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Ministry denies issuing legal order as users question sudden block

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath discuss the dichotomy of the BJP’s Muslim-messaging within India and abroad. In the second section, they also talk about whether art can be truly separated from the artist. Joining the discussion are The Wire’s editor Seema…

All the ruckus around an MS Subbulakshmi award being given to TM Krishna, outspoken Carnatic musician, appears to have doubled the sound of applause on Christmas Day when he performed as part of the annual conferences and concerts of the Madras Music Academy. Ever since March 2024, when the Music…

Journalism and journalists have made news this last fortnight.

India media make claims linking China and Pakistan intelligence to protests and exaggerate scale of attacks on Hindus.

Hours after The Wire reported on Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma allegedly spending “crores” of public money to “charter flights for BJP activity and weddings”, Sarma’s office described the report as a “lazy hit job based on selective reading of a handful of tweets”.

Predictable, is it not, that the new year should get off to a flying start with a non-issue becoming a raging controversy, thanks to social and mainstream media. It is a precursor to what we can expect in the rest of this year. 

Pegasus Spyware: Amnesty International’s Security Lab found traces of Pegasus spyware on the phones of two journalists in India, following Apple’s security notification in October.

We end this year by being reminded again that there are no clean endings when the issue of sexual harassment is raised. The face of champion wrestler Sakshi Malik, as she broke down in front of the media, could not be a more heart-rending reminder of this ugly truth.