Despite the huge controversy that the book has led to within and outside the BJP, the Gujarat Government may have no case at all to ban Jaswant Singh’s book on Jinnah. The text of the...
I read A.G.Noorani’s article titled ‘Free Speech and Religion’ in the June 6th issue of EPW with interest wherein he argues that the March 26th resolution 7/19 of the Human Rights Council of Geneva...
1. Regulation of the Media: Interesting, and dare I say, worrying developments on the broadcasting media regulation front, but first the background: Some time ago, the government proposed a...
I began a discussion with Madhav Khosla after reading his interesting take on Justice Kaul’s “smoking” judgment. Unfortunately, owing to certain intervening events, I lost the...
The FMP’s panel discussion on ‘Is religion beyond media’s scrutiny?’ brought forth interesting responses. Some speakers, notably Chandan Mitra and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan...
The recent refusal of the Supreme Court to come to the aid of D.Ajith, facing harassment from Shiv Sena which has filed a criminal complaint against him alleging criminal intimidation and outraging...
The Foundation for Media Professionals, New Delhi, is organising a panel discussion on ‘Is Religion beyond media scrutiny?’ on March 2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (followed by lunch)at India...
Does section 295A of the Indian Penal Code prohibit us from criticising religion? In an outrageous act, police arrested the editor and publisher of The Statesman for re-publishing an article by...
The appeal filed by the Supreme Court against the of the decision of the Central Information Commission in the judges’ assets declaration case has been discussed on this blog here and here. In...
Last week, Tarunabh posted details of two new free speech orders that had been passed. In one of the orders, the judgment of which can be found here, the Delhi High Court struck down the ban on...