Free and Independent media, the most talked about attribute of a vibrant liberal democracy in India came under attack from all fronts in 2018. There was no respite from killings and attacks on journalists, censorship of news both forced and voluntary, defamation suits by corporates and politicians against news media running into billions, sedition cases […]
Last week, on the eve of their exams, two students were evicted from their hostels at this elite law school in Hyderabad, after they made social media posts alleging sexual harassment by a professor, and administrative complicity in shielding him. In conversations with a member of GroundXero they discussed their experiences and the campus climate […]
Independent journalist and student Lois Sofia who has been extensively covering protests in Thoothukudi was arrested today for shouting “Down with Modi-BJP-RSS’s fascist rule” in a flight, addressed to TN BJP State President Tamilisai Soundararajan who happened to be in the same flight. GroundXero reports on the latest in the BJP-RSS regime’s blatant desperate attacks […]