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October 31, 2016
The Indian political leadership and a section of the intelligentsia have been hysterical over the death of 19 soldiers in a recent attack on an army base in Kashmir. The September 18 attack that also left four militants dead has been blamed on Pakistan-based terror groups. The Indian government continues to claim that the insurgents fighting for the right to self-determination in Kashmir are...
October 31, 2016
बॉलीवुड फिल्म ‘ए दिल है मुश्किल’ की रिलीज के लिए महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेना (MNS) के चीफ राज ठाकरे द्वारा फिल्म को रिलीज़ करने के लिए हुई 5 करोड़ रुपए की डील के बाद लगातार बॉलिवुड से इस बारे में प्रतिक्रियाएं आई, अब इन प्रतिक्रियाओं में एक और नाम जुड़ गया है फरहान अख्तर का जिन्होंने इस बात पर अपनी नाराज़गी ज़ाहिर की है।
फिल्म अभिनेता फरहान अख्तर ने फिल्म ‘ऐ दिल है मुश्किल...
October 28, 2016
चुनाव में धर्म के इस्तेमाल को लेकर जारी बहस में कल सुप्रीम कोर्ट में हुई मौखिक टिप्पणी के आधार पर जिस तरह से आज अखबारों ने हेडलाइन बनाई है, वह अर्धसत्य का नमूना है। ऐसा लगता है कि उसने हिंदुत्व को जीवनशैली बताने वाले फ़ैसले पर एक बार फिर मुहर लगा दी है जिस पर पुनर्विचार की कोई गुंजाइश नहीं है।
ज्यादातर अख़बारों की हेडलाइन से लगता है कि सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने हिंदुत्व को जीवनशैली बताने...
October 28, 2016
Lost in the daily din is the slowly eroding apolitical ethos of the Indian armed forces.
Barely two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked the “surgical strikes” by the Indian Army across the Line of Control, a fresh controversy erupted over the parity of the armed forces officers with their civilian counterparts.
A circular dated October 18,...
October 26, 2016
मेरे जूते की नोक पर ऐसी पत्रकारिता–रुक्मिणी सेन
…फ़र्ज़ कीजिए ‘आज तक’ के मालिक अरुण पुरी या संपादक सुप्रिय प्रसाद का बच्चा लापता हो जाए ! कई दिनों तक पता न चले और उनके दुख में दुखी तमाम पत्रकार थाने का घेराव कर दें और कुछ घंटे बाद जब यह घेराव ख़त्म हो तो किसी चैनल में हेडलाइन चले— लापता पर जारी ड्रामा ख़त्म !
यक़ीनन ऐसी कल्पना नहीं की जानी चाहिए। अरुण पुरी...
October 26, 2016
Image: Kashmir Reader Online
In a move unprecedented in the last three decades in the strife torn Kashmir valley, the Jammu and Kashmir government published an order in early October that stated that Kashmir Reader (KR), a vocal newspaper with circulation of less than10000 copies, contained material and content ‘which tends to incite violence and disturb public peace and...
October 26, 2016
The inspirational founder of the Centre for Investigative Journalism died on Saturday 22 October, 2016.
Gavin MacFadyen founded and ran the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), helping to train thousands of journalists in the pursuit of factual inquiry and in defence of the public interest. In tribute, we republish this MacFadyen piece, first published as “In-depth Charger...
October 25, 2016
Monday was a cold, windy, autumnal day in North Dakota. We arrived outside the Morton County Courthouse in Mandan to produce a live broadcast of the “Democracy Now!” news hour. Originally, the location was dictated by the schedule imposed upon us by the local authorities; one of us (Amy) had been charged with criminal trespass for Democracy Now!’s reporting on the Dakota Access...
October 24, 2016
The cause of the death of the 76-year-old, who was known as the founder of Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) and as a mentor of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains ambiguous.
Image: Exaro
Renowned investigative journalist and director of WikiLeaks Gavin MacFadyen passed away, as per the tweet posted from the WikiLeaks official Twitter account on October 22. The cause of the...
October 23, 2016
It was a sad day for many of us when we saw Karan Johar’s video requesting not to ban an Indian film in India. Film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, that features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, ran into trouble after Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) said it won’t allow release of any movie in India that featured Pakistani artistes . It is due for release on October...