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Dear Reader,
For journalists in Kashmir, practice of their profession has always been daunting. And, incidents in recent months and weeks have seen a further setback to press freedom.
The arrest of website editor Fahad Shah for “glorifying terrorism” has underlined the unprecedented escalation in the level of harassment and intimidation of journalists in the Valley, reports Article 14. Raids, frequent summons and the filing of cases against scribes have become living realities. The fear is so real and forbidding that “bylines and tweets have disappeared”.
India’s forests have always had a precarious existence. An analysis by Down To Earth shows that we are on the edge of the precipice. The magazine’s deep dive into India’s State of Forest Report 2021, published by the Forest Survey of India reveals that 34 per cent of India’s forest cover, an area the size of Uttar Pradesh, is “missing”!
As the decks are being cleared for LIC’s IPO, Swarajya emphasises that the government should desist from meddling in its affairs after the divestment. The Corporation must be allowed to make its own decisions without nudges and winks from North Block.
In the 1960s, India was an international basket case, staring at food shortages and living on dole-outs from the West. In a fascinating tale, ThePrint chronicles how India transformed its agriculture and became surplus in food grains by the end of the decade, with the help of “Science, Swaminathan and Subramanian”.
For more such stories from the grantees this week, please read on.
Warmly,
Sunil Rajshekhar
IPSMF
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