Sedition frenzy: How the media painted atheist and communist Umar Khalid as an Islamist
A few news outlets have tried, without any substantiation, to tar JNU student Umar Khalid with the brush of terrorism. Read more here.
Fact check: The video of Kanhaiya Kumar shouting for 'azadi' – it’s doctored
The obviously edited video, shown on TV news as well as spreading over social media, actually has Kanhaiya asking to end social ills such as caste and hunger – not any sort of political secessionism. Read more here.
Not #MakeinIndia but #HateinIndia: Only one story about India is circulating abroad at this moment
Few of the wondrous investors that the Modi government is wooing will find comforting the idea that, in the heart of Delhi, the criminal justice system is only as robust as a handful of violent goons. Read more here.
'The country isn’t the earth beneath our feet, it’s the people'
Excerpts from Tagore’s seminal novel ‘Home and the World’ questioning the need for heightened nationalism. Read more here.
If you care about press freedom, perhaps it’s time to boycott Arnab Goswami?
'The Newshour' anchor's refusal to stand up for fellow journalists who were subjected to assault is galling. Read more here.
