As is the case with most talks by journalist Palagummi Sainath, the multipurpose hall at New Delhi’s India International Centre was packed. A majority of the latecomers sat on the floor or waited in the wings, some spilling out into the hallway and a few on the stairs of the stage. We made our way to the far end of the stage and sat down with others, jostling for breathing room among a motley group of students and rookie journalists. We’d made it just in time as Sainath began his lecture-cum-demo on “Journalism from below in the digital age”.