It has now been a month since Banned: A social media trial was launched. And, may…
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Press Freedom and the Pursuit of Truth – Lessons from Banned: A Social Media Trial
In an era when social media platforms metamorphose into digital arenas of conflict and public sentiment…
The picture behind why Banned: A Social Media Trial had to be written
I am in Bengaluru for a series of shoots, and Simon and Schuster, my publishers, had…
Shoaib Akhtar and a World Cup helping hand
As I have said in an earlier piece, one of the most difficult events to deal…
Clinching Evidence – WhatsApp chats between two almost-friends
The Cricketer had alleged I had been intimidating him for years. See clinching evidence below, and…
Boria’s journalism carries the DNA of getting up, close and personal with people and not bowing under pressure.
-Jayanta Ghosal Mr Boria Majumdar is much younger than me. I am 61, Boria is 48.…
When truth is sacrificed at the altar of likes and subscribers
‘You fetch social-media likes.’ It was October 2022, and I was on my way to Australia…
Social media ‘freedoms’ have turned some into beasts
-Shahid Hashmi افکار سے ہے انکی تباہی۔۔۔ رکھتے نہیں جو فکر و تدبر کا سلیقہ ۔۔۔…
Back to Eden Gardens, scene of my first cricket memories
Twenty-six months. More than 800 days, to be exact. I hadn’t stepped inside a cricket ground…
An innocuous text message painted as a threat
Sukhwant Basra I distinctly remember the day Boria Majumdar was banned by the BCCI. Not for…