The nation is facing an unprecedented crack down on media that dares to ask questions to the government at the Centre and its associates. The scale of the attack by the Delhi Police on news portal NewsClick brought back memories of the dark days of Emergency. Paranjoy Guha Thakurtha, renowned economic affairs analyst and columnist, was among the more than 40 people picked up for questioning as part of this exercise.

He shared his experience during the police interrogation as well as his views on the larger social and political context of the raids with Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Managing Editor, The AIDEM and journalist Anand Haridas in The AIDEM Interactions.