Rana Ayyub

Mumbai, India

Rana Ayyub is an Indian journalist and author of “Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up.” She was previously an editor with Tehelka, an investigative magazine in India. She has reported on religious violence, extrajudicial killings by the state and insurgency.
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Modi is enflaming hatred of Muslims in India, as the world looks the other way

India's Hindu nationalist prime minister feels emboldened. It’s unconscionable that the international community remains silent in the face of what is going on.

May 11, 2023

Why India’s media are complicit in the Adani Group scandal

The crackdown on media freedom also distorts coverage of business and economics.

February 15, 2023

India just took a dangerous step on disinformation

Narendra Modi's government once again shows its contempt for freedom of the press.

January 26, 2023

The world continues to ignore the radicalization of India

Anti-Muslim extremists are escalating communitarian hatred. The world must speak up.

October 17, 2022

Raise your Indian flags high: There’s much injustice to cover up

There’s little to celebrate this independence day.

August 14, 2022

The world is finally reacting to India’s descent into hate

The land of Mahatma Gandhi, Abul Kalam Azad and Rabindranath Tagore is being reduced to a caricature of hate on the global stage.

June 7, 2022

As violence and threats grow, India’s Muslims fear the worst

Where is the response from the international community?

May 12, 2022

I tried watching ‘The Kashmir Files.’ I left the theater to screams of ‘Go to Pakistan.’

Hate in India now packs courts and movie theaters.

March 29, 2022

Modi turns the trauma of Indian students fleeing Ukraine into a campaign prop

The mood among nationalists helps explain why India has not forcefully condemned the Russian president.

March 6, 2022

An investigation sheds light into Modi’s machinery of online hate and manipulation

The rigorous investigation by the Wire confirmed and validated what many of us in India have known and experienced for years.

January 18, 2022