Will ‘apologists’ take a bullet for the nation?

For a leader, there’s value in knowing the bad news, writes Mark Tully, The Hindustan Times

The Hindustan Times 04 July 2020 By Mark Tully There is still critical coverage of the government in the media. But it is instructive to see the ways in which the government exerts pressures on the media in an effort to keep organisations and their journalists in line. Taking part in a Zoom discussion on […]

Muslims Aren’t so Dumb to be Misled by Intellectuals, The Kashmir Monitor

The Kashmir Monitor 17 September 2020 By Ajaz Ashraf The Muslim community has been infantilised by the Delhi Police in the controversial chargesheet that it recently filed in the February riot cases. The charge sheet will make a reader believe that Muslims live in a cocoon, completely disconnected from debates raging in the country. Their […]

Protests, outrage over Assam’s bid to convert land for industries, The Hindu

The Hindu 02 July 2020 All Assam Students’ Union symbolically burn copies of ordinance, apex tribal body demands scrapping of ‘anti-indigenous’ move. The Assam government’s approval of an ordinance to allow conversion of land without clearances for setting up micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) triggered protests across the State on July 2. The State […]