Thread by @khanumarfa

Between 2014-2019, dozens of journalists were forced to exit mainstream media for their reports critical of Modi sarkar.
In Modi 2.0, the remaining few are feeling increasingly cornered &are silently moving out.
This is the state of media in the largest democracy of the world.1/n

Some(not all of course)of these journalists with an impressive body of work and known for their public interest journalism are finding space in digital media.They are settling for decreased salaries but more journalistic freedom.
A big chunk still floating in the freelance market

Next few months will see mainstream media turning more anti-people& more pro-govt;more mainstream journalists moving to digital or freelance market.
Digital media will gradually become the only place where the poorest& the subaltern will find some voice,some representation 3/n

If it isn’t already, most certainly new depths are waiting to be plumbed for mainstream where it will have zero credibility amongst the majority of the Indian masses.
The poor and the subaltern (farmers, Dalits, tribals &Muslims) will shift to digital to find their voices. 4/n

TV news is dead. Print journalism is waiting to die.
But journalism will survive in India.
The resistance to this authoritarian regime and its media arm will come from nowhere else but from the digital journalists.
The Digital Media is the new Mainstream Media.
The end.