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Brinda Karat
The writer is a member of the CPM politburo and patron, AIDWA
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Brinda Karat writes: In his Independence Day speech, PM became PracharakSubscriber Only
August 15, 2025 18:56 IST
By raising bogey of 'ghuspetias' and praising RSS, the Prime Minister violated the trust he holds to protect constitutional values
Mon, Aug 18, 2025
Brinda Karat writes: Harassment of tribal youth, nuns raises urgent questions about minority rightsSubscriber Only
August 04, 2025 08:00 IST
Join the dots of what is happening across India. The horrific aggression and arrest of the nuns and Adivasi Christians is not an isolated incident.
Tue, Aug 05, 2025
Brinda Karat writes: From Barinda to Comrade Rita: Underground resistance during the EmergencySubscriber Only
June 26, 2025 06:42 IST
50 years later, however awful it was at the time — it was just a dress rehearsal for what is happening today
Thu, Jun 26, 2025
Brinda Karat writes: Our Constitution, besieged at 75Subscriber Only
November 26, 2024 04:45 IST
Those who take oath of office in its name are undermining its principles
Tue, Nov 26, 2024
Brinda Karat on electoral bonds data: Who pays, who winsSubscriber Only
March 23, 2024 08:00 IST
Unlike other parties, the CPI(M) did not open an electoral bond account with the SBI. It is this — opposition to the corrupt scheme in policy and practice — that established the bona fides of the CPI(M) as a petitioner and why its petition was accepted by the Supreme Court.
Sat, Mar 23, 2024
Brinda Karat writes: Mahua Moitra is a political opponent. As a woman, I stand with herSubscriber Only
December 09, 2023 13:51 IST
If we cannot unite as women to condemn what this government has done and the way it has behaved in this case, our silence will prove to be a fatal trap for generations of women after us, who have dreams of coming into public life
Sat, Dec 09, 2023
Brinda Karat writes: Salute the women who kept the Women’s Reservation Bill aliveSubscriber Only
September 19, 2023 19:16 IST
They overcame contempt, dismissive attitudes, barriers of entrenched patriarchal power in decision-making bodies and proved, in state after state, that women are no proxies
Wed, Sep 20, 2023
Brinda Karat writes: An Indian child must not remain with German authoritiesSubscriber Only
July 29, 2023 07:30 IST
Will the PM intervene to bring Ariha home? Despite two years of repeated requests by the MEA, even consular access has not been given to our embassy in Germany to meet the child.
Sat, Jul 29, 2023
CPM’s Brinda Karat writes: Opposition’s boycott of inauguration of new Parliament is a form of democratic protestSubscriber Only
May 26, 2023 16:10 IST
A parliamentary majority is being used as a bulldozer. Inauguration of the new Parliament building by the prime minister, instead of the president, shows disregard for constitutional propriety
Sat, May 27, 2023
Brinda Karat writes: Assam government’s strategy to curb child marriage is discriminatory, illegal, and is hurting women and childrenSubscriber Only
April 07, 2023 06:55 IST
Brinda Karat writes: Child marriage is a social evil which must be eradicated. The measures being adopted by the government will not achieve this goal
Fri, Apr 07, 2023
Attack on Christians in Chhattisgarh: A manufactured agendaSubscriber Only
February 11, 2023 07:40 IST
It has nothing to do with protecting Adivasi culture
Sat, Feb 11, 2023
Failure to act against hate speech at Centre and in states is the real ‘double engine effect’Subscriber Only
July 16, 2021 03:50 IST
Brinda Karat writes: A much more vigorous intervention for prevention of and punishment for hate speech is required from concerned citizens and political parties.
Fri, Jul 16, 2021
Hindutva’s history rewriteSubscriber Only
March 28, 2017 00:00 IST
Hindu right is pushing post-truth versions of culture, nationalism, freedom.
Tue, Mar 28, 2017
Khairlanji, then and nowSubscriber Only
September 29, 2016 00:00 IST
The state refused to admit that the murder of four members of a Dalit family in Maharashtra was a caste crime. Ten years later, the demand for a repeal of the legal protection for Dalits can be heard.
Thu, Sep 29, 2016
A letter from LateharSubscriber Only
April 05, 2016 00:03 IST
The hangings of a cattle trader and a child in Jharkhand took place in a context — of a politics that stokes insecurity, trades on fear
Tue, Apr 05, 2016
Budget 2016, through a prism of the poorSubscriber Only
March 04, 2016 00:02 IST
Gamlina’s response is just one example of how distant this government is from the lives of the poor and how tokenistic its schemes are.
Fri, Mar 04, 2016
Really, home minister?Subscriber Only
December 02, 2015 00:12 IST
Rajnath Singh’s Constitution day speech trivialised the fight for gender justice and against caste hierarchies.
Wed, Dec 02, 2015
Panchayat undemocracySubscriber Only
September 30, 2015 00:15 IST
In an unequal society, exclusions from the democratic process based on social indicators reflect elitist bias.
Sat, Dec 26, 2015
Who’s afraid of LaMo?Subscriber Only
June 19, 2015 00:00 IST
The government’s defence of the indefensible underlines the importance of being Lalit Modi.
Fri, Jun 19, 2015
The Vizag lineSubscriber Only
April 23, 2015 00:10 IST
CPM won’t separate struggle against neoliberal policies from fight against Hindutva.
Thu, Apr 23, 2015
Face the truthSubscriber Only
March 06, 2015 00:00 IST
Descriptions of the ‘monster’, the ‘evil one’, for the rapist tend to ignore that we are creating, replicating, encouraging misogyny and its violent expression.
Fri, Mar 06, 2015
The divided citySubscriber Only
January 08, 2015 00:00 IST
Class-based inequalities greet you at every corner.
Thu, Jan 08, 2015
Prime minister’s choiceSubscriber Only
December 05, 2014 00:18 IST
On the sadhvi hate speech issue, Modi must act to uphold the Constitution.
Fri, Dec 05, 2014
There is zero toleranceSubscriber Only
July 01, 2014 00:00 IST
The Modi government, in its very first test on its approach to cases of sexual assault, has been found wanting.
Tue, Jul 01, 2014Democracy without equalitySubscriber Only
October 14, 2013 01:54 IST
We need to interrogate the politics and policies that fuel the increasing violence against women
Mon, Oct 14, 2013Journalism of Courage
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