The UP STF chargesheet against Siddique Kappan uses the BJP’s template
The UP STF chargesheet against Siddique Kappan, full of loopholes and Islamophobia, looks like as if the BJP itself has prepared it according to its template.
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How Yogi’s Kolkata flyover ad gaffe exposed Indian media’s editorial bankruptcy?
Yogi Adityanath’s ad in The Indian Express using a Kolkata flyover’s photo to show Uttar Pradesh’s development stirred a controversy after the paper apologised.
I-T surveys of NewsClick and Newslaundry new act of bullying the free press
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.
Danish Siddiqui’s killing and some uncomfortable questions
Danish Siddiqui’s killing in Afghanistan raises uncomfortable questions regarding the practice of “embedded” journalism that jeopardises journalists’ security.
Neutralise critics, control the narrative: Modi’s PR strategy when India battled COVID-19
When India was reeling under the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment and conflict with China, the Modi regime was planning to muzzle the press.
When fascism comes to visit you
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 are any evidence, then, India has arrived. It has achieved under Modi what the Hindutva fascist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been always striving to … Read more
BJP’s attack on journalists continues unabated as India skids press freedom index
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.
Arnab Goswami’s arrest: Nothing to grief or cheer for
Arnab Goswami’s arrest on charges of abetment to suicide isn’t an attack on “press freedom” and it’s not something to be happy of either.
Journalism’s metamorphosis into cheap entertainment in India
India’s mainstream journalism is at the peak of its decay in decades. It has metamorphosed into cheap showbiz, aiming to sensationalise news.
Bloodshed in Indian newsrooms as mainstream media is axing journalist
The Indian newsrooms are making a kill in the digital space, however, at the same time, citing COVID-19 pandemic, they are firing numerous journalists.
Citizen journalist Soumo Mondal arrested by Kolkata Police for investigating PDS irregularities
For questioning and investigating allegations of PDS irregularities, Soumo Mondal, a contributor of People’s Review is arrested by the Kolkata Police.
Arnab Goswami’s howling over freedom of speech got irony a heart attack
Arnab Goswami is howling over an attack on his freedom of speech and got a respite from the Supreme Court too. But can irony stand this man’s theatrics?
FIR spree in Kashmir a dastardly effort to bully valley scribes
The random filing of police cases against the scribes of Kashmir is a frantic attempt by the Modi regime to bully and suppress whatever is left uncensored.
What lies beneath Ravish Kumar’s Ramon Magsaysay Award?
There is a jubilation among liberal democrats over NDTV’s Ravish Kumar winning the Ramon Magsaysay Award. However, we delve deeper to find what the award is
#MeToo Movement is Baring the Grotesque Corporate Media World
The continuous revelation of horror stories related to brutal sexual abuse and harassment faced by women in the media, film, entertainment and other such “glamorous” industries, is carving a bruise mark on the grotesque face of India’s patriarchal society. The highly regarded institutions and personalities are finding themselves naked in public, revealing their utmost patriarchal … Read more
Hindutva Fascism Intensifying Oppression Under Modi Regime
Renowned TV journalist and NDTV Prime Time host Ravish Kumar came under severe attack from the Hindutva fascist groups, for his remarks against the parent body of the Indian fascist forces, the Nagpur based Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. In his show Ravish Kumar spoke about the danger with which the rightwing forces are aggressively pursuing the … Read more