“IN Kerala, I can breathe,” said Seema Chishti, senior journalist and editor of The Wire. She was talking not only about the contrast between the toxic air in Delhi and the fresh breeze from the Arabian Sea that was wafting across the open-air stage she was on in Kochi as she spoke in a session as part of the first Indian Cultural Congress (ICC). Chishti was also talking about the toxicity of the politics and culture being propagated by those in power in Delhi.

AH, the legendary Messi Kolkata visit — truly a masterclass on how to take a multi-million-dollar opportunity and deliver absolutely nothing in return, all thanks to the impeccable management skills of the powers that be!

Let us all stand and applaud the sheer, unparalleled brilliance of the esteemed state government and their associated organising bodies. They didn't just host an event; they orchestrated a perfectly efficient display of VIP greed and administrative incompetence that will forever be etched in the annals of sporting farce.

THUNDEROUS slogans reverberated as thousands of workers, peasants, agricultural labourers, tea garden workers and scheme workers assembled at Lachit Ghat in Guwahati, on the bank of the mighty Brahmaputra, on December 14. The rally was jointly organised by the Assam state units of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and the Agricultural Workers Union.

IN a cowardly and desperate move, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) denied permission to screen several films, including classics such as Battleship Potemkin, triggering widespread protests at the 30th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). The Sangh Parivar’s arrogant agenda to prevent cinema-goers from viewing political films has resulted in the cancellation of numerous scheduled screenings.

The over-a-decade rule of the BJP-RSS has marked one of the darkest periods for higher education in India, as universities across the country have been systematically stripped of their autonomy, diversity, and democratic ethos. Instead of nurturing critical thinking and scientific temper, the Modi government has pursued an aggressive agenda of saffronisation, recasting academic spaces to reflect the ideological framework of the RSS.