Will ‘apologists’ take a bullet for the nation?

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 […]

Govt of India ‘silencing’ media under the garb of curbing fake news: Think-tank report, Counterview

Counterview 20 June 2020 The Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), a New Delhi-based think-tank claiming to conduct risks analysis to prevent human rights violations, in a detailed report on arrest, registration of FIRs, summons or show causes notices, physical assaults, alleged destruction of properties and threats for reportage against 55 journalists amidst Covid-19, has regretted that […]

Assam NRC: Rights body says over one lakh tribals excluded, The New Indian Express

The New Indian Express02 September 2019 Human rights body ‘Rights and Risks Analysis Group’ said about 25 per cent of about 36,000 Reangs in Hailakandi district were excluded from the NRC. GUWAHATI: Amidst the assertions by political parties and organisations that the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the final list of which was published on Saturday, […]