Thackeray brothers reunite after two decades.
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Priyanka Tupe is Assistant Editor at Outlook. She is based in Mumbai and covers politics, culture and human rights in western India.
Estranged cousins likely to make big announcement on December 24th
Meanwhile, MVA faces a massive defeat, and Congress appears to have been revived in Vidarbha.
Maharashtra 2025 local body elections have been marked by high-stakes political maneuvering, poaching of leaders, and intense grassroots contests. BJP-led Mahayuti shows strong gains, while MVA and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shivsena (UBT) face challenges amid evolving alliances. Controversial seats, communal narratives, and linguistic politics have dominated the electoral backdrop ahead of the crucial BMC polls.
The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)- VB- G RAM G bill replacing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has been widely criticised in and outside the parliament. Workers, activists and economists argue that the new bill is dismantling legal entitlements of India’s poor guaranteed under MGNREGA in 2005.
From Mumbai’s textile mills to today’s fragmented workplaces, Left trade unions in Maharashtra have shaped, lost, and are struggling to reclaim workers’ collective power. Rooted in militant mill-era organising, they faced a decisive rupture after the 1982 textile strike and the onset of liberalisation. Yet, through new alliances and contemporary labour struggles, Left unions continue to reinvent their relevance.
At a state-level conference organised by the Marathi Abhyas Kendra on 'deliberately shut government-run Marathi schools', a citizens protest march to the BMC headquarters on December 18, has been announced.
In this video, Outlook travelled to Periyar Thidal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to understand why and how self-Respect Marriages are still relevant in India. Why are self-respect marriages popular among younger generations? Reporter Priyanka Tupe met with some couples who have chosen self-respect marriages in their lives, and they share their journey. As part of Outlook’s Dravida issue, we have also written a long-form story on self-respect marriage and its social relevance.
Mumbai’s municipal Marathi-medium schools are facing widespread shutdowns, demolitions, and student displacement under the pretext of ‘dangerous’ buildings. Citizens and activists allege a nexus between the civic administration and builders, questioning the lack of transparency and the absence of elected representatives.
Millions of Indians are losing access to subsidised food grains as large-scale ration card deletions surge during the ongoing digitisation of the Public Distribution System. Behind the official claim of “rightful targeting” lies a growing trail of eKYC failures, technical glitches and outdated income norms pushing vulnerable households into deeper food insecurity.
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