Maharashtra AIDWA State Conference Massive Womens’ Rally in Dahanu

THE All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) held its 13th Maharashtra State Conference at Dahanu in Palghar district from November 1 to 3, 2025. There was a massive rally of 30,000 women from 10 tehsils at Dahanu beach. Most of them were Adivasis, but there was a fair proportion of non-tribals as well.

BSNL’s Silver Jubilee - Lessons and Tasks.

On October 1, 2025, BSNL completed the silver jubilee of its formation. It is indeed 25 years of glorious service to the nation. The government formed this corporation on October 1, 2000, by converting the Department of Telecom Services and the Department of Telecom Operations. The idea was to quickly start disinvestment and then to ultimately privatise it.

AI Bubble: Repeat of the DotCom Mania?

MICHAEL BURRY, the investor made famous by the movie The Big Short after correctly predicting the 2008 housing collapse, is in the news again. Nearly twenty years ago, he warned that the US mortgage boom, built on weak loans, creative accounting and financial engineering, was bound to collapse. The American establishment dismissed him until the crash made his bets against the housing boom both immensely profitable and impossible to ignore. Now he has turned his attention to the artificial intelligence sector.

An Anthem of Divisive Intent

EVERY nation has an anthem, but India is unique in having a song that competes for prestige. The two decisions -- on adopting Rabindranath Tagore’s Jana Gana Mana as national anthem and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Vande Mataram as national song – were made the same day in the Constituent Assembly. There was no discussion, nor any thought given to the role either would play in public life.Rules were written in later years, stipulating how and when the national anthem would be played, and the public deference that was its due. No equivalent rules exist for the “national song”.

The Tasks before Publishing Houses

“IT cannot be business as usual,” said M A Baby while kick-starting a discussion among publishers associated with the Party. “The Party Congress has identified neo-fascism as a serious threat. We cannot take this threat lightly. We have to confront it frontally.” This was part of a one-day meeting held in Chennai on October 30, 2025. It was attended by 19 representatives of 11 publishing houses from different parts of India.

The Dark Age of Data Imperialism: The Struggle for Digital Sovereignty

THE global economy today is driven not just by commodities or capital but by data. While often termed the “oil of the 21st century”, this analogy is flawed. Oil is finite and consumed upon use. Data, by contrast, is a fertile soil that grows and generates new value with every application.

RSS and the Great Betrayal of Adivasis

The government sponsored ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh’ (Tribal Pride Year) ends on November 15, 2025, which is the 150th Birth Anniversary of Birsa Munda, the great tribal leader who led an Adivasi revolt against the landlords and British at the end of the 19th century, and died in jail. The Sangh Parivar, and the BJP-led governments at the Centre and states, have been active in publicising Birsa Munda and other tribal leaders as part of their long-standing strategy of winning over the Adivasi communities of India.

Remembering November: Imperialism in these Adverse Times

In the run up to the final moments of reckoning for the New York City mayoral elections, as it was becoming apparent that Zohran Mamdani would win, no one less than Donald Trump himself confirmed what was going to happen in his own inimitable fashion. A rank outsider in the political process in the United States, Mamdani was leading all the other candidates hands down.

Donald Trump is not the US

Donald Trump’s US presidency reveals the underlying class dynamics, contradictions, and the intensification of neoliberal policies cloaked under nationalist rhetoric encapsulated in the ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA) slogan.

Condemn the Bomb Blast in Delhi

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 11, 2025THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the dastardly bomb attack in the heart of the national capital, Delhi. It expresses its heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones in the blast.It is deeply disturbing to learn from reports that large quantities of explosives and firearms have been discovered in areas around Delhi, which are now being linked to the attack. This indicates the involvement of an organised network.

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