The Great Infrastructure Heist: Decoding the PPP Pipeline

The recent announcement by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Union Ministry of Finance, regarding the creation of a three-year Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project Pipeline involving 852 projects with a staggering capital outlay of over Rs 17 trillion for the period 2025-26 to 2027-28 is not merely a strategy for ‘infrastructure development.’ It is a calculated manoeuvre to facilitate the expropriation of public wealth and the primitive accumulation of capital by domestic and foreign monopolies at the expense of the working class and the national exchequer.

Some Aspects of the Indian Cultural Congress in Kochi

SECULAR and progressive cultural practitioners all over India today suffer from a sense of disconnect. There had been all-India organizations in the past like the Progressive Writers’ and Artists’ Association and the IPTA which had offered to some extent a platform where such cultural practitioners could come together and exchange their views on the evolving context of their creative practice.

Disability, Dissent and the Unjust Prison Regime

THERE was an ominous similarity between the incarceration of Antonio Gramsci and Prof. GN Saibaba. Both were inconvenient disabled intellectuals for the regimes of their times.

An Injustice Strengthened by Political Silence

THE Supreme Court’s refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, while accepting the bail pleas of five other accused in the same case, is not merely a judicial order affecting two individuals. It marks a deeply troubling moment for constitutional democracy in India.

BJP-Corporate Onslaught on Sixth Schedule

After annexation of the Brahmaputra Valley in 1826, British colonialism gradually subjugated the contiguous hills and plains and brought them under the colonial province of Assam. The territory of the colonial province was substantially expanded to include the Cachar Plains in 1830, Khasi Hills in 1833, Jaintia Plains in 1835, areas under present Karbi Anglong and North Cachar in 1838 and 1854 respectively, Naga Hills during 1866-1904, Garo Hills in 1872-73 and Lushai Hills in 1890.

Labour Codes: Squeezing Wages to Raise Profits

On 21 November, 2025, the central government notified the four Labour Codes with the objective of bringing ‘flexibility’ into the world of labour. In response, workers and peasants across the country came out onto the streets, burned copies of the four Labour Codes; they have already started preparing for a General Strike.

Repeal of MGNREGA not a reform but a war on the poor

The BJP-led government has repealed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, and in its place, has pushed through Parliament a new Bill titled Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen). The government claims that this new law -- VB–G RAM (G) -- is part of its vision of Viksit Bharat.

Purna Swaraj, Communists and Hindutva Brigade

The adoption of the Purna Swaraj (complete independence) resolution by the Indian National Congress (INC) was a significant move in the saga of India's independence movement. At its forty-fourth session (December 26, 1929 – January 1, 1930), held in Lahore under the president ship of Jawaharlal Nehru, INC officially approved this resolution for the first time. On December 27, Gandhiji moved the resolution for complete independence at the Subject Committee meeting.

The RSS Network Exposed

For the first time, researchers have collected evidence to put together a picture of the shadowy network of organisations that are connected to the RSS – and the result is disturbing. They unearthed a network of 2500 organisations, that draw ideological, organisational and often financial sustenance from the Sangh. Of these 2500 organisations, 2240 are based in India while the rest are spread over 39 countries. They also developed a mapping of how these outfits are linked to each other, revealing the multi-layered connections to the parent RSS.

Looking Back at 2025, Preparing for the Future

As does every year, 2025 also taught us some unforgettable lessons, posed some uncomfortable questions and gave us some memories to cherish. We lived through the war and the protests to stop the war; we saw attempts to sabotage hard-won rights and also resistance against such attempts. People made their choices that made us sit, think, analyse and learn lessons. Overall, it is yet another year that marched into history, pushing us to search for a better future.

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