The Perverse Strategy of the Budget

SINCE even the highest bourgeois oracle, the IMF, has cast doubts on the veracity of India’s GDP estimates, the precise budget figures based on the assumptions of a certain level, and growth rate, in nominal GDP, mean very little; in fact, the current budget, while announcing several tax measures, has not even bothered to give estimates of how much revenue loss or gain they would cause.

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.

‘Fiscal Prudence’ at the Cost of Common People

THE finance minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman presents her ninth budget for the financial year 2026-27 with an estimated GDP of the economy pegged at Rs 393 lakh crores, 10 per cent higher than the GDP of Rs 357 lakh crores estimated for the current financial year. Before the budget, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the First Advance Estimate of GDP for the year 2025-26 on January 7, 2026 and the Economic Survey 2025-26 was tabled by the Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on January 29.

Absent League, Bangladesh Heads to the Polls

FOR the first time in the history of independent Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami believes that a genuine possibility of victory has opened up before it. Even if it does not win outright, it is set to emerge as a powerful opposition force.

An Imbalanced Trade Deal

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 03, 2026.

The announcement of a trade deal between the US and India has generated euphoria in the corporate media. But this is completely misplaced as the details of the agreement are not yet available. It is only when the full scope and details of the trade deal are available, one can make a proper assessment.

A Thoroughly Anti People, Anti Federal Budget

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 01, 2026.

Against US Threats to Cuba

Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party, and All India Forward Bloc issued the following joint statement on February 01, 2026

WE strongly condemn the threats issued by the United States of America against socialist Cuba and denounce its decision to block the shipment of oil. This is against the international law and a violation of the UN Charter.

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.

Will The Workers Be Condemned to Die Like Insects?

IN the wee hours of the Republic Day, the country woke up to the horrific tragedy of the charring of workers at the Nazirabad warehouse complex in Anandapur on the southern outskirts of Kolkata. As of January 29, the death toll had climbed to 21, with charred bodies recovered. The latest information in the media suggests that the death toll has gone up to 31. That the initial figures were a blatant underestimate was clear from the fact that on January 29 itself, nearly 28 workers were still missing.

After Palghar Victory, Nashik March Makes State Government Bend

ON the heels of the victory of the massive CPI(M)-led march in Palghar district from January 19-21, 2026, another huge march led by the CPI(M) and the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was held in Nashik district from January 25-27, 2026. It began from Nashik and marched over 75 km in the direction of Mumbai up to Khardi in Thane district. This was preceded by road blockades in various tehsils of Nashik district from January 17, and then the marchers walked from these tehsils to reach Nashik city by January 24 night to begin the march next day.

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