BBC documentary

Now, Ambedkar University screens BBC documentary; admin cuts power

The exact script was followed at Ambedkar University as in JNU. Call for screening, no permission from administration, defiance of ban, power cut, raising of Azaadi slongans and deployment of security forces.

Demonisation as a tool of disinformation

As India celebrates its 74th Republic Day, the disinformation campaign in the asymmetric warfare against the Republic of India also turns a few decades old now. Disinformation refers to false or misleading information that is spread deliberately to deceive people. The purpose of disinformation is often to influence public opinion, or to disrupt the normal […]

BBC Row: Jamia didn’t bar students from screening; only JNU did

Two of the national capital’s prominent institutions of higher education – Jamia Milia Islamia and Jawaharlal Nehru University are grappling with student’s unrest over the screening of a controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The call for screening of “India: The Modi Question”, by mostly left-leaning students has become a cause of much […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Straw’s Muslim appeasement behind BBC documentary?

Former ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar terms former UK Foreign Minister Jack Straw’s involvement as a bid to woo Muslims in his constituency. Sajjanhar is one of the 302 eminent Indian citizens who signed a petition against the BBC documentary against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  He also demands a probe as he questions how confidential reports, which […]

302 eminent Indians call BBC out for prejudiced, nefarious documentary

Over 300 eminent citizens, including 33 retired judges, 133 ex-bureaucrats, and 156 ex-army officers, released a letter on Saturday condemning the British Broadcasting Corporation documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s Muslims. The letter says that the documentary is riddled with factual errors which reek of motivated distortions “reeks of motivated distortion that is as […]