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Politics of Displacement and Reclamation of Citizenship: Loka Kerala Sabha as a Socialist Model

TO grow up in Vengara, a quiet geography in the Malappuram district of Kerala, is to witness the paradoxical nature of global capitalism from the front row. I do not write this from the perspective of an expatriate family; my own lineage remained rooted in the soil of Malabar. Yet, as an observer born into this historic cradle of Gulf migration, I have watched my village transform.

How the System Defends Caste Discrimination

AN age-old evil that haunts Indian society, a decade long and partial move to ameliorate some of its effects in higher education, a new set of regulations and a fierce, almost orchestrated reaction amplified by the media – and bang! – the move was scuttled and any thought about it pushed down the road. This is the summary of the two-week journey of new UGC regulations that sought to tackle caste discrimination in higher education institutions.

Defeat the Corporate-Communal Onslaught!

THE working class of India has once again sounded the bugle of resistance. The Central Trade Unions (CTUs) have collectively called for a nation-wide General Strike on February 12; the eighth major one since the BJP came to office in 2014. With the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and agricultural workers’ organisations extending unconditional support to the strike, it will not merely be a day of protest, but it is going to be a massive assertion of the toiling masses against the predatory anti-people policies of the RSS led regime.

Crony ‘Haircuts’ for Crony Capitalists

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) came into effect on May 28, 2016, with the President's assent. It was introduced in Parliament as a framework to resolve insolvency proceedings between corporate giants and individuals within a specific timeframe. In 2025, certain amendments to this code were introduced and passed. Under the IBC, if a company goes bankrupt and a resolution is not possible, there are clear procedures to sell the company’s assets through an auction. This is known as the liquidation process.

The Great Infrastructure Heist: Decoding the PPP Pipeline

The recent announcement by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Union Ministry of Finance, regarding the creation of a three-year Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project Pipeline involving 852 projects with a staggering capital outlay of over Rs 17 trillion for the period 2025-26 to 2027-28 is not merely a strategy for ‘infrastructure development.’ It is a calculated manoeuvre to facilitate the expropriation of public wealth and the primitive accumulation of capital by domestic and foreign monopolies at the expense of the working class and the national exchequer.

Some Aspects of the Indian Cultural Congress in Kochi

SECULAR and progressive cultural practitioners all over India today suffer from a sense of disconnect. There had been all-India organizations in the past like the Progressive Writers’ and Artists’ Association and the IPTA which had offered to some extent a platform where such cultural practitioners could come together and exchange their views on the evolving context of their creative practice.

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