Noida to Faridabad workers’ unrest: India’s wage protests collide with global war economy
The Noida Faridabad labour unrest, triggered by a wage dispute in NCR, has rapidly escalated into a wider confrontation between…
Insightful and immersive human-interest stories, mostly long-form narratives, on the society of the east.
India’s labour laws collide with trade union anger in new trade deals
India's trade union leaders oppose the US trade deal terms while calling the EU's FTA labour rights clause hogwash.
Union forces government to retreat on increasing working hours for IT/ITeS sector
KITU claims victory in forcing the Karnataka government in India to retreat on the proposal to increase the working hours…
KITU calls TCS’s layoff decision ‘illegal’, seeks govt intervention
KITU has asked the workers not to panic and not to resign under any type of pressure.
KITU protests Karnataka’s move to extend tech sector’s working hours
KITU alleges the Congress government is helping corporates to axe more tech workers by running two 12-hour shifts than three…
International Labour Day in Palestine: The workers’ struggle at the heart of resistance
Amid Israel's aggression on Gaza, the left-wing Palestinian resistance group PFLP called for workers' solidarity on International Labour Day in…
Women’s Day: Corporate melodrama vs Palestine’s resilience
The International Working Women's Day has been turned into a capitalist celebration, a reason why there has been no discussion…
The politics of RG Kar Medical College rape and murder
The RG Kar Medical College rape and murder sparks a nationwide outcry, yet other alarming cases are overshadowed. How does…
Fault lines: How Islamophobia infects Kolkata’s Bhadralok
Understanding how Islamophobia has been spread among Kolkata's Bengali Bhadralok community over decades, which bolstered the Hindutva camp in West…
Babri Masjid demolition: The façade of secularism was destroyed even by the ‘secular’ lobby
The Babri Masjid demolition may be a blot for many in India and the secular camp may lament it, however,…
