Counterview

By A Representative   The All India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA), a constituent of the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), has urged the Union government to undertake a comprehensive review of the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the recently constituted High-Level Committee on Demographic Change, alleging that its mandate risks promoting social polarization rather than advancing an evidence-based understanding of India's demographic challenges.

By Raj Kumar Sinha*  West Asia stands at a historic crossroads. The recent diplomatic breakthrough between the United States and Iran, culminating in a 14-point peace agreement in June 2026, has the potential to reshape the region's political and security architecture. Yet this emerging framework of stability faces a formidable challenge from Israel's strategic concerns and the broader ideological vision often associated with the concept of "Greater Israel."

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak   British politics has become as unpredictable as the country’s weather, but history is no fickle witness. It records the actions, ideologies, and principles of those in public life, offering a sobering account for working people seeking to shape their own society. Despite reactionary propaganda, marginalisation, and exploitation, the working class has always charted the path of change. Today, however, kleptocratic democracy has gutted moral, ethical, and political values in Britain. The two main parties mirror one another, producing leaders like Andy Burnham, the thick-rimmed-glasses-wearing mayor of Greater Manchester, who is now tipped to replace Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister.

By Rezgar Akrawi   The battle for socialist liberation in the twenty-first century cannot be fought with the weapons of the last century. In an era in which algorithms hold sway, in which the influence of artificial intelligence over media, culture, education, and labor continues to expand, and in which economic policies and strategies are formulated on the basis of big data and algorithmic analysis, the left finds itself confronted with an existential question: how can movements that still organize themselves according to traditional logic confront a digital capitalism that has become technologically advanced to an unprecedented degree?

By Harsh Thakor*  Glenn McGrath is arguably the most intelligent and calculative bowler of all time, as well as the best ever fast-medium bowler. I cannot name a bowler with more control, higher consistency of length, or one who better mastered the weaknesses of prize opponents. McGrath was the ultimate personification of a computerised cricketing machine.

By Ravi Ranjan*  Savita Singh occupies a distinctive place in contemporary Hindi poetry through her intellectually rich and philosophically nuanced literary vision. Her poetic oeuvre reimagines the position of women beyond conventional social and cultural frameworks, opening possibilities for new modes of identity and existence. Among her many collections, the poem "This Water, a Blue Mirror" (yam pani nila darpana) stands as a remarkable achievement—a work that transforms water from a mere natural element into a multi-layered reality encompassing memory, consciousness, love, compassion, and the preservation of life itself.