Hindustan Times' editor's exit; Deendayal Upadhyaya's murder; GST's impact on crafts; and more 

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Hindustan Times Editor’s Exit Preceded by Meeting Between Modi, Newspaper Owner]( Auj Srivas [The government insists the meeting was “confined to” Bhartia’s efforts to secure Modi’s participation in a flagship HT event. But sources in the newspaper say that in the run-up to that meeting, she faced sustained objections from senior ministers to aspects of HT’s political coverage, to former editor Bobby Ghosh’s own views expressed on social media, and to the fact that he does not hold Indian citizenship. One of these minsters had even hinted at escalating matters to Modi. Ghosh's 16-month stint is widely seen as having perked up the 90-year-old newspaper, even if some of his editorial initiatives – notably the ‘Hate Tracker’ – have rubbed the BJP-led political establishment the wrong way.]( [My Film ‘Newton’ Is Not Cynical at All: Amit Masurkar]( Tanul Thakur [‘In Naxal-controlled villages, if people vote, they are seen as government agents, if they don’t, they are called Maoist sympathisers.’]( [Mapping the Sounds of Protest from Around the World]( Joanna Lobo [From Trump and Brexit to Black Lives Matter, people are recording protests around the world to create a new soundtrack of dissent.]( [The GST Regime is Damaging, Not Helping, India’s Crafts Sector]( Meeta Mastani [Already struggling to survive and compete with cheaper machine-made goods, the added burden of GST compliance will decimate self-employed artisans.]( [How RSS Efforts to Prove Deen Dayal Upadhayaya’s Murder Was ‘Political’ Came Undone]( A.G. Noorani [The Bharatiya Jana Sangh fudged evidence in order to blame its leader’s murder on a conspiracy, but Justice Chandrachud saw through these efforts.]( [Significant Chunks of India’s FDI Inflows are Aimed at Distressed Corporate Assets]( Noor Mohammad [Nearly 50% of the $44 billion that came in as foreign direct investment inflows in 2016 went towards brownfield projects.]( [At China’s Upcoming Party Congress, Will Xi Jinping Further Consolidate His Powers?]( Manoj Joshi [Xi Jinping has a keen understanding of the importance of reform. This is likely to serve him well.]( [Blow to Army’s Claim as Police Probe Finds Kashmiri Human Shield Had Voted]( Mudasir Ahmad [Farooq Ahmad Dar said for him, justice will only be served if those who tied him to an army jeep are punished.]( Copyright © 2017 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](