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Welfare, votes and fiscal discipline: Lessons from Maharashtra's Ladki Bahin scheme

By Mohd Ziyauallah Khan   The Comptroller and Auditor General of India 's (CAG) latest audit of Maharashtra 's finances has raised important questions about the fiscal management and implementation of the BJP-led state's flagship Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana . While the scheme has been projected as a landmark initiative to empower women through direct financial assistance, the audit presents a more complex picture—one that invites scrutiny of financial discipline , transparency , and the state's long-term development priorities .
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Liberate education from corporate chains, demand protesters on Quit India Day

By A Representative   On the 84th anniversary of the Quit India Movement, the Youth Socialist Initiative (YSI) staged a mass public rally at Jantar Mantar on July 19, issuing a sharp indictment of what they term the "merchants of education" and demanding a complete reversal of the privatization, commercialization, and globalization of India’s educational system.
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Protest ends, but the questions over the Ken-Betwa Link Project remain

By Bharat Dogra   On July 19, police dispersed a peaceful protest against the Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district. The movement's leader, Amit Bhatnagar, who had been on an indefinite fast for nearly two weeks, was taken to hospital. According to "The Tribune" (July 20), he announced soon after his admission that he would continue his fast.
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Throwaway culture, throwaway people: Who cares for the elderly?

By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ  The proverb “Old is gold” has stood the test of time—and for good reason. It speaks of enduring value, accumulated wisdom, and the irreplaceable quality of things that have weathered the years. Whether we think of cherished traditions, vintage treasures, or timeless music, there is an authenticity in the old that the new often cannot replicate.
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Unmasking digital monopolistic companies' ideological-political project

By Rezgar Akrawi   When Vladimir Lenin wrote about imperialism and considered it the highest stage of capitalism, he was tracking the moment capital shifted from the space of free competition into the world of monopoly, where banks merged with industry, the state turned into a direct instrument serving finance capital, and the world was redivided by force among the great monopolistic blocs. 
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Imposed by the US, Asia sits at the heart of a New Cold War

By Balram Banskota, Jeong-eun Hwang   On 4 March 2026, a US military vessel torpedoed and sunk the unarmed Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka. The illegal strike killed over 80 and injured over 30 Iranian sailors, who were returning home after participating in the Indian Navy's flagship biennial multilateral naval drill, Exercise MILAN, and the International Fleet Review, in Visakhapatnam.
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Hands Off Asia meet: 'No dollar dependence, no IMF conditionalities, no sanctions'

By Harleen Kaur  Four years ago, Colombo was the world’s cautionary tale. A sovereign default, fuel queues that stretched for kilometres, a presidential palace occupied by its own citizens. This week, the same city is hosting trade unionists, party cadre, scholars, and ministers from across Asia, from Nepal to the Philippines and from Iran to Indonesia. They have gathered under a banner that would have sounded utopian in 2022: Hands Off Asia.
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