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Shh..Silence is golden and violence is platinum…shh
Shh…don’t talk about the orange man, the man with the orange flag and the man with the orange face and all the other little orange men. Don’t sing about...
Speaking truth to power often means paying the price: India in 2023
These are critical times in India’s history: in fact,...
Attempts to control academic freedom gives rise to protest by faculty, Ashoka University and IISc an example
In Ashoka University, faculty threaten an “exodus” in solidarity with resignation by assistant professor for research paper; faculty of IISc intervene when Teesta Setalvad not allowed to give speech on harmony
Attack on freedom of speech: CPI(M) leader receives call from police over meme on Savarkar
When Sadique Basha questioned them on the law under which police took notice of the social media meme, the police backed down
Reclaiming the Freedom of Speech And Expression in an Orwellian Dystopia
Senior counsel in the Supreme Court, the author offers a rare overview of the state of affairs in India with every arm of the state being weaponised against independent opinion and dissent
Freedom of Expression: Driver for All other Human Rights
Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel Prize recipient in Economic Sciences said, “Free speech and a free press not only make abuses of governmental powers less likely; they also enhance the likelihood that people’s basic social needs will be met. Secrecy reduces the information available to the citizenry, hobbling people’s ability to participate meaningfully. Essentially, meaningful participation in democratic processes requires informed participants”.
Actor Chetan’s Second Arrest: First as Warning, Second as Strategy?
UPDATE March 24, 2023: Chetan Kumar gets a bailActor and...
What Indian Media Didn’t Tell Us About Faiz Festival in Lahore
Javed Akhtar’s remarks at the event are significant, but not more than the progressive environment the fair provides.
Freedom of Speech does not mean hurling abuses at the Prime Minister: Allahabad High Court
High Court refuses to quash FIR against man for derogatory remarks made on PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and other Union Ministers.
Kashmir: Journalist Fahad Shah arrested for FB post on Pulwama encounter
Pulwama Police allege ‘Facebook users and portals have been uploading anti-national content’
An attack on one scholar is an attack on all: Scholars at Risk
Free to Think 2021, a report released by Scholars at Risk, has an exhaustive chapter on India’s loss of academic freedoms under the current political regime