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Syama Prasad Mookerjee: ‘Patriot’ or collaborator of British Rulers & Muslim League?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrating victory in West Bengal assembly elections at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi (May 4, 2026), stated that “the soul of Syama Prasad Mookerjee must be at peace today”. Earlier too Modi had described him "a statesman, thinker and a patriot who devoted his life towards strengthening national integration". 

Delhi HC directs Sudarshan News to remove video of news report of a man accused of religious conversion

The court noted that the comments under the video indicated a threat to the life of the accused

TWO WAY STREET gets selected at the Pune Short Film Festival

Director Asmit Pathare announced this on Facebook: Actor Joy Sengupta play’s the lead role in this film that explores the everyday hate flowing through even a cosmpolis like Mumbai

“Highly appalling to see SIT ignoring rank caste discrimination Darshan faced despite overwhelming evidence”: Ramesh Solanki

Addressing a press conference, family of Darshan Solanki express anguish over the course of the investigation being conducted by the SIT, term it “highly suspicious”

PCI Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Journalist Sakshi Joshi’s Manhandling by Delhi Police at Wrestlers’ Protest Site

The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken suo moto cognizance of the alleged assault on journalist Sakshi Joshi by Delhi Police while she was covering the wrestlers' protests at Jantar Mantar on May 4

Reflections on a newly opened ‘cultural centre’ by the Ambanis in Mumbai

A walk through the newly opened Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre leaves the author with more questions than answers

Media freedom in Kashmir after Art.370 abrogation

What is the state of media freedom in Kashmir after the abrogation of Art.370 on Aug 4, 2019? On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 2023, here is a glimpse – culled from articles, reports and research papers published in Free Speech Collective from August 8, 2019 till date

World Press Freedom Index: India rank further slides to 161, 11 spots behind Afghanistan

Pakistan too fairs better, countries ranked lower than India include Bangladesh, Turkey and China

Real History: Gandhi’s Murder, Godse & the RSS

Recently, (April 2023), the NCERT decided to make many...

IMSD condemns ‘Maulana’ Sajjad Nomani’s Talibani firman

The cleric prays to Allah to condemn to eternal hell Muslim parents who send their daughters to college unaccompanied

Another Sudhir Chaudhary show under the scanner for using the term ‘Mazaar Jihad’

CJP, has in its complaint stated that the show misrepresented facts since a forests department survey revealed that there were more temples than mazaars in the forest areas of Uttarakhand

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Syama Prasad Mookerjee: ‘Patriot’ or collaborator of British Rulers & Muslim League?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrating victory in West Bengal assembly elections at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi (May 4, 2026), stated that “the soul of Syama Prasad Mookerjee must be at peace today”. Earlier too Modi had described him "a statesman, thinker and a patriot who devoted his life towards strengthening national integration". 

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