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Contrasting two lists: one with “facts” on right-wing deaths, the second, targeting other writers after Gauri Lankesh
This second excerpt from the much-acclaimed book by Rollo Romig, an American journalist (2024) who lived in Bengaluru (Bangalore) and knew Gauri Lankesh, I am on the Hit List,...
मुझे इंतज़ार है जब भारत के पत्रकार अपने नए-नवेले स्टारडम से मुक्त होंगे-शाहरुख़ ख़ान
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पिछले हफ्ते फिल्म स्टार शाहरुख़ खान ने द इंडियन...
Comrade, I’ll add you on Facebook
Avner Pariat on the prisonhouse of #FacebookMany politically active...
तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ के खिलाफ फिर मीडिया ट्रायल – बदला लेने के लिए चलाई जा रही नफरत की आंधी
खुद को आजाद पत्रकारिता का दावा करने वाले एक...
Arnab Goswami’s venture’s name ‘Republic’ is in violation of law: Subramanian Swamy writes to Centre
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This isn’t the first public feud between the BJP...
“Modi is pulling India back to the 1970s” writes Barkha Dutt in Washington Post
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Demonetisation has been a target of heavy criticism both...
Media Trial: Stooges of the Establishment target Teesta Setalvad yet again, peddle canards in the name of Debate
This is a response to the bile spread by...
The Indian Newspaper Industry – Response to Times of India Editorial: JAC for Implementation of Majithia Wage Board
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The following is a response by M J Pandey...
‘Nothing Anti-National Here:’ Women’s Press Corps to Members
New 'Patriotic' Rules of Women's Press Corps Stump Journalists TV-18...
“Let’s take back our Media”: openDemocracy’s Global Campaign for Press Freedom
Racist newspapers, fake news – had enough? openDemocracy takes...
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Politico reports that the hotel, which sits on fedeal...
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