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In the last few days, the national media has been abuzz with ‘Snoop-gate’ or Pegasus-gate, the data leaks from India and across the world that suggest that thousands of phone lines were being tracked by an Israeli spyware Pegasus. I am not surprised by the revelations, what I am honestly surprised by is that so many people are surprised by it. Anyone who has been involved in tracking the Indian government will know that we have long lived with a state that snoops on its citizens.
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Two weeks ago, I asked a question: is this man a terrorist? I was referring to Father Stan Swamy, the priest who at 84 has been arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case under UAPA and accused of being part of a Maoist group based on very flimsy evidence. This week, I ask another question: who will compensate these three young Indian citizens for the 13 months they’ve spent in jail, accused again under the UAPA for their role in the anti-CAA protests that were seen to lead riots in Delhi last February. I don’t think you need to be introduced to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Tanha, two from JNU and one from Jamia: their faces are plastered all over the newspapers and tv channels after the Delhi high court granted them bail this week. But it isn’t just an ordinary bail order; this was a scathing indictment of the Delhi police, the union home ministry that the police reports to, and our criminal justice system.
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This weekend marks one year since the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.. one year since a large section of the media and viewers were obsessed with a single question: was Sushant murdered or did he commit suicide? Reams of newsprint and certainly hours of tv time was used up to engage in a tabloidish drama that frankly was eventually a little nauseating.