BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN OPINION |23/07/2017
The EPW controversy shows that India’s public intellectuals wish to pay a minimal price for speaking out.
BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN OPINION |28/04/2017
But why? If Kejriwal is reformed he won’t win power on his own terms and seek to reform it – which, as we all know, was why AAP was born.
BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |10/10/2016
Is the channel suggesting that the army should not be held accountable?
BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN BOOKS |11/11/2014
Rajdeep Sardesai's book mixes insight and anecdote to offer an analysis of the making and remaking of Narendra Modi.
BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/06/2014
The right to free speech belongs to journalists and not to media owners.
BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN BOOKS |10/06/2014
The word"aspiration" acquires a termite-like quality in 'Anticipating India'. It keeps surfacing in every possible context over its 516 pages,
BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN BOOKS |17/02/2014
Why is the Indian media, including the group the author works for, not following up on some of the sensational disclosures made in this book,
BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |02/12/2013
Is it ethical for editors and senior journalists to have consensual sexual relationships with their subordinates? After the Tejpal incident, they would do well to revisit the IPC amendment made this year.
BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/09/2013
Why do spooks mostly feed us the apple-pie-cold-coffee stories instead of revealing information of the kind Gen Singh disclosed?
BY AJAZ ASHRAF| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |12/08/2013
Many Dalits enter the media because they believe it can empower their community. But discrimination against them is rampant in the Hindi and other language media.
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The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.                   

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.                 

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