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PTI : Omar Abdullah In Srinagar

Vande Mataram Row: Kashmiri Leaders At Odds With Centre’s Views On Nationalism

BY Ishfaq Naseem

IMAGO / ANI News : Opposition MPs protest over the MGNREGA being replaced by the VB-G RAM-G bill at the Parliament premises.

Why The 'VB G RAM G' Bill Is Being Seen As The Death Of MGNREGA?

BY Priyanka Tupe

Labani Jangi : The last two decades have revealed that images no longer merely document events; they actively produce political meaning.

Images Against Darkness: 100 Years Of The Indian Communist Movement And The Culture Of Rebellion, In Photos

BY Labani Jangi

IMAGO / NurPhoto

The Insurance Bill: Beyond the Surface Rhetoric

BY Anand Teltumbde

Tribhuvan Tiwari : Workers under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme at Baran district, Rajasthan, India on 22nd February 2014.

Why A Scheme Modi Called a ‘Monument of Congress Failure’ Is Now Being Replaced

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

IMAGO / Hindustan Times : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary holding review meeting of paddy procurement at Samwad on December 5, 2025 in Patna, India.

Nitish Kumar, JDU, And The Uncertain Politics Of Post-Nitish Bihar

BY Md Asghar Khan

X : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at the winter Legislative Assembly session.

Is Himachal’s Land Law Relaxation Doing Away With Key Legal Safeguards?

BY Ashwani Sharma

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Dinesh Parab|Outlook : Thousands of workers and trade union leaders gathered at Adarsh Vidyalaya in Mumbai from December 5 to 7 for the CITU Maharashtra state conference, where participants resolved to oppose the newly enforced labour codes.

Rise, Fall And The Revival Of Left Trade Unions In Maharashtra

BY Priyanka Tupe

| Courtesy: Seagull books : Artwork by Somenath Hore

Minimum Marxism: Reclaiming Class Politics

BY Tanvir Aeijaz

| Courtesy: Vadehra Art Gallery : Marx Archive, 2018: Artwork by K. M. Madhusudhanan

Left-Brahmin, Right-Bahujan And Caste Of Ideologies

BY Ajay Gudavarthy

IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire : CPM Politburo member and Indian lawmaker BRINDA KARAT addresses striking airport workers at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi

100 Years Of India's Trade Union Movement: History, Politics And The Future

BY Kali Chittibabu

Outlook Jan 14, 2013 Cover

13 Years After Nirbhaya, Has Anything Changed?

Times Literary Supplement :
Congress general secretary and communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh shared the government’s reply on social media, claiming it had exposed the truth and asking whether an apology would now follow.

No Nehru Files Missing At PMML, Says Centre In Lok Sabha; Congress Demands Apology

BY Ashlin Mathew

PTI : Thiruvananthapuram: NDA's winning candidates of the recent Kerala local body elections greets people during a roadshow, in Thiruvananthapuram

Are The Stories Of The BJP’s Rise In Kerala Real, Or Perceived?

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

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Indie Publishing In India: Pushing the Margins

| Photo: Imago : Flying High: Two Soviet soldiers plant a Soviet flag on top of the Reichstag building on May 2, 1945,
symbolising the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the Battle of Berlin

Red Star, Lode Star: Where Does The Left Stand With The Global Rise Of The Right

BY Brinda Karat

Illustration: Vikas Thakur

How A Recent SC Judgement Puts Indian Federalism At Stake

BY Anand Teltumbde

File photo : Encounter killings & demolition drives show how visibility and public approval have become tools of governance, turning coercion into performance rather than justice.

Sarajevo’s Sniper Tourism & Lynching Videos: Consuming Cruelty In India

BY Mohammad Ali

India Cuba: An elderly villager and member of indian communist party garlanding Che Guevara during his visit to a Community Project Area in Delhi, 1959

A Century of Red: The Indian Communist Movement

BY Atul Chandra

Illustration : IPTA

Art & Entertainment

The Golden Harvest: The Indelible Imprint Of IPTA On Indian Cinema

BY Apeksha Priyadarshini

IMAGO / NurPhoto : The data, released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in a parliamentary answer on Monday, further reported that the lowest unemployment rates are seen in Gujarat (2.2 per cent), Karnataka (2.8 per cent), West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh (both at 3.7 per cent).

Which State Has The Highest Unemployment Rate In India?

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PTI : Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge speaks during a debate on Vande Mataram in the House at the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

Vande Mataram at 150: Fierce Political Battle Over The Past

BY Ashlin Mathew

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : The Old-world Charm: A CPI(M) comrade working at the party’s office in Kamarpurkar in Hoogly district of West Bengal

The Ruins Of An Idea: Capturing Shades Of The Left Across The Country

BY Outlook Bureau

IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire : Paramilitary soldiers patrol during a surprise security checking at Lal chowk in Srinagar.

Kashmir Hotels On Alert After Police File Cases For Failure To Report Foreign Tourists

BY Ishfaq Naseem

| Courtesy: DAG : Untitled Artwork by Chittaprosad

The Right In The Left: Lessons And Limits

BY Dipankar Bhattacharya

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Courtesy: CPI Archives : The Future... : Women participants at a ‘Mahila Atmaraksha Samiti’ work centre in West Bengal

Women Left Out: Gender At The Core

BY Saira Shah Halim

| Photo: Wikimedia Commons : Few and Far Between: (Left to right) Co-founder of the Communist Party of India Muzaffar Ahmed with Bankim Mukherjee, P.C. Joshi and Somnath Lahiri in 1937. There have been very few influential Muslims like Ahmed in the party’s top leadership

The Left And The Muslim Question

Saher Hiba : The protest sought to draw urgent attention to what organisers described as an ongoing humanitarian, constitutional and political crisis in Manipur.

‘Manipur Wants Peace’, Say Meitei Protesters At Jantar Mantar Over Ethnic Violence

BY Saher Hiba Khan

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Tribhuvan Tiwari : One wanting to save his land for livelihood.

Guns, Power And The Adivasi Ideology

BY Milind Bhawar

PTI : BJP National President and Union Minister JP Nadda, in blue, during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the party's new state office, at Majthai, in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.

Nadda Accuses Himachal Congress Of Squandering Central Funds

BY Ashwani Sharma

Penguin : Cover of The Court of The Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro

Mythical Migrant Misfits: Review Of Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro's Court Of The Dead

Divija Bhasin

The ‘Proud R’ Debate: Who Gets To Reclaim A Slur?

BY Jagisha Arora

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