
Abhinav Chakraborty
@abhinavcj
Journalist @frontline_india. Alumnus @ACJIndia @welingkarinst. Ex-HR. Books. Travel. Sport. Pop Culturist. Rom-Communist. Pseudo Intellectual. Views my own.
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#CaseInPoint | Can courts protect #FreeSpeech while designing its boundaries? The Supreme Court wants self-restraint, Maharashtra wants new sedition laws. Free speech may survive—just not the kind that questions power. Saurav Das writes. frontline.thehindu.com/columns/mahara…




Good riddance to bad rubbish is really the only thing one can say about #JagdeepDhankhar’s departure as Vice President, writes Aditya Sinha in his new #MindOfTheLife column. His exit & #Bihar’s voter purge suggest a broader undoing of democratic norms. frontline.thehindu.com/columns/dhanka…


#Mumbai’s commuter crisis is a class war in plain sight, writes Amey Tirodkar. The city’s rail network sees thousands of commuter deaths each year but government plans focus on global growth, not on making daily travel safe or fair. frontline.thehindu.com/politics/mumba…


The space for criticism, satire, protest & ideological non-conformity is rapidly shrinking. What was once extraordinary—judicial musings about regulating jokes, or executive sealing homes without trial—now is becoming more normal. Saurav Das writes. frontline.thehindu.com/columns/mahara…

#Environment | The social impact assessment process for road infrastructure under the proposed #GreatNicobarProject excludes key tribal voices, leaving affected communities uncertain about land acquisition & future displacement. Rishika Pardikar writes. frontline.thehindu.com/environment/gr…


India is home to nearly 3 crore orphans. But only about 30,000 live in child care institutions, and just 3,000 are free for adoption. Why so few? In this video, we analyze data to explore India’s #adoption paradox — and examine where the system is failing. youtu.be/Zmd8ar99hoE?si…

WATCH | "#Bihar is still the State where #BJP, despite their dominance in the Hindi belt, has not been able to capture & still doesn’t have the courage to go alone... despite the deteriorating health of #NitishKumar." Ashish Ranjan spoke to Saba Naqvi. frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/bih…

COMMENT | By banking on the courts to make #BiharSIR go away instead of building ground resistance, the opposition has only helped validate #Bihar’s controversial electoral roll revision. Debasish Roy Chowdhury writes. frontline.thehindu.com/politics/supre…

#PressFreedom | The death of independent journalism in #Kashmir is being budgeted, writes Irfan Amin Malik. Without public ad revenue or private investment, critical newspapers face extinction by design. frontline.thehindu.com/society/kashmi…

"Marriage is not for everyone—of course it isn't. But men and women who are flying solo—without a spouse—typically report their lives to be less meaningful and more lonely." Insightful, data-driven piece by Brad Wilcox. Do read. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…