Awaaz Do: An Indian Express Series

Express Audio, the podcast division of The Indian Express, is excited to present a live panel discussion around freedom of expression featuring Dhanya Rajendran, (Editor-in-Chief, The News Minute), Urmila Pullat (Human Rights lawyer and researcher and Founder of HowRevealing), Sunil Abraham (Executive Director, Center for Internet and Society), Angarika Guha (Maraa, the media and arts […]

For the finale of Awaaz Do, we talk to a Dalit Hip Hop artist, a student who organised the Hok Kolorob protests in Kolkata, a digital rights lawyer and a human rights campaigner.

How is free speech and expression restricted? Are vulnerable people disproportionately affected by these restrictions? We talk to Shehla Rashid Shora, Urmila Pullat and Smita Vanniyar.

Why does free speech matter and who needs it the most? We talk to Javed Tak, Shehla Rashid Shora, Shabnam Hasmi and Colin Gonsalves.

What exactly is freedom of speech? How does one exercise it and defend it? More importantly, why does it matter? Promo for our new series Awaaz Do.