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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...

HC clears the way for CPI-M’s mouthpiece, publication resumes

The newspaper’s publication was halted from October 1 after...

Tamil journalist Nakkeeran Gopal released hours after arrest

He was produced before the 13th Egmore Metropolitan Magistrate...

Tamil journalist Nakkeeran Gopal arrested for article against governor

He has been arrested for publishing an article against...

Why is Facebook disabling accounts of leading journalists?

Many have questioned the unprecedented crackdown on free speech...

Remembering Shujaat Bukhari’s Fearless Journalism

An excerpt from The Dirty War in KashmirThis is...

Sui Dhaaga: Weaving Deception

"By focusing on product rather than the process, the...

In Memory of Gauri

Here is a look at the void left behind...

This book on Gauri Lankesh shows the illiberal side of India

The author offers so many details that a reader...

Free speech faces grave danger in Modi led India: Global writers’ body

The 15-page report “India: Pursuing truth in the face...

Investigative journalist Sandhya Ravishankar faces threats to life

Civil society members write to Chennai Commissioner of PoliceCivil...

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