Counterview

By A Representative   The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan, has condemned the alleged attack on members of the Campaign for Justice in Primary Education (CJP) during their visit to Rampura urf Kanwarpura village in Jaipur district and demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible.

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat*  The new census format is out, and rather than accepting the demand for a caste census, the government has introduced a 40-question format for the upcoming census exercise. One wonders how long this exercise will take and whether the officials engaged in it will actually be able to complete it on time.

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak*  The death of Professor Jason Arday has reignited public debate about racism in Britain and renewed calls for a robust anti‑racist movement capable of building a genuinely egalitarian society. Yet the path forward remains steep, not least because people of colour must themselves sustain the struggle for racial justice—and because too many institutions, including trade unions, continue to exhibit patterns of racial bias and entrenched white entitlement.

By Bharat Dogra  Children’s Health Defense (CHD), a U.S.-based advocacy group recognized for its longstanding work on child safety, issued an advisory on August 11, 2026, highlighting the risks schoolchildren face from wireless technology . Though focused on the U.S., the advisory carries relevance for other nations, including India. The CHD statement warns: “Wi-Fi routers stay on in every classroom, often all day, whether or not they're in active use. Tablets and laptops sit in laps and against small bodies for hours each day. And in a growing number of districts, cell towers and 5G antennas have been installed on or near school property — sometimes without notifying parents or conducting any real health review. Most parents have never been asked for consent. Most don't even know wireless radiation has harmful impacts on children’s health.”

By Md. Abu Saim*  On July 13, 2026, Yemen’s internationally recognized government announced that its forces had struck the runway of Houthi‑controlled Sana’a International Airport. The stated aim was to prevent the return of a high‑profile Houthi delegation from the funeral of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed at the outset of the US‑Israeli war on Iran. The Houthis, however, blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack and declared an end to the “de‑escalation phase” of Yemen’s war.  

By Grieve Chelwa, Vijay Prashad   Across Africa, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) presents itself as the custodian of macroeconomic stability. Its latest Article IV staff reports on Ethiopia . Malawi , Nigeria , South Africa , and Zambia are written for economies with very different histories and institutions. Yet they converge on a familiar prescription: fiscal consolidation, tighter monetary policy, market-determined exchange rates, subsidy reform, deregulation and ‘private-sector-led growth’. No serious economist can dismiss macroeconomic stability.