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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicAll India Kisan Sabha

Topic: All India Kisan Sabha

Hannan Mollah — Presidency graduate & CPM leader who has become face of farmer protest

Despite his political links, Hannan Mollah, general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha, has been embraced by protesters because he was pivotal in bringing together different farmer factions.

Kisan Long March has given hope to comrades that they can rise like a phoenix

Communism has been dying in Maharashtra for decades, but the energy of the farmers’ protest has breathed new life into the Reds. Can they capitalise on this?

Wanting an ‘apolitical’ Kisaan Long March is just an extension of middle class arrogance

The desire for an apolitical Kisaan Long March smacks of an assumed ownership over the idea of ‘politics.’

On Camera

Why India has friends everywhere, but leverage nowhere

India is too close to Israel for Iran’s trust, yet still blindsided. It risks losing assets like Chabahar port and export markets, while key partners don’t factor in its concerns.

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.