Archive - Rana Ayyub's Newsletter

Trump Humiliates India Daily. We Helped Him Do It

From Howdy Modi to Handcuffed Indians: A Love Story

Aug 9 •

July 2025

June 2025

India’s Foreign Policy Falters Under the Weight of Nationalist Politics

Narendra Modi's foreign policy has become reactive and optics-driven, focused on symbolic actions and headline-grabbing diplomacy rather than long-term…

Jun 9 •

May 2025

Truth is the casualty in the India-Pakistan conflict

The ceasefire might be holding, but the war of misinformation and censorship continues— while Kashmir bleeds in silence.

May 14 •

April 2025

An Indian Film, Empuraan, Rattles the Political Establishment: Why This Film Matters for the Future of Indian Cinema

Amidst backlash and political controversy, Empuraan boldly challenges India's political climate, confronting uncomfortable truths and redefining the…

Apr 6 •

March 2025

Stop criminalising student protests

From Columbia to Jamia: Standing Against the Criminalization of Student Activism. Why silencing dissent on campus undermines democracy and justice…

Mar 7 •

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January 2025

Films About India That Inspire Hope

As state-backed propaganda films become increasingly prevalent in India, women filmmakers addressing critical national issues are gaining global…

Jan 26 •

December 2024

How does a journalist report in Modi's India?

For the last three years, I have spent more time in courts, with lawyers, and answering summons than doing my journalism. And it is traumatic...

Dec 13, 2024 •

September 2024

Jammu and Kashmir goes to vote after a decade

With local media silenced, and activists jailed, the people of Jammu and Kashmir vote for their freedoms. A ground report from June this year

Sep 17, 2024 •

Mob lynchings in India and Pakistan

Seventy-seven years after independence, the two countries continue to vie with each other over the savagery of their treatment of religious minorities,

Sep 2, 2024 •

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