MUSTHAFA MUBASHIR : Articles

They set fire to our thoughts

BY MUSTHAFA MUBASHIR| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |06/08/2016

Pondicherry University’s student magazine is anti-national and subversive, says the ABVP, eager to crush dissent.

Urdu, the Trojan horse?

BY MUSTHAFA MUBASHIR| IN OPINION |06/04/2016

That’s the implication of a government form which insinuates that Urdu is the medium of expressing anti-national sentiments.

Arnab Goswami constructs moral panic

BY MUSTHAFA MUBASHIR| IN OPINION |17/02/2016

Racial comments are so common in social media. Goswami provided one more opportunity for it,

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.