Topic: Left
Shaheen Bagh protest must end now. Its returns are diminishing and COVID-19 is a real risk
As coronavirus spreads and 12 states reject NPR and NRC, Shaheen Bagh’s women must count their gains, cut their losses and leave.
Indira Gandhi vs Morarji Desai: How JNU was at the centre of battle to capture academia
Under Indira Gandhi, JNU turned a deep shade of red because of curricula and faculty chosen by Education Minister Syed Nurul Hasan from a pool of pro-CPI teachers.
Citizenship Bill can be another Article 370. If only Left would stop its wrong noise
Rajnath Singh has hinted that getting Citizenship Amendment Bill passed in Parliament is as important for Modi govt as ending J&K’s special status.
How Kanhaiya, Umar, Hardik, Jignesh, Shehla and Chandrashekhar Azad can still find their way
Clueless and lost after the 2019 elections, the self-made youth leaders need a next-level plan.
Left justifies DMK donations, says it’s not unethical to take money from friendly party
CPI says party was ‘anchoring alliance in Tamil Nadu’ and the money was used in campaigning for LS polls. CPM says nothing ‘shady’ about the transaction.
Shyam Saran on Budget’s ‘flawed Swadeshi’ angle, & Brahma Chellaney on ‘Make in India’ for weapons
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.
The Left is dead, but India deserves a new Left that dares to think afresh
It would be tragic if the Left were to disappear. For all its failures, it played a critical role in maintaining India’s democratic character.
Copy-pasting the CPM model has been Mamata Banerjee’s great failure
No matter what Didi does, nothing seems to work anymore for her. Is 2021 West Bengal assembly election already over?
Mamata Banerjee’s only Bangla in Bengal won’t get her votes. Left did same & failed
Bengalis have rejected forced supremacy of one language – Bangla – in the state and will do so again.
Should Rahul Gandhi get rid of Leftist aides or is it still not enough to revive Congress?
Congress party media head, Rachit Seth, blamed Rahul Gandhi's "Left-leaning lieutenants" for costing the party the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Animals have come home. Covid-19 lockdown gives control back into nature’s hands
With people in India and elsewhere locked down in homes due to the coronavirus, the peaceful reclamation of public spaces by animals is teaching us important lessons.
Modi’s 9-min candle plan Sunday: Needless spectacle or much-needed motivation for Indians?
PM Modi requested Indians to light candles, lamps or mobile torches at 9 pm Sunday for nine minutes in a show of solidarity in the fight against Covid-19.
Defence
In a first, Army deploys medical team at civil coronavirus quarantine camp in Delhi
The Indian Army has so far only been operating out of quarantine camps set up by the armed service for coronavirus patients.
Poke fun at taali, thaali, diya and mombatti all you want. Modi couldn’t care less
Modi knows who he needs to speak to, who he should toss, who he can address in kind. People accuse him of infantilising his voters, but it’s a winning strategy.