Vrinda Sharma

Oct 18, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Sarah Dawood |Jemimah Steinfeld |Vrinda Sharma

Hello, readers. This is Sarah Dawood here, editor of Index on Censorship. Every week, we bring the most pertinent global free speech stories to your inbox. I must confess that today’s newsletter is very bleak, so I won’t be offended if you click away in search of a more optimistic end to your week.

Oct 17, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Salil Tripathi |Be nice |Vrinda Sharma |Shoaib Daniyal

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is greeted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrives at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. Photo: credit: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP/AlamyThis article was first published in the Spring 2024 issue of Index on Censorship.

Oct 16, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Vrinda Sharma |Shohini Chaudhuri

Ever since Galileo Galilei faced the Roman inquisition in the 17th century for proving that the Earth went round the sun, scientists have risked being ruthlessly silenced. The Autumn 2024 issue of Index examines how scientists to this day still face censorship, as in many places around the world, adherence to ideology stands in the way of scientific progress.

Oct 15, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Vrinda Sharma |Shohini Chaudhuri |Shoaib Daniyal |Katie Dancey-Downs

We knew it was coming. It was 28 November 2021, and I was meeting my friend Ravish for the first time in nearly 20 months. Because of Covid I had been working from home since March 2020; a home that was 660km away from Delhi. It was a smoggy winter, as is usually the case in Delhi, but that day was a bright sunny one. We walked along Lodhi Road, and at one point in our conversation Ravish turned to me and said with a grim smile: “Don’t worry.