Media

Media is considered the fourth pillar of democracy. This section presents news and views about the state of Indian media.

News Reports

How ThePrint tried to normalise relationship between 23 year old man and 13 year old girl in the Kashmir Sikh conversion controversy

K Bhattacharjee - 12 July, 2021

ThePrint journalist spoke to Shahid Nazir Bhatt who made some rather intriguing comments on the Kashmir Sikh girl case.

News Reports

After massive Covid-19 mismanagement in Delhi, AAP govt runs full-page advertisements across country to boost Kejriwal’s image

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2021

On Friday, the Delhi government ran full-page advertisement not just in several national dailies but also in regional newspapers in Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, etc, announcing a welfare scheme that is meant for only Delhi residents.

Opinions

‘You natives, be grateful that your children died as Christians, not pagans’: American Conservative magazine tells indigenous people in Canada

Sanghamitra - 9 July, 2021

The article goes on to defend the residential school system altogether. It actually asserts that 'it was necessary to convert native people into Christianity because otherwise, "their souls could not have been saved."

Before you take lie-ridden MIT Technology Review article on India’s COVID-19 situation seriously, remember who funds that section

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2021

MIT Technology Review publishes an article blaming Modi govt for the Covid-19 surge in India, which is filled with lies and false accusations

Media

Uttar Pradesh: Occult practitioner Afzal Malik and his aides gang-rape minor girl in Amroha, ‘secular media’ refers to him as ‘Tantrik’

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2021

An occult practitioner identified as Afzal Malik and his three friends Tariq, Aslam and Zulfiqar allegedly gang-raped the minor girl after luring her to his place on the pretext of curing her illness.

Media