NL Hafta

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by advertising guru and columnist Santosh Desai and multimedia artist Anurag Minus Verma. On the impact of political advertisements, Santosh says it has “never” been a significant player, as ads “simply fail” to reach an audience “beyond a certain comfort zone”. Anurag[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by journalists Girish Kuber, Sunita Aron, and Sudipto Mondal. On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech accusing the Congress of receiving money from industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, Sudipto says this news is not headline material but rather “gossip material”. He adds that the talk on[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan are joined by in-house reporter Tanishka Sodhi and The News Minute’s Anisha Sheth.On the alleged sexual abuse tapes involving JDS’s Prajwal Revanna, Anisha says the scale of violence is unheard of in Karnataka, “even though the state has had its share of sexual[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by The News Minute’s Pooja Prasanna and lawyer Vakasha Sachdev.On the Karnataka polls, Pooja says the JDS and BJP are “better allies” than the Congress and JDS since “their target base does not overlap. Both parties bring something new and fresh to the[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan are joined by political analyst Suhas Palshikar, tech expert Madhav Deshpande, and professor Shruti Kapila.On the robustness of the election voting machines, Suhas Palshikar says EVMs have “definitely lost the credibility that they initially had”. He cites Lokniti-CSDS data. Madhav says “major technological change” in[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by policy researcher Yamini Aiyar and senior journalist Rasheed Kidwai. On the challenges facing think tanks in India, Yamini says working in policy has “moved from jholawala inputs to suit-boot inputs” over the years, referring to the increased corporatisation.  The panel then discusses the Congress[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Manisha Pande are joined by ex-Chief Election Commissioner Dr SY Quraishi, and academic Professor R Manivannan.Dr Quraishi says that ensuring a level-playing field is the Election Commission’s “dharma”. He says it is necessary for conducting free and fair elections which are “a basic structure of the Constitution”.[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardan are joined by music producer and public health consultant Dr Aiswarya Rao.On the controversy around TM Krishna being conferred the Sangita Kalanidhi award by the Madras Music Academy and the Carnatic music fraternity’s response, Rao says it is an “intra-Brahmin musician dispute”. One faction wants[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardan are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, co-founder of The News Minute.On electoral bonds, and the Trinamool Congress being its second-largest recipient, Anand says, “One factor [which determines this] is which party is seen as remaining in power for more time. Power magnets in a region.”The conversation[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Shardool Katyayan and JayashreeArunachalam are joined by Jagdeep Chhokar, founder and member of the Association for Democratic Reforms.On electoral bonds, Jagdeep says the exercise of matching the bonds data can never be conclusive, but “we should remember that the window between a bond being purchased and it being redeemed is[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by journalist Radhika Ramaseshan.On the BJP’s first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, Anand says the party has announced candidates for its “weak seats” first. Radhika points out that Uttar Pradesh will be a tough battle for the Opposition despite the[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by The News Minute’s executive editor Sudipto Mondal.On the cross-voting during Rajya Sabha polls in Karnataka, Sudipto points to the similarity in ideological stance of the state’s three major political parties. “There is no difference between the average BJP guy, the average JDS[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by journalist Monideepa Banerjie and agricultural policy expert Devinder Sharma.On the situation in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, Monideepa gives a timeline of what happened. She explains that after being accused of exploiting local women, TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh has been absconding for[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Association of Democratic Reforms chief Anil Verma, The Hindu’s deputy editor AM Jigeesh and Newslaundry reporter Sumedha Mittal. Anil, one of the litigants who moved the Supreme Court against the electoral bonds scheme, delves into the significance of the top court’s[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by journalist Nirupama Subramanian and Supreme Court advocate-on-record Anas Tanwir.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Prateek Goyal are joined by cultural studies professor Ravikant Kisana aka Buffalo Intellectual.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Shardool Katyayan and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist Saeed Naqvi.We have a new Sena project on Ram Mandir’s impact on Ayodhya’s residents. Contribute today.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by author, translator and journalist Sugata Srinivasaraju and journalist Rishika Pardikar.We have a new Sena project on Ram Mandir’s impact on Ayodhya’s residents. Contribute today.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by Sanjay Hegde, a senior advocate at the Supreme Court. We have a new Sena project on Ram Mandir’s impact on Ayodhya’s residents. Contribute today.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Celebrate Christmas with us with exciting hampers.Download[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Business Standard consulting editor Radhika Ramaseshan.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Celebrate Christmas with us with exciting hampers.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of The News Minute.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Celebrate Christmas with us with exciting hampers.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal are joined by journalist Neerja Chowdhury, author of the book How Prime Ministers Decide.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Celebrate Christmas with us with exciting hampers.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Centre for Policy Research fellow Rahul Verma, and journalist and researcher Aruna Chandrashekhar.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Celebrate Christmas with us with exciting hampers.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by journalists Ashutosh Bhardwaj and Samrat X.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by anthropologist and activist Lokesh Ohri and digital content creator Meghnad.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta’s election special episode, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist Tabeenah Anjum.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta’s election special episode, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by Newslaundry and The News Minute’s  reporters – Basant Kumar, Sudipto Mondal, Prateek Goyal, Anjana Meenakshi and Tanishka Sodhi – who covered the assembly elections from ground zero.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director for research and advocacy at the Centre for Science and Environment.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande are joined by lawyer Apar Gupta and activist Anjali Bhardwaj.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by independent journalist Rohan Venkat and senior sports journalists Sharda Ugra and Chander Shekhar Luthra.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam and Raman Kirpal are joined by The News Minute’s senior news editor Shabbir Ahmed.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by The Hindu’s International Affairs editor Stanly Johny.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Scroll editor Mehraj Lone and Professor Ravikant Kisana aka Buffalo Intellectual.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by author and writer Amandeep Sandhu.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Seema Chishti, a veteran journalist and editor at The Wire. Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Dr Rajesh Rajagopalan, a professor of international politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by academic Zoya Hasan and former chief election commissioner Dr SY Quraishi.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist Nirupama Subramanian and multimedia artist Anurag Minus Verma.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by senior advocate at the Supreme Court, Menaka Guruswamy.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by author Tushar Gandhi. The conversation begins with Tushar recounting the police action against the silent march in Mumbai to commemorate the Quit India Movement, and the “insecurities” of the Maharashtra government. The panel divulges how a peaceful march[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande are joined by professor Jabin Jacob and public policy expert Meghnad S.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist Maneesh Chhibber and advocate Shahrukh Alam.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Shardool Katyayan and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by senior journalist Arati Jerath. Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by senior journalist Yashwant Deshmukh and Scroll’s assistant editor Arunabh Saikia. Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Shardool Katyayan are joined by senior journalist Monideepa Banerjie.On the violence brewing in West Bengal in the run up to the panchayat elections – and during polling, the panel deconstructs the ‘culture of violence’ that has existed in the state. They dwell[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Loksatta editor Girish Kuber.Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhindandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Raman Kirpal are joined by online content creators Akash Banerjee and Madri Kakoti. Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by Suhasini Haidar, diplomatic affairs editor at the Hindu. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Shardool Katyayan are joined by independent journalist Hemant Gairola and Sreejan Balakrishnan, director of news at the Fourth.To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry pane with Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan.To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Shardool Katyayan are joined by Aditi Phadnis, contributing editor at Business Standard. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by Nihar Gokhale, editor with the Morning Context. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, it’s an all-in-house panel with Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by Sangeeta Barooah, national affairs editor at the Wire and author Sowmya Rajendran. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by editor-in-chief of the News Minute, Dhanya Rajendran and CPR Fellow Rahul Verma. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by journalists Manoj Mitta and Ragamalika Karthikeyan. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by journalist Madhavan Narayanan. The conversation begins with the frenzy around the opening of the two flagship Apple stores in Mumbai and Delhi this week. Abhinandan expresses his surprise at the media coverage of the “spectacle-like” openings while Madhavan equates it to[...]

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Raman Kirpal are joined by advocate and Internet Freedom Foundation cofounder Apar Gupta.To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal are joined by journalist and entrepreneur TR Vivek.To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by Vandita Mishra, national opinion editor at Indian Express.To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal are joined by writer Amandeep Sandhu. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and  Raman Kirpal are joined by documentary filmmaker Somnath Waghmare.To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Leena Gita Reghunath, the audience development editor at the Caravan. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam and  Raman Kirpal are joined by Umakant Lakhera, journalist and president of the Press Club of India, and Karma Paljor, editor-in-chief of EastMojo.  To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Amit Kumar, executive editor of EastMojo. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Raman Kirpal are joined by Historian and Author S Irfan Habib. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by Indian journalist, activist and author Aakar Patel.To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by political commentator Neerja Chowdhury and sports journalist Chander Shekhar Luthra. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by Khurram Hussain, a prominent business journalist from Pakistan, and Shabbir Ahmed, senior news editor at the News Minute. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Prashant Reddy T, an author and lawyer. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last NL Hafta of the year, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined this week by Sumit Chauhan, founding editor of The Shudra.To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s an all-Newslaundry panel this week with Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Anand Vardhan. The conversation begins with speculation about Mehraj’s future career choices. Anand mentions bureaucracy while Manisha talks about the media. “If money isn’t your main priority, teaching is the best. The most satisfying in the long run,” adds Abhinandan. Then[...]

This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Nirupama Subramanian, national editor for strategic affairs at the Indian Express.To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by Vibes of India founder editor Deepal Trivedi and Citizen associate editor Rajeev Khanna. The conversation begins with the top headlines of the week and the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly poll results. Briefing the panel on the numbers and demographics, Deepal says,[...]

Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined this week by Krishn Kaushik of the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and independent journalist Sowmiya Ashok.They talk about the ongoing protests in China against severe Covid restrictions and how the communist regime is responding to them. Sowmiya, who has reported from[...]

This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by Joydeep Gupta, the south Asia director at Third Pole, and Emanuela Barbiroglio, the European climate and energy correspondent for Carbon Pulse. The discussion begins with controversies surrounding the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar, before moving to the Supreme Court hearing over[...]

It’s an all-Newslaundry panel this week as Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Mehraj D Lone. To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by National Law University professor Anup Surendranath and independent journalist Cynthia Stephen. The discussion begins with the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict on the EWS reservation and how it will impact marginalised communities. Cynthia suggests that the constitution’s “intent has been weakened” through the[...]

Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayshree Arunachalam are joined this week by Yunus Lasania, Hyderabad city editor of Siasat.To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations.Produced and recorded by Aditya Varier, edited by Saif Ali Ekram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined this week by NDTV’s London correspondent Radhika Iyer and British journalist Sunny Hundal. To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hassan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more[...]

Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined on this week’s NL Hafta by BBC reporter Mayuresh Konnur, who starts the discussion by talking about his experiences covering the Congress party’s ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra. To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations.Produced and recorded[...]

This week on NL Hafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel with Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone and Jayashree Arunachalam. ” Hafta letters: Language and Hindi imposition, moonlighting, freebie culture00:01:56 - Headlines00:22:25 - Subscriber mails01:29:57 - RecommendationsReferencesMoonlightingMulayam Singh Yadav: The pragmatic journey of one of India’s most enduring mass leadersJayashreeThe Rise and Fall[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone are joined by veteran journalist RK Misra and the News Minute senior correspondent Paul Oommen. To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hassan Bilal. Hosted on[...]

