Will ‘apologists’ take a bullet for the nation?

Journalism as News Laundering and Bhakti, The Wire

The Wire 14 July 2020 By Avay Shukla It would be fair to say that not since 1947 has the standard of the media plumbed the depths it has today; it is, in fact, no longer the fourth pillar of democracy but its fifth column, hollowing out the republic from within. Move over, Arnab Goswami […]

Genuine concerns

The PioneerPublished on 10 December 2019 Controversy over the CAB is focussed on the issues of Bengali Hindus excluded from NRC but the process also eliminates other citizens who have lived in the State for decades If there was any doubt about the urgency for India’s new citizenship Act, Rachel Avraham, who exposed Rohingya Muslim atrocities against […]

Where are Shaheen Bagh’s protesters now?, News Laundry

News Laundry 15 July 2020 By Chahak Gupta Is the storied movement against the citizenship law on pause or has the coronavirus crisis ended it? Last December, a group of Muslim women began occupying a patch of street at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, registering their protest against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register […]