Will ‘apologists’ take a bullet for the nation?

BJP plans to weed out ‘foreigners’ across India amidst utter chaos over NRC in Assam, Counterview

Counterview06 October 2019 As the Union government has decided to screen of all “illegal” migrants who are allegedly taking shelter in the country by seeking to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in order to create a nationwide database of “genuine” Inidan citizens, even as detecting “illegal” foreigners, one can apprehend more chaos and […]

The Lock Down Diaries (XV) – Journalism As News Laundering And Bhakti, The Hill Post

The Hill Post 12 July 2020 Move over, Arnab Goswami and Sambit Patra- the putrefying corpse of Indian journalism has a new poster boy! None other than our resident, apoplectic walrus, Major General G.D.Bakshi. The good general has ascended/ descended ( depending on whether you are a bhakt or a gentleman) to hitherto unplumbed heights/depths […]

Crackdown during lockdown? 55 journalists targeted for their reportage during COVID-19 outbreak: Report, Money Control

Money Control 17 June 2020 Cases have been filed against several journalists for reporting starvation faced by migrant workers, mismanagement and negligence of quarantine centres, and even for reporting a minister following the suggestions of astrologers t least 55 media persons were targeted with arrests, custodial torture, FIRs and show-cause notices during the nationwide lockdown […]