Stirring Up a Hornet’s Nest over Ayodhya and Kashi

IT is bizarre that the Ayodhya and Kashi issues have again started unravelling. These questions remained in suspended animation with orders from the highest judiciary. For many, the Ayodhya verdict was an enigma with the apex court order that those who criminally destroyed Babri Mosque were in fact, to be rewarded with ownership, and facilitated in construction of the Ram Temple. Significantly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined this judicial validation while inaugurating the Ram Mandir.

Two Expressions of Capitalism’s Cul-De-Sac

WORLD capitalism has reached a cul-de-sac. The immense rise in income inequality in every country under the neo-liberal regime has brought about a stagnation of the system: since consumption out of a unit of income is higher for the poor than for the rich, the rise in income inequality means that the rise in demand does not keep pace with the rise in productive capacity, causing a slowdown in growth leading to stagnation and much higher unemployment. This is the situation in which the world economy has been caught ever since the bursting of the housing bubble in the U.S. in 2008.

Tribute to Zubeen Garg, rebel artist of Assam

THE news of the sudden and unexpected death of Zubeen Garg in Singapore thundered through the people of Assam on a normal, busy afternoon on September 19, 2025. The bewildered people, without knowing why, started to crowd the streets of Assam. Normal life came to a standstill. People refused to believe that their beloved Zubeen Garg, the fearless artist of Assam, was dead.

CPI(M) Expresses Shock and Sorrow Over the Tragic Stampede in Karur, Tamil Nadu

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 28, 2025.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses deep shock and sorrow at the tragic loss of 39 innocent lives in a stampede during a political rally organised by the TVK Party, led by its founder and film actor Vijay, in Karur, Tamil Nadu. Scores of people were also injured in the stampede.

Release Sonam Wangchuk

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 27, 2025

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the arrest of Sonam Wangchuk, who has been at the forefront of the movement demanding statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. His detention under the draconian National Security Act exposes the authoritarian character of the BJP-led central government and its contempt for the genuine aspirations of the people of Ladakh.

Postage Stamp on RSS: Insult to the Constitution of India

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 1, 2025

Repackaging Genocide Amidst Growing Isolation

THE ‘Gaza Peace Plan’ unveiled by Washington bears all the hallmarks of a unilateral diktat rather than a genuine settlement. Far from being a genuine peace initiative, it is a unilateral move, choreographed as a spectacle by Trump, designed to divert attention from the seismic shifts occurring in world opinion on Palestine.

Nepal: Turbulence and Disquiet

NOBODY thought that after Sri Lanka and Bangladesh it would be the turn of Nepal to go through mob violence and arson leading to the downfall of KP Sharma Oli's Government. Even those who were waiting for people's backlash against the political arrogance of successive ruling alliances did not think that it could happen so soon and in the way that it happened.The immediate cause of the Gen-Z protest was the Oli Government's announcement of its intention to ban social media apps in case they fail to register themselves under regulations within the stipulated time frame.

Court Battles in Maharashtra and Karnataka on RTE ACT

AFTER over a decade of implementation, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, is facing considerable controversy, especially with regard to the implementation of section 12(1)(c). This article takes stock of the manner in which this provision of the RTE Act has been implemented in the two neighbouring states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.

BJP Govt’s Policies Deepen Discontent in J&K and Ladakh

MASSIVE protests in Leh over statehood, legislature and Sixth Schedule left some dead, dozens injured and number of people arrested including widely known environmentalist, Sonam Wangchuk The reorganization of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 was pushed forward as a move, ‘to strengthen integration, elimination of terrorism, and ushering in development’. Five years on, however, the discontent that began in Kashmir has spread to Jammu and lately to Ladakh, raising uncomfortable questions about the path chosen by New Delhi.

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