Why is Jaswant Singh Khalra’s story so scary to those blocking the film? Because his life illustrates clearly what it takes to spread light in the midst of darkness. Subscribe to read the full edit note by @priyaramani.bsky.social article-14.com/subscribe

Blaft's graphic novel offerings include Appupen's debut MOONWARD, Yukichi Yamamatsu's STUPID GUY GOES TO INDIA (an autobiographical manga set in Delhi), and the 25th anniversary edition of Orijit Sen's RIVER OF STORIES (the first ever Indian graphic novel) www.blaft.com/collections/...

How’s it going on Bluesky? My latest, on substack priyaramani.substack.com/p/the-newspa...

Can’t wait to read

"Demanding #education is not anti-national." PhD scholar Ramadas PS to @itsswati.bsky.social, as TISS, #Mumbai suspended him for 2 yrs in 2024 for joining a protest on education policies. On 12 March 2025, the Bombay HC dismissed his suspension challenge. youtu.be/XR1rC2eKgFc

The ideal of the apolitical citizen, who participates in politics once every 5 years & returns to a political quarantine, benefits those in power. Kunal Kamra's Naya Bharat calls on Indians to reclaim politics, writes Kavitha Iyer To read, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe

Considering how difficult it can be to achieve justice in cases when the ruling party desires a specific outcome, it is rare to encounter orders & judges who adhere strictly to the law, writes @betwasharma.bsky.social. She tells us of those who do. To read, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe

"There cannot be freedom of speech without the right to offend" Activist Feroze to Swati on the risks of speaking out in #India—dissenters face legal action, demolitions & surveillance, as seen after #KunalKamra's video youtu.be/5vDuDnl4_Ok

No generation before us has witnessed a live streamed genocide. And certainly no generation before us has witnessed a live streamed genocide while shopping for hand-tufted woollen rugs.... @priyaramani.bsky.social on the peak cognitive dissonance of our times priyaramani.substack.com/p/genocide-a...

Steve Liesman perfectly sums up every one of us that are losing our 401k, retirement etc

What’s the fascism count?

Stunning new piece on my substack about fangirling, failure and tangerines. open.substack.com/pub/priyaram...

On 5 March, a Delhi court sentenced a man to 10 years for a 2017 acid attack on a man & his two minor daughters, awarding them Rs 20 lakh compensation. Our report on the case, the legal battle led by Brave Souls Foundation & systemic delays in acid attack convictions. youtu.be/Asv9CAaQSQE?...

Indian pulp fiction in translation, Anti-Caste SF & more! Free shipping within India! Ebooks available! We ship worldwide, too, & while the shipping is a bit pricy, Indian book prices are comparatively low, so it kinda works out! (Especially if you buy 2+ books!) www.blaft.com/collections/...

Bela Bhatia’s book India’s Forgotten Country traces 3 decades of state coercion, corporate interests & democratic erosion across #India. From #Gujarat to #Kashmir, her essays document the suppression of dissent & the complicity of elites, writes Ashoka Mody article-14.com/post/india-s...

Our interview from the archives with Banu Mushtaq, whose short story collection Heart Lamp has made it to the 2025 Booker Prize long list. By Basav Biradar article-14.com/post/-in-kar...

In Ways of Remembering, Oishik Sircar examines how law & Bollywood shaped collective public memory of Gujarat 2002. A striking study on cinema, courts & Hindutva narratives. Read an exclusive excerpt here article-14.com/post/ways-of...

open.substack.com/pub/priyaram... Today’s episode :)

“The river turned blood that day” Mohammad Ajijul Haque, who lost five family members in #Assam’s #NellieMassacre, recalls what he saw on 18 February 1983 Watch: youtu.be/HhArHrBPVdc

So no more pieces like this in WaPo?

"Kula comes from ‘Kul,’ meaning a clan, a tribe, a community. As the world grows uncertain, art is becoming ‘you’ vs ‘me’—traditional vs modern. But there’s space for all to coexist" Andre Tully, Kula Worldwide 2025, celebrating diverse art in #Mumbai youtu.be/Xxlj8YWSwtM

Our story on the covert attack on press freedom by Kavitha Iyer in today’s @niemanlab.org digest. article-14.com/post/backlas...

The resistance will unfold on Blue Sky…or not :) This place is still dead

The same medium, space words and format are used to promote the annihilation of democracy and the drift to shampoo bars.

What if sharing a love story was an act of resistance? ❤️💪 On a #ValentinesDay special episode of the #JHRPodcast, we sit down w/ journalist @priyaramani.bsky.social to discuss the #IndiaLoveProject — a bold and inspiring movement celebrating interfaith, intercaste & LGBTQ+ relationships in #India.

On 24 Feb 1990, Delhi police beat 5 young Muslim & forced to sing the national anthem. One of them died5 yrs later, a court has ordered an FIR The fact that many regard this as a victory is a tragedy, writes @betwasharma.bsky.social Subscribe to read our edit notes: article-14.com/subscribe

Dekoder only

How brilliant is this newslaundry.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...

Release of Santosh—film about murder of Dalit girl, contender for British Academy Awards—stuck as Censor Board stalls it, one of many films stuck, often for years. Anna M M Vetticad’s 11-month probe into #India’s growing ecosystem of censorship article-14.com/post/how-a-m...

Wrote a new substack post priyaramani.substack.com/p/older-wome...

Streaming companies have “internal self-censorship committees” to pre-empt govt & the mob. Film writers, producers & directors censor themselves. Anna M M Vetticad’s 11-month probe into #India’s widening ecosystem of censorship article-14.com/post/how-a-m...

RIP fierce one

Excited to see this

Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.

More “protection” for Indian women

As Indians share stories of Trump, here’s a Monday morning reality check

How sociopaths get a makeover. Highly recommend Say Nothing if you haven’t yet seen.

100%

Being forced to watch R-day parade by husband. Can only hear commentators repeatedly saying words Viksit Bharat and Atmanirbhar, and drowning out gorgeous naval band

Not only do we not like dogs but we will go to any extent to ensure that others don’t like them too. If anyone knows the woman who filed the case, please connect me

Star Trek trailer looks nothing like a Star Trek movie Why

There’s a new Star Trek film?!

What are all the women and people of colour who voted for Trump saying?

Since the Delhi police beat up students inside the Jamia campus on 15 Dec 2019, petitions for justice accountability/compensation have been heard 45 times in the Delhi High Court, with 15 benches/20 judges.

Trump’s spending cuts

Nope, toddlers don’t hate women

Apart from his violent behaviour, she says he doesn’t believe women should work or vote.

Giving sci fi a bad name www.vox.com/future-perfe...