Cover Stories

Martyrs' Day and the Politics of Forgetting

Martyrs' Day still remains a checkpoint - against distortion - against denial - against the steady narrowing of India's moral horizon.

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
02 Feb 2026

Seventy-Eighth Martyrdom Day of Father of the Nation

On Gandhi's martyrdom day, his ideals are under assault. Hindutva propaganda distorts history, vilifies Gandhi, and sanitises his assassin to hollow out liberty, equality and fraternity. Sabotaging Ga

Ram Puniyani Ram Puniyani
02 Feb 2026

Articles

Sudden Death!!!!!

Robert Clements Robert Clements
02 Feb 2026

India's "steel frame" had long rusted into a rigid Babu raj—colonial in instinct, beholden to its master, rule-obsessed, and distant from citizens. Red tape has always trumped service, accountability

Pachu Menon Pachu Menon
02 Feb 2026

Dalit - Bahujan Poems (Series)

Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla
02 Feb 2026

India's labour market mirrors the ILO's warning in its latest report. Unemployment may look stable, but the work is informal, insecure and poor. Demography creates jobs, not dignity. Youth, women and

Jose Vattakuzhy Jose Vattakuzhy
02 Feb 2026

By staying the UGC's Equity Regulations, the Supreme Court has frozen one of the few institutional checks on caste discrimination in higher education. In the name of social harmony, ground realities w

Joseph Maliakan Joseph Maliakan
02 Feb 2026

After Christmas 2025 saw Christians "lynched" across India, Parliament's silence on escalating attacks against Christians is deafening. The violence is in plain view, yet scrutiny is procedural and ev

John Dayal John Dayal
02 Feb 2026

Kerala's social harmony and democratic culture are ill-served by the BJP's entry tactics: communal polarisation, social media fearmongering, symbolic awards, and cynical alliances. Wherever this model

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
02 Feb 2026

On Republic Day, a district magistrate banned meat in the tribal district of Koraput, mistaking personal belief for constitutional authority. Nowadays, even food has become nationalistic. Freedom has

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
02 Feb 2026

The Quit India campaign was ruthlessly crushed by the British Government, swiftly responding with mass detentions. Over 100,000 arrests were made, mass fines were levied, and demonstrators were subjec

G Ramachandram G Ramachandram
02 Feb 2026