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From news to real estate: P Sainath on how corporate power is undermining media freedom

The other day, P. Sainath was in Ahmedabad to deliver a lecture on the "Role of Media in Democracy: Prospects and Retrospect." An excellent speaker, he is not just...

Cartoonists can be an important voice of dissent: but they can also be divisive

Rwanda has introduced legislation which criminalises the public humiliation...

The Mahatma on Celluloid

How did cinema enhance Gandhi's impact on the ordinary...

On Akbar and the #MeToo Movement

 Akbar’s Follies, BJP’s Arrogance and Middle Class HypocrisyPhoto Courtesy:...

Amendments to RTI Act will spell doom for good governance: RTI Commissioner

RTI Commissioner Dr M Sridhar Acharyulu, the information commissioner...

Climate Change Will Worsen Disparities, Increase Conflict, Support For Naxals: New Report

Bengaluru: As the effects of climate change on livelihoods become...

Play about Queers Cancelled, As VHP and Right Wing Organisations Protest

Image Courtesy: Jagriti TheatreThe staging of the play titled Shiva, which explores...

Tale of Three Mothers: Fatima, Radhika and Shahira demand justice for Najeeb, Rohith, Junaid

#WhereIsNajeeb#JusticeForNajeebProtest at Jantar Mantar, Where is Najeeb? October 15, 2018,...

IT raids at media baron Raghav Bahl’s home and Quint office

The Editor’s Guild of India, in a tweet, asked...

News channel fabricated my speech and called me anti-national

Nazre Alam, president of All Indian Muslim Bedari Karwan...

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