“Making famous” is all very well. But Who killed the Mahatma? Must read Dhirendra K Jha’s excellent biography of the assassin and the ideology that propelled him.

In consultation with 28 other press bodies, we’ve released the draft of the Media Transparency (And Accountability) Bill, 2024 We are seeking comments and suggestions from all stakeholders by June 30 Mail us at: [email protected] Read in detail: pressclubofindia.org/Media-Transpar…

"Being part of the howling mob now appears to be an addiction that many journalists and the people they work for cannot shake." My interview to Gafira Qadir of Maktoob on the state of the media in #Modi's #NewIndia maktoobmedia.com/india/intervie…

The BJP never had much currency in Punjab, but will suffer more in the Lok Sabha elections because of its attitude towards the farmers protests. search.app/c4hFM96KU4kjEw…

A script being executed to finest of the details since Day 1 :The pro-Khalistan radical, currently jailed in Dibrugarh, is running as an independent in the Akali bastion of Khadoor Sahib. The men behind Amritpal Singh’s election campaign from jail #Punjab search.app/yhiW3wmXsw39fA…

Press bodies formulate draft bill enabling more media transparency deccanherald.com/india/press-bo…

The June issue—the hostile architecture of Bimal Patel; Valsan Thillankeri and how the Sangh grows in Kerala; The question of VD Savarkar’s political transformation; Pawan Kalyan’s mercurial politics; and more. Read the issue here: caravanmagazine.in/magazine

Three hours later, Mustagir returned to the booth to cast his vote. A police officer summoned him. “They seized my voter slip and Aadhar card and tore it into pieces,” Important report on voter suppression of Muslims, by Arbab Ali & Nadeemonics aje.io/lfeyra

The circumstances surrounding Savarkar’s political transformation remain somewhat unclear. This is where Savarkar’s legacy is most at risk, and this is the aspect of his intellectual thought and politics that has remained most obscure. Dhirendra K Jha✍️ caravanmagazine.in/history/savark…

RSS leader Valsan Thillankeri pacifying angry devotees who were protesting by blocking the eighteen sacred steps against women entering the Sabarimala temple, on 5 November 2018. Despite the Sangh Parivar's unelectability in Kerala, Valsan has extended its shadow over the state

The Narendra Modi government has used the demand for a separate Sikh homeland as a bogey to discredit the Punjab farmers who led the opposition to its controversial agricultural reforms. #Punjab #loksabhaelections2024 #farmersprotest2024 #elections search.app/WCbYCF8bok3My3…

تم سے پہلے وہ جو اک شخص یہاں تخت نشیں تھا اس کو بھی اپنے خدا ہونے پہ اتنا ہی یقیں تھا _حبیب جالب

There should be tribunals for India's television media. There has to be accountability for the last decade. Non-negotiable. We can't just clap at this election verdict and expect them to get better. Without a trial, they'll do it all over again, 5-10-20 years from now.

While we hope the election results will help many to course correct... We should never forget how our media and individual journalists spread poison for a decade. How they shamelessly targeted and vilified Muslims. How they did it with complete impunity and full of arrogance.

"Gadkari, Kanate added, 'understands that this Modi mania will wear off. Pyaz se laya hua bukhar hai, utar jaayega'—It is an artificial fever that will go": replugging the stellar profile on Nitin Gadkari, by Praveen Donthi caravanmagazine.in/reportage/son-…

अनुच्छेद 370 भी संविधान का हिस्सा था, जब उसे हटाया गया तो आप चुप रहीं. अलीगढ़ यूनिवर्सिटी, जामिया यूनिवर्सिटी, जो संविधान अनुरूप अल्पसंख्यक विश्वविद्यालय हैं, उनकी व्यवस्था खत्म करने की कोशिश हुई तो आप चुप रहीं. जब सीएए और एनआरसी द्वारा मुसलमानों को पीड़ित किया गया तो आप चुप

“Azaadi” ke liye yogdaan deina padta hei :)

Circa 2020 when Kangana Ranaut said about an elderly woman in Farmers’ Protest that she was "available for ₹100" to participate in protests. The CISF Constable says : “Meri Maan Baithi Thi Wahan Pe Jab Isne Yeh Bola Thaa … “ and then she says Punjab mein Aatankwaad hai ?

جسم پر قید ہے جذبات پہ زنجیریں ہیں فکر محبوس ہے گفتار پہ تعزیریں ہیں اپنی ہمت ہے کہ ہم پھر بھی جیے جاتے ہیں زندگی کیا کسی مفلس کی قبا ہے جس میں ہر گھڑی درد کے پیوند لگے جاتے ہیں لیکن اب ظلم کی میعاد کے دن تھوڑے ہیں اک ذرا صبر کہ فریاد کے دن تھوڑے ہیں _ فیض احمد فیض