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Bihar & the Delusion of Independent Journalism: A Free Speech Record of Five Years

Free Speech Collective (FSC), has published a detailed report of Bihar’s Free Speech Record, November ‘20-’25 which it released on November 5 and may be accessed hereFree Speech CollectiveWith...

Controversial RSS Prof Makhan Lal appointed to History Dept at AMU

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“… Seems like part of a bigger agenda to malign me personally”: former editor, EPW

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#WomenFreedomFighters: Remembering Ahilya Rangnekar

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The rat-race in the media is over and the rats have won

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Is Pehredar Piya Ki, a TV Serial Depicting a Form of Child Abuse?

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Prabhat Patnaik Responds to JNU Admin Threats: You have Crossed All Barriers of Civility

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Music Against Sleaze and Corruption in Goa, Video goes Viral

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We lost another poet. And so young. Feels I’m burying poetry every second day

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