where asking questions becomes the biggest crime The real face of democracy's ‘Vishwaguru’ Today, as I write this, Umar Khalid, a research scholar of history, has spent more…
“In a community that believes in God, any decision that is introduced must repeatedly express faith in God.” — Balagopal” Exactly as Balagopal said, the Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee…
After Supreme Court denying him bail, Umar Khalid passionately told his girlfriend Banojyotsna Lahiri, a Bengali Hindu Brahmin, “Aab Yehi jindagi hai”( now this is life). His five year long…
We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low enough that…
The lightning abduction of Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026, was intended to be the crowning achievement of the so-called Donroe Doctrine—a cinematic display of American unilateralism designed for domestic applause…
Major political crises inevitably produce turning points in which essential conflicts and issues, long hidden, emerge. The Trump administration’s conflict with the European imperialist powers over control of Greenland is…
The largest island in the world, Greenland (that is not green at all but rather covered by white ice), has in recent months and even several years become one of…
Greenland appears to be “on sale”—at least in the imagination of the Empire. Recent developments in Europe have crossed the limits of imagination. Thousands of people have protested the Empire’s…
The US President Donald Trump’s blatant act of aggression, with his invasion and occupation of Venezuela, recalls the old practice of imperialist powers who could get away by colonizing militarily…
Protection of minorities is a widely recognized legal, ethical and civilizational responsibility. While this is important everywhere in the world, this has a special relevance in South Asia where failures…
The Hindu King marches ahead during the Shaurya Yatra at Somnath. The Prime Minister of the country assumes the role of a religious priest, performs a pooja, and leads a…
Campaign round Ram Temple, i.e. demolition of Babri mosque; paid rich electoral dividends to the BJP and also to its parent RSS. Kashi and Mathura are in the line. A…
Washington, D.C. (January 13, 2026 – The India Hate Lab (IHL), a project of the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH), has released its 2025 annual report documenting…
Conflicts at Thiruparankundram, a significant hill shrine in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, center on historical coexistence between Hindu (Murugan Temple) and Muslim (Sultan Sikkandar Dargah) sites, recently escalating over the Karthigai Deepam…
It was deeply disturbing to witness the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) openly rejoicing over the closure of the Medical College at Katra. At a time when people across the country…
Climate change has emerged as one of the most serious challenges of our time, profoundly affecting the global economy and the environment. However, its impacts are not experienced uniformly across…
WARWICK, NEW YORK – The latest United Nations Climate Change Conference ended in a political deadlock. COP30 in Belém produced no agreement to phase out fossil fuels, no binding plan…
16th January 2026:The National Alliance for Climate and Ecological Justice (NACEJ) strongly condemns the raids, searches, and intimidation of climate activists Harjeet Singh and Sanjay Vashisht by Indian enforcement agencies.…
When early-spring flower blooms in early-winter, the underlying reading may be the climate change signal. In the heart of winter this January, something caught my eye that stopped me in…
There is one crucial argument that the climate justice movement carried with it. For a brief period of time, it seemed like it was integrated into the general knowledge of…
Spread across a cluster of riverine islands in the Cauvery, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary demonstrates how small landscapes can hold immense ecological value. Modest in size, the sanctuary functions as a…
The Uttarakhand government has announced the full closure of the 600 MW Loharinag-Pala hydroelectric project on the Bhagirathi River, by permanently sealing its 14-kilometer tunnels at a cost of ₹52…
The Balda Cave, perched on the mist-shrouded hills of Koraput, Odisha, is more than a geological curiosity; it is a profound intersection of deep history, indigenous spirituality, and modern ecological…
Delhi, the thrumming capital of the world’s largest democracy, is choking on its own air. This is the city where emperor’s-built kingdoms and history whispers from ancient stone. Yet today,…
The Supreme Court has recently taken suo motu cognizance of the definition of the Aravalli mountain range and related ancillary issues. As part of this, the Court has granted an…
“I will tell you a story…” Prof. Madhav Gadgil began the conversation in November 2024, sitting in his house in Pune. His perspective reflected the pain of how the development…
The world today is grappling with complex challenges such as climate change, food insecurity, land degradation, and water scarcity. Despite technological solutions and policy reforms, both the planet’s ecology and…
In a recent article I summarized arguments for reversing the trend toward globalization of economies and cultures, aiming instead for the flourishing of communities rooted in their bioregions (i.e., regions defined by…
Across arid and semi-arid regions, the same paradox is unfolding. Groundwater levels are falling, droughts are intensifying, and yet cities and rural areas alike are increasingly struck by sudden, destructive…
