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Indie Publishing In India: Pushing the Margins

| Photo: Imago : Flying High: Two Soviet soldiers plant a Soviet flag on top of the Reichstag building on May 2, 1945,
symbolising the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the Battle of Berlin

Red Star, Lode Star: Where Does The Left Stand With The Global Rise Of The Right

BY Brinda Karat

Illustration: Vikas Thakur

How A Recent SC Judgement Puts Indian Federalism At Stake

BY Anand Teltumbde

File photo : Encounter killings & demolition drives show how visibility and public approval have become tools of governance, turning coercion into performance rather than justice.

Sarajevo’s Sniper Tourism & Lynching Videos: Consuming Cruelty In India

BY Mohammad Ali

India Cuba: An elderly villager and member of indian communist party garlanding Che Guevara during his visit to a Community Project Area in Delhi, 1959

A Century of Red: The Indian Communist Movement

BY Atul Chandra

Illustration : IPTA

Art & Entertainment

The Golden Harvest: The Indelible Imprint Of IPTA On Indian Cinema

BY Apeksha Priyadarshini

IMAGO / NurPhoto : The data, released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in a parliamentary answer on Monday, further reported that the lowest unemployment rates are seen in Gujarat (2.2 per cent), Karnataka (2.8 per cent), West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh (both at 3.7 per cent).

Which State Has The Highest Unemployment Rate In India?

PTI : Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge speaks during a debate on Vande Mataram in the House at the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

Vande Mataram at 150: Fierce Political Battle Over The Past

BY Ashlin Mathew

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : The Old-world Charm: A CPI(M) comrade working at the party’s office in Kamarpurkar in Hoogly district of West Bengal

The Ruins Of An Idea: Capturing Shades Of The Left Across The Country

BY Outlook Bureau

IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire : Paramilitary soldiers patrol during a surprise security checking at Lal chowk in Srinagar.

Kashmir Hotels On Alert After Police File Cases For Failure To Report Foreign Tourists

BY Ishfaq Naseem

| Courtesy: DAG : Untitled Artwork by Chittaprosad

The Right In The Left: Lessons And Limits

BY Dipankar Bhattacharya

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Courtesy: CPI Archives : The Future... : Women participants at a ‘Mahila Atmaraksha Samiti’ work centre in West Bengal

Women Left Out: Gender At The Core

BY Saira Shah Halim

| Photo: Wikimedia Commons : Few and Far Between: (Left to right) Co-founder of the Communist Party of India Muzaffar Ahmed with Bankim Mukherjee, P.C. Joshi and Somnath Lahiri in 1937. There have been very few influential Muslims like Ahmed in the party’s top leadership

The Left And The Muslim Question

Saher Hiba : The protest sought to draw urgent attention to what organisers described as an ongoing humanitarian, constitutional and political crisis in Manipur.

‘Manipur Wants Peace’, Say Meitei Protesters At Jantar Mantar Over Ethnic Violence

BY Saher Hiba Khan

Tribhuvan Tiwari : One wanting to save his land for livelihood.

Guns, Power And The Adivasi Ideology

BY Milind Bhawar

PTI : BJP National President and Union Minister JP Nadda, in blue, during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the party's new state office, at Majthai, in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.

Nadda Accuses Himachal Congress Of Squandering Central Funds

BY Ashwani Sharma

Penguin : Cover of The Court of The Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro

Mythical Migrant Misfits: Review Of Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro's Court Of The Dead

Divija Bhasin

The ‘Proud R’ Debate: Who Gets To Reclaim A Slur?

BY Jagisha Arora

Leftword Publishing : Twenty-five years in, Leftword publishing continues printed dissent

Publishing Left in Right Wing India

BJP Poised to Rule Kerala’s Capital as Congress Registers Big Gains in Local Polls

BJP Poised to Rule Kerala’s Capital as Congress Registers Big Gains in Local Polls

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

IMAGO / Hindustan Times : Representational Image Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill

Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill: The Catastrophic Implications for Higher Education in India

BY Anand Teltumbde

HarperCollins India
: Cover of Lalgarh and the Legend of Kishanji: Tales from India’s Maoist Movement

India’s Maoist Movement: Chronicles Of A Fall Foreseen

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

IMAGO/ZUMA Press Wire : A Booth Level Officer (BLO) Re-verifying the voter card during the Special Revision (SR) of the electoral roll

Of Targets And Threats: How Jharkhand’s SIR Is Crushing BLOs

BY Md Asghar Khan

IMDB : Still from Neeraj Ghaywan's Homebound

Art & Entertainment

Unmuting Caste: Homebound And The Films That Refuse To Whisper Anymore

BY Zahoor Ahmad Mir

Hachette India
: The Langurs, by Anuradha Roy, from 'Called by the Hills'.

Lovesong And Lament: A Review Of Anuradha Roy's Called By the Hills

BY Vineetha Mokkil

Aleph :
The novel begins on a note of restlessness where the writer deliberately carves a distinct image of John K. and Asghar based on class.

All The World Is A Stage

REHMAT RAYATT : The BBC Proms, at the Royal Albert which stretch over 90 days usually feature at least one Indian artist of stature; sitarist Ustad Nishat Khan has been performing there since the 1980s

Culture & Society

Royal Albert Hall And The Connection With The Indian Sub-Continent

BY Shailaja Khanna

Cover of Clamour for a Handful of Rice by Sonnet Mondal

Witnessing In The Grain: The Urgency Of 'Clamour For A Handful Of Rice'

BY Sarita Jenamani

Special Arrangement : Ahead of Biennale 2025, Fort Kochi’s streets come alive with new murals and colours.

At Kochi Biennale, Art Slows Time

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

AP : Held in Belém, COP30 was expected to deliver the long-awaited global roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels.

Beyond COP30: Climate Action in the Subnational

BY Snehal Srivastava

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar poses for a group picture with Indian Foreign Service Officer Trainees of the 2025 batch

OBC Representation In IFS Doubles In A Decade

Source - CPI archives
: Khet majdoor demonstration in patna

Forgotten By The Left — How Muslim Organisers Built Labour Movements And Were Written Out

BY Mohammad Ali

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