For more than two decades, Ram Dutt Tripathi reported for the BBC World Service from Lucknow. He was active among student leaders during the Emergency and was also imprisoned. An independent journalist now, he lives in Lucknow.
Qurban Ali is a seasoned journalist and was, till 2017, with Rajya Sabha TV in an editorial role. A student activist who became a journalist in the aftermath of the Emergency, Ali wrote for the magazines Ravivar and Sunday Observer, joining the BBC…
TN Ninan was a young reporter during the Emergency. He speaks of the politics of business interests in the media and their relationship with the Government.
Kumar Prashant is the chairman of the Gandhi Peace Foundation in Delhi. He began working as a social activist under Gandhian leader Jaiprakash Narayana's influence in the early 1970s, and began writing in publications. He was among the student…