FORMER Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud’s recent interview with online portal Newslaundry turned out to contain some sensational and ominous revelations of his views. These have, naturally, created a stir seldom witnessed after former justices’ post-retirement thoughts. This is so because his statements not only reveal his real thinking but also add to a public discourse steadily being built up in recent times on one of the most incendiary and divisive issues that haunts India – religious conflict and its history, especially with regard to places of worship.

TRUMP’s tariff aggression against India will indubitably have a contractionary effect on the Indian economy. Even if Trump reduces tariffs from the 50 per cent he is currently levying, this will only be in exchange for India reducing its tariffs on American goods, especially agricultural goods and dairy products, which would mean larger imports from America and the hence reduced incomes in India.

IN his memoir Memory of Forgetfulness, Mahmoud Darwish, the distinguished Palestinian communist poet, recounts a profound conversation with his friend, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, a revolutionary poet of renown.

THE Polavaram Project, located on the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh, is officially recognised as a “National Project” under the Andhra Pradesh Re-Organisation Act, 2014. Construction began in 2005, with the state and central governments claiming it would bring irrigation, hydropower, and drinking water to millions. On paper, it appears as a grand promise of development. In reality, it has become a stark example of capitalist accumulation at the cost of working people, adivasis, and peasant communities.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 24, 2025

 THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) conveys its heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed as a result of electrocution and other accidents consequent to heavy rains in the city of Kolkata.