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Safdar Hashmi’s first major play wanted ‘people to vote Communist’. Thousands turned up in UP

Anjum Katyal -
In 'Safdar Hashmi: Towards Theatre for a Democracy', Anjum Katyal chronicles the contributions of a politically charged artiste to Indian Theatre.

Safdar Hashmi took theatre to the streets—‘He fought our battles for us’

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Hashmi's JANAM emerged as a trailblazer in street theatre. ‘We have to perform plays and we have to do it among the working class people,’ he said.

Safdar Hashmi — the firebrand Communist playwright who redefined art of resistance in India

Ekta Handa -
Safdar Hashmi died of injuries on 2 January 1989 after a group of men attacked his theatre group during a New Year's Day performance in UP’s Jhandapur.

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Opinion

SIR drive isn’t NRC-CAA—it can exclude millions of genuine voters, not just Muslims

Amana Begam -
India is a country where access to documents and digital systems is still uneven. Election Commission's SIR must not turn into a hostile exercise.

Moderate Democrat victories signal a bigger shift than Mamdani. The party is bouncing back

As Gaza peace plan takes shape, does India have a role?

Economy

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

+TFP Debdutta Chakraborty -
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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