By Narendra Pachkhede in London. I had gone there thinking about Britain’s racial politics and found myself thinking about the weight placed on individual Black lives when collective politics weakens and institutions become hungry for symbols.

Rajiv Gandhi entered politics, over Sonia Gandhi’s fierce objections. “For the first time, there was tension between Rajiv and me. I fought like a tigress — for him, for us and our children, above all, for our freedom.” American Kahani News Desk On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Alfred A. Knopf — one of the most prestigious literary imprints in American publishing, an arm of Penguin Random House — made an announcement that sent an immediate ripple through Indian political and lite

Independent Ink Editorial: The secrecy surrounding the fund and its contributors is puzzling. If the money it receives is being used for public relief, why is there a need for secrecy?

UGC-NET exams: ‘It takes your money, your years, your mental health, your confidence, and returns nothing.'

“Go anywhere and take a photo, but not here in front of Bhagat Singh’s statue…”

By NR Mohanty. The youth must rise against this corrupt and authoritarian regime, and help restore a liberal-democratic government.

By Anuradha Bhasin. The cockroaches are not buying into the PM’s illusory tactics.

Independent Ink Editorial: Those who perpetrated the atrocities on June 20, 2026, especially those who sexually assaulted the women protesters, must be severely and immediately punished under law

By NR Mohanty. The video evidence presented by the SIT shows that vehicles loaded with cash, gold and silver offerings have left the Ram Temple premises at least 70 times during a 45-day window.

By Divya Trivedi. People are taking projectors into villages across Punjab and organising screenings.

By Narendra Pachkhede in London. The Man without a CV.

By MJ Vijayan. What is the most striking question the FIFA World Cup throws at us today?

By NR Mohanty. Iran-US deal. Our leaders should hang their heads in shame for being bystanders in the entire process!

By Ajith Pillai. Data Centres: The citizens of Visakhapatnam deserve to be in the driver’s seat.

By Ajith Pillai. When a government or corporate entity opts for opacity and secrecy rather than transparency, it often indicates that it has much to conceal. The $15 billion Adani-Google hyper-scale project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies this. From the beginning, there has been a noticeable reluctance to share information with the citizens of this Tier 2 port city, who will be the most affected by the mega project. By all accounts, it was a covertly concei

By Ajith Pillai in Chennai. So why are global tech billionaires zeroing in on Visakhapatnam?

Independent Ink News Desk: “Eitan Gilboa's actions... meet the legal definition of war crimes under Indian law..."

“The people resisting mining in the Sijimali Hills are not criminals,” a representative of the Human Rights Forum said. “They are cultivators, forest dwellers, labourers, women and youth seeking to protect their land, forests, water sources and constitutional rights.”

Editorial/independentink.in So don’t forget the rigged elections, the NEET question paper leak for the umpteenth time, the suicides of young aspirants, the soaring inflation, and the rising unemployment.

By Dr Soumya Sahin. Across loyalist TV studios and social media, demolitions are celebrated as instant justice.