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Uneasy rests the chair that mines the earth

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H.R.Bapu Satyanarayana on J-POD || Podcast || “Kannada newspapers’ circulation is down from 25 lakhs to 5 lakhs due to #Corona. No ads, no sales, no newsprint. It’s unimaginable; a grave existential crisis” || ‘Vishwa Vani’ editor and owner, Vishweshwar Bhat
Narendra Kumar S S on Six heart-warming stories of Muslims coming to the aid of Hindus in #Corona season: How come no swami, yogi, baba, guru or godman has the nerve to speak for “communal harmony” any more?
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Sherna on Has #CoronaVirus helped Narendra Modi to discover the virtues of democracy? Or, has ‘The Supreme Leader’ only craftily seized the moment to craft a new persona for himself?
Narendra Kumar S S on There is no proof that Coronavirus broke out because the Chinese ate bats and snakes. Why do Indians find it so easy to lecture them that they should be eating ‘khichdi’ and ‘papdi chaat’?
Narendra Kumar S S on Journalism in the time of COVID: Why Indian TV anchors and reporters need to read up what Article 51 (a) (h) of the Constitution stands for
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Narendra Kumar S S on From the ramparts of ‘Sly Granny’, Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya blithely makes a major announcement: India is “already” a ‘Hindu rashtra’
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Jyothi Raghuram on There is no proof that Coronavirus broke out because the Chinese ate bats and snakes. Why do Indians find it so easy to lecture them that they should be eating ‘khichdi’ and ‘papdi chaat’?
Jyothi Raghuram on 13 photographs which show how ‘Vikas’ has propelled India towards a $5-trillion economy on your WhatsApp. (No wonder Narendra Modi’s jokers want you to amuse yourself with ‘Ramayana’.)
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Desi vs angrezi: how language and English newspapers showcase the start of the Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya
J-POD || Podcast || “In 1992, journalists had to be beaten up to stop them from telling the Ayodhya story. Today it will appear on page 8. English media will go Hindi way soon” || Seema Chishti on covering the Babri Masjid demolition
The subtle signals newspapers send in the manner in which they display Amit Shah’s claim of being COVID positive
The top business newspaper Editor who had failed in three different ‘third languages’ by the time he was 12!
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