Increasingly India is matching china in censorship and the removal of ex cricketer, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Siddhu from the Kapil Sharma show is a clear indication that in India, questioning the official policy can cause great financial losses
Siddhu was paid very well for the Kapil Sharma show.
India officially claims to be a democracy, where citizens have the freedom of speech, however on television, especially the national channels, the anchors are often extremely jingoistic in 2019
The patriotism of anyone who is exposing corruption, nepotism and abuse of power is also questioned, they find it extremely difficult to get any kind of paid work in India.
The removal of the Punjab minister Navjot Singh Siddhu, is the most high profile incident, where a celebrity was dropped for questioning the official line
Like Siddhu, the domain investor owning this website and others has also lost a lot of advertising because she is complaining about the corruption, nepotism and fraud in the indian internet sector
In February 2019 more than 70 ads were removed from the websites of the domain investor, causing a drastic drop in the revenues