Award-winning and internationally acclaimed, Arundhati Roy’s thought-provoking essays pierce through the fog of propaganda—but rarely land where they’re most needed. How many rank-and-file members of the Sangh Parivar have ever laid eyes on her deeply researched, razor-sharp critiques?
The same fate befalls countless other Indian writers, poets, and intellectuals—at home and abroad. Their words end up marinating in academia or being lightly stirred over lattes in coffee shops. Important, yes. Impactful? Only if the masses ever get to read them.
As Noam Chomsky rightly said, “It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.” But truth needs more than eloquent essays. It needs a megaphone.
Individual voices crying out in the wilderness can’t hold the line against the bulldozer of Hindutva. India’s democracy doesn’t just need truth—it needs volume, unity, and action.
To truly survive, to thrive, and to protect its soul, Indian democracy must rally in the mainstream. Only then can Muslims, minorities, and Dalits feel not like outsiders—but like citizens of the country they call home.
— Promod Puri
Promod Puri.com 
Of course we see how the media is the lap dog of the wealthy and the powerful.
We’ve seen journalists such as Brishti Basu who dared to write critically about the pro Israel lobby lost her job. Many others have been silenced.
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