Government Quote by Barkha Dutt

“Most of us in the media are, by and large, sentimental about our national identity, but comfortable enough in our skins as Indians, to be deeply self-critical. The problem arises when loyalty to India gets mixed up with loyalty to the government of the day.”

Barkha Dutt

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India cannot pretend anymore that none of its citizens fancy membership to the Global Jehad club. We need to examine where our secularism has…

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