By Jag Jivan   A public appeal by local advocate Kamlesh S. Madhiwala has drawn attention to a growing crisis in urban India’s smaller towns—the steady disappearance of accessible sports infrastructure and its ripple effects on children and youth.

By Ram Puniyani*  Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is the most popular king in Maharashtra. He is currently also being popularized in other parts of the country as a major Hindu nationalist icon. Controversies have surrounded him time and again. His popularity is not restricted to one section of society but cuts across different sections. His anniversary is celebrated with great enthusiasm all over the state, and powadas (folk songs) praising him are sung widely. The controversies surface because his interpretation by diverse sections of society varies greatly.

By A Representative   The civil rights network, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), has called for urgent nationwide resistance against what it describes as a steadily eroding labour rights framework in India. In a communication released on May 5, 2026, following observances of International Workers' Day, the network expressed solidarity with workers across sectors and regions, while sharply criticizing recent state actions against labour protests.

By A Representative   A fact-finding team that travelled across Odisha in early May 2026 has accused the state government of failing to protect the fundamental rights of Christian citizens, particularly among tribal and Dalit communities. 

By Mohd Ziyaullah Khan*  In a dramatic turn that has unsettled West Bengal's long-standing electoral patterns, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made significant gains — not just in its traditional pockets, but strikingly in Muslim-dominated districts that were once considered strongholds of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). For years, districts like Murshidabad , Malda , and Uttar Dinajpur formed the backbone of TMC's electoral dominance, largely due to the consolidation of minority votes. This time, however, a quiet but decisive shift occurred: that once-unified vote fractured, altering outcomes across dozens of constituencies. The electoral data underscores the scale of this shift. Across 43 assembly seats in these three districts, the BJP surged from just 8 seats in 2021 to 19, while the TMC's tally dropped from 35 to 22. The remaining seats were divided among Congress , CPI(M), and smaller regional players such as the Aam Janata Unnayan Party (A...

By Rajkumar Sinha*  For decades, West Bengal was governed by the Left Front under the leadership of Jyoti Basu and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, from 1977 to 2011. This uninterrupted 34-year rule left a deep imprint on the state’s political culture. During this long phase, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) remained virtually irrelevant in Bengal’s political landscape. The turning point came in 2011, when Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) came to power, bringing an end to Left rule. Over the next fifteen years, the TMC effectively decimated the Left parties, creating a political vacuum in the anti-TMC space. The BJP’s rise in Bengal is closely linked to its ability to fill this vacuum.