This week to celebrate 400 episodes of NL Hafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel featuring Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan.The discussion begins with the “imposition” of Hindi in India, Amit Shah’s comments at Hindi Diwas on the promotion of Hindi, and whether India needs a “link language”[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj D Lone are joined by author and activist Amrit Wilson and journalist Sunny Hundal. To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hassan Bilal. Hosted on[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Cambridge University professor Shruti Kapila. To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Check out previous Hafta recommendations.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hassan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan of Newslaundry are joined by Abhishek Angad, principal correspondent of the Indian Express in Jharkhand. To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hassan Bilal. Hosted on Acast.[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Arathi R Jairath, a seasoned journalist, and Dhanya Rajendran, editor of the News Minute. Register for FoE Con, a forum in partnership with Internet Freedom Foundation on September 11 at IIC, Delhi: https://foe-con.in/To listen to the full Episode,subscribe[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone and Anand Vardhan of Newslaundry are joined by Ashutosh Bhardwaj, editor-at-large of Outlook. To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hassan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by senior assistant editor of the Hindu Mahesh Langa.To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry. Download the Newslaundry app. Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hassan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan of Newslaundry are joined by senior journalist Monideepa Banerjie.To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hasan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hasan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by journalist Krishn Kaushik. To listen to the full Episode,subscribe to Newslaundry.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Saif Ali Ekram & Hasan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by the Indian Express executive editor Ritu Sarin. To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry.Download the Newslaundry app. Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hasan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan are joined by author Hilal Ahmed. They discuss rising religious intolerance and visible polarisation in India. “India is a highly diverse country to lead to such a situation,” says Hilal, responding to Abhinandan's question about whether the country[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by editor of EastMojo Amit Kumar and Rajasthan-based journalist Tabeenah Anjum.  To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan. Edited by Saif Ali Ekram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Anand Vardhan are joined by Sudhir Suryawanshi, author and journalist at the New Indian Express. To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan. Edited by Saif Ali Ekram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande,  Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist Ajai Shukla. To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan; edited by Saif Ali Ekram and Samrendra K Dash.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande,  Mehraj D Lone and Raman Kirpal are joined by journalist Seema Guha.To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, Mehraj D Lone and Raman Kirpal are joined by journalist and author Aarish Chhabra. To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Raman Kirpal are joined by author and professor Jabin Thomas Jacob.To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Raman Kirpal of Newslaundry are joined by Fahad Zuberi, researcher in architecture and city studies. To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Anand Vardhan are joined by Lubhyathi Rangarajan, a lawyer and researcher, and Nikhila Henry, head of the Quint’s South India bureau.To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam, are joined by Lou Del Bello, an energy and climate change journalist.The panel discusses the ongoing heatwave in India and how climate change is missing from mainstream media headlines or prime time debates. “Every single decision in the newsroom has[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, editor in chief of the News Minute, and Abhishek Baxi, a freelance tech journalist.To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Himanshu, an associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University.To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by journalist Abhilash Khandekar and South Asia expert Michael Kugelman.To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad S are joined by journalist Saqib Tanveer from the Independent Urdu.To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by professor, writer and economist R Ramakumar and journalist Puja Mehra.To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist and writer Alpana Kishore.The panel delves into the chaos surrounding The Kashmir Files and what it means in terms of propaganda. may never exist.”The panel also discusses what ails the Congress party in India and how long[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Suhasini Haidar, diplomatic affairs editor of the Hindu.The discussion starts with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, India’s stance, and responses in terms of foreign policy. Suhasini explains the various sanctions being imposed on Russia and suggests that the[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by Jatinder Kaur Tur, journalist at the Caravan,  and Sandesh Prabudesai, editor of Goa News and author of Ajeeb Goa’s Gajab Politics - Goa Elections: A Perspective.Discussing the election results, Jatinder Kaur Tur says that people in Punjab were disillusioned[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Happymon Jacob, writer and JNU professor, and Rahul Verma, fellow at the Centre for Policy Research.The panel talks about the Indian government’s delayed evacuation of Indian students in Ukraine. Anand says dispatching ministers at a time like this “is[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by Nishtha Gautam, senior editor at the Quint, and Scroll.in journalist  Arunabh Saikia.The discussion starts with the invasion of Ukraine which has been termed as a “special military operation” by Russia. The panel talks about US president Joe Biden’s recent speech and[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of the Caravan.The discussion starts with senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar quitting the party and whether this will impact the Congress’s future prospects. Abhinandan calls it “one of the best things that[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by part of the team covering the elections for NL: Nidhi Suresh from Goa, Ayush Tiwari from Punjab, Basant Kumar from Uttar Pradesh, and Hridayesh Joshi from Uttarakhand.To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for[...]

This week on NL Hafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel with Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan, Jayashree Arunachalam and Mehraj D Lone.The discussion starts with Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the ParliamentThe panel talks about the hijab row in Karnataka. Since it’s 10 years of Newslaundry, the panelists also talk about the journey so[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by author and journalist  Nisha Susan.The conversation starts with a brief discussion on Nisha’s new book, which is a collection of short stories about relationships in post-internet India. The panel then moves on to discuss cases of sex[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Meghnad S are joined by Dr Sumaiya Shaikh, founding editor of Alt News Science, and independent journalist Samarth Bansal.The discussion starts with Omicron cases in India, and whether the strain is “milder” than previous variants. Sumaiya says, “This new infection is not[...]

Timecodes:4:03 - Headlines8:40 - Inflation29:55 - UP politics 56:43 - Punjab campaigns59:40 - Saina Nehwal, Decoupled1:48:43 -  Subscriber letters2:11:47  - RecommendationsThis week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by author Chetan Bhagat. The discussion starts with the inflation rates in the US and India. Chetan says, “You can’t[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by journalists Alpana Kishore and Quratulain Rehbar.Quratulain explains how she was one of the people featured in the “Bulli Bai” app, and talks about how Muslim women are targeted. “I have been trolled for my journalism before but that hasn’t[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by Naresh Fernandes, editor of Scroll, and Jammi N Rao, independent public health physician and epidemiologist.The discussion starts with the surge in Covid cases worldwide, and how holiday celebrations might increase community-based transmission. “The vaccine does not guarantee that you[...]

To make the most of next week before the deadline, we have a discount coupon for Hafta listeners. Use code <HAFTA360> to get a flat 20 percent discount on annual and three-year plans. Check out our Christmas offer here​​.Timecodes:3:45 - Headlines6:35 - Parliamentary proceedings40: 33 - Anti-conversion bill1:17:12 - Punjab1: 32: 40 - Duty to[...]

This week on NL Hafta, they discuss the upcoming election in Uttar Pradesh, Inaugural of the Kashi Vishwanath corridor, Raman says,The panel talks about the updates in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and how Ajay Mishra’s removal from the union cabinet has spiralled into a big issue for the opposition. The conversation also spans to the[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Karma Paljor, editor in chief of EastMojo, and Patricia Mukhim, editor of Shillong Times. The discussion begins with the killing of 14 civilians in Nagaland by security forces. Patricia says, “Until you have the army along with AFSPA, there will always[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad S are joined by multimedia artist Anurag Verma.While discussing Munawar Faruqui’s decision to quit his stand-up comedy career, Anurag says, “The real question is of the majority’s expectations, it wasn’t about Munawar’s identity. But the real anger was because of the expectations[...]

Aakar talks about his new book, Price of the Modi Years, and highlights anti-Muslim laws that were introduced by the Modi government. “We have taken this country to a very dark place which I don’t think we can ever come out of,” he says. Jayashree points out different ways in which the government targets minorities,[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande are joined by Sujit Nair, co-founder and managing editor of HW News, and independent journalist Sandhya Ravishankar. Sandhya talks about floods in Tamil Nadu, and how infrastructural developments led to the issue in Chennai city. The conversation shifts to pollution in the capital and[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande are joined by Subir Bhaumik, former correspondent with BBC and Reuters, and Vivek Kaul, journalist and economics commentator. Starting with the violence in Tripura, Subir offers some background and explains the roles of social media and the state police. “Tripura’s clashes have never been[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Harjeet Singh, senior advisor for Climate Action Network International, and Lou Del Bello, climate and energy journalist.During a discussion on the ongoing COP26 summit, Abhinandan points out Barbados PM Mia Mottley’s speech and takes a dig at issues linked to[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande are joined by Sudhir Suryawanshi, assistant editor at the New Indian Express.Sudhir takes the panel through the “drug bust” on the cruise ship in Mumbai and how the Narcotics Control Bureau works.He also explains how the Aryan Khan case has “drawn the line[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by historian S Irfan Habib.In the context of Fabindia’s ad campaign “Jashn-e-Riwaz”, which the company withdrew after backlash, Irfan points out that Urdu is not a religious language. “This whole association of language with religion is a political agenda,” he says.[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande are joined by Kashmir-based journalist, Azaan Javaid. They discuss the civilian killings in Kashmir and the fear among minority Hindus and Sikhs. “A lot of families have left but we don’t have the exact number because it is an embarrassment for the government[...]

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This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande are joined by Rohan Venkat, deputy editor at Scroll, and Shivam Vij, columnist at Gulf News.The conversation starts with Modi’s visit to the United States and how Indian TV news made it a topic of celebration. Rohan points out that it wasn’t “just[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande are joined by Aunindyo Chakravarty, journalist and former managing editor of NDTV Profit, and independent journalist Vrinda Gopinath. The discussion kicks off with recent data on layoffs and job losses in the media industry and what led to the losses. Aunindyo talks about how[...]

Timecodes2:42 - Headlines14:25 - Tamil Nadu’s NEET bill32:09 - IT ‘surveys’ at Newslaundry and Newsclick56:55 - Subscriber mails1:18:43- RecommendationsThis week on NL Hafta, it’s the in-house panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Mehraj D Lone.They discuss Tamil Nadu’s bill exempting state board students from the national medical entrance test NEET, and what[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kripal and Manisha Pande of Newslaundry are joined by Suhasini Haidar, diplomatic affairs editor of the Hindu. They discuss the situation in Afghanistan and how media platforms have been covering it. Suhasini points out that considering the risks involved in going to the ground, most foreign journalists have[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by Govindraj Ethiraj, the founder of IndiaSpend and BOOM.The conversation begins with the floods in Bihar and Assam. While these usually dominate headlines every year, this year there’s been very little attention from the mainstream media. “Only local media has[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Ahinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone are joined by Josy Joseph, an investigative journalist and author of The Silent Coup.Josy explains the central idea of his book, that India is in the hold of the “Deep State”, by citing the “actual Gujarat Model” that Narendra Modi implemented nationally after[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Kriti Shah, associate fellow, strategic studies, Observer Research Foundation. Talking about the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Kriti argues that there was never an appropriate time for America to exit the country after 20 years of war. She,[...]

This week on Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Chander Shekhar Luthra, seasoned sports journalist and secretary of the Press Club of India.Talking about how sports journalism in India has been reduced to access journalism, Chander rues the passing of a time when “there was[...]

This week on Hafta, the inhouse panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Jayashree Arunachalam talk about the Tokyo Olympics, monsoon session of the parliament, and the change of guard in Karnataka. Talking about the Olympics, Anand explains the enthusiasm around hockey as compared to other sports. Raman remarks, “Hockey was a[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj Lone are joined by journalist Karma Paljor, editor-in-chief of EastMojo and co-founder of Atvi Infotainment.In the context of the recent Assam-Mizoram border conflict, the panel discusses the history of the border and the significance of the tribal identities of the Mizos.[...]

Time Codes:0:57 - Headlines5:45 - Pegasus snooping49:30 - Afghanistan crisis1:24:15 - Tokyo Olympics1:34:24 - Subscriber emails1:54:13 - Recommendations This week, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande are joined by Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of the Wire, and Happymon Jacob, author, commentator and JNU professor. Siddharth talks about his organisation's reporting on the revelations that dozens of[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Vivek Kaul, author and journalist. Vivek discusses his NL Sena investigation on India’s Covid data, pointing to inefficient health systems and the suspiciously low positive case rates in states such as Uttar Pradesh. To listen to the full episode,[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan of Newslaundry are joined by independent journalist Anumeha Yadav. Anumeha analyses the various aspects of the Bhima Koregaon case in the wake of the activist Stan Swamy’s death in custody. Anand opines that "in this particular case, a lot of things have[...]

This week on Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of the Caravan. Hartosh begins the discussion by laying out the sociopolitical context of the communal campaign whipped up by politicians and sections of the media over the marriage of a Sikh[...]

