Counterview

By A Representative   Amid the ongoing implementation of India's national Human Papillomavirus vaccination programme , a coalition of prominent public health and rights organisations has issued an urgent directive to the central and state governments, demanding a fundamental overhaul of the current immunization strategy. 

By A Representative   South Delhi ’s luxury housing market recorded strong price growth in the first quarter of 2026 despite a broader slowdown in the real estate sector, according to a report released by Golden Growth Fund (GGF). The report said luxury floor prices in South Delhi rose by up to 32 per cent year-on-year during the January–March quarter.

By Hassan El Biali*  When the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran on 28 February 2026, the immediate destruction was impossible to ignore. Nuclear facilities were struck, air defence systems dismantled, and diplomatic conventions pushed aside in favour of military escalation. Yet beyond the visible devastation lay another casualty whose consequences may endure far longer: India’s energy security . As the Strait of Hormuz moved to the centre of a widening regional conflict, New Delhi’s much-invoked doctrine of “ strategic autonomy ” appeared increasingly less like independent statecraft and more like calculated hesitation.

By Vikas Meshram*  India’s groundwater crisis is becoming more severe with each passing year, yet it has long remained neglected in public policy and governance. In January 2026, the National Green Tribunal expressed strong dissatisfaction with a report submitted by the Central Ground Water Authority . The report failed to provide key information sought by the tribunal, avoided explaining the criteria used for granting permissions for projects in groundwater-stressed regions , and remained vague on several regulatory issues. 

By Ravi Ranjan*  Savita Singh has emerged as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary Hindi poetry . Her work fuses women’s existence, the philosophy of time, and psychophysical sensations into a subtle yet powerful poetic language. In her verse, the woman is not merely a subject but the very foundation of creation, consciousness, and action.

By Harsh Thakor*  This year marks the 75th anniversary of the completion of a major work by an unwavering yet often overlooked exponent of Western Marxism, Alfred Sohn-Rethel, " Intellectual and Manual Labour: A Critique of Epistemology ". The German Marxist economist and philosopher died at the age of 91 in 1990, leaving behind a body of work that fused the deepest structures of capitalist exploitation with the rise of fascism .