West Bengal’s voter roll revision revives Matua fears of exclusion, weak documentation, and state neglect. Can democracy ...

DMK and AIADMK reject coalition rule as Congress and BJP seek Cabinet space ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu election.

Trump 2.0 strips away the rules-based order, exposing raw power politics. What Venezuela, China, and India reveal about ...

At a protest against the US after it imposed tariffs on Indian goods, in Kolkata on August 1, 2025. On February 2 this year, ...

The ‘sing something’ situation—once a plot device that yielded ironic, situational gems—is dead. In the age of performative ...

Rahul Gandhi’s aggressive Parliament strategy hasn’t translated into electoral gains. Can street mobilisation beat BJP narrative politics in 2026?

Analysis of the 2026 Bangladesh parliamentary election. The banned Awami League cedes ground to the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami amid a bundled referendum, political violence, and claims of electoral ...

A drone hovering over the village of Zehanpora in Baramulla district in north Kashmir gives a bird’s eye view of the landscape below. It shows a giant pile of rubble, shaded by a thicket of acacia and ...

Majumdar unpacks the moral slide of the denizens of this dystopian future. She also dwells on the decline of Kolkata itself.

Proving shelter and protection to Sheikh Hasina is our bounden duty. But needlessly alienating a majority of Bangladeshis is ...

India claims caste doesn’t exist in universities, yet 98 student deaths and rising discrimination complaints tell another ...

Ajit Pawar’s death exposes how cooperatives, capital, and caste power shaped Maharashtra politics. As alliances shift, who ...