Let me start by putting things bluntly: Don’t bother to tell Donald Trump, but with his distinct help, we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves. Thanks to the continued use…
In the midst of a large and increasing number of people finding it difficult to meet their needs in satisfactory ways, the worsening environmental crisis and increasing threats from conflicts…
The United States is now engaged in what I am calling “smash-and-grab” diplomacy in Venezuela, and it will perhaps soon do the same in Greenland, a territory of the Kingdom…
What if, in Algeria, water were no longer seen solely as a scarce resource to exploit or a threat to control, but as an ecological and economic capital to preserve…
I agree with what Jason Hickel wrote in a recent blog, that we need a mass political party that would implement a degrowth agenda, and that currently the degrowth movement does…
I have written nine essays about why a collapse is coming, how it will play out and what comes after. As I pointed out at the onset, they were essays in its…
This article is a summary of Roy Ratcliffe’s recently released book ‘Life on Earth’ (Past, Present and Future)’. Of all the millions of species of life that have existed on earth over…
An Indian woman does not become free after marriage. She becomes traceable. Her whereabouts are no longer a matter of choice but of routine inquiry. Where were you? Who dropped…
She was born in India -into extreme poverty. She was born in Uttar Pradesh, a state where feudal power and religious fanaticism operate largely unchecked. She was born in Makhi…
As the year wraps up, recent legal events in India raise serious concerns about gender justice. Bail decisions in rape cases and acquittals in delayed acid attack trials highlight a…
The recent public exchange between Javed Akhtar and Mufti Shamail Nadwi, mediated by Saurabh Dwivedi and hosted under the banner of The Lallantop at the Constitution Club, has been widely…
Over the past two decades, veiling has increasingly been celebrated in critical theory, cultural politics, and certain strands of feminism as a practice that interrupts the dominant regime of capitalist…
From social media influencers to academic theorists, preachers and politicians, everyone weighs in on the question of what makes a good man, especially what young men need to do embrace…
For the first time in months, electricity has been restored—if only temporarily—to a single street in Jabalia, in northern Gaza. Streetlights flickered back to life on Al Faluja Street, located…
Gaza (QNN)- The Gaza Government Media Office welcomed the US announcement of the transition to phase two of Trump’s ceasefire plan, affirming its full readiness to transfer authorities and complete…
Donald Trump’s Board of Peace overseeing the reconstruction of Gaza was always going to raise a host of niggling questions. From the outset, the US President made it clear he…
US President Donald Trump has named former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as members of his so-called "Board of Peace", a body which…
The U.S. government rarely bans political speech outright. Instead, it uses bureaucracy and procedure to make dissent too costly and dangerous to sustain. The goal is to exhaust and silence…
Gaza (QNN)- A baby has died from extreme cold inside a displacement tent in southern Gaza, as winter conditions continue to claim the lives of displaced children in the besieged territory…
Myanmar’s junta-led electoral process, conducted in phases amid civil war and state fragmentation, has been widely condemned as illegitimate. Opposition parties are banned, and speaking out against the government is…
The specter of another US-led conflict, this time targeting Iran, casts a long and ominous shadow over South Asia. History offers a grim lesson: the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya,…
Anisur Rahman, a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, argues that the political process in Bangladesh today is no longer primarily controlled by the electorate or even by domestic political parties, but by forces…
Introduction Analyzing the contrasting leadership styles of Mujib and Yunus, particularly their ascension to power following the Bangladeshi revolutions of 1971 and 2024, will provide a deeper insight into the…
Every dictatorship eventually encounters a problem it cannot solve with bigger prisons, better spyware, or emergency laws written in calming fonts. That problem is conscience. Not the decorative conscience embalmed…
Geneva (Switzerland): Engulfed with political unrest while heading for its national election on 12 February 2026, Bangladesh, recorded the murder of journalist Rana Pratap Bairagi, who incidentally becomes the first…
Swami Vivekananda’s views on the Hindu caste system were complex, internally contradictory, and evolved over time. He criticised caste-based discrimination and untouchability, yet defended the theoretical framework of Varna and…
Appeal to UP Women’s Commission: Ensure withdrawal of criminal proceedings against Ms. Priyanka Varun for burning the Manusmriti - an antiquated, unconstitutional, casteist, patriarchal, misogynist code that has no place…
On paper, the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA), appears to provide legal protection for primitive tribes in Karnataka, safeguarding native communities against eviction from their ancestral lands. However, in practice,…
In this second part of the interview, Anand Teltumbde argues that caste inequality in India persists not because of a lack of data, but because social justice has been reduced…
Buddhism as a religion owes its origin to present-day UP, as after attaining knowledge (Nibban), the Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath, near Banaras. He and his pupils travelled…