This week on Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam of Newslaundry are joined by public health physician Jammi N Rao.Talking about the controversies surrounding Bharat Biotech's Covid vaccine, Covaxin, Jammi notes that the company hasn’t provided the final data yet, so “nobody can assess it". Moving the discussion to the mega vaccination[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by data journalist Rukmini S.Rukmini explains her recent findings about actual Covid death tolls in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Talking about the key insights she gleaned from looking at the data, she says, "Instead of hanging on[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by legal affairs expert Bhabna Das.They begin the discussion by reviewing a Goa court's judgement in the Tarun Tejpal rape case. Remarking on the court's observations about the behaviour of the former Tehelka editor's accuser soon after[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by filmmaker and writer Rajesh Rajamani.The discussion begins with the controversy over tennis player Naomi Osaka's refusal to do a press conference at the French Open, and the nuances of sports journalism. To listen to the full episode, subscribe[...]

This week on NL Hafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan.The conversation starts with the unrest in Lakshadweep after a series of proposed laws were introduced by administrator Praful K Patel. On the draft Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation, Anand says, “If the implications are[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Leena Gita Reghunath, an independent journalist based in Kerala.Leena starts the discussion talking about Pinarayi Vijayan's new ministry, especially the controversy over KK Shailaja's exclusion despite her laudatory work as the health minister. While noting that she[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Anand Vardhan are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the News Minute.Dhanya begins with MK Stalin taking oath last week as chief minister of Tamil Nadu. She talks about how the ceremony took place even as the[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by journalist and writer Samrat X.Samrat begins by explaining the nuances of the recent post-poll violence in West Bengal. On the courts stepping in with respect to the poor handling of Covid in the country, Jayashree says, “It[...]

This week on Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Banjot Kaur, a health reporter at Down to Earth.Banjot Kaur begins by explaining the scientific and public health aspects of the ongoing Covid surge in India. "The surge might start decreasing in mid-May, but due to[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande are joined by Arunabh Saikia of Scroll.Arunabh elaborates upon his recent report on India's oxygen crisis and what caused it. The Narendra Modi government, he explains, planned to set up 150 oxygen generation over eight months ago but only a few of them are[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Dr Madhu Gupta, a professor of community medicine at PGIMER, Chandigarh.The conversation begins with India’s Covid situation. On vaccine supplies, Abhinandan asks about India’s export of vaccines and whether developed nations are hoarding supplies. On the[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Kavita Murlidharan, an independent journalist.Kavita speaks about what’s driving the assembly election campaign in Tamil Nadu. "It's difficult to understand the mood of the people this time because we don't have Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha. They have been driving the elections[...]

This week on Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry, and Shoaib Daniyal of Scroll.Shoaib begins by discussing the ongoing Bengal election, which he’s covering for his news platform. The panellists also discuss the Myanmar coup and India's role as the crisis-struck country’s neighbour. "India[...]

This week on NL Hafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Raman Kirpal.In context of the recent Newsance episode, the panel discusses a recent ad of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna. Manisha, speaking to the woman in the advertisement, found out that she has not been given[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal are joined by veteran journalist and political commentator Aarti Jairath. Aarti discusses the complexity of the Indian elections and the need for a “grey area” while reporting on it. “One of the temptations that should be resisted is to jump to the[...]

This week on NL Hafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Raman Kirpal.In the light of Mithun Chakroborty joining BJP in Kolkata, Abhinandan lauds his “amazing success story”. “His entire rise has been phenomenal. Govinda was called the poor man’s Mithun,” he added. Manisha also points[...]

This week on NL Hafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan.Abhinandan explains India’s new digital media rules and their implications on organisations like Newslaundry. Manisha notes that such stringent laws are not in place for the television media, while Jayashree and Mehraj point out[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Raghu Karnad, author and contributing editor of the Wire.Reflecting back to the Delhi riots that took place last February, Raghu describes how he saw masked men chanting “Jai Shri Ram”, setting fires, and smashing vehicles, even[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan, and Jayashree Arunachalam of Newslaundry are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of the News Minute.Commenting on the murder of a lawyer couple in Telangana even after the state’s high court had ordered that they be protected, Dhanya says, “Whoever executed the murder,[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by author and journalist Hridayesh Joshi.Hridayesh begins by talking about his book, Rage of the River, which analysed the Kedarnath disaster. On the uncertainty surrounding the cause of the recent disaster in Uttarakhand, and its ramifications, he[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Vivek Kaul, an author and journalist.Starting off with the union budget, which was presented on February 1, Vivek says the government has “cleaned up the expenditure side of the budget”. He also explains what “health and[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Raman Kirpal are joined by Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of the Caravan magazine.The discussion starts off with the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day. Hartosh says, “I was not surprised that the route was broken on the morning of the[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande, and Raman Kirpal are joined by Aunindyo Chakravarty, a former senior managing editor at NDTV India and NDTV Profit who currently works with NewsClick.The discussion begins with the transcripts of the purported WhatsApp chats between Republic’s Arnab Goswami and former BARC CEO Partho[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Raman Kirpal are joined by former Newslaundry reporter Rahul Kotiyal, who currently works with Dainik Bhaskar. Starting off with new developments in the farmer protests at the borders of Delhi, Raman talks about how the Supreme Court’s order to stay the implementation[...]

This week on NL Hafta, it's an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Jayashree Arunachalam.The conversation starts with the big news of Trump supporters storming the Capitol in Washington DC. Abhinandan and Raman discuss the news coverage and the speech Trump made prior to the siege. The panelists also[...]

This week on NL Hafta, it's an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Jayashree Arunachalam.The conversation starts with Mehraj explaining how the recently concluded District Development Council elections in Kashmir were aimed primarily at "depoliticising" the region's politics.To listen to the full episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for[...]

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Priyanka Pulla, an independent journalist, and Jammi N Rao, an independent public health physician.The conversation begins with the detection of new strains of Covid in the UK and South Africa. Jammi points out that the two variants are[...]

This week on Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kripal and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Patricia Mukhim, the editor of the Shillong Times. The conversation begins with Patricia explaining why she resigned from the Editors Guild of India. The guild had shown her no support when she was targeted for questioning the authorities over[...]

Timecodes2:37 - Headlines6:08 - Farmer's Protest21:59 - Arvind Kejriwal on House Arrest30:48 - Love Jihad35:15 - Central Vista Project50:44 - Jallikattu Goes For Oscar52:35 - DGCI Asks Serum And Bharat Biotech For More Data And NDTV Fake News1:09:50 - Love Jihad1:13:21 - Subscriber Mails1:26:55 - RecommendationsThis week Newslaundry panel’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam[...]

Timecodes04:35  -  Headlines09:15  -  Farmer protests13:01  -  Media coverage of farmer protests1:04:03  -  Rajinikanth to launch political party in January1:05:43  -  UN secretary general Antonio Gutteres’ speech on the environment1:09:26  -  Amit Malviya's tweet flagged on Twitter1:22:20  -  Subscriber mails1:43:13  -  RecommendationsThis week on NL Hafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande,[...]

Timecodes4:14 - Headlines7:51 - Cyclone Nivar hits Chennai and Puducherry14:43 - Kerala withdraws Police Act amendment28:57 - Farmer protests44:05 - Jallikattu goes to the Oscars47:24 - UP brings ‘love jihad’ ordinance1:12:15 - ED summons Shiv Sena MLA1:16:57 - Subscriber mail1:27:47 - Sushil Modi accuses Lalu Prasad Yadav of running political show from behind bars1:32:23 -[...]

Timecodes00:00 - Introduction and headlines11:18 - The current race for vaccines28:22 - Freedom of speech and state of Indian media01:04:12 - Subscriber letters01:20:39 - India not being part of the RCEP01:27:53 - Chitra and Smita’s recommendations01:36:52 - Subscriber letters01:59:21 - RecommendationsIn this week’s Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Mehraj D Lone are joined[...]

Timecodes00:00 - Introduction and headlines08:50 - Biden’s win in the US presidential election42:04 - Arnab’s Goswami’s arrest and bail, and freedom of speech01:10:08 - Subscriber letters01:41:42 - RecommendationsThis week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Joanna Slater, the India bureau chief of the Washington Post.Starting off with[...]

Timestamps03:16 - Headlines05:31 - Bihar election40:48 - Arnab Goswami arrested by Mumbai police01:03:56 - France and Vienna attacks01:04:48 - Subscriber mails 01:06:16 - France And Vienna attacks01:10:17 - Recommendations01:11:13 - Subscriber mails 01:12:46 - France and Vienna attacks01:35:43 - Subscriber mails01:57:39 - US presidential election02:00:48 - RecommendationsThis week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and[...]

Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction and headlines10:09 - The shooting at Munger and Bihar's election dynamics33:02 - Subscriber letters41:54 - The pope's statement on same-sex civil unions45:55 - College student’s murder in Faridabad, media coverage58:47 - Subscriber letters01:01:49 - The 2+2 meet, Indian-Americans’ influence on the US election01:06:57 - Controversial ABVP leader appointed to AIIMS Madurai board 01:13:11[...]

Help us understand what you like, or dislike, about NL Hafta before it goes behind the paywall again. Take the survey here. This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj D Lone are joined by independent journalist Rohini Mohan.The panelists discuss Zee News refusing to reveal its sources to[...]

Help us understand what you like, or dislike, about NL Hafta before it goes behind the paywall again. Take the survey here. This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by journalist Sudipto Mondal.The conversation kicks off with the panelists discussing the Hyderabad floods. Jayashree talks about[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Kiruba Munusamy, Supreme Court advocate and activist. The conversation kicks off with Kiruba explaining the project she’s working on now, researching caste. She points out how a series of Supreme Court judgements, including as recent as 2018, dealt[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Raman Kirpal are joined by Nisha Susan, journalist, author and founder of The Ladies Finger.The conversation begins with the Hathras rape. Manisha details the suffering of the victim’s family at the hands of the authorities, especially the police’s forced cremation of[...]

This week on NL Hafta, the usual team of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Newslaundry’s Jayashree Arunachalam and author Chetan Bhagat.The discussion starts off with the economic slowdown in India. Chetan says, “India attempted one of the strictest lockdowns. It’s expected that we will also have the biggest[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by Abantika Ghosh, journalist with ThePrint and Revati Laul, an independent journalist and author of The Anatomy of Hate.The discussion begins with the current situation of Covid-19 in India—from the sero surveys to the possibility of a vaccine in a few months[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande, and Raman Kirpal are joined by M. K. Venu, founding editor of The Wire to discuss the recession, the state of the media, and everything that happened this week.The panel discusses and debates the possible paths of India’s economic recovery, whether the government’s[...]

On this week’s episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Patricia Mukhim, editor of Shillong Times.Patricia opens the conversation by providing insight into Meghalaya’s maternal and neonatal mortality crisis. She speaks about her personal experiences in working to create awareness about contraception, reproductive rights, and family[...]

This week’s episode of NL Hafta features an all-star panel of Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Raman Kirpal. They are joined by Banjot Kaur, health and public policy correspondent for Down To Earth magazine.The conversation begins with a round-up of Covid developments from the past weeks, including progress being[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Pratik Sinha, founder of Alt News.First up, the panel discusses the Wall Street Journal report on political partisanship within Facebook India. The panelists talk about Facebook’s “special relationship” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, how news dissemination has changed[...]

In this week’s episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of the Caravan magazine.The conversation begins with an analysis of the events surrounding last week’s attacks on three Caravan journalists while they were interviewing residents in Northeast Delhi’s Subhash[...]

In this week’s episode, the in-house panel featuring Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kripal is joined by Mayank Shekhar, a film critic and recipient of the ‘Ramnath Goenka Award. He’s also the author of Amazon’s bestselling book, ‘Name Place Animal Thing’ and also has a podcast titled ‘Sit With Hitlist’The discussion begins with the[...]

In this week’s Newslaundry’s panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kripal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Suraj Yengde, an award winning scholar, author, and activist in the field of caste, race, and ethnicity studies and labour migration in the Global-south. Currently, he is a senior research fellow at Harvard-Kennedy School. Suraj has also[...]

