In the present atmosphere of Hindutva, traditionalism that looks backwards and ongoing protests led by GenZ about the crumbling of democratic and educational structures, writing about the Nobel Prizes may seem incongruous. But there is a common cause: the need for change.

NOBELS 2026  

COMMUNISTS have always been a thorn in the flesh for the rightwing. It therefore comes as no surprise that the October 11, 2026 issue of the Organiser, the RSS mouthpiece, has once again resorted to the familiar tactic of attempting to falsify history and attack communists in furtherance of its communal agenda. The editorial of the weekly, while eulogising Ashok Singhal on his birth centenary, declares that “The Communist-Islamist machinations on the intellectual front was the biggest hurdle to Ram Mandir reconstruction.”

A SEMINAR was organised by the Jan Vichar Manch on September 20, at the packed Kaifi Azmi Auditorium in Lucknow to remember Comrades Ashok Garg and K.K. Chaturvedi. The theme of the seminar was “Our Education, Our Future.” The keynote speaker was renowned educationist Prof. Anita Rampal, former Dean of the Department of Education at the University of Delhi.

The pattern of championing democracy while in opposition but resorting to coercive measures after coming to power has characterised successive governments in Andhra Pradesh. During its five-year tenure, the TDP government, the first government after the bifurcation of the state, adopted a hostile approach towards opposition parties, civil society organisations and employees, frequently cracking down on their protests and agitations. The present TDP-led alliance government has taken this approach further.

EVER since the end of World War II, the United States – along with the former colonial powers of the region, Britain and France – dominated the region of West Asia from the Mediterranean Sea to the Hindu Kush mountains.