Author: Vidya Bhushan Rawat
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Hamas-Israel War: Seeking a Path to Ceasefire and Dialogue
The crisis in West Asia is an abject failure not only of the so-called ‘omnipotent’ ‘intelligence’ of Israel but also of the Western countries who have given carte blanche to Israel without any international accountability. Hamas’ actions can be termed as ‘brutal,’ but the fact is that it is an organization fighting for Palestinian rights,…
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BJP Spreads Fake News About Brother-Sister Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi with Insidious Post
Every day BJP’s social media campaign hits a new low. The party that should have been giving us the account of its 9 years of work is back on the game which it plays the best. Spread rumours, question people’s choices and abuse the powerful social media to spread fake news. If there is an…
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Outrageous: Tripta Tyagi is the product of ‘Zahar Ki Pathshala’ of various outfits of saffron propaganda militia
The video of a Muslim student being beaten up, slapped and humiliated in front of the entire class in a school in Uttar Pradesh, has only shown how much the hate propaganda against Muslims in India has reached inside our hearts and minds. That a teacher in the primary school is sadistically enjoying when the…
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The Debate is over: The battle for survival of democracy will now be on streets of India
It was clear that Narendra Modi won’t reply to the question which is being asked but he has brought Air Force into his politics which is utterly shameful and distortion of facts. There are many stories of the past about usage of armed forces in civilian matters at many places in the formative years. India…
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Time for Supreme Court to take suo moto cognizance against Bulldozer ‘Injustice’
he Supreme Court must stop this bulldozer justice which has mostly been used against the Muslims by the BJP-ruled states. The narrative that BJP and its darbaris in the media are peddling every day needs to be understood carefully. Their politics is clear. They have made the word Muslim sound like criminals. The goons along…
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Hollowness in the Claims of ‘Mother of Democracy’ and ‘Vishwaguru’
The hollowness of the claims of the ‘mother of democracy’ and ‘Vishwaguru’ is already known to India. To counter every criticism coming from abroad, you make loud noises about ‘democracy’ and ‘institutions’ in India but back home you don’t have the basic decency to speak to people of a state which is burning. Manipur is…
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PM Statement On Manipur: Hypocrisy Ki Bhi Koi Seema Hoti Hai, Modiji!
s Pradhanmantri Modiji ‘expressed’ his ‘pain’ and ‘anguish’ on the horrific incident in Manipur suggesting all the state governments such as Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Bengal or Manipur, must do everything to protect ‘women’s rights and honour’. Can you imagine the level of contempt for the common people’s issues? One speaks after 78 days after the incident…
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Manipur Is What India Could Be Tomorrow
The incident of rape and parading of two Kuki women in Manipur is outrageous and barbaric, to say the least. We don’t have a word to describe what has happened to this beautiful state. For the last three months, the state is suffering from the violence which has been deliberately encouraged by those in power.…
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Two Stories and Two Different Yardsticks of Mainstream Media
In both stories, the woman is either a ‘villain’ or a ‘heroine’ depending on what she has done. This reflects the absolute criminalisation or communalisation of Indian electronic media. One story belongs to a woman named Jyoti Maurya, who is now an officer in the Uttar Pradesh government. The story about her is that she…
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दो कहानियाँ और मुख्यधारा की मीडिया के दो अलग-अलग मापदंड
दोनों कहानियों में, महिला या तो ‘खलनायक’ है या ‘नायिका’, यह इस बात पर निर्भर करता है कि उसने क्या किया है मतलब यह कि कहानी में मसाला है या नहीं उसके लिए एक पात्र के इस्लाम से संबंध होना ज़रूरी है और भारतीय इलेक्ट्रॉनिक मीडिया के पूर्ण अपराधीकरण या सांप्रदायिकरण को दर्शाता है। एक…