In a powerful and unfiltered conversation with Dr. Vaidehi Taman on The Democracy News, senior journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker Paranjoy Guha Thakurta reflects on India’s political and media landscape.
Having witnessed the declared Emergency imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, he draws comparisons with what he terms an “undeclared emergency” in contemporary India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He speaks about:
• Why PM Modi has not held a single open press conference
• The rise of selective PR-driven interviews
• The struggle of independent media to survive financially
• Why YouTube alone cannot sustain journalism
• The growing control of media by two powerful business houses
• The dangers of corporate capture of news
• AI’s threat to media jobs — and why he remains hopeful about young journalists
