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Christmas, appropriation of pagan festival marked by violence against Jews, and why I am hurt as a Hindu: Time to reflect?

Balbir Punj - 25 December, 2020

While coping valiantly with COVID, the beleaguered world is also busy planning New Year and Christmas celebrations

Opinions

China’s information warfare: How Beijing uses censorship, disinformation and propaganda to control and influence domestic narrative

Jinit Jain - 24 December, 2020

A primer into how the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) has been regulating the flow of information and distorting it with disinformation to maintain its preeminence.

Opinions

From being in a ‘hurry’ to double farmer income to missing Sonia Gandhi’s NAC: Bizarre excuses Communists give to put farm laws on hold

S. Sudhir Kumar - 24 December, 2020

The Hindu carried an opinion piece on farmer laws which had some of the most bizarre excuses for which the farm laws must be withdrawn.

Media

OfCom: The secretive govt censor that has fined the UK affiliate of Republic Bharat. Why people are rejoicing and what it means

Abhishek Banerjee - 24 December, 2020

The Office of Communications holds sweeping powers over broadcasting, telecommunications and even postal industries in the UK.

Opinions

True “wokeness” would see Christian missionaries are engaged in oppression by bringing indigenous culture under monopoly of the church

Abhishek Banerjee - 24 December, 2020

The missionaries insist that those of Indic faiths have been following the devil. They must give up this ancient culture, including goddess worship, venerating certain animals and forces of nature.

News Reports

As the US bans cotton from Xinjiang company, read how China has been exploiting Uyghur slave labour to supply Western markets

Anurag - 22 December, 2020

China has long been accused of persecution of Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang region. Multiple organisations have now accused the Communist country of using Uyghur slave labour.

Culture and History