Is the protest against citizenship bill justified? | The Newshour Debate

Intimidation and FIRs: How the government is dealing with news reports on its failures, Newslaundry

Newslaundry 20 June 2020 By Chitranshu Tewari A weekly newsletter to help you track the news media ecosystem and make sense of it. Welcome to Stop Press by Chitranshu Tewari, a weekly newsletter to break down the trends, innovations and news in the media ecosystem. To get it in your inbox every Saturday, sign up now. Fifty-five. […]

Northeast people battle racism amid coronavirus pandemic, The Week

The Week28 March 2020 Even as China battles global Sinophobia over COVID-19—since the disease was first reported from Wuhan—in India, people of the northeast are facing increasing harassment and violence over their looks. Kiren Rijiju, minister for sports and youth affairs, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, has asked state governments to sensitise residents against such […]

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 […]