In this week’s NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone and Manisha Pande are joined by Sushanta Talukdar, editor of NEZINE, an online magazine focusing on India’s Northeast region.The discussion starts off with the Assam floods, which has affected over 28 lakh people so far. Floods are a recurring issue during the[...]

In this week’s NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kripal, Mehraj D Lone, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by Suhasini Haider, diplomatic editor of the Hindu. The conversation kicks off with discussing how Iran dropped India from the Chabahar-Zahedan rail project. Abhinandan asks Suhasini how this might affect India. “There’s this kind of FOMO.[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by two guests: Mohan Guruswamy, author and chairman-founder of the Centre for Policy Alternatives & The Guruswamy Center, and Tanmoy Goswami, the Correspondent’s sanity correspondent who writes on mental health. Among other things, the[...]

In this week’s NL Hafta, the Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone and Manisha Pande discuss gangster Vikas Dubey’s arrest, Jyotiraditya Scindia’s speech, and cancel culture.The discussion starts with Scindia naming former chief ministers Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh in a speech, where he reminded them that he’s still around and[...]

In this week’s NL Hafta, the Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by Sandhya Ravishankar, award-winning journalist and editor of the Lede. The conversation centres on police brutality in India, in the context of the custodial deaths of a father and son in Tamil[...]

In this week’s NL Hafta, the Newslaundry team of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Raman Kirpal are joined by Anoo Bhuyan, a reporter with IndiaSpend currently writing on healthcare. Among other things, the panel talks about the healthcare crisis and challenges brought about by the Covid-19 outbreak, the fire in Assam’s Baghjan[...]

In this edition of Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Raman Kirpal are joined by Ajai Shukla, a defence journalist, former colonel of the Indian army, and current consulting editor at Business Standard. The panel discusses the developments in and the broader implications of the India-China border flare-up, Patanjali’s Coronil debacle,[...]

In this edition of Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Raman Kirpal are joined by Ajai Shukla, a defence journalist, former colonel of the Indian army, and current consulting editor at Business Standard. Ajai explains the chronology of events from April onward at the border. He says Chinese soldiers “marched into three[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Mehraj D Lone and Manisha Pande are joined by Emily Schmall, South Asia correspondent for the Associated Press. The panel discusses the murder of George Floyd and the protests that followed. “Polls show that most Americans are in favour of these protests,” Emily says. “You[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Shoaib Daniyal, associate editor at Scroll. The panel starts with a discussion on Cyclone Amphan and the resultant devastation in West Bengal. Shoaib says: “This was so fearsome that it came into Kolkata also, which is a good[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by two guests: Mohan Guruswamy, author and chairman-founder of the Centre for Policy Alternatives, and Tanmoy Goswami, the Correspondent’s sanity correspondent who writes on mental health. Abhinandan asks Mohan what triggered the Chinese action. Mohan[...]

In this week’s NL Hafta, the Newslaundry team of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Raman Kirpal are joined by Anoo Bhuyan, a reporter with IndiaSpend currently writing on healthcare. While explaining how the fire in the Baghjan oil field came about, Mehraj says: “They have been trying to douse the flames, but it[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Mehraj D Lone and Manisha Pande are joined by Emily Schmall, South Asia correspondent for the Associated Press. The panel discusses the murder of George Floyd and the protests that followed. “Polls show that most Americans are in favour of these protests,” Emily says. “You[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Shoaib Daniyal, associate editor at Scroll. Discussing the rerouting of Shramik Special trains, Mehraj says, “I am just at a loss. Even incompetence alone doesn’t explain this. This is a time when they are running a fraction of[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by our in-house team of Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan. Discussing the recent border dispute between India and Nepal, Anand describes the dispute’s historical context and the causes of the current fracas. Mehraj argues that this could be attributed to India’s[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by our in-house team of Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan.Talking about the Covid-19 cases at Zee News, and Newslaundry’s recent report about the cluster, Abhinandan says the employees who tested positive “might not get the sympathy that they should get,[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan of Newslaundry are joined by Shelly Walia, senior editor at the Quint.Rather surprisingly, this episode kicks off with a healthy debate on whether litti chokha belongs to Uttar Pradesh or Bihar. The panellists then engage in an extended discussion[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Raman Kirpal of Newslaundry are joined by Neha Dixit, journalist and professor at Ashoka University.The podcast starts with a discussion on media reports on the Delhi riots. Neha says, “Lots of people are claiming that their relatives are missing. Dead bodies[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Kapil Komireddi, author and journalist.They start with a discussion on the Delhi violence. Abhinandan asks the panellists how precisely they will describe what happened. Was it “riot” or “pogrom”? Kapil believes it was more[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Suhasini Haider, diplomatic editor of the Hindu newspaper, and Dr Arjun Dang, CEO of Dr Dang’s Labs.Starting off with a discussion on the coronavirus pandemic, Abhinandan wonders why India’s approach to containing it differs from that[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by data journalist Rukmini S.Abhinandan begins by bringing up Rukmini’s piece in The Print where she wrote that India could see up to 30,000 COVID-19 deaths by May. She says this is not her prediction —[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Mehraj D Lone, Raman Kirpal, and Manisha Pande are joined by Pragya Tiwari, journalist and regional director of Flint Asia. Starting off with the “Bois Locker Room” controversy, Pragya suggests that the group was “a manifestation of an endemic crisis” that we tend to ignore. “We[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Yogita Limaye, the India correspondent for the BBC. The conversation begins with the gas leak in Visakhapatnam and how the BBC, which has a Telugu language service, is covering it. Abhinandan asks Yogita[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Pratik Sinha, co-founder of AltNews.Abhinandan asks what everyone thinks about the interrogation of journalists during the pandemic, Arnab Goswami being the most prominent example. Pratik says the issue comes down to “what is more primary:[...]

In this week’s episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kripal, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Anuradha Bhasin, executive editor of Kashmir Times.Abhinandan asks Anuradha how reporting is being carried out in the valley at the moment. Anuradha says they’re “unable to bring out print editions”, and printed[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Mehraj D Lone, Raman Kirpal, and Manisha Pande are joined by Pragya Tiwari, journalist and regional director of Flint Asia. Starting off with the “Bois Locker Room” controversy, Pragya suggests that the group was “a manifestation of an endemic crisis” that we tend to ignore. Manisha[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Yogita Limaye, the India correspondent for the BBC. Talking about liquor stores being opened, Manisha says the moralistic argument of closing them during the lockdown in the first place is wrong. “The judgement[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kripal, Manisha Pande, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Supriya Sharma, executive editor of Scroll.Abhinandan asks Supriya about the arrest of an ABP Majha journalist for allegedly spreading false information that might have prompted the gathering of migrant workers in Bandra, Mumbai. Was the[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of The News Minute.Starting off with the Tablighi Jamaat controversy, Dhanya explains how the event had hundreds of participants from the southern states, but governments took a long time to address the[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Pratik Sinha, co-founder of AltNews.Discussing the interrogation of Arnab Goswami, Pratik says the issue comes down to “what is more primary: freedom of speech, or right to life”. Madhu believes free speech is important, and[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Anand Vardhan and Shaoib Daniyal, associate editor at Scroll.Abhinandan asks Shoaib about the situation in West Bengal, regarding people’s distrust for the number of cases released by the government and the committee formed by Mamata[...]

In this week’s episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kripal, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Anuradha Bhasin, executive editor of Kashmir Times.Discussing the few journalists bringing out stories in Kashmir, Anuradha says, “The pandemic is being used as a cover to target them and harass them.” Mehraj[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kripal, Manisha Pande, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Supriya Sharma, executive editor of Scroll.Abhinandan asks Supriya about the arrest of an ABP Majha journalist for allegedly spreading false information that might have prompted the gathering of migrant workers in Bandra, Mumbai. Was the[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Anand Vardhan and Shaoib Daniyal, associate editor at Scroll.Abhinandan brings up Sonia Gandhi’s letter to the prime minister, focusing on her recommendation to scrap government advertising across all media. Shoiab asks if the press can[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of The News Minute.Starting off with the Tablighi Jamaat controversy, Dhanya explains how the event had hundreds of participants from the southern states, but governments took a long time to address the[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Mehraj D Lone are joined by data journalist Rukmini S.Abhinandan begins by bringing up Rukmini’s piece in The Print where she wrote that India could see up to 30,000 COVID-19 deaths by May. “Even with significant intervention, there will be not[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Suhasini Haider, diplomatic editor of the Hindu newspaper, and Dr Arjun Dang, CEO of Dr Dang’s Labs.They discuss the coronavirus pandemic, how India is dealing with it and what impact it is likely to have. In[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Arfa Khanum, senior editor at The Wire. They discuss the Delhi and Central government's involvement after the Delhi violence, how India is dealing with Coronavirus in India, the Scindia defection, the value of patriotism and more. Hosted[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone are joined by Arfa Khanum, senior editor at The Wire.Kicking off with the Aam Aadmi Party’s involvement — or lack of it — in the aftermath of the Delhi violence, Arfa says she’s very surprised. She says she’s heard that[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan of Newslaundry are joined by journalist Faye D’souzaThey discuss the issue of Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah being slapped with the Public Safety Act. Mehraj gives the historical context of the draconian law and what its application entails. Faye[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall but we love our listeners. So here’s a little sneak peek into this week’s episode.In this episode, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Kapil Komireddi, author and journalist. They discuss the Delhi violence and its aftermath; the coronavirus threat;[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by author and journalist Samrat X.They begin with a discussion on the Citizenship Amendment Bill that has garnered massive attention in the media. Abhinandan questions whether the BJP had anticipated the reaction to the passage[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Meghnad S and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Betwa Sharma, Politics Editor at HuffPost India.They begin with a discussion on the nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Talking about the timing of the protests, Betwa says, “If you had actually built[...]

This episode of NL Hafta is hosted by Manisha Pande, who is joined by Mehraj D Lone, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad S of Newslaundry.Manisha starts by asking her colleagues about their highs and lows of the year gone by and their hopes for 2020. They all identify the protests against the new citizenship law as[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Raman Kirpal of Newslaundry are joined by Neha Dixit, journalist and professor at Ashoka University.The podcast starts with a discussion on media reports on the Delhi riots. Neha believes the death toll will go up, saying, “Dead bodies have been dumped[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone and Madhu Trehan are joined by Vivek Kaul, an author who’s been writing a series on the Union Budget for Newslaundry.Vivek starts the conversation with the 2020 Budget and the Economic Survey. “What used to be a remarkably esoteric document suddenly became[...]

Hafta has gone behind the paywall. But since we love our listeners, here’s a sneak peek into this week’s episode.Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Shelly Walia, senior editor at the Quint, to discuss Donald Trump’s impending visit to India, AAP’s embrace of religiosity after winning[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Advaita Kala, novelist and commentator.They talk about the impending Delhi election and the nomination process. In a strange turn of events, Chief Minister Arvind Kerjriwal’s nomination almost didn’t happen because of a backlog of[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Kaveree Bamzai, author and former editor of India Today, and Sanjay Rajoura, stand-up comedian and a member of Aisi Taisi Democracy. This episode was recorded live at Bedlam, Hauz Khas Village, Delhi.Mehraj kicked off the discussion[...]

Hafta has gone behind the paywall. But since we love our listeners, here’s a sneak peek into this week’s episode.Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by journalist Faye D’souza to discuss how the Delhi election campaign has been marked by communal rhetoric and how Arvind Kejriwal attempted[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone and Madhu Trehan are joined by Vivek Kaul, an author who’s been writing a series on the Union Budget for Newslaundry.Vivek starts the conversation with the 2020 Budget and the Economic Survey. “What used to be a remarkably esoteric document suddenly became[...]

