Honour roll
Those who defined it
Pioneers and journalists killed for their work, kept apart from the living so the record stays precise. Where a case is before a court, the accused are presumed innocent.
Mukesh Chandrakar 1991–2025
Reported on road-construction irregularities in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, from inside one of India's most difficult reporting regions.
Vinod Dua 1954–2021
A pioneer of Hindi electronic journalism whose sedition case ended in a Supreme Court ruling protecting journalists from such charges for criticism of government.