Amit Asthana
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Amit Asthana
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@HelleLyngSvends Please give interviews, raise your voice. At least through this, a discussion on the free press has started, which Indian mainstream media would have never touched otherwise.





My favourite primetime segment yesterday was on NDTV — where a stern anchor was grilling her over her paper’s ownership because it apparently began as a labour party mouthpiece. With no sense of irony, of course 🥲 Do watch this full interview. Yes she’s a young journalist and yes she may not know much about India — but that is exactly the point. In places that actually value press freedom, even the smallest of media houses/reporters can question the biggest neta. You can call it silly, irritating, a bit ott — but that’s what a free press looks like








One question. A viral storm. “Prime Minister Modi, why don’t you take some questions from the freest press in the world?” Meet @HelleLyngSvends - the Norwegian journalist who asked this question. Catch her in conversation with @samarthgrover87: youtu.be/0g5bENdsVLk




























