India’s six-decades old Maoist movement surged in the first decade of the century, but entered a downward spiral thereafter
Hindutva wants the whole song, Islamists oppose it in its entirety; but Tagore looked beyond religion in national interest
The Maoist doctrine of agrarian armed struggle influenced sections of India’s Left since the 1940s and posed a major security threat to the State, only to crumble rather rapidly in 2025
Dravidianism developed as a challenge against the Aryan-supremacist and Hindu nationalist trends of India’s early nationalist movement. It continues to challenge Hindutva’s Vedic supremacist concepts
Hidma grew up at a time when Naxalites from Andhra were building their base in Bastar through a range of activities. He died in Andhra following a series of deaths and surrenders of the Andhra-origin leaders. End of a chapter?
The Left parties, which champion women’s representation and empowerment, fielded only one woman among their 33 candidates in the Bihar election
Left says the result mimics the 2010 trend despite changed ground reality.
Bihar, among the major Indian states with the worst sex ratios, recorded a higher polling rate among women over men since 2010. How are women placed in the Bihar electoral battle this time?
The Left parties, once influential and then marginal, are now a catalyst of Opposition unity in Bihar. Siwan shows how they have changed
Caste-based polarisation has intensified in recent months, says the CPI(ML)(Liberation) leader amidst Bihar assembly election campaign.
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