In India, to question is to be ‘anti-national’ – By Kalpana Sharma

To question or not to question. That is literally the question that the media, and citizens, face in India.

In a democracy, the media is expected not just to speak truth to power, but also to question those in power. In the India of 2021, the bulk of the media does neither….

As for citizens who do either or both, speak the truth and question, there is hell to pay. This is evident in the number of students, activists and intellectuals who have been arrested and remain incarcerated without facing a trial in the last few years….

https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/01/07/in-india-to-question-is-to-be-anti-national