Thursday, February 19, 2026

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Politics of pleasure: Muslim “enjoyment” in the times of Hindutva

Ahnas Muhammed & Samra Iqbal The recent shutdown of the Sri MataVaishno Devi Medical Institute in Kashmir, after demands were made by the far-right...

Inside the sudden sealing of Masjid Colony in Delhi’s Okhla

On December 15, over 300 families in Masjid Colony, Okhla, found their homes sealed without notice, leaving children, women and the elderly stranded in winter. Authorities allegedly cut water and power amid a land dispute, with no rehabilitation, compensation or access to belongings or documents.
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“We even paid for coffin”: Family of Kashmiri labourer killed in Delhi blast awaits compensation

Ahsaan Ali & Urvat il Wuska A heavy silence hangs over the Sangoo household in Baba Nagri, a town in Kashmir's Ganderbal. Weeks after 28-year-old...

NHRC pulls up Haryana Police for failing to act in father’s acid attack, attempted murder of teen

Mouli Sharma & Vishnu Khanawalia The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a conditional summons to the Superintendent of Police (SP), Bhiwani, over the...
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Migration, caste reshaping Seemanchal’s politics

Jiyaul Haque & Asrarul Haque Jeelani As Bihar prepares for the assembly election, the state's northeastern region, Seemanchal, with its highly concentrated Muslim population,...

Countering propaganda against the ASHA workers’ struggle in Kerala: A rejoinder to the EPW article

This piece was written in response to a flagrant misrepresentation of the ASHA workers’ ongoing struggle in Kerala, by Binitha Thampi and Varsha Prasad, which appeared in the Economic and Political Weekly early this month, titled “Labouring on the Margins: ASHA Workers’ Protests in Kerala and Working-class Solidarities” (Oct.4, 2025, LX, 40, 13-17).
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