Credited as the watershed moment for this transition, Kumar writes that it was after 2014 that the “political winds began to change course” (2019, p. 34). As a means to manufacture fears, to troll and to demonise anyone who asks questions, IT (Informational Technology) Cell was set up, which “rapidly transformed media into godi media—lapdog media”—which then swung into the “laps of power and repeated the Modi Chalisa” [in contrast to Hanuman Chalisa, a devotional religious song in praise of Lord Hanuman] (2019, p. 35). However, IT Cell is not confined to a single party, he clarifies, but it is “a mentality” that has “transformed a large section of the [Indian] society into trolls” (2019, p. 35). These trolls, well documented by Chaturvedi (2016), create fear in this “enfeebled democracy”, maintains Kumar, adding further that “it was the government which used to strike fear into the hearts of citizens”, however, “now the mainstream and social media are its active allies” (2019, p. 42). For example, in the wake of the Ayodiya verdict, Newslaundry, “a reader-supported, independent news media company”, started a weekly series called Blood Lust, decrying the Indian “godi” media’s majoritarian stance before the court decision, going against the rules set by News Broadcasting Standards Authority for the verdict proceedings (Pande, 2019). Kohli writes that our readers and viewers deserve impartial, objective, and efficient journalism at this crucial time for journalism, which is facing a crisis (Kohli, 2018). Writing about the 2019 amendments to the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI), Sethi trails the proverbial Manmohan-silence [former Prime Minister of India] of “godi” media by saying that “there has been no concerted push back from media houses about the government’s current move” (2019, p. 16).