Counterview

By Bharat Dogra   We are all familiar with how painful it is for a farmer to lose his land, so one can imagine the inner turbulence of a farmer who has not only been forced to sell his ancestral land due to economic compulsions but, in addition, is forced by continuing economic difficulties to accept temporary work as a landless farm worker on the same plot of land.

Counterview News   A bombshell study by the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) has revealed that Delhi's four Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration plants score a staggering 100 out of 100 on the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) own Pollution Index — making them more toxic than coal-fired power plants, open-cast coal mining, and copper smelters — yet the regulator quietly moved them into a newly created "Blue" category last year that strips away critical environmental safeguards.

By A Representative   Rev. Adriene Thorne , senior minister of Manhattan's Riverside Church , and Imam Shamsi Ali , director of the Jamaica Muslim Center in Queens, have said they were deceived into taking part in events surrounding Mohan Bhagwat 's August 29 appearance at Madison Square Garden , where the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS ) chief addressed roughly 5,000 Hindu Americans and Indian expatriates under the banner "One World One Humanity."

By Raj Kumar Sinha*  The catastrophic flood and landslide in Nepal's Bhote Koshi river region on August 26, 2026, brought the growing climate vulnerability of the Himalayan region to the world's attention. The tragedy, triggered by the collapse of a glacier and ice-rock debris, wreaked havoc from the Nepal-China border to the Trishuli River. By September 3, more than 1,252 people had been reported dead in Nepal, with over 4,200 still missing. Nearly 20,000 homes need to be rebuilt. The government's preliminary estimate of economic losses stands at approximately $2.56 billion, while earlier projections for reconstruction and rehabilitation costs ranged from $4 to 5 billion.

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat*  There is a disturbing tendency among India's self-styled liberals to dig up the past not to understand it, but to score political points in the present. The latest target of this historical lampooning is the Rajput practice of Jauhar—the collective self-immolation by women facing certain defeat at the hands of invading armies. Those who denounce it today as barbaric or patriarchal are guilty of the same sin they accuse others of: viewing a complex historical reality through the narrow lens of contemporary politics.

By Dr. Jayant Kumar*  The devastation along the Nepal–Tibet border is a stark reminder of how quickly a disaster in the high Himalayas can overwhelm normal response systems. Roads and bridges have been destroyed, settlements isolated and critical infrastructure damaged. Rescue teams are operating in difficult terrain, confronting disrupted communications, unstable slopes and severely limited physical access. The human cost is immense, and the full extent of the losses is still emerging.

By Osman Sher*  There is a famous axiom relating to the history of the Indian subcontinent: "Hinduism has a wonderful power of assimilation; it has always conquered its conquerors." When the Aryans , Greeks, Scythians, Parthians, Kushans, Huns, and other invaders came here, they could not withstand the overwhelming embrace of the forceful Vedic religion ; they were absorbed into it and became completely Hindu. But this maxim is also untrue. 

By Harsh Thakor*  Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) was among the most formidable European intellectuals of the twentieth century. His books—particularly the landmark Ages series—became canonical on both sides of the Atlantic, shaping how generations understood the making of the modern world. Since his death, Richard Evans produced an authorized biography, but little else has emerged to critically reassess Hobsbawm's vast intellectual legacy. Emile Chabal's The Age of Hobsbawm fills this gap with penetrating archival research and a refreshingly objective lens.

By Ravi Ranjan*  Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh's poem "Bhūl-Ghalatī" (Mistake-Error) stands as a profound meditation on the intricate relationship between power, consciousness, and resistance. The poem opens with the striking image of "Mistake-Error" seated upon the throne of the heart, clad in armour, with weapons gleaming and eyes flashing like sharp stones. This is not merely a description of political tyranny but a psychological and moral diagnosis of how power establishes itself within human consciousness.