Lallu Nayka

National Register of Citizens – the biggest disenfranchisement exercise in human history

NEW DELHI: About 40 lakh people have been left out from the Final List of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) published today i.e. 30.07.2018 by the Government of Assam to identify the alleged illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. While the legal status of those excluded remains in limbo, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that neither any reference case will […]

The Right Stand: Is It Time For A Nationwide NRC Push?

News18 Published: 19 July 2019 ‘Illegal’ versus ‘Legal’ citizens debate heats up a day after Home Minister sent out a strong message saying that the centre would identify and weed out every illegal settler in India. This announcement gives greater momentum to the National Register for Citizens becoming a nationwide drive. But the opposition is […]

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 […]