Hafta has gone behind the paywall. But since we love our listeners, here’s a sneak peek into this week’s episode.Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Advaita Kala, novelist and commentator, to talk about the impending Delhi election and how AAP has been mainstreamed into India’s political[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Anuradha Bhasin of Kashmir Times. Abhinandan begins the discussion by asking Anuradha about the significance of the arrest of Davinder Singh, a deputy superintendent of police in Kashmir, along with two militants he was[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Rohan Venkataramakrishnan from Scroll. The episode also features three Newslaundry subscribers, Dhiraj Krishna Kumar, S.Harikrishnan and Jefferson Simon.Abhinandan begins the podcast by asking subscribers why they chose to subscribe to Newslaundry. The trio also[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Joanna Slater, the India Bureau Chief of The Washington Post. They begin with a discussion on the gangrape and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad, and the subsequent killing of the four accused by[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.This episode of NL Hafta is hosted by Manisha Pande, who is joined by Mehraj D Lone, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad S of Newslaundry.. They discuss the highs and lows of the year gone[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Aditya Menon from The Quint.They begin with a discussion on BJP’s offensive tweet about the Tamil icon EV Ramasamy Periyar. Pointing out the reason for BJP’s dislike for Periyar, Aditya notes, “It's the Periyar[...]

In this episode of Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Meghnad S are joined by Sudhir Suryawanshi, the man behind Katta News, the only media outlet that managed to sift through the chaos during the Maharashtra political crisis. The panel discusses the Maharashtra political drama, Pragya Thakur’s recent remark on Nathuram Godse[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Meghnad S and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Betwa Sharma, Politics Editor at HuffPost India. They discuss the big news of[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by author and journalist Samrat X. The panel discusses the big news of the[...]

In this episode of Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Meghnad S are joined by freelance journalists, Nitin Sethi and Vrinda Gopinath. The panel discusses the big news of the week -- electoral bonds, Pragya Thakur’s nomination on parliamentary defence panel, massive protests by JNU students, among other things.Speaking on the issue of electoral bonds,[...]

To watch the unedited interview, Subscribe to Newslaundry.Click here to watch the full 1 hour 7 minute interview: https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/12/07/nl-interview-gd-bakshi-army-human-rights-the-sarasvati-civilisationMajor General GD Bakshi is a decorated Indian Army officer, a veteran of many skirmishes along the Line of Control and counterinsurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. He served in the military for 37 years,[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. This week’s episode features host Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj D Lone who are joined by Joanna Slater, the India Bureau Chief of The Washington Post. The panel discusses the[...]

In this episode, the usual Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, Anand Vardhan and Madhu Trehan is joined by Alok Prasanna Kumar, a senior resident fellow at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. The podcast begins with the panellists airing their views on the Ayodhya verdict and the Sabarimala issue. While discussing[...]

The British author and journalist tackles all the criticism that has come his way since his Overseas Citizen of India status was revoked.Early in November, the Narendra Modi government revoked British author and journalist Aatish Taseer’s Overseas Citizen of India status. Aatish stated that this was the government’s way of punishing him for some of[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. This week’s episode features host Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Meghnad S who are joined by Sudhir Suryawanshi, the man behind Katta News -- the news outlet that predicted the Ajit Pawar-Fandavis coup[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.This week’s episode features host Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Meghnad S who are joined by freelance journalists, Nitin Sethi and Vrinda Gopinath. The panel discusses the big news of the week -- electoral[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. In this episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, Anand Vardhan, Madhu Trehan from the Newslaundry team are joined by guest Alok Prasanna Kumar, to discuss the brewing topics from this[...]

Residents of Sector 7, Faridabad, National Capital Region, are in a state of shock. On the afternoon of November 9, four members of a family were found dead in their home. The bodies of Dr Praveen Mediratta, his wife Sudesh, their daughter Priyanka and son-in-law Saurabh Kataria were lying in a pool of blood in[...]

In this episode of Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Newslaundry’s Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone as well as two guests, Shreeshan Venkatesh, editorial head at CarbonCopy, and Vivek, a Newslaundry subscriber who is a journalist based in Chennai.The discussion kicks off on the recent study by Climate Central, a news[...]

In this episode of Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Suhasini Haidar, national and diplomatic affairs editor of The Hindu. The panel discusses a range of issues that made news this week.They start with the controversial visit of a delegation of the European Members of[...]

In this episode of Newslaundry Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan and Mehraj Lone are joined by Diksha Madhok, Editor and Director of Quartz India. They discuss the recently concluded assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, the release of National Crime Records Bureau data, the epidemic of protests all across the globe, and[...]

This week’s Hafta features host Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan, Mehraj Lone and Raman Kirpal. Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava, Contributing Editor with Business Standard joins in as a special guest.Manisha kicks off the discussion by asking Sambhav why we don’t hear as many land conflict cases now. Sambhav reasons that we only hear of the long-pending cases[...]

Hafta is back! The gang reunites with host Abhinandan Sekhri along with Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan and Anand Vardhan. Joining us this week is the newest addition to the Newslaundry team, Mehraj Lone. This week’s podcast begins with the panel discussing Mohan Bhagwat’s recent speech at a Vijayadashami function. They scrutinise his comments on lynching[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this episode of Newslaundry Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan and Mehraj Lone are joined by Diksha Madhok, Editor and Director of Quartz India. They discuss the recently concluded assembly elections[...]

Newslaundry Hafta is back with Abhinandan, Raman, Manisha are joined by Joyjeet Das who is a Consulting Editor a Down to Earth magazine. The podcast kicks off with the panel discussing the climate crisis and the Global Climate Strike that was held around the world this week. Talking about Greta Thunberg’s commitment towards the cause,[...]

Journalist Maya Mirchandani, senior fellow at ORF and an assistant professor at Ashoka University joins Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad in this week’s episode of Newslaundry Hafta. Maya, who recently visited Kashmir, begins by shedding light on the ostensible state of normalcy in the Valley. She has much to say about the hopelessness and[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. This week’s Hafta features host Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan, Mehraj Lone and Raman Kirpal. Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava, Contributing Editor with Business Standard joins in as a special guest.Manisha kicks off the discussion by[...]

Besides Manisha Pande and host Abhinandan Sekhri, this episode of Hafta includes Jaskirat Singh Bawa, Senior Editor at The Quint and Vivek Kaul, author and a columnist for Newslaundry.The episode begins with Manisha briefing the panel with the week’s headlines, including Faye D’Souza stepping down as Mirror Now’s executive editor, recent arrests of journalists, and[...]

NL Hafta returns with host Abhinandan Sekhri along with Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan and Anand Vardhan. Joining us this week is the newest addition to the Newslaundry team, Mehraj Lone.This week’s podcast begins with the panel discussing Mohan Bhagwat’s recent speech at a Vijayadashami function. They scrutinise his comments on lynching being a "Western construct"[...]

Newslaundry Hafta is back with Abhinandan, Raman and Manisha, and this week they are joined by Arunabh Saikia, who reports from the Northeast for the news website Scroll, and Amit Varma, editor of Pragati and host of the podcast The Seen and the Unseen. They discuss Assam’s National Register of Citizens and its likely consequences.[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. In this episode, Abhinandan, Raman, Manisha are joined by Joyjeet Das who is a Consulting Editor at Down to Earth magazine. The podcast begins with a discussion on the climate crisis and eventually[...]

In this episode of Newslaundry Hafta, The Caravan’s Staff Writer Praveen Donthi and Independent Journalist Makepeace Sitlhou join host, Abhinandan Sekhri, Newslaundry’s Managing Editor, Raman Kirpal and Correspondent, Gaurav Sarkar.Abhinandan begins the podcast with the National Register of Citizens (NRC). He asks if NRC is “some sort of a political masterstroke”. Makepeace, who covers stories[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Newslaundry’s Editor-in-Chief Madhu Trehan, Nwslaundry’s Managing Editor Raman Kirpal, Author & Journalist Puja Mehra, and France 24 Correspondent Surabhi Tandon. The podcast kicks off with Puja Mehra, author of The Lost Decade, explaining the relevance of surplus funds with the Reserve Bank of India and[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. Journalist Maya Mirchandani, senior fellow at ORF and an assistant professor at Ashoka University joined Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad in this week’s episode of Newslaundry Hafta. Maya, who recently visited Kashmir[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. Apart from Manisha Pande and host Abhinandan Sekhri, this episode of NL Hafta features Jaskirat Singh Bawa, Senior Editor at The Quint and Vivek Kaul, author and a columnist for Newslaundry. The podcast[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, the political editor of The Caravan magazine Hartosh Singh Bal, and a Newslaundry subscriber of Kashmiri origin.The podcast kicks off with the Newslaundry subscriber expressing her sentiments on the abrogation of Article 370 and the heavy deployment of troops in the[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. In this episode of Newslaundry Hafta, The Caravan’s Staff Writer Praveen Donthi and Independent Journalist Makepeace Sitlhou join host, Abhinandan Sekhri, Newslaundry’s Managing Editor, Raman Kirpal and Correspondent, Gaurav Sarkar.The podcast begins a[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Anand Vardhan, Washington Post's India correspondent Niha Masih, and Sneha Koshy, the head of NDTV's Kerala bureau. The podcast starts with the panel’s take on BBC’s report on Kashmir, which was rumoured to be untrue. Niha was in Kashmir for five days and she talks[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, author & journalist Puja Mehra, and France 24 correspondent Surabhi Tandon.The podcast kicks off with Puja Mehra, author of The[...]

In this week’s Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan, and R Jagannathan, Swarajya's Editorial Director. The discussion kicks off with the panel talking about the abrogation of Article 370, and the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Abhinandan said, “I thought[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, and author and columnist Sushant Sareen.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on the life and times of Sheila Dikshit. Sushant says, “There was decency about her, the way she managed to get things done. She was a performer.”[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, the political editor of The Caravan magazine Hartosh Singh Bal, and a Newslaundry subscriber of Kashmiri origin.The podcast kicks off[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and author and blogger Arnab Ray.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on Richa Bharti who was arrested for putting up an objectionable post. The judge asked her to distribute copies of the Quran as punishment.The panel then moves to discuss[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Anand Vardhan, Washington Post's India correspondent Niha Masih, and Sneha Koshy, the head of NDTV's Kerala bureau. The podcast starts with the panel’s take on BBC’s report on Kashmir, which was rumoured to be untrue. Niha was in Kashmir for five days and she talks[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan, and R Jagannathan, Swarajya's Editorial Director.The discussion kicks off with the panel talking about the abrogation of Article 370,[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan, Raman Kirpal and journalist and author Vivek Kaul.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on the 2019 Cricket World Cup and Team India’s loss in the semi-finals. According to Anand, “it was a bubble waiting to burst”. The panel talks about[...]

This very special episode of NL Hafta is recorded on location at The Media Rumble at India Habitat Centre, Delhi. Host Abhinandan Sekhri discusses views and news with actress Swara Bhaskar; software engineer-turned-journalist Kavya Sukumar; VP of engineering at Quintype, Rashmi Mittal; writer and editor Supriya Nair; Swarajya's editorial director R Jagannathan; and journalist David Usborne.This[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, and author and columnist Sushant Sareen.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on the life and times of[...]

In this week’s episode, Meghnad wears the host’s hat. He is joined by Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal.The discussion kicks off with the panel talking about the 2019 Budget. They speak about the good, the bad and the ugly. Manisha finds the five per cent duty on imported books weird and[...]

In this week’s episode, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande, and journalist and author Salil Tripathi.The discussion kicks off with speeches and controversies in Parliament this week. This includes the super-viral speech by MP Mahua Moitra as well as the chants of “Vande Mataram” during various swearing-ins.The panel then talks[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and author and blogger Arnab Ray.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on Richa Bharti who was arrested for putting[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kripal, Anand Vardhan and Nistula Hebbar, The Hindu's Political Editor.The panel talks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “One Nation, One Election” proposition, encephalitis-related deaths in Muzaffarpur, Anjana Om Kashyap’s controversial reporting from Bihar's Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital and[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan, Raman Kirpal and journalist and author Vivek Kaul.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on the 2019 Cricket World Cup[...]

In the latest episode of Outside Edge, host Chandresh Narayanan talks to former England cricketer Mark Butcher, whose first music album is launching soon. Mark talks about his journey after cricket and his love for music and songwriting.But once a cricketer, always a cricketer, and Mark justifies this, saying: "Cricket was always a dominant part[...]

