Personal political blog
Power, law, and public struggle in India and beyond
Ateendra Kushwaha writes editorials on politics, activism, and the global issues shaping public life, with India as a recurring point of departure.
The writer's lens
Engineering logic, legal study, socialist critique
Trained as an engineer and lawyer, I read political systems for structure: how rules are made, who enforces them, and where they fail. My socialist commitments shape what I ask of those structures.
Analysis is only useful if it takes the people affected seriously. I try to follow evidence closely and to say plainly what I do not know.
Recurring subjects
What the essays examine
Each piece asks who holds power, who bears the cost, and what communities build together.
India
Public policy and governance
How laws, budgets, and institutions reach ordinary lives, and where the gap between promise and practice opens.
World
Global affairs and power
Movements, alliances, and economic arrangements that shape politics well beyond national borders.
Collective action
Activism and mobilization
How people organize, sustain movements, and win or lose ground through collective effort.
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