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Ram Bahadur Rai interview with Sopan Joshi
Seasoned journalist Ram Bahadur Rai was a student leader at the Banaras Hindu University in the years preceding the Emergency, and active with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. He was jailed in Varanasi for his involvement in the protests.…
Jawaharlal Kaul interview with Sopan Joshi
Jawaharlal Kaul is a highly regarded journalist, having served in senior editorial positions of reputed publications, including Dinmaan and Jansatta, where his role was in handling opinion/editorial sections. He was born in Jammu and Kashmir, and has…
HK Dua interview with Kai Friese
H K Dua details the workings of the UNI during the Emergency. He also recalls the post Emergency period and the media's interaction with Rajiv Gandhi on the defamation bill.
Jug Suraiya interview with Farah Yameen
Jug Suraiya remembers state censorship and how the censor completely missed irony which is how journalists like him slipped in satirical pieces.
Kumar Prashant interview with Sopan Joshi
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…
TN Ninan interview with Farah Yameen
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.