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Artwork by Govit Morajkar

Fully-Loaded Magazine: 30 years of Irreverence

BY Indranil Roy

The Goa Inquisition – A Forgotten Episode

The Goa Inquisition – A Forgotten Episode

BY Puneet Kundal

File photo : Each time they tore me apart, my friends and family would stitch me back into one piece. They would do this many times over. They never let me crack. It shouldn’t be this way. But we, the women, are battle-hardened.

To Men Who Write Women Off

BY Chinki Sinha

Tense Times: Mobs went on the rampage in Gujarat after 59 people, most of whom were Hindu kar sevaks, were burnt alive on board the Sabarmati Express near Godhra railway station on February 27, 2002

The ‘Othering’: How Majoritarian Politics Redefined Belonging in India

BY Outlook Bureau

- : Arguing that existing legal provisions are inadequate to address the scale and intensity of contemporary hate campaigns, the government said a dedicated law was necessary to curb speech and acts that target individuals and communities based on religion, caste, language, gender, or other protected identities.

Policing Hate, Redefining Speech: Karnataka’s Contested New Law

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

IMAGO / Zuma Press Wire : A view of Jhelum River on a cold winter morning in Samboora, a village in Pulwama, south of the capital city Srinagar, Kashmir. The Kashmir Valley is facing an 86% rainfall deficit due to a prolonged dry spell, causing water levels to decline across its rivers and tributaries and raising concerns over forest fires, as surface heating, dry vegetation and depleted soil moisture.

Climate Change Concerns Return Due To Dry Spell In Kashmir

BY Ishfaq Naseem

Photo by Sanchit Khanna Hindustan Times/IMAGO : Shaista, daughter of Mohammad Akhlaq Saifi during a protest by AIDWA to get judgment in favor of the families of the victims of mob lynching at Jantar Mantar on September 27, 2018 in New Delhi, India.

Withdrawal Of Murder Charges Can Lead To More Lynchings: Akhlaq’s Family To Court

BY Mohammad Ali

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IMAGO / Capital Pictures : Epstein photo release by House Oversight Committee Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and a woman speaking at an undated event

Epstein Files: What We Know So Far

BY Anwiti Singh

THIRD PARTY IMAGE; SCREENGRAB VIA SANSAD TV : Opposition MPs protest in the well as Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (unseen) speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament

Winter Session Ends In Noise, Laws And Silence On Pollution

BY Ashlin Mathew

Outlook India : Outlook's 100-page special 30th anniversary issue

30 Years Of Irreverence

BY Outlook News Desk

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From Buses To Streets: Kerala’s Quiet Revolt After The Dileep Verdict

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

IMAGO : But beneath the bill which favours inclusion, protection and introduction of new entities in the industry lies a more complicated reality.

New Insurance Bill: All For Insurance Companies, Not For The Masses

BY Jinit Parmar

Manpreet Romana : The new Bill converts a rights-based entitlement, where funding must follow demand, into a capped budgetary programme limited by a pre-determined financial ceiling, that is operational only in specific areas.

MGNREGA To VB–G RAM G: Dilution Of Rural Job Guarantee

BY Ashlin Mathew

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Himachal Feels The Heat As “Warm Winters” Affect Crop Production

BY Ashwani Sharma

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PTI : Omar Abdullah In Srinagar

Vande Mataram Row: Kashmiri Leaders At Odds With Centre’s Views On Nationalism

BY Ishfaq Naseem

IMAGO / ANI News : Opposition MPs protest over the MGNREGA being replaced by the VB-G RAM-G bill at the Parliament premises.

Why The 'VB G RAM G' Bill Is Being Seen As The Death Of MGNREGA?

BY Priyanka Tupe

Labani Jangi : The last two decades have revealed that images no longer merely document events; they actively produce political meaning.

Images Against Darkness: 100 Years Of The Indian Communist Movement And The Culture Of Rebellion, In Photos

BY Labani Jangi

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The Insurance Bill: Beyond the Surface Rhetoric

BY Anand Teltumbde

Tribhuvan Tiwari : Workers under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme at Baran district, Rajasthan, India on 22nd February 2014.

Why A Scheme Modi Called a ‘Monument of Congress Failure’ Is Now Being Replaced

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

IMAGO / Hindustan Times : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary holding review meeting of paddy procurement at Samwad on December 5, 2025 in Patna, India.

Nitish Kumar, JDU, And The Uncertain Politics Of Post-Nitish Bihar

BY Md Asghar Khan

X : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at the winter Legislative Assembly session.

Is Himachal’s Land Law Relaxation Doing Away With Key Legal Safeguards?

BY Ashwani Sharma

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Dinesh Parab|Outlook : Thousands of workers and trade union leaders gathered at Adarsh Vidyalaya in Mumbai from December 5 to 7 for the CITU Maharashtra state conference, where participants resolved to oppose the newly enforced labour codes.

Rise, Fall And The Revival Of Left Trade Unions In Maharashtra

BY Priyanka Tupe

| Courtesy: Seagull books : Artwork by Somenath Hore

Minimum Marxism: Reclaiming Class Politics

BY Tanvir Aeijaz

| Courtesy: Vadehra Art Gallery : Marx Archive, 2018: Artwork by K. M. Madhusudhanan

Left-Brahmin, Right-Bahujan And Caste Of Ideologies

BY Ajay Gudavarthy

IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire : CPM Politburo member and Indian lawmaker BRINDA KARAT addresses striking airport workers at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi

100 Years Of India's Trade Union Movement: History, Politics And The Future

BY Kali Chittibabu

Outlook Jan 14, 2013 Cover

13 Years After Nirbhaya, Has Anything Changed?

Times Literary Supplement :
Congress general secretary and communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh shared the government’s reply on social media, claiming it had exposed the truth and asking whether an apology would now follow.

No Nehru Files Missing At PMML, Says Centre In Lok Sabha; Congress Demands Apology

BY Ashlin Mathew

PTI : Thiruvananthapuram: NDA's winning candidates of the recent Kerala local body elections greets people during a roadshow, in Thiruvananthapuram

Are The Stories Of The BJP’s Rise In Kerala Real, Or Perceived?

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

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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

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