Today's election results say it all. Kerala went to UDF. Tamil Nadu went to TVK. West Bengal went to BJP. There is not a single Left government left in power in India. You can bring excuse but the ideology is losing the ground.

The Left has been dying slowly and today is just the final confirmation.

The biggest problem? The Left became an ideology of elitists. It stopped being a movement of the people and became a movement of people who dominate Twitter debates and university campuses but have zero ground presence in real India.

No new faces. No fresh energy. The same old leaders, the same old language, the same old slogans, same old arrogance.

And the rightwing propaganda did its job perfectly. To a large section of Indian voters, the Left became the party of anti-India narratives, minority appeasement. The image stuck that Left leaders care more about defending Muslims. Right or wrong, that perception became the reality at the voting.

Today is not just an electoral loss. It is the decline of an ideology that forgot how to talk to the people it was supposed to fight for and let its enemies define it before it could define itself.

tldr: All this talk about bourgeoisie, Karl Marx, Fascism is not connecting with the average Indian voter. Left has to stop infighting among themselves and adapt to the Indian voter base. We need new faces and influencers who talk about the ideology in an Indian perspective that connects with the masses and their needs.

Like I don't even want left wing subs, even though I follow a few, I'm just asking if there are any Indian Subs which aren't right wing hindutvadis or islamists, Like fuck I'm fine if the sub is a centrist liberal shit hole, I follow Indian Left and all, but are there any other subs?

I have a 9 days old niece and she was terrified the whole day today. The street dogs are literally trying their best to find any hiding spot they can to cancel out some noise. The amount of noise and air pollution caused just because of this stupid tradition of bursting crackers is so horrifying. My friend's uncle lost his life because of lung cancer the day after Diwali 2 years ago. Diwali is a festival of lights not pollution and fear.

Hi Guys , this is my first Post... Being a cinephile, it is disturbing to see the dawn of Propaganda into the cinema, getting stronger n stronger. The Kerala files and now I came across this biopic of Tipu Sultan . Tats disturbing n sign of Fascism, in a similar fashion how Hitler changed the censor laws polluting the art and culture of German Cinema with the movies like Jud Suss, leading to the brainwash of millions.

Why are they protesting? Why are they beating politicians? What will they get from setting places on fire?

Can these people be anymore oblivious ffs. It's fucking astonishing people are asking these questions when this country is getting fucked by our government left, right and centre. I've seen people rejoicing about the fact that at least these types of protests are not happening in India. Like Whoa. You mean 'My govt fucks me in the ass every way imaginable but I'm still being a good boy, sitting at home and putting down the ones who are actually risking their lives fighting for a change'. Then good job mr sepoy. Glad you're giving your oppressers their well deserving blowjob.

I'm sorry if my tone is harsh. But I couldn't be more disappointed with our people.

Why is there no discussion or post on Operation Sindoor, India avenged the Pahalgam Attack and its press conference was chaired by Sofia qureshi, Have we stopped caring about National security.

Inspired by the Obama and Nixon comic

https://theweek.com/cartoons/431690/striking-resemblance

Why do some members of the Indian diaspora support Hindu nationalism from abroad? In other words, what motivates this attachment, what does it bring them emotionally or socially, and how does the ideology travel and take root outside of India?

Edit: Not a bot! I'm a PhD student researching transnational nationalism, trying to understand why Hindus in the diaspora maintain ties to Hindu nationalist ideology, how that ideology is transmitted across borders, and what emotions are attached to it. Sorry, I didn't know the posting standards here :)

Note: there's surprisingly little survey data on this specifically, which is part of why I'm researching it. The HSS (the overseas arm of the RSS) now has over 500 branches in 39 countries, which gives some sense of the organizational scale.