Tag: Freedom of expression
Why Modi’s UNGA speech was full of hypocrisies and rhetoric?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s UNGA speech, especially his claim that India is the “mother of all democracies”, isn’t just hypocritic, it mocks his rule as well
I-T surveys of NewsClick and Newslaundry new act of bullying the free press
Reading Time: 3 minutes The recent I-T surveys of NewsClick and Newslaundry are new act of bullying the free press by the Modi regime and the BJP to ensure there is zero criticism.
Ghaziabad Police’s recent FIR spree again nailed democracy’s coffin
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ghaziabad Police’s recent FIR spree against journalists, Twitter and news portal The Wire nailed democracy’s coffin once again in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh.
When fascism comes to visit you
Reading Time: 6 minutes Is India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, still a democracy or has crossed the Rubicon and has become a full-fledged fascist state? If the developments over the last six years […]
BJP’s attack on journalists continues unabated as India skids press freedom index
Reading Time: 3 minutes Any attack on journalists is a threat to the functioning of a democracy. But in Modi’s India, attacking and imprisoning journalists is a norm.
Arrest warrant for Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani shows India’s shabby press freedom
Reading Time: 3 minutes The row over Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani Group continues as a Gujarat court issued an arrest warrant against him recently.
Charlie Hebdo, hate speech and the freedom of speech from an artist’s lens
Reading Time: 3 minutes Charlie Hebdo and other critics of Islam would use their art to demonise Muslims but never speak against French imperialism. Why?
Despising freedom while celebrating Independence Day is quintessential of Hindutva fascism
Reading Time: 6 minutes While the RSS and Modi strongly despise the term freedom, they loudly celebrate India’s Independence Day for which none of their own sacrificed their lives.
Indira Jaising, Anand Grover and Lawyers Collective are Modi’s new punching bags
Reading Time: 4 minutes The CBI raids conducted against prominent lawyers and activists Indira Jaising and Anand Grover indicates that the Modi regime wants to gag their activism.
The Accidental Prime Minister Must be Challenged Artistically and not Violently
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Accidental Prime Minister must not be opposed violently by the Congress. To oppose the film one must make a counter narrative or an artistic response.