In this podcast, sports journalist Chandresh Narayanan talks Hemant Buch, a prominent name in the field of sports telecast.Buch describes his work and says that being a producer and director are both two sides of the same coin. He also speaks about the difficulties faced by a director and producer while covering a global tournament,[...]

In this episode of Outside Edge, host Chandresh Narayanan sits down with The National's Paul Radley, and former Chief Financial Officer of the ICC, Faisal Hasnain, to talk about the ongoing Cricket World Cup in England, the future of associate nations in global events, among other things.Chandresh, Paul and Faisal discuss how the scheduling of[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, Meghnad wears the host’s hat. He is joined by Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal. The discussion kicks off with the panel talking about the 2019 Budget.[...]

In this episode, host Chandresh Narayanan sits down with Nikhil Naz, former sports editor of NDTV who is now a noted cricket and sports presenter. Nikhil presents the World Cup show on ESPNcricinfo. Nikhil has just written a book called Miracle Men, a retelling of India’s 1983 World Cup triumph which he describes as "a[...]

In this week’s episode, Manisha Pande wears the host’s hat and is joined by Newslaundry’s Raman Kirpal and guests Nitin Sethi and Hridayesh Joshi to discuss climate change and environment reporting in India, among other topics.The discussion kicks off with Nitin discussing his latest story in Business Standard on how Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali has crept[...]

In this week’s episode, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande, and journalist and author Salil Tripathi.The discussion kicks off with speeches and controversies in Parliament this week. This includes the super-viral speech by MP Mahua Moitra as well as the chants of “Vande Mataram” during various swearing-ins.The panel then talks[...]

Chandaresh Narayanan brings you the buzz from the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. In this podcast, sports journalist Chandresh Narayanan talks to former Indian wicket-keeper Kiran More.Kiran describes his experience of playing at previous World Cups and admits that the biggest disappointment in his career was when Australia defeated India back in 1987. He confesses[...]

In this week’s episode, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the regular gang of Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan, and special guest Saurabh Dwivedi, journalist and founder of news website The Lallantop.The discussion kicks off with Abhinandan asking Saurabh whether there was a Modi wave before the elections. Saurabh recounts realities he noticed on[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this episode of NL Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kripal, Anand Vardhan and Nistula Hebbar, The Hindu's Political Editor.The panel talks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “One nation[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Christina Thomas Dhanaraj, co-founder of the Dalit History Month collective.The podcast begins with Manisha describing the election week that went by and the BJP’s enormous victory. After a recap of the election results announced on May 23, Abhinandan[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and journalist Supriya Nair.The podcast opens with the panel discussing the ongoing doctors’ strike all over the country[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and journalist Supriya Nair.The podcast opens with the panel discussing the ongoing doctors’ strike all over the country following the attack on doctors by a deceased patient’s relatives in West Bengal.Abhinandan references a study, which will be unveiled at[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande, and investigative journalist Josy Joseph.The podcast kicks off with Joseph talking about the ₹1,000-crore civil defamation suit that Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways filed against him after the release of his book, A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy[...]

In this week’s episode, Manisha Pande wears the host’s hat and is joined by Newslaundry’s Raman Kirpal and guests Nitin Sethi and Hridayesh Joshi to discuss climate change and environment reporting in India, among other topics.The discussion kicks off with Nitin discussing his latest story in Business Standard on how Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali has crept[...]

In this week’s episode, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the regular gang of Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan, and special guest Saurabh Dwivedi, journalist and founder of news website The Lallantop.The discussion kicks off with Abhinandan asking Saurabh whether there was a Modi wave before the election. Saurabh recounts realities he noticed on[...]

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NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Christina Thomas Dhanaraj, co-founder of the Dalit History Month collective.The podcast begins with Manisha describing the election[...]

इस हफ़्ते की चर्चा ऐसे वक़्त में आयोजित हुई जब राजनीति के गलियारों से लेकर पान की दुकानों तक संभावित चुनावी परिणामों की ही चर्चा हो रही है. इस बीच साध्वी प्रज्ञा सिंह ठाकुर ने एक विवादित बयान दिया, जिसमें उन्होंने गांधी के हत्यारे नाथूराम गोडसे को देशभक्त बता दिया. ये मामला काफ़ी विवादों में[...]

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Cherry Agarwal speaks to Newslaundry correspondents Ayush Tiwari and Prateek Goel about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Delhi, the electoral climate in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and more. Ayush also speaks about his report on Atishi’s pamphlet. The panel discusses Modi’s interview with News Nation, a[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande, and investigative journalist Josy Joseph.The podcast kicks off with Joseph talking about the ₹1,000-crore civil defamation suit that Naresh Goyal[...]

In this new segment, the NL Hafta panel devotes some time to going through emails from subscribers and non-subscribers, triggering interesting debates and providing them with valuable feedback.This week's #HaftaLetters saw a variety of issues brought to the forefront, such as the Left and Right in Indian politics, especially in the context of journalism. One[...]

n this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and journalist and author Sandeep Bhushan.The podcast starts off with a peek into the complex and ever-changing realm of Indian journalism through the lens of Sandeep’s book, The Indian Newsroom: Studios, Stars and The Unmaking of Reporters. Abhinandan agrees[...]

In this episode of Reporters without Orders, host Cherry Agarwal sits down with Newslaundry Correspondent Ayush Tiwari and Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar to talk about the protests against clean chit to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, courtroom drama during the deposition of former Union Minister MJ Akbar, Rahul Gandhi’s public meeting in Delhi, Election[...]

In this week’s episode, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan, and author Chetan Bhagat.The podcast kicks off with a deep dive into Bhagat’s book, India Positive: New Essays and Selected Column. The author explains that the title of his book is inspired by the idea of positivity. He believes that[...]

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Cherry Agarwal sits down with Newslaundry correspondent Ayush Tiwari, Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar and Quint's Senior Correspondent Aishwarya Iyer to talk about the #Yeti, the Utsav Bains hearing, Elections 2019 and more.Aishwarya and Ayush were covering elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively. They were gauging support[...]

ग़ालिब का एक शेर है- “हम वहां से हैं जहां से हमको भी/ कुछ हमारी ख़बर नहीं आती”. मौजूदा वक़्त में देश ऐसे ही दौर से गुज़र रहा है. पंजाबी के कवि ‘पाश’ के शब्दों में कहें तो एक हद तक यह वह दौर भी है, जब बिना ज़मीर होना ज़िंदगी की शर्त बन गयी[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan, and journalist and author Puja Mehra.The podcast kicks off with a deconstruction of Mehra’s book, The Lost Decade (2008-18): How India's Growth Story Devolved into Growth Without a Story. Abhinandan asks Puja why she believed that the decade was[...]

In this edition of NL Interviews, Cherry Agarwal speaks to Govindraj Ethiraj about the importance of data-led stories, the credibility of data and the role of data and evidence in the public discourse. Ethiraj is a television and print journalist, who founded IndiaSpend, a data-driven journalistic platform, as well as a fact-checking website, BOOM.The discussion[...]

राज्यसभा सांसद और लालू प्रसाद यादव की बेटी मीसा भारती एक बार फिर से पाटलीपुत्र लोकसभा सीट से किस्मत आजमा रही हैं. पिछली बार उन्हें पाटलीपुत्र सीट से उनकी ही पार्टी छोड़ गये रामकृपाल यादव ने भाजपा का साथ पकड़ कर पटखनी दी थी. लालू यादव इस बार चुनावी परिदृश्य से ओझल हैं, पार्टी में[...]

बीते हफ़्ते राष्ट्रीय व अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर घटित हुई घटनाओं ने कई मायनों में नयी बहस को जन्म दिया. चर्चा में इस हफ़्ते उन्हीं में से तीन बेहद ज़रूरी विषयों- जेट एयरवेज़ की उड़ानें बंद होने व हज़ारों की तादाद में लोगों के बेरोज़गार होने, विकीलीक्स के संस्थापक जूलियन असांज की इक्वाडोर के लंदन स्थित[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande, and author Kishwar Desai. The podcast starts off with a discussion on Desai’s latest book, Jallianwala Bagh, 1919: The Real Story, and why she believed that this was a book that needed to be written. She says that writing[...]

This week’s Reporters Without Orders features host Cherry Agarwal with Newslaundry's head of research Ayush Tiwari and desk writer Gaurav Sarkar. The panel talks about the impact Sandeep Bamzai’s tutelage has had on IANS, a petition presented to the Supreme Court seeking permission for Muslim women to offer namaaz in mosques and Maneka Gandhi’s comments[...]

बीता हफ़्ता तमाम तरह की घटनाओं का गवाह रहा. इस बार की चर्चा जब आयोजित की गयी, उस वक़्त देश के कुछ हिस्सों में साल 2014 के बाद तनाव, द्वंद्व, संघर्ष, भ्रम व मायूसी के 5 सालों से हताश-निराश अवाम एक बार फ़िर उम्मीदों से बेतरह लैश होकर पहले चरण के मतदान में अपने मताधिकार[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and journalist Sudipto Mondal.The podcast kicks off with Sudipto talking about the book he’s working on which is centred around the 25-year history of the Ambedkar Students' Association. Although the book was originally intended to be about Rohith Vemula,[...]

This week’s Reporters Without Orders features host Cherry Agarwal, Head of Research Ayush Tiwari, Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar and Newslaundry Hindi reporter Basant Kumar. The panel talks the Enforcement Directorate's fourth supplementary chargesheet in the AgustaWestland chopper deal scam, increasing propaganda in daily soaps, the impact of communal violence in Western Uttar Pradesh, Congress' demonetisation[...]

In this week’s podcast, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande. Also joining them is political journalist and author of Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook, Saba Naqvi.The discussion kicks off with Saba’s new book. Saba also briefly describes the farmers' coalitions and the constant splitting of party members from the Congress[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and lawyer Gautam Bhatia.The podcast kicks off with Gautam talking about his latest book, The Transformative Constitution: A Radical Biography in Nine Acts. It draws on pre-Independence legal and political history and is an analysis of the oppressive forces[...]

In this week’s podcast, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande. Joining them over the phone is The News Minute's deputy news editor, Ragamalika Karthikeyan, to talk about the Pollachi case.The podcast begins with Ragamalika detailing the Pollachi sexual abuse and extortion case. The four men accused “seem to be[...]

बीता हफ़्ता बहुत सारी घटनाओं का साक्षी रहा है. इस हफ़्ते की चर्चा तब आयोजित हुई, जबकि चुनावी सरगर्मियां चरम पर थीं और पहले चरण के चुनाव में हफ़्ते भर से भी कम वक़्त रह गया था. इस हफ़्ते की चर्चा में ‘टाइम मैगज़ीन’ द्वारा पेशे का जोख़िम उठा रहे पत्रकारों की सूची में इस[...]

In the latest episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the usual gang of Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Madhu Trehan, and special guest Praveen Donthi, staff writer at The Caravan.The discussion takes off with Praveen discussing his cover story on the rise of ANI news agency during the NDA government's tenure. He[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande. Also joining them is political journalist and author of Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook, Saba Naqvi.The discussion kicks off[...]

This week’s Reporters Without Orders features host Cherry Agarwal with Newslaundry's head of research Ayush Tiwari and desk writer Gaurav Sarkar. The panel talks about the SSC paper leaks, Yogi Adityanath’s rally, the Congress manifesto and the newly launched NaMo TV.Ayush talks about the press conference he attended on the SSC paper leaks conducted by[...]

In this episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, hosts Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the latest How To Train Your Dragon, Vice, Us, A Star is Born, The Favourite and much more.The podcast kicks off with Abhinandan and Rajyasree discussing animated movies, particularly the How To Train Your Dragon series. Though Abhinandan[...]

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and lawyer Gautam Bhatia. The podcast kicks off with Gautam talking about his latest book, The Transformative Constitution: A Radical Biography in Nine Acts.The discussion moves to Arnab Goswami's interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Discussing Mission Shakti, Madhu[...]

In the latest episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the usual gang of Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Madhu Trehan, as well as Nitin A Gokhle, a national security analyst, and Samrat, a journalist and author.The conversation kicks off with Indo-Pak tension, with Abhinandan asking Nitin about the details of the air[...]

