Abhijit Iyer Mitra is among the vilest people on this platform. His Islamophobic and sexist bile reflects poorly on the organizations that give him space, and they should reconsider their association with him. ThePrintIndia IPCS, New Delhi ORF

Ali Khan Mahmudabad—an important, gifted author I’ve represented for years and a good friend—is one of the most erudite, decent, and respectful people I know. He’s being put through hell. I just hope he’s safe, out of harm’s way, and released soon. Fingers crossed!

I don’t think one should protest against the illegal arrest of Professor Ali Khan because he is a professor or an intellectual. One must protest against this arrest because it is taking away the rights of a citizen to express his views. Those who celebrate this arrest senselessly

Not only should the outrageous case against Ali Khan Mahmudabad be quashed but action should be taken against Haryana police for gross misuse of power and lodging a blatantly false case. Ali’s post advocated national integration. Why does Haryana police have a problem with that?

Free Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad — stand in solidarity with an upstanding scholar and inspiring teacher who, as the attached statement by his students emphasises, has consistently spoken up for and practised “secular values such as reason, compassion, justice, and freedom of

In 2021, GoI had claimed COVID 19 deaths were 3.3 lakhs. 4 years later, they quietly released new data: 20 lakhs excess in 2021. Journalists & researchers who flagged this years ago were trolled. In this week’s Let Me explain Pooja Prasanna breaks down the data & the cover-up.

#BREAKING Abhijit Iyer Mitra agrees to take down the tweets against Newslaundry, after the Delhi High Court reprimanded him for the language.

Today, the Delhi HC made it clear that Abhijit Iyer Mitra’s tweets are unacceptable. He has to take it down. His lawyer tendered apology and said will take down in 5 hours. I want to ask journalists who get him on panels, what is your excuse? A few samples

Commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra agrees to take down posts about women employees of ‘Newslaundry’ scroll.in/latest/1082604…

Please take moment to understand what Justice Surya Kant did today. He found *nothing* criminal in content against which FIRs were filed against Prof Ali Khan. Yet formed SIT, restricted his foreign travel, gagged him from future speech & threatened (again!) academics from bench

The Delhi High Court has dismissed Vantara’s appeal to have Himal's investigative story taken down. We stand by the investigation and will resist any attempts at intimidation or the suppression of journalistic freedom. Our full statement: himalmag.com/editorial/edit…

I'm beginning to realise they've not for a second misunderstood Ali Khan Mahmudabad's post. No one is *that* stupid. It was nuanced English but nothing an educated person will mistake as unpatriotic or sexist. They're pretending not to understand so as his basic rights can be taken away

Wow! As a citizen of India, this is how we want our courts to give us justice.

This is Orwellian time in every sense of the term. If Supreme Court talk in these terms we are doomed.

Tale of two FIRs. Professor Ali Khan and Mohammed Zubair. In both cases, absurd FIRs with no arms or legs. Ali Khan wrote an innocous facebook post & Zubair reported hate speech. Courts order probe. Process is punishment etc. Courts virtually indistinguishable from executive

We live in harsh conditions. I feel ashamed of myself when I post a picture of my children asking for help from others while I am alive and breathing. But i lost my job, my pharmacy and my home, and life has become very complicated here. My 4 children need food💔. Please do not

"govt didn’t warn us” "The ceasefire did happen but people sitting in Delhi & Mumbai wanted the war to continue. We tell them, you live in safe cities. If you want war, come live near the LoC" Ikmanpal Singh, cousin of Amarjeet Singh, killed on 7 May

A month after India & Pakistan called for ceasefire, families of civilians killed in shelling are still grieving. Their stories were left out or misreported by broadcast news outlets that were busy celebrating Op Sindoor's success. | Oishani Bhattacharya Deetea altnews.in/operation-sind…

If you/ we were seriously angry at these issues- or corruption, pathetic infrastructure, garbage, bad policies etc the country would be different. WE are only angry and sensitive about religion/ veg-non-veg/ fictionalised history in movies etc! Go figure!

📚🎙️ “There is no proper Northeastern story, there are no proper Indian stories, because human life is so diverse and so spectacular and so surprising that there cannot be a certain kind of story from one community.” A conversation with Aruni Kashyap: himalmag.com/podcast/aruni-…