Opinion

প্রসঙ্গ বইমেলা: ইজরায়েল এবং বামপন্থা

✍️ শ্রী সন্দীপ মুখোপাধ্যায়  কলকাতা আন্তর্জাতিক বইমেলার ইতিহাসে থিম নির্বাচন কোনোদিনই শুধুমাত্র সাহিত্যের মধ্যে সীমাবদ্ধ ছিল না, এটি সবসময়ই ছিল একটি রাজনৈতিক, সাংস্কৃতিক এবং কূটনৈতিক বার্তা। ১৯৯১ সাল থেকে থিমের প্রথা শুরু হওয়ার পর আমরা দেখেছি কীভাবে বিভিন্ন মতাদর্শের দেশকে সম্মান জানানো হয়েছে। ২০০৩ সালে যখন থিম ছিল কিউবা, তখন কেউ প্রশ্ন তোলেনি যে কিউবা …

The Ajeet Bharti FIR: When Offensive Speech Becomes a Pretext for Settling Political And Ideological Scores, Damaging The Very Social Unity It Claims to Protect

The FIR against commentator Ajeet Bharti deserves scrutiny because criminal law must never become a weapon for settling political and ideological battles. Registered at Delhi’s North Avenue Police Station on August 23, the case invokes provisions of the SC/ST Act, the Information Technology Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita over remarks allegedly made during Bharti’s …

MEGHALAYA: HOW IDENTITY POLITICS, RESERVATION AND CHURCH INFLUENCE TURNED A MODEL OF INDIGENOUS PROTECTION INTO A WARNING TALE

65,000 HINDUS DISPLACED AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NON-TRIBAL CITIZENS FACING SYSTEMIC ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION 1. Violence, Identity Politics and the Normalisation of Exclusion  The latest violence directed against ethnic Assamese and Bengali residents and workers in Shillong on 19 August, following a rally organised by the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), marks another grave …

Government Finally Moves to Enforce the Rule of Law on Kuki Terrorists Under the SoO Agreement After Three Years of Violence and 160 Lives Lost, But This Warning Too Will Remain an Empty Threat Unless the Structural Failures Behind Years of Impunity Are Fixed

The 7th August letter from N. Ashok Kumar, Chairman of the Joint Monitoring Group, the tripartite mechanism responsible for supervising and enforcing the ground rules of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement, finally delivers a stern written warning to Kuki terrorist groups operating under the arrangement that is available on public domain. The message acknowledges …

গণতন্ত্রে নির্বাচিত সরকারকে অস্বীকার করে যেকোন আন্দোলন অশনি সঙ্কেত

© শ্রী রঞ্জন কুমার দে  জেনজির হাত ধরে একটি নির্বাচিত সরকারকে উপড়ে ফেলে শর্টকাটে বিরোধী শক্তি অকালে ক্ষমতার স্বাদ নিতে চেয়েছিলো।সরকারকে নাস্তানুবাদ করতে বিরোধীরা যখন অপ্রাসঙ্গিক, একের পর এক রাজ্য কংগ্রেস সহ আঞ্চলিক রাজনৈতিক দলগুলোর হাতছাড়া হচ্ছে তখন কেন্দ্র সরকারকে বিঁধতে পেছনের দরজা দিয়ে ছাত্রসমাজকে উস্কানি দেওয়া হচ্ছিলো। বিদেশের মাটি থেকে বেশ কিছুদিন যাবৎ কিছু …

PM Tarique Rahman Silently Enjoying: Growing Anti-Hindu Violence In Bangladesh And India’s Strategic Dilemma

✍️ Arun Anand  Violence against religious and ethnic minorities in Bangladesh has continued well beyond the 2025–2026 political transition, indicating that the issue is no longer linked only to electoral unrest or temporary instability. The central concern is no longer simply that minorities are being attacked. The concern is that the attacks continue without sufficient …

A Soldier Returns to his Homeland in Crisis : Lt. Gen (Retd.) L. Nishikanta Singh and the Struggle to Rebuild State Authority in Manipur

When a state is scarred by violence, institutional mistrust and the proliferation of arms, governments often turn to figures who embody discipline, credibility, and strategic clarity. That is the context in which L. Nishikanta Singh has been appointed Advisor (Coordination) to the Chief Minister of Manipur. A retired Lieutenant General of the Indian Army’s Intelligence Corps, Singh is …

Why All Political Parties Play Caste Chess and How General Caste Indians End Up as Residual Citizens

In India’s caste-saturated democracy, communities classified as Savarna or General Caste occupy an increasingly anomalous position: they carry numbers, fiscal responsibility, and institutional expectations — without any durable form of political protection. The General Caste voter has become the silent underwriter of a system that no longer even pretends to reward merit, economic vulnerability, or national cohesion. What we …

Inclusive Optics, Hollow Power: The Narrow Possibilities and Hard Limits of State Governance in Manipur

The recent reconfiguration of Manipur’s political leadership has been presented by the Central Government as an exercise in inclusiveness as well as an attempt to restore balance, calm, and administrative credibility in a state devastated by nearly two years of ethnic violence and mass displacement. On the surface, the appointments appear carefully calibrated with a …

Defending the Indefensible: Why Justifications of the UGC Equity Regulations by Politicians like Nishikant Dubey Are Failing

At a time when anger among general category (GC) communities is palpable, it is striking that several BJP leaders — instead of engaging with legitimate concerns — are choosing to defend the University Grants Commission’s Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026 with arguments that collapse under basic constitutional scrutiny. The most prominent of these …