चुनावी गहमा-गहमी के बीच बीता हफ़्ता तमाम अच्छी-बुरी खबरों के साथ हिंदुस्तान के लिए एक उपलब्धि लेकर आया. इस हफ़्ते प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी द्वारा खगोल विज्ञान के क्षेत्र में भारत की हालिया उपलब्धि को बताते हुए राष्ट्र के नाम संदेश जारी संदेश, राहुल गांधी द्वारा चुनावी अभियान के तहत की एक बड़ी योजना ‘न्याय’ का[...]

This week’s Reporters Without Orders features host Cherry Agarwal, Business Standard's Arup Roychoudhury, Newslaundry’s head of research Ayush Tiwari, and Newslaundry's associate editor Meghnad. The panel talks about the Election Commission of India's Model Code of Conduct, a recent study by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism on Indian digital media, and Rahul Gandhi’s[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by journalist Maya Mirchandani.The discussion kicks off with Amit Shah getting Lok Sabha elections ticket from LK Advani’s constituency, Gandhinagar. The panel also discusses Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s role in the current political scenario. Maya says, “Priyanka Gandhi is great optics[...]

बीत रहा हफ़्ता रंगों के त्यौहार ‘होली’ के उल्लास में डूबा रहा. इस बीच तमाम घटनाएं अप्रभावित अपनी गति से घटती रहीं. तमाम चिंताजनक वारदातों से अप्रभावित प्रधानमंत्री के कार्यक्रम वक़्त और तारीख़ में बिना किसी फेरबदल के आयोजित होते रहे. ऐसे में नज़ीर अकबराबादी का होली पर लिखा गीत ‘होली की बहारें’ बेहद मानीखेज़[...]

On this week's episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, hosts Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri cover the Patriot Act episode by Hasan Minhaj on India's elections, Netflix shows Delhi Crime and Cricket Fever, a short film, and a lot more. Holding the conversation baton, Abhinandan kicks off with a rant on the quality[...]

बीता हफ़्ता कई वजहों से चर्चा में रहा. चुनाव आयोग ने लोकसभा चुनाव की तारीखों की घोषणा की जिसके साथ ही नेताओं की बयानबाजी का दौर शुरू हो गया. इस हफ़्ते की कुछ प्रमुख घटनाओं मसलन कर्नाटक के बीजेपी नेता अनंत कुमार हेगड़े का राहुल गांधी और उनके परिवार पर आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी करना, हिंदुस्तान यूनीलीवर[...]

In the latest episode of NL Hafta, the usual gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by journalist Kaveree Bamzai to discuss Pulwama attack, harassment of Kashmiri student in Dehradun, MBS’ visit to India and more.The conversation kicks off with Kaveree talking about surviving as an independent, freelance journalist[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s podcast, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande. Joining them over the phone is The News Minute's deputy news editor, Ragamalika Karthikeyan, to talk about the[...]

This week’s Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, award-winning reporter Amit Visen, Newslaundry’s head of research Ayush Tiwari and desk writer Gaurav Sarkar. The panel talks about gender pay gap across newsrooms, Rahul Gandhi's use of "ji" for Jaish chief Masood Azhar, Election Commission's presser, custodial deaths in Bihar, government advertisements and more.The[...]

In this episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, hosts Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss Captain Marvel, Surf Excel’s advertisement #RangLaayeSang, Leaving Neverland and more.The podcast kicks off with Abhinandan who, though a Marvel Universe enthusiast, wasn't convinced by their latest offering Captain Marvel. Rajyasree expresses her lack of interest in watching the[...]

बीते हफ़्ते एक तरफ़ जहां कुछ बेहद अहम मुद्दे चर्चा में रहे वहीं कुछ घटनाएं मीडिया गलियारों में सनसनी की तरह छाईं रहीं. इस हफ़्ते की चर्चा में हमने उन्हीं में से कुछ को विषयों के लिया. उत्तर प्रदेश के संत कबीरनगर में सांसद और विधायक के बीच हुई जूतम-पैजार की घटना और भारतीय राजनीति[...]

In the latest episode of NL Hafta, the usual gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Setu Niket, a Delhi-based lawyer and Newslaundry subscriber.The discussion kicks off with Setu talking about the latest updates on the Supreme Court’s split verdict in the Delhi government vs LG power tussle[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In the latest episode, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the usual gang of Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Madhu Trehan, and special guest Praveen Donthi, staff writer at The Caravan.The discussion takes off with[...]

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Cherry Agarwal is joined by Newslaundry's head of research Ayush Tiwari, desk writer Gaurav Sarkar and Vijaita Singh from The Hindu. The panel talks about the reporting on the Balakot airstrike, ghost advertising for the BJP online, and more.The podcast kicks off with the panel talking about the[...]

Have you read the latest NL Sena story, The Cauvery Chronicles II: Ponni’s Perish? If not, do it. In this podcast, Manisha Pande, Anish Daolagupu and NL subscriber Rahul Pandey discuss different facets of this report with its author TR Vivek.TR Vivek answers the questions posed by contributors to the story and asks Rahul what made[...]

In this episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss Sonchiriya, the Oscars, Three Identical Strangers, and more.Rajyasree kicks off the podcast with the recently-concluded Academy Awards. Abhinandan asks her what was good about the show this year. She praises the event's opening with Queen's performance. "It was really[...]

बीता पूरा हफ़्ता काफ़ी उठापटक भरा रहा. चर्चा में उन्हीं में से कुछ विषयों पर विस्तार से बात की गई. इस हफ़्ते की सबसे महत्वपूर्ण घटना रही, भारत और पाकिस्तान के हवाई हमलों के बाद पैदा हुआ तनाव. पुलवामा में हुए आतंकवादी हमले के बाद भारतीय वायुसेना ने पाकिस्तान में मौजूद आतंकवादी ठिकानों पर कार्रवाई[...]

In the latest episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the usual gang of Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande and Madhu Trehan, as well as Niha Masih, India correspondent for Washington Post. The conversation covers #MamataVsCBI in West Bengal, Robert Vadra being questioned by the ED, the Supreme Court’s contempt notice to Prashant Bhushan,[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In the latest episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the usual gang of Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Madhu Trehan, as well as Nitin A Gokhle, a national security analyst, and[...]

In this episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Ankur Pathak, entertainment editor at Huffington Post. They discuss Gully Boy, Period. End of Sentence., the Oscar awards and more.They start off with Gully Boy, with Abhinandan asking Ankur what worked for him in the movie. Ankur says: “I just[...]

This episode of Reporters Without Orders features host Cherry Agarwal, Newslaundry's head of research Ayush Tiwari, special correspondent Prateek Goyal and independent journalist Aruna Chandrasekhar. The panel talks about the Indian airstrike in Jaba, near Balakot, Supreme Court's order to evict more than 1 million tribals and forest-dwellers, the Kisan long march in Maharashtra and[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the in-house panel of Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan and Raman Kirpal, and Scroll staff writer Shoaib Daniyal. The conversation covers Harvest TV, the new 13-point roster for reservation of teaching posts, the National Sample Survey Office jobs report, George Fernandes’s legacy, the latest[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. On this episode of NL Hafta, our host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, Raman Kirpal and Kaveree Bamzai to discuss the news of the week. Listen to the full[...]

In this episode of the Awful and Awesome, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss My name is RaGa, Yesterday, Gully Boy, The Assassination of Gianni Versace and more. Abhinandan kicks off the podcast by discussing some of the movies he watched over the week. The duo then proceed to review the trailer of My name[...]

This episode of Reporters Without Orders features host Cherry Agarwal, Newslaundry's Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar, journalist Safwat Zargar and the author of HRW's latest report, Jayshree Bajoria. While Zargar joined the panel from Kashmir, Bajoria joined over the phone from New York. The panel talks about the coverage of the Pulwama attack, where more than[...]

इस चर्चा की रिकॉर्डिंग के दौरान ही कश्मीर में अब तक के सबसे बड़े आतंकी हमले को अंजाम दिया जा रहा था. सीआरपीएफ के 40 जवानों की एक आत्मघाती हमले में मौत हो गई. हम इस विषय पर चर्चा नहीं कर सके लेकिन यह विषय ही इस पूरे हफ्ते चर्चा में रहेगा. एनएल चर्चा का[...]

In the latest episode of NL Hafta, the usual gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Setu Niket, a Delhi-based lawyer and Newslaundry subscriber.The discussion kicks off with Setu talking about the latest updates on the Supreme Court’s split verdict in the Delhi government vs LG power tussle[...]

In this Hafta, Hartosh Singh Bal, Caravan's political editor magazine, joins Newslaundry managing editor Raman Kirpal, editor Manisha Pande, opinion writer Anand Vardhan and host Abhinandan Sekhri. The group discusses Priyanka Gandhi’s official entry into politics, the Mahagathbandhan, Ajit Doval’s son's defamation plea against the Caravan, EVM hacking and more.The Caravan’s defamation case becomes a[...]

In this episode of Awful and Awesome, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the Oscar line-up (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Wife, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Green Book), the Grammys, state of radio in India, Mere Pyaare Prime Minister and more.The duo first talk about The Wife. Rajyasree gives a spoiler-free review of the film, “You[...]

This episode of Reporters Without Orders features Cherry Agarwal and Newslaundry's Head of Research Ayush Tiwari. Prateek Goyal, Newslaundry's special correspondent from Maharashtra, joins in later to report on police protection being given to Abhishek Mishra in Kamal Nath’s Madhya Pradesh. The conversation covers the hooch tragedy, Arnab Goswami vs Shashi Tharoor case, and more.Ayush[...]

इस हफ्ते चर्चा का मुख्य विषय रहा पश्चिम बंगाल में सीबीआई का अनपेक्षित छापा, नतीजे में सीबीआई टीम की गिरफ्तारी और साथ में ममता बनर्जी का सत्याग्रह. ममता बनर्जी ने अपने पुलिस प्रमुख राजीव कुमार से पूछताछ करने पहुंची सीबीआई टीम को पूरे हिंदुस्तान में सुर्खी बना दिया. इसके अलावा सुप्रीम कोर्ट के पूर्व न्यायाधीश[...]

In the latest episode of NL Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the usual gang of Raman Kripal, Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande and special guest Amit Varma—writer, columnist, and host of the podcast The Seen and the Unseen. The conversation ranges from the unending CBI saga to the JNU sedition chargesheet to Modi[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In the latest episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the usual gang of Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande and Madhu Trehan, as well as Niha Masih, India correspondent for Washington Post. The[...]

In the latest episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Shubham Bhatia, a journalist with Patriot, and Adhiraj Singh, head writer at VICE India. The trio discusses the Netflix film Soni, the Dalit Lit Fest, The Good Place and more.Abhinandan asks Adhiraj about the workings of VICE, saying he's[...]

This episode of Reporters Without Orders features Cherry Agarwal, Business Standard’s Somesh Jha, Newslaundry's Head of Research Ayush Tiwari and Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar. The panel talks about the NSSO employment-unemployment report, Harvest TV and its birthing troubles, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s new regulations and more.Somesh speaks about NITI Aayog's comments on the[...]

In May 2017, a PIL in India’s Supreme Court kickstarted a hot debate on one of the most controversial practices in the 21st century—female genital mutilation (FGM). Described by activists as a "heinous crime" and "cruelty of the first order", the case stretched over several months and drew attention to a practice that has remained[...]

इस हफ्ते की चर्चा बिज़नेस स्टैंडर्ड में छपी सोमेश झा की रिपोर्ट के इर्द गिर्द सिमटी रही. इसके मुताबिक मौजूदा समय में बेरोजगारी की दर सबसे अधिक है. बीते 45 वर्षो में यह सबसे ऊंचे स्तर पर जाकर करीब 6.1% तक पहुच गई है. नेशनल सैंपल सर्वे ऑफिस का लेबर फोर्स सर्वे 2017-18 का यह[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this episode of NL Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the in-house panel of Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan and Raman Kirpal, and Scroll staff writer Shoaib Daniyal. The conversation covers Harvest TV,[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Hafta regulars Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande, and special guests Arunabh Saikia, staff writer at Scroll, and economics journalist Vivek Kaul. The discussion revolves around the Citizenship Bill, the 10 per cent Reservation Bill, Alok Verma's reinstation, the All-India Marathi Literary Meet, and[...]

