Delhi Police is stopping ordinary citizens from gathering or protesting, citing Section 163 of the BNSS. But Hindutva groups are gathering openly and threatening protesters. They claim the protesters are raising anti-India slogans. I have covered these protests and haven’t witnessed this. And frankly, this is an old tactic. Nothing new here. So I asked Delhi Police a simple question: if ordinary citizens aren’t allowed to gather, how are these groups allowed to assemble and openly threaten protesters? They had no answer.

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? ~ Rumi

Nature-nature ❤️

My ceasefire day is over. I was travelling through remote areas with no internet, and for personal reasons, I wanted one negativity-free day. Now, back to square one. You know what? This reflects less badly on CJP or Dipke than it does on their powerful supporters, like some journalists, SM warriors and celebs who fought tooth and nail for these thugs and sold them as some new-age revolutionaries. Lmao. CJP had no ideological clarity from day one. And don’t take me for some arrogant chap. I’m no great intellectual either. I’m a journalist who observes things and tries to read between the lines. But Dipke has zero intellectual depth. Absolutely zero. When you lack intellectual depth, colossal contradictions in your own statements are inevitable. If you say elections are being rigged, you are questioning the legitimacy of the government formed through those elections. So what exactly is your endgame? How can you claim elections are being rigged and then turn around and say you don’t want a change of government? Lol. What do you want, then? A few headlines before moving on to the next issue? And the influential supporters on social media, I mean some amazing content creators, who spent months glorifying CJP before suddenly turning critical are equally culpable. Did they really think CJP was saintly one day and terrible the next? They can’t be that naive. You helped create this problem. You are part of it. You lent these people your credibility and encouraged others to believe in them. Now you have plenty to say about CJP, but not a word of apology or regret for your own role. That’s a serious failure of moral responsibility. Either they were incredibly foolish, or they did it for money. And honestly, I strongly believe the latter was a major factor for many of them. You can’t spend months glorifying CJP, suddenly turn critical, and act as if you have no responsibility for the role you played. We haven’t forgotten what you said or what you did.

टीम महा फ्रॉड अन्ना 2 लगातार भटकाने में थोड़ी सफल हो रही है. शानदार योगदान हमारे सबके प्यारे लिबरल यूट्यूबर समुदाय का, जिन्होंने या तो मूर्खता में या पैसे लेकर कबाड़ा करने का प्रण लिया हुआ है. ग़द्दार कहीं के.

जो भी अपनी बहन की इज़्ज़त करता है और प्यार करता है वो @ABPNews @abplive को अगले २४ घंटे मै अनसब्सक्राइब कर देगा जो नहीं करेगा वो अंधभक्त की श्रेणी मै गिना जाएगा @nehafolksinger

Today is ceasefire day. I am not going to write any critical posts about anyone.🌷

इस दलाल @ABPNews को पता है कि ये किसी भी लड़की को कुछ भी अनाप-शनाप बोल देगा तब भी इसका कुछ नहीं बिगड़ेगा. ये कॉन्फिडेंस सरकार का आशीर्वाद मिले बिना नहीं आ सकता. इस @ABPNews को लगता है कि सरकार से सवाल पूछने वाली लड़की को ये कॉल गर्ल बोल देगा तो इसकी दलाली की रकम बढ़ जाएगी. अब कोर्ट में मुलाक़ात होगी. खूब नारी वंदन करवा हैं आप मोदीजी…@narendramodi

The Patrakar, The Mithya

Please sue this channel. Sue these ******ds as well.

The reach of my Instagram posts has been severely affected. Don’t know why

That’s not ice cream. ❤️

I genuinely don’t know which category I fall into. I’m an independent journalist who expresses opinions, often very strongly. I don’t agree with many of your points. For example, “some mainstream journalists have failed to uphold the truth.” SOME of them? Please say MOST of them. I would say 99%, including your colleagues. I don’t follow you because I don’t watch your Godi media channel, so I don’t know much about your journalism. But you work for one, so I guess I can take the liberty of painting you with the same brush. I quit mainstream media because I can’t see myself working for any of these channels. My idea of journalism is about pursuing the truth, not making money at any cost. Now I work independently. I shoot videos, edit them and publish them, all by myself. Sometimes, if a friend is free, I ask them to tag along and help me with the camera. But these days, I can’t even do that because they are at a greater risk of being detained. I do field reporting with whatever little resources I have. I want to do more but can’t, and even then, I feel guilty about not doing enough. When I see something wrong, I can’t stop myself from calling it out. I’m a human being first and a journalist second. If I see the police brutally assaulting a protester in front of me, I’ll ask them why they are doing it, even if there’s a risk they might hurt me too. If Hindutva goons threaten protesters, I’ll call them out and ask the police why they are allowing it. And I have actually done something similar in the recent past. If I see a group beating up someone helpless, I can’t just stand there and watch, no matter how scary things get. I’m no activist, but journalism, in its truest sense, does have an activist dimension. If it didn’t, people like Gauri Lankesh wouldn’t have had to pay with their lives. I studied at two of India’s top journalism institutes and took my media ethics classes seriously. I was an excellent student, and perhaps my education and empathy have made me too much of an idealist. And despite all the advice from well-wishers, I haven’t been able to change. I could make a fair amount of money if I sold my soul. I have had opportunities, and I don’t come from money, but I still can’t bring myself to compromise. My integrity is the most valuable thing I have. I haven’t earned a single rupee from my independent journalism yet. I have funded it all myself, and it’s getting harder to sustain, but I still struggle to ask for help. So, does all this make me a journalist, or am I just some random YouTuber? Yes, some content creators picked up a mic and became journalists. But can we blame them all? Some without journalism degrees are doing a far better job than many veteran journalists. Perhaps the real question is: why are they doing the job you were supposed to do? From what I gather, your definition of journalism suggests that speaking up against injustice or questioning power makes you an activist. So what are journalists supposed to do? Remain mute spectators? Of course, plenty of people enter the field just to get viral footage, with little understanding of the responsibility that comes with it. And there are independent Godi media journalists too, some of whom pretend to be genuine until they establish their brand and then show their true colours. (Hey @Abhinavpinch, sup?) If you call them out, I’ll gladly raise my voice alongside yours. I don’t know exactly what you meant by your definitions, but since we are all defining things here, I couldn’t help defining a few things for you too.

Why don’t you pay them from your salary? You must be earning crores from dalaali. Thode paap bhi dhul jaayenge aapke. 😊

Propaganda has begun. Shameless clown. You are the real anti-national. You will be held accountable for this. You will face prosecution. You are not just part of the problem. You are the problem.

And then, when their reporters get heckled, the entire channel and Adani’s servant-in-chief Rahul Kanwal will cry a river, conveniently ignoring how studio-sitting propagandists like @ShivAroor contribute to this hostility towards journalists. You guys are not journalists. You are dalaals of the ruling dispensation.

Another post withheld in India. Wow. 👏

Stop playing the victim. It’s time to accept that you are nothing but new-age propagandists. Add a rejoinder and tell people about the event you organised for the Madhya Pradesh government. Stop playing Kangana Ranaut. Your journalism is stained, and there’s another name for stained journalism: propaganda. 🤮

Aaj ka sabak: Ya toh paise kamao ya izzat.