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BRICS: Aspirations amidst Contradictions

THE 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, held on September 12-13, 2026, produced a 140-point Declaration that is at once an assertion of Global South aspirations and a mirror to the contradictions of the grouping itself. For the Left, the task is neither to applaud nor to dismiss, but to read the document critically, recognising where it advances the struggle against US-led unipolarity, where it falls short, and where the Indian government's own conduct betrays the Declaration’s spirit.

From Bizarre to Systematic Subversion: Rigging of Electoral Democracy

VERY recently the eloquent reticence of the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Gyanesh Kumar, has given way to an extremely brief observation. He has opined that notwithstanding the ‘little inconvenience’ of some citizens, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) carried out across the country was necessary to clean up the Electoral Rolls for conducting a ‘fair election’. This could be regarded as the greatest understatement of the century.

Serving the Powerful, Failing the Powerless

JUSTICE Deepak Gupta, a former judge of the Supreme Court, marked the eightieth anniversary of Independence by asking in print what few in his position have dared to ask; how free are we, the citizens of India? His answer in The Tribune was unsparing. The constitutional courts “have not shown the requisite sensitivity or strength”; the right to liberty “is violated with impunity, and the courts in many cases have become mute spectators”; and “the collegium system has failed.

Bhagwat Fails to Whitewash RSS…Again

RSS sarsanghchalak (supremo) Mohan Bhagwat’s periodic attempts to portray the RSS ideology – and its brand of fanatic Hindutva – as mellow, tolerant, and inclusive are becoming more and more pathetic and meaningless. Nobody believes these sermons, not even their own khaki clad cadres. The most recent instance of Bhagwat’s reflections was in New York, USA, where he declared, “If any Hindu thinks that there should be no Muslim in Bharat (India), he will not remain Hindu.”

Bank Loot as 'Haircuts': The Grand Feast IBC Offers Corporates

Under the guise of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), a massive financial loot is underway surrendering public wealth and the hard-earned savings of ordinary citizens to large corporations. The unbelievable settlement that financial institutions were prepared to grant Subhash Chandra, founder of the Essel/Zee Group and former Rajya Sabha MP, lays bare the true face of this daylight robbery.

SUBHASH CHANDRA’S NEAR-TOTAL HAIRCUT

Atmanirbhar Loot and Plunder

PAY just three paise for every hundred rupees you owe. That’s the National Company Law Tribunal’s order on Subhash Chandra in a nutshell. On August 25, 2026, the NCLT approved a plan under which the founder of Essel Group and Zee, will have to pay just Rs 6.25 crore to settle admitted claims of Rs 22,006.57 crore. A ‘haircut’ of 99.97 per cent.

Lordships Infringe Workers Rights

ONE A Rajappa and other workers who were employed by Bangalore Water Supply & Sewage Board (BWSSB) were imposed penalty on a disciplinary issue in 1972. The Industrial Disputes Act 1947 (ID Act) Section 33(C)(2) entitled workers to seek justice against the arbitrary action of imposition and deduction of penalty by the employer.

How JNU Faculty Was Taken Over by RSS-BJP

A recent report by the Reporters’ Collective (RC) drew widespread public attention to anomalies in faculty recruitment in Jawaharlal Nehru University, considered one of India’s best public universities, especially for postgraduate studies and research. The RC expose detailed seven instances where the recruitment process was marked by gross and deliberate violation of the rules. The real story, however, is neither limited to these seven cases, nor about them specifically.

Withdraw the proposed UPI Charges

The Modi government’s move to impose charges on UPI (Unified Payments Interface) transactions is an attack on ordinary people. On August 6, the government passed the bill in the Lok Sabha to allow charges on payments made through UPI apps.

This bill was passed without hearing the views of the opposition and without any debate. It was pushed through by voice vote in an authoritarian manner. Through this amendment, the government is punishing ordinary people by collecting charges from them and handing over the benefits to corporates.

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