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From India‘s Forgotten Feminist, Savitribai Phule to life partner Jyotiba
Delving into the hearts and minds of ‘killers’ who took the life of journalist-activist, Gauri Lankesh
This third excerpt from the much acclaimed book by...
Adani Gag Orders Face Judicial Scrutiny: Four journalists secure relief, Guha’s appeal still pending
Judicial intervention restores publication rights for some, but fragmented outcomes leave others gagged, underscoring the high stakes for investigative reporting
Between Free Speech and Public Order: Dissecting the complaint against Anjana Om Kashyap
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A ruling by a Lucknow court against an Aaj Tak anchor couches this existing debate on the question of whether the responsibility for divisive programming falls on either the individual presenter or the network.
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...
From news to real estate: P Sainath on how corporate power is undermining media freedom
The other day, P. Sainath was in Ahmedabad to...
Urdu is not the monopoly of mullahs, nor even the Muslim community
Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure
The emergence of Gauri Lankesh, a fiery no-nonsense editor in Kannada
Last year, in 2024, Rollo Romig, an American journalist...
The Mubarakpur Saree in the Digital Age: Can e-commerce bypass traditional barriers?
An age-old saree weaving tradition is also one area brutally affected by the US-driven tariff war with India
Storms battered her from outside, but she stood, an unwavering flame: Gauri Lankesh
Shivasundar, a freelance journalist, writer, and longtime associate and dear friend of fiery activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was assassinated on September 5, 2017, by extremists alleged to belong to the dreaded Sanatan Sanstha has penned this heartfelt poem on Gauri. On the eighth anniversary of her dastardly assassination.
Is AMU, a Vatican of India’s reactionary Muslim elite?
Continuing an active debate around the dominant politics at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) this former student questions the latent arcane exclusivism that is affecting both quality, representation and diversity within
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