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The second Kuldeep Nayyar Journalism Award for outstanding contribution to journalism will be presented in October this year. Interested journalists have until 31 August to file nominations. B. Anand reports

We are inviting applications for Assistant Editor (English)

Being a Dalit in the media should mean never losing sight of the social, economic and political concerns of the community. What is generally seen is that the establishment uses the Dalit representatives only to expand and strengthen its base

If I object to the severing of the thumb, they discover new thumbs – as if they cannot live without severing thumbs. I have seen political and social platforms decorated with garlands of severed thumbs. I have seen violence overwhelming democracy

Contrary to the run-of-the-mill leftist magazines, it laid greater stress on practice and application rather than on theory. It adopted a practical approach to issues like caste census, sanatan religious and cultural fascism, feminism and women’s education, Ambedkar’s socio-economic thoughts, assaults on Bahujans, including Soni Sori, and cow slaughter. It was different from the mainstream press

These news channels continue to present the Kashmir issue with a claim that they themselves are “free” and “independent” but largely, the army and the governments write their scripts

Dr B.P. Mahesh Chandra Guru, a professor in the University of Mysore, was arrested on Friday, 16 June, after a complaint was filed against him for “insulting Lord Ram” when he spoke at a function last year

Journalists like Barkha Dutt and eminent scholars like Jagdish Bhagwati take a predictable position on reservation informed by their birth. They must familiarize themselves with the facts

Ambedkar realized early on the importance of financial independence when one worked for the public good. Hence, while he ran the newspaper, he never gave up practising law. Finances were a concern for a newspaper then as they are today

Instead of meticulously building the media to bring about fundamental changes in society, our leaders use it for short-term political gains