South Asia Citizens Web

Salman Rushdie speaks passionately about present Indian Elections and how the Indian Government is failing to protect free speech, religious freedom and personal safety in India.

With the rise of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi culminating in this week’s election, Pankaj Mishra asks if the world’s largest democracy is entering its most sinister period since independence

Several Enquiry Committee reports since independence have made several recommendations regarding improvement of working conditions, social security and the need to upgrade knowledge by way of training. The exponential growth of the entertainment industry would not have been possible without the active participation of its workforce. They ought to be treated as equal partners in this growth. Lack of sustained agitation and media exposure has only allowed the focus to remain on glamour quotient. It’s time to shift it back to the backbone of the industry - the workers and technicians. This book is an attempt to set the record straight.

KARACHI, May 15, 2014: Founding members of Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) Karamat Ali and B. M. Kutty on Thursday called upon the Pakistan government to reconsider the decision to two Indian journalists to leave Pakistan and withdraw the decision, as it is only going to help undermine its own publicly announced policy of turning a new leaf in Pakistan-India relations.

The increasing corporatisation of the media—with business houses, politicians, political parties and individuals with political affiliations owning and controlling increasing sections of the press—has resulted in a situation where the media discourse is heavily loaded with political bias. This is apparent in the media analysis around the general election, says noted political scientist Zoya Hasan.