We welcome the strange voice

newspapers were forged in the furnace of the freedom struggle. Not many people would have imagined that 78 years after Independence they would have to invent the phrase godi media. Even as readers and viewers desert them in the thousands, many newspapers and channels flourish thanks to government patronage.

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Mr Modi went on to say, ‘Fifty years ago, The Indian Express showed that even blank editorials can challenge the mentality that seeks to enslave... These stories tell us that Ramnathji always stood by the truth, always placed duty above everything else, no matter how powerful the forces standing against him were.’

The stark reality