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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...

Delhi HC greenlights Cobrapost’s Sting, calls Free Speech Lifeblood of Democracy

In a shot in the arm for freedom of...

Complainant in Hate Speech case against UP CM Adityanath held for Gang Rape

His SC plea challenged an Allahabad High Court order...

Bangladesh: Imaging 71 with Shahidul Alam

How the photographer established the pedagogy of photography in...

Najeeb’s mother sues media houses for defaming son, file disappears from court!

In a shocking development, the file of a defamation...

As Myanmar sends journalists to jail, pressure mounts on Aung San Suu Kyi

The government of Myanmar and its de facto head,...

Cartoonist P Mahamud Wins the First PEN-Gauri Lankesh Award for Democratic Idealism

Cartoonist P Mahamud was awarded the first PEN-Gauri Lankesh...

The Tiffin Box, a poem for Gauri

This poem, The Tiffin Box written by Kavitha Lankesh...

One year after Death, Gauri Lankesh still inspires people to defend Democracy

Hundreds of activists, journalists, civil society members as well...

Gauri Lankesh to be Memorialised as a Reporter Killed on Duty: Bayeux-Calvados Awards

Come October 8, 2018 and the annual commemoration and...

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