Counterview

By A Representative   Gandhian activist Himanshu Kumar has alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is expanding its presence in the Abujhmad region of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division following a crackdown on Adivasi communities opposing the exploitation of their land and natural resources.

By Daniel Ramp, Kapil Vishwas Patwardhan, Rosalie Chapple  We give our pet dogs shelter, veterinary care, affection, training and play. We decide when they eat, where they sleep, when they go outside, who they meet, and how they move through the world.

By Ravi Ranjan*  Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1896-1961), celebrated as 'Mahapran' and a pioneer of free verse in Hindi poetry, transformed the ancient Ramayana myth into a profound meditation on power, justice, and human resilience in his masterpiece Rama ki Saktipuja . Written in 1936, during the height of India's anti-colonial struggle, this long poem presents us with a deeply human Ram—not the flawless deity of traditional devotion, but a  wrestling with doubt, exhaustion, and the terrifying possibility of defeat.

By Bharat Dogra   At a time when concerns are growing over the increasing destructiveness of the Russia-Ukraine war, a recent, specific and well-argued peace proposal by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs   (photo) deserves serious consideration. Published in Common Dreams on October 20, 2026, the proposal outlines a framework for ending the conflict and creating conditions for a more durable peace.

By Mohd Ziyaullah Khan   Maharashtra is facing a severe agricultural crisis. After a deficient monsoon, failing crops and mounting water stress, the drought threatens farmers, agricultural labourers, livestock and rural livelihoods. Yet alongside the struggle for water and compensation, another contest has emerged: the political battle over which constituencies make it onto the drought-relief list.

By Vikas Meshram*  In the tribal belt stretching from Banswara to Dahod, the day often begins with a glance at the sky. The fields are small, the land uneven and sloping, and irrigation mostly means whatever the rain chooses to give. Yet in the villages of this region, a different story has been unfolding over the past few years. Sitting in meetings of Vaagdhara’s Gram Swaraj groups, farmers have begun to treat water, forest, land, livestock and seed as their real capital. 

Counterview News   Four years after world governments pledged to align global financial flows with nature conservation goals, a comprehensive new assessment reveals that major financial jurisdictions have largely failed to translate these commitments into binding rules. As a result, banks and investors remain largely free to finance deforestation and ecosystem destruction .

By A Representative   A recent conference in London brought together feminists, ex-Muslims, lawyers, secularists, artists and campaigners to discuss the challenges faced by women who question, leave or challenge religion, including state repression, imprisonment, family coercion, social isolation and difficulties in rebuilding their lives.

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak*  French students are taking to the streets in search of teachers and quality education, while the United Kingdom’s National Health Service faces mounting pressures amid the expansion of market-oriented reforms. Young people are grappling with unemployment, low wages, marginalisation and exploitation. Democratic protests are increasingly met with legal threats, possible imprisonment and heavy-handed policing. Protests and riots are growing across parts of the developed Western capitalist world, where democratic deficits, economic alienation, rising living costs and the marginalisation of working people expose deep-seated problems within capitalist societies. Meanwhile, propaganda against socialism as a potential alternative continues to grow.