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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicDemocracy Wall

Topic: Democracy Wall

Nepotism exists in Bollywood because Indians love lineage: Kay Kay Menon

Speaking at Democracy Wall, the actor says he faced hurdles because of nepotism but now accepted it as ‘a fact of life’.

India saw highest number of Internet shutdowns in past year: Richa Sekhani

Speaking at Democracy Wall, Sekhani, a researcher, says the shutdown hours cost India a staggering $3.1 billion. 

Mumbai Democracy Wall saw tough questions, unfazed politicians and inspiring debates

From #MeToo , Hindutva to need for community radio stations, Democracy Wall’s seventh edition at K.C. College had it all.

Bollywood will take a few years to name sexual harassers: Divya Dutta

Speaking at Democracy Wall, Dutta says naming and shaming sexual harassers doesn't help in Bollywood.

Democracy is in India’s DNA, Modi govt can’t end it: Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam

On crimes against Dalits, Nirupam says the Congress government punished the perpetrators but with the BJP in power, the culprits are left untouched.

Only 217 community radio stations in India. Government does not want to empower its people: activist Archana Kapoor

Speaking at Democracy Wall, Kapoor, also a filmmaker, says the biggest challenge to the growth of community radio is the administration itself.

At Democracy Wall, a student objects to women smoking, and the real meaning of ‘lingam’

Students question the film fraternity’s silence on crucial issues, while Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi answers tough questions on his contentious statements.

Democracy Wall: An MP who supports LGBTQ rights and a policewoman who rescued 953 children

The Democracy Wall in Mumbai's Somaiya Vidyavihar saw status quo being challenged with satire and the voices of tomorrow challenge today's leaders.

Social media might change the way we vote, but that day is still far

In case of Meghalaya, for example, social media could be a factor in urban constituencies as the younger generations are becoming more active users of social media, but not beyond.

On Shillong stage, tips on VIP traffic control, rap on racism and a journalism lesson

Meghalaya home minister James Sangma apologises for "bulldozing his way" through city traffic, tells audience how to curb VIP culture. Shillong: The sixth edition of...

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.