राजनीती
November 6, 2016
Adding the digits in 1948,1984 and 2002 leaves us with the same number: 4
1984 Anti-Sikh Massacre. Photo courtesy: Caravan Magazine
A number can also tell a story. Yes. A number. A digit. It is immaterial whether the story makes you feel sad or it brings a smile on your lips. But a number can be associated with some names, some places, some details and many other things. And those...
November 6, 2016
If not Theresa May, the accompanying media ought to note the gross human rights violations and crackdowns on dissent that abound.
Prime Minister Theresa May holds a meeting with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on the second day of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China. Stefan Rousseau/PA Images.
Britain's recently elected Prime Minister Theresa May, post-Brexit, has chosen to visit...
November 5, 2016
नई दिल्ली। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी पत्रकारिता के लिए दिये जाने वाले रामनाथ गोयनका अवॉर्ड समारोह में उपस्थित रहे। यहां सब कुछ सामान्य चल रहा था। प्रधानमंत्री ने पत्रकारों को अवॉर्ड दिए और अपनी बात भी रखी। इस बीच इंडियन एक्सप्रेस के चीफ एडिटर, राजकमल झा सबसे अंत में मंच पर आए और उन्होंने अपनी छोटी सी स्पीच में पीएम सहित बहुत सारे लोगों को हैरत में डाल दिया। इतना ही नहीं एक बार को तो...
November 5, 2016
टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया के पत्रकार अक्षय मुकुल ने पत्रकारिता के क्षेत्र में दिया जाने वाला प्रतिष्ठित रामनाथ गोयनका पुरस्कार प्रधानमंत्री के हाथों लेने से इनकार कर दिया है. दो नवंबर को राजधानी दिल्ली में इन पुरस्कारों का वितरण प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के हाथों हुआ. लेकिन पत्रकार अक्षय मुकुल ने मोदी के हाथों पुरस्कार लेने में असमर्थता जताते हुए किसी अन्य व्यक्ति को अपनी तरफ से पुरस्कार ग्रहण करने के लिए...
November 5, 2016
More than a year before the killing of eight SIMI activists in a purported encounter following a jailbreak in Bhopal, a Khandwa court had acquitted one of the undertrials in a 2011 case, and had held evidence in the 2011 case against three of them “not believable”, reported The Indian Express.
Image credit: Patrika.com
In its judgement, the court had come down heavily upon...
November 5, 2016
The media should be an effective tool in the “sharpening of democracy,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi after giving away awards for excellence in journalism in Delhi on Wednesday. He also said there was a need to reflect on Emergency so that no leader dares to repeat it. Only a day later, came his government’s order directing a 24-hour shutdown of NDTV India on November 9...
November 5, 2016
एनडीटीवी इंडिया को एक दिन के लिए बैन करने वाली सिफारिशो पर जनता का रिपोर्टर ने इस मामले में एनडीटीवी का पूरा समर्थन करते हुए अपनी वेबसाइट को उस दिन 1 घटें के लिए पूरी तरह से काला करने का निर्णय लिया हैं।
सोशल मीडिया पर भी केन्द्र सरकार के इस तानाशाही फरमान को लेकर हाहाकार मचा हुआ है। नेता ,राजनेता और तमाम बड़ी शख्सियते इस बैन को लेकर कड़ा विरोध जता रहे हैं।
जनता का रिपोर्टर...
November 5, 2016
The recent arrests of HDP co-leaders and MPs is another dangerous episode in Turkey’s road towards absolute dictatorship.
Image credit: AP/Press Association Images
Let us stop pretending otherwise: Turkey is now under a dictatorial regime established step by step under the gaze of, and with tacit support from western governments and institutions. Kurdish and democratic forces...
November 5, 2016
Mobolaji Olambiwonnu hopes his new film on the killing of Michael Brown will bring healing, dignity, and investment to Black communities affected by police violence.
Credit: By Loavesofbread - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia.com.
Where do you find hope? What do you love? What do you find beautiful?
Equipped with these three questions, filmmaker Mobolaji Olambiwonnu packed up his gear...
November 5, 2016
The recent purported encounter in Bhopal of eight men who were undergoing trial in cases related to accusations of participation in terrorist activities is not merely one more encounter in the long history of such dubious encounters. This encounter is made more disturbing by the fact that the State government and its chief functionaries did not really seem interested in claiming that the...