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 Sanjay Parate Coal mining in Chhattisgarh is a living example of how corporates are looting natural resources and flourishing in crony capitalism. Parsa Kete Mines are located in Hasdeo Aranya area on the border of Surguja-Korba district, which has...

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 Ram Puniyani In the recently held elections, MCD, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, BJP came with thumping majority in Gujarat, while losing badly in MCD to AAP and Himachal to Congress. In Himachal though the total votes polled by Congress...

New Delhi : The number of Indians renouncing citizenship has gone up significantly in the last few years. The number of Indians who renounced their citizenship was 1,33,049 in 2017, and five years later till October 31, this year a...

By The Scribe BJP leader Chandrasinh Roulji, who was involved in the decision to release rapists and murderers in the Bilkis Bano case and described him as a "civilised Brahmin", won the Gujarat election. He is a six-time MLA from...

By The Scribe Staff Over 2,900 incidences of rioting or violence between religious communities were filed in India between 2017 and 2021, according to the Indian government's data from the National Crime Records Bureau, which was cited by Minister of...

By Haider Abbas Mianpuri parliamentary is going to polls on December 5 along with Khatauli and Rampur Assembly seats in UP. This elections in Mainpuri were necessitated due to the demise of the founder of Samajwadi Party (SP) Mulayam Singh...