Eyezine is officially shutting down today, almost five years since it began in the winter of 2013. We started in a small room in Calcutta, with the willingness to pursue truth-telling of hyperlocal issues being…
On the evening of 8th November 2016, Indian PM Narendra Modi declared that from midnight onwards, denominations of Rs. 500 and 1000 would cease to be legal tender, as a measure to curb…
BJP came to power riding on the crest of a pro-Hindu wave, and resurgence of nationalist sentiment, mixed with anti-immigrant rhetoric. It seems that Brexit has unleashed a monster. And…
Back in 2014, Narendra Modi’s slogan in his ultimately successful campaign for the prime ministership of India was Achhe Din Aane Wale Hain (Good Days Are Coming.) His party—the right-wing…
Like Beethoven's ‘Ode to Joy’, JNU celebrates the culture of dissent and intellectual freedom Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies poses a dilemma, which is a strategic obsession with hate speech…
Almost a thousand students marched on the Jadavpur University campus today, condemning Hindutva crackdown at JNU and the arrest of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been sentenced to judicial…
In a clear capitulation to the nuclear vendors’ interests, the Modi government has ratified the Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC). We strongly oppose this move taken under the US pressure.…
Adivasi activist Soni Sori received an official death threat from Bastar police on 4th February: "Soni Sori, should you dare to step into Bijapur, we will kill you, we will…
1 February 2016: Students, workers, social and political activists held a protest rally today from Rani Bagh in Byculla towards the Vidhan Sabha under the banner of "Justice for Rohit…
On January 8, 2016, a Joint Press Conference of several organizations affiliated to the left was organized at 2 pm to protest the Delhi University’s permission to host a seminar…
With sanitation and hygiene being widely discussed subjects at present, there is an increase in public awareness of the connection between sanitation, hygiene and health. It has been well known…
Today a heat wave pervaded Twitter as Arvind Kejriwal (the Chief Minister of Delhi) tweeted at around 10 am that his office was being raided by CBI. Calling this a…
Following is the letter written by Admiral Ramdas to Shinzo Abe and Modi against the India-Japan Nuke Deal. __________________________________________________________________________ Admiral.L.Ramdas (retd) PVSM AVSM VrC VSM Village Bhaimala, Former Chief of…
The artist, Ali Saffudin writes on his Facebook page: "Our land has a history of being ruled by tyrants and hypocritical regimes, but we Kashmiris have always voiced our opinion against…
Following is the press release from the 24 artists who have returned their National Awards today to protest the 'increasing climate of intolerance' in the country, thus joining the nation-wide…
The recent incident of a man in Dadri, UP, being lynched and killed on suspicion of eating beef, has sent ripples through the country. For me, it caused a sharp…
Today India is the largest exporter of beef in the world. But not the holy, white kind--rather, the not-so-holy kind: carabeef, or water buffalo meat. Last year India pushed Brazil…
Mumbai: "A risk to national security", that's how activist Teesta Setalvad is described by the CBI. Bombay High Court on Tuesday rejected CBI's appeal for custodial interrogation of Teesta Setalvad and…
