Opinion

By Ram Puniyani Junaid and Nasir set out on 16th February 2023 to meet some relatives. They were subjected to brutal violence at the hands of ‘cow protection’ groups. These groups are operating in Haryana and nearby areas with great impunity....

By Harsh Thakor On February 27th it was the 90th anniversary of the fall of the Reichstag, which paved the path to the complete monopoly of German fascism, giving bourgeois democracy a shattering blow. Ninety years ago, on January 30,...

By Harsh Thakor Professor Joma Sison expired in the night of December 16th. Joma died peacefully after a period of confinement in a hospital in Utrecht, The Netherlands last night at around 8:40 p.m. (Philippine time). He was 83.An irreparable...

By Prof Shamsul Islam The following quote is from the first paragraph of Lenin’s great work; The State and Revolution: The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution (1917) underlining a cardinal truth;...

By Haider Abbas FIFA world cup rendezvous has ended in Qatar. Argentina drubbed France in the finals 4-2 in a nail-biting penalty shootout, but what is important is the way Argentina used the forum in context to its  ‘geo-politics’ as...

By Asad Mirza @AsadMirzaND After Germany, Japan becomes the second country to overhaul its military in the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war and increasing Chinese belligerence. It seems as if the Russia-Ukraine indirectly and the Chinese belligerence in the region directly has...

By Paul Marshall INDIA is the world’s largest democracy, and its constitution enshrines secularism, but leaders in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party espouse an ideology called “Hindutva” — loosely translated “Hinduness” but often called “Hindu nationalism.” The party is linked...

By Dipankar Bhattacharya More and more people in India and concerned observers of the Indian political scene from across the world increasingly agree that parliamentary democracy in India is faced with a real and growing threat of a complete fascist...

By Sufi Roshan “Fascism is a plague and there are symptoms. So, I think it is important to tip off about that.” these are the words of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. It is important to note things from...

By Asif Ullah Khan For we lived so well so long Still, when I think of the Road we're traveling on I wonder what's gone wrong I can't help it, I wonder what has gone wrong. Sitting in a lonely cell at the Kajang Prison...