[Cover] Media Matters: The Indian media is in choppy waters while journalists battle great odds to keep it afloat. By Anurag Tripathi | Where is the line of control? Deepti Sreeram questions media trials | Riyaz Wani on reporting from the conflict zones | Anisha Dutta on the plight of rural journalism | Adarsh Onnat exposes the stark reality of media down south [Also Read] Asaram Bapu: How police apathy is helping the controversial godman. By Ankush Vats | The Politics of Welfare: If governance is his priority, Narendra Modi has to detach politics from welfare schemes, writes Alam Srinivas | The 'Global Crisis' of Depression: Take a Chill Pill and Fix those Blues, says Neetole Mitra
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