Counterview

By Bharat Dogra  Deepavali, the festival of lights, is a time for wishing for and seeking the prosperity and well-being of all people. While we seek the well-being of all, our particular concern should be for those who are unable to meet their basic needs. Perhaps the best way of celebrating Deepavali is to light a lamp for them too, by assisting those in need in whatever way we can, to the best of one's ability.

By Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan   For months, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been defended in part as a national security measure. Union Home Minister Amit Shah described the government's approach in October 2025 as "Detect, Delete and Deport." In Parliament in December 2025, he argued that infiltrators must not be allowed to influence who becomes Prime Minister or Chief Minister. Data now emerging from the states shows how much of the exercise's outcome can actually be measured.

By A Representative   In a significant development that raises serious questions about the integrity of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Delhi, prominent civil society petitioners Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri have written an urgent letter to the Chief Election Commissioner and the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi , demanding an immediate investigation into allegations of widespread forgery and identity fraud involving Form 7 deletion applications in the Mustafabad constituency .

By Vikas Meshram*  When discussing India’s development over the past two decades, one triumphant number dominates the narrative: the hundreds of millions of people who have escaped poverty. This achievement is real, and its importance cannot be understated. Yet, no single metric tells the whole truth. A decline in poverty and a narrowing of the economic gap are two entirely different things. A country’s population below the poverty line can shrink dramatically even as the wealth of those at the top accelerates. The World Bank ’s October 2026 Poverty and Equity Report highlights precisely this duality, forcing a critical question: should we be celebrating, or worrying?

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak*  Anti-migrant politics has become a permanent feature of public life in a divided United Kingdom—divided by gender, class, sexuality, race, region, religion and ethnicity. All mainstream political forces participate in migrant-bashing in different forms and at different levels, as if migrants had created every challenge facing society, the economy and culture. Classism and racism are the twin pillars of migration policy, and this is the ideological foundation of most mainstream political formations. 

By Harsh Thakor*  Elke Sommer, the German actress and painter who became one of the most recognizable European stars to cross into Hollywood in the 1960s, died on October 28, 2026 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 85.

Counterview News   A new study published in the "Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres" reveals that global potential productivity loss from humid heat stress has increased abruptly since the mid-1980s, with India contributing to over half of this total global increase. 

By Raj Kumar Sinha*  The city is suffocating in the name of development, a bitter reality that defines modern urbanization. In our relentless race toward modernity, we are erecting concrete jungles while losing the very open air we need to breathe. Lush green spaces and trees are being felled to make way for high-rises and malls.

By Dr. Palash Bhattad   Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) carries a promise it has yet to fully fulfil. Its distribution resembles a pattern familiar from economics and sociology: the Matthew effect, where existing advantages reinforce themselves rather than diffuse. Regions that already possess greater industrial and institutional capacity may be better positioned to attract resources intended to address developmental disparities.