Opinion: India expelled me for journalism 47 years ago. It's still cracking down
Nearly half a century after the government of India kicked out Washington Post reporter
by Lewis M. Simons
Mar 12, 2023
3 minutes
Lewis M. Simons is a Pulitzer Prize winner and two-time Pulitzer finalist. His most recent book is To Tell the Truth: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent, which includes a foreword by the Dalai Lama.
Nearly half a century after the government of India kicked me out of the country for writing a story that struck an exposed nerve, foreign journalists there are under the gun again. And for a similar reason.
Last month, authorities from the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered 50 officials to in New Delhi and
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