In this first part of the interview, Anand Teltumbde revisits the historical and political foundations of caste, challenging reductionist explanations that locate it solely in Brahminism. Drawing on his recent…
Rethinking Standardized Measurement As a scientist, I was taught to see standardization as essential, an objective way to understand the world. Science relies on universal laws, so applying the same…
I hear a song in you, comrades. I hear your voices in the streets. I hear you all across the country, your chants and instruments of disruption echoing from every…
In the current political crisis socialist leader Madhu Limaye’s autobiography and his life should be an inspiration. He was elected four times from Bihar to Lok Sabha, was one of…
Akbar is not remembered with hostility because he was a Muslim ruler. He is remembered with hostility because he refused to rule as one. In an age when kings ruled by…
"Desires and hobbies have no Age" As we all know, tourism is one of India's most vibrant industries, attracting millions of people to its ancient sites, spiritual destinations, and natural…
Jawaharlal Nehru’s views and contributions toward the revival of Buddhism were shaped by his secular humanism, anti-communal nationalism, and deep respect for Buddhism as one of India’s greatest ethical–civilizational gifts…
Released on 19 September, 2025, Jolly LLB 3 draws thematic inspiration from the Bhatta– Parsaul farmers’ protest of May 2011, a landmark moment that exposed tensions between rural livelihoods and…
Since its publication in 1871–72, George Eliot’s Middlemarch has been widely regarded as one of the most accomplished realist novels in the English literary canon. Beyond its intricate portrayal of…
Music and Lyrics: Rabindranath Tagore Raag: Kafi Khamaj Taal – Tritaal Written in 1909 Notes: Such songs are traditionally sung in the late evening, a fitting complement to the…
Moving Beyond a Simple Picture: The Shot as a Semiotic Unit and the Frame Unlike spoken Hindi or English, cinema does not have an exact lexicon or a rigid grammar;…
In the circumstances Iran is facing these days, concern for the destruction and loss of national, urban, and architectural heritage may not weigh heavily on minds already burdened by anxiety…
A Merry, Merry Christmasand a Happy New Year!Let’s hope it’s a good onewithout any fear. -John Lennon The Brown Shirts are in the streets again:the intention is terrorthe plan is…
‘Whither Human Rights in India,’ edited by Anand Teltumbde, is a wide-ranging collection of essays examining India’s human rights landscape over recent decades. The volume surveys major issues including majoritarian…
“Killing Democracy” should at bare minimum be a university textbook, distributed to every institution of higher learning in America. Ideally, it would be required reading for every literate citizen of…
The recent election of the right-wing populist Jose Antonio Kast in Chile - the unapologetic admirer of the deceased Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet – is just one more addition to…
On 10 January 2026, the opening day of the New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF), I visited the fair, drawn, as every year, by the promise of books, conversations, and…
The Best of The Scribes of Heru, Vol ll. Ed. Thurman (Tee) Watts, Joyce Rages. Releasing February 2026. The Scribes of Heru Writers’ Collective is a group of seven writers…
In this concluding part of the interview, based on his book 'The Caste Con Census', Anand Teltumbde examines how Hindutva politics and neoliberal capitalism jointly stabilise caste inequality by depoliticising it, one…
The lucrative milleage that sensational stories afford to all kinds of birds hovering around them is arithmetic .Arithmetics is the currency for viewers,readers and analysts. It takes deep sensitivity ,…
Speech given at the webinar on the 5th Anniversary of Keraleeyam, Webportal Let me begin with two rhetorical questions: Why do we do journalism? What really is media? I will answer the…
I write this in total despair. I don’t generally write articles. I’m an editor. I let others speak through my website, Countercurrents.org. Only when no one else is standing up,…
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you—then you eat them." —Adapted for the Protein Revolution Introduction India's marginalized communities have been denied not just…
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America As I write this in early 2025, a quiet revolution is unfolding within the U.S. government.…
This an article I wrote on 16 December 2002, just after Modi was re-elected as CM of Gujrat for a second term. For some strange reasons, the article can't be…
The princely state of Cooch Behar merged with the Dominion of India on August 8, 1949 and became a part of the State of West Bengal on January 1, 1950.…
Roads are crumbling, bridges are collapsing and railway lines are flooded . The surging waters from the rivers are drowning entire villages all around. It has rained so much that…
In Maharashtra, the administration has been claiming that there is a steady decline in the number of malnutrition and child deaths in the state. But, in recent figures that have…
With the horrors of the deadly virus still in the air, this would appear to be like a remarkable fairy tale in the post-Covid pandemic scenario, almost like a dream…
In the last few years, we have been witnessing erratic, unpredictable and unexpected changes in climate, which are more perceptible in the Himalayan region of the country. These changes are…
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