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Ram Dutt Tripathi interview with Sopan Joshi
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 interview with Sopan Joshi
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 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.
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…
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.
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.
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…