Counterview

By Ram Puniyani   In a recent article published in Scroll, titled “The Gandhi Family Has Helped Modi to Consolidate His Power,” noted historian Ramachandra Guha offers what I consider a rather superficial explanation for the rise and consolidation of the power of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP over the last decade.

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak  On May 15, 2026, Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant reportedly referred to unemployed people, youth, activists, and journalists as "cockroaches" and "parasites." Whether or not the remarks were made in a specific context, the controversy they generated has exposed deeper questions about social attitudes, institutional biases, and the functioning of justice in India.

By Adnan Asrar*  An Open Letter to CM Vijay from a Teacher in Delhi Dear Vijay, I hope you are doing well. Congratulations on achieving what many thought was impossible. I am sure you must be receiving many letters these days, and I am not the only one troubling you with my words. Kindly be patient—every time a new entrant comes into politics, we begin to think that a messiah has arrived who will address all that ails us.

By Bharat Dogra   More than five centuries after his lifetime, Sant Kabir continues to live in the hearts and minds of millions. He remains one of India's most widely quoted poets, a fearless social reformer, a people's philosopher, and a symbol of moral courage. His verses continue to resonate because they address timeless questions of truth, justice, compassion, and the meaning of a good life.

By A Representative   In an urgent and unprecedented joint statement, more than 140 prominent Indians—including former union ministers, retired civil servants, artists, scientists, and activists—have warned that the country stands on the “verge of a fratricide” unless citizens break their silence over what they call a complete breakdown of the rule of law in West Bengal.

By Devidas Tuljapurkar  The documentary film " The Great Indian Illusion " by the young and promising filmmaker Varun Sukhraj arrives at a critical historical moment. The Indian banking sector is increasingly being projected as a spectacular success story through carefully curated balance-sheet figures, rising profits, and declining non-performing assets (NPAs). Yet beneath this glossy narrative lies a far more disturbing reality of deepening inequalities, growing corporate concentration, privatisation pressures, and the systematic marginalisation of ordinary bank employees, rural customers, and small borrowers. The film deserves appreciation because it courageously attempts to dismantle this manufactured narrative and bring before the public the structural contradictions of India's neoliberal banking model .