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses Cobrapost's recent exposé, Kapil Sibal's comments on Harvest TV, the ensuing controversy, CAG Rajiv Mehrishi’s alleged tax evasion and more. The panel includes Cherry Agarwal, Desk Writer Gaurav Sarkar, Head of Research Ayush Tiwari, and Special Correspondent Prateek Goyal. Gaurav kicks off the discussion with[...]

In the 100th episode of Awful and Awesome, our hosts Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen go live to talk about the best and worst of pop-culture. They discussed Thackeray, the new Firstpost advertisement, Netflix’s Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Jaipur Literature Festival and a lot more.The conversation begins with Thackeray, which Abhinandan[...]

इस हफ्ते की चर्चा कांग्रेस द्वारा प्रियंका गांधी को पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश का प्रभारी बनाने पर केंद्रित रही. 2019 लोकसभा चुनावों से ठीक पहले प्रियंका गांधी को मैदान में उतारने के क्या अर्थ है और इसके क्या परिणाम संभावित हैं, इन सब विषयों पर चर्चा हुई साथ ही कोलकाता में ममता बनर्जी ने एक बड़ी[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this Hafta, Hartosh Singh Bal, Caravan's political editor magazine, joins Newslaundry managing editor Raman Kirpal, editor Manisha Pande, opinion writer Anand Vardhan and host Abhinandan Sekhri. The group discusses Priyanka Gandhi’s official entry[...]

In this week’s episode, South Asia editor of Asia Times, Saikat Datta, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan to discuss the home ministry authorising 10 central agencies to intercept information on computers, the misinformation surrounding it.The discussion kicks off with Saikat explaining the home ministry order[...]

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava, award-winning journalist and contributing editor at Business Standard, joins the in-house gang of Gaurav Sarkar, Prateek Goyal, Ayush Tiwari and Cherry Agarwal. The panel discusses the chargesheet filed by the Delhi police against the former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and[...]

In the latest episode, Abhinandan Sekhri co-hosts with Samar Khan—director, producer and former journalist based in Mumbai. The duo discuss the portrayal of the Indian forces in cinema, the rise of TV and change in cinema in the Nineties, the Netflix documentary Fyre and more.Samar has worked on Shaurya, The Test Case and has attended[...]

Brigadier BK Ponwar, the Director of the Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College in Chhattisgarh, compares the Naxal insurgency to fish in a pond. He explains this analogy by giving examples from insurgencies in other parts of India, particularly the Northeast. Amit Bhardwaj also questions him about the alleged incidents of sexual assault by security[...]

इस हफ्ते की चर्चा बीबीसी की उस रिपोर्ट को केंद्रित रही जिसमें भारत में पोर्न वीडियो, पोर्न वेबसाइट से सामाज में पड़ने वाले हिंसक प्रभावों की पड़ताल की गई. इसके अलावा कारवां पत्रिका की एक बड़ी खोजी रिपोर्ट में राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार अजीत डोवाल के बेटे विवेक डोवाल द्वारा कालेधन के लिए बदनाम केमन आइलैंड[...]

In the latest episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, Abhinandan is in conversation with Mayank Shekhar, entertainment head at Mid Day. The duo reviews The Accidental Prime Minister, Uri: The Surgical Strike and Gillette's latest commercial. They also discuss the portrayal of politics in Indian films, the evolution of film production in India and more. Mayank and Abhinandan[...]

In this week’s podcast, our regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by Newslaundry subscriber Anushka Shah who is a researcher with MIT Media Lab. The podcast kicks off with a discussion on the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 after Indira Gandhi’s assassination. The team talks about how[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.Host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the usual gang of Raman Kripal, Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande, and special guest Amit Varma, writer and columnist, and host of the podcast The Seen and the[...]

In the latest episode of Reporters Without Orders Cherry Agarwal is in conversation with Arvind Gunasekar, a CBI beat reporter, Vakasha Sachdev, The Quint's associate editor-legal, Rohin Verma, former Newslaundry journalist, and Ayush Tiwari. The panel discusses the controversy surrounding the Central Bureau of Investigation, former Supreme Court Justice HS Bedi’s report on alleged fake[...]

की जरूरत थी जो कि महज 48 घंटे में संसद के दोनों सदनों में पास हो गया. किसी भी बिल को पास करने की एक लंबी चौड़ी प्रक्रिया होती है, घंटों बहस चलती है उस पर विचार विमर्श किया जाता है, ज्यादा से ज्यादा लोगों के विचार उसमें शामिल होते हैं. लेकिन यहां एक हड़बड़ी[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this episode of NL Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Hafta regulars Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande, and special guests Arunabh Saikia, staff writer at Scroll, and economics journalist Vivek Kaul. The[...]

In the latest episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, hosts Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss BCCI’s notice to Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul for their appearance on Koffee with Karan, the Golden Globes, the new Uber Eats advertisement, The Mule, the Gully Boy trailer, and Backstreet Boys being back—again!The discussion begins with[...]

This week Reporters Without Orders features Cherry Agarwal in conversation with Newslaundry’s Ayush Tiwari, The Print's Amrita Nayak Dutta and Economic & Political Weekly’s Tejas Harad. In this episode, among other things, the panel discusses the #QuotaBill, which allows for 10 per cent reservation for economically weak sections of people belonging to the general category[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta 202, the regular Hafta gang of Manisha Pande, Abhinandan Sekhri, and Anand Vardhan is joined by Saurabh Dwivedi, founder-editor of Lallantop.Saurabh, who travelled for a month in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in the run-up to the elections, has some great insights to share. The team discusses the reasons[...]

Welcome to the first episode of NL Hafta in 2019! Host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the regular gang of Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan, and special guest Dushyant Arora, lawyer and chief editor of News Central 24x7.The conversation starts with Abhinandan asking the panellists their views on ANI editor Smita Prakash’s interview[...]

This week’s Reporters without Orders features host Cherry Agarwal in conversation with Ayush Tiwari, Scroll staff writer Shoaib Daniyal, Newslaundry special correspondent Prateek Goyal, and Indian Express Digital correspondent from Kerala, Vishnu Varma. Conversations range from Triple Talaq to Sabarimala to Bhima Koregaon. Ayush starts off by expressing his disapproval on the lack of coverage[...]

It's the first episode of 2019, and our hosts Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the Saudi Arabia-centric episode of Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act, Netflix series Selection Day, and the Netflix special of Black Mirror's Bandersnatch, among other things.Rajyasree recommends the controversial Saudi Arabia of Patriot Act for its wit and timing. Both hosts disapprove[...]

In 1968, Narayan Singh Chauhan joined an uprising that was painting Indian jungles red. Joined by comrades from different parts of the country, he was there to fight feudal lords, emancipate the peasants and crush the state. In his three year-long involvement with the Naxalite insurgency, Chauhan was involved in multiple encounters and also admits[...]

इस हफ्ते चर्चा का मुख्य विषय रहा नेशनल इंवेस्टिगेशन एजेंसी द्वारा 17 जगहों पर छापा मारकर आईएस के 10 कथित आतंकियों की गिरफ्तारी. इसके अलावा नोएडा के पार्क होने वाली जुमे की नमाज को लेकर पैदा हुआ विवाद, गृह मंत्रालय द्वारा 10 सुरक्षा और खुफिया एजेंसियों को किसी के भी कंप्यूटर डाटा निगरानी की अनुमति[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s episode, South Asia editor of Asia Times, Saikat Datta joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan to discuss the home ministry authorising 10[...]

In this week’s NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Meghnad, Raman Kirpal, and Manisha Pande. The panel also features Newslaundry reporters Amit Bhardwaj and Prateek Goyal who are covering the elections from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively.Amit gives us insight into the election rallies in Rajasthan that are being dominated by PM Narendra Modi[...]

This week’s episode brings you an action-packed discussion with our hosts Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen on Relatable, season 2 of Making A Murderer, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Kareena Kapoor’s What Women Want, Honey Singh’s Makhna, the trailer of Thackeray and three commercials.Rajyasree and Abhinandan start by exchanging views on Ellen DeGeneres’s Relatable and how[...]

एनएल चर्चा अपने 50वें अध्याय पर पहुंच गई. इस लिहाज से इस बार की चर्चा बेहद ख़ास रहीं. 50वीं चर्चा को हमने न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के यूट्यूब चैनल पर लाइव प्रसारित किया.इस बार की चर्चा का मुख्य विषय रहा 1984 के सिख विरोधी दंगों के एक मामले में कांग्रेस नेता सज्जन कुमार को हुई उम्रकैद की सज़ा.[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s podcast, our regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by Newslaundry subscriber Anushka Shah who is a researcher with MIT Media Lab. The[...]

Celebrating the 200th episode of Hafta, we recorded the episode live in the presence of our subscribers, at Anti Social in Delhi's Hauz Khas.For this special episode, journalist and writer Manu Joseph joins our regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan.Kicking off the event, Abhinandan talks about the history[...]

This week's Reporters Without Orders features our host Amit Bhardwaj with Rahul Kotiyal, special correspondent Prateek Goyal and Snigdhendu Bhattacharya from Hindustan Times.Amit starts the podcast by asking Snigdhendu about the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rath Yatra in Kolkata, which was supposed to be hosted on December 7 but was blocked by the Trinamool Congress. They[...]

This week’s episode of Awful and Awesome brings you an action-packed discussion with our hosts Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen on the short film Detour, the new Brexit trailer, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma and two commercials.Rajyasree and Abhinandan start the podcast with the semi-autobiographical film Roma, written, directed and produced by Alfonso Cuarón. Rajyasree notes that[...]

इस बार की चर्चा का केंद्र पांच राज्यों में हुए विधानसभा चुनाव में आए नतीजे रहे. इसके आलावा आरबीआई गवर्नर उर्जित पटेल का समय से पहले अपने पद से इस्तीफा देना, नए गवर्नर के रूप में शक्तिकांता दास का पद संभालना, रफेल विमान सौदे पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट का निर्णय आदि विषय इस बार की चर्चा[...]

In this episode of Hafta, we have Shipra Garg, our subscriber from the United States, and Meghnad joining our in-house panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Raman Kirpal to discuss news that made headlines this week.Abhinandan begins the podcast by discussing the recent CBI 'leak'. The panel discusses the role of media in covering[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. In this episode of NL Hafta 202, the regular Hafta gang of Manisha Pande, Abhinandan Sekhri, and Anand Vardhan is joined by Saurabh Dwivedi, founder-editor of Lallantop.Saurabh, who travelled for a month in[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.This week, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Meghnad, Raman Kirpal, and Manisha Pande. The panel also features Newslaundry reporters Amit Bhardwaj and Prateek Goyal who are covering the elections from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh[...]

In this week’s episode, Supreme Court lawyer Mihira Sood joins our in-house panel of Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, and Manisha Pande. The gang goes on to discuss topics like sexual harassment laws in India, the cancellation of singer TM Krishna’s concert in Delhi, and CNN’s lawsuit against the Trump administration.Giving us an overview of the[...]

This episode of The Awful and Awesome brings you an action-packed week with our hosts—Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen—both of whom discuss everything from a political documentary to a very strange award category.The duo begins by talking about the "Bad Sex award" which is awarded by Literary Review to "an author who has produced an[...]

This week's Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal along with in-house writer, Gaurav Sarkar. Today, we have three guests joining us on the panel: Mumbai-based Parth MN, Haryana-based Jyoti Yadav, and DNA’s Amrita Madhukalya.This episode focuses primarily on the agrarian crisis—including the Kisan Mukti March which took place in Delhi on November 29[...]

NL Hafta is back with a bang with our in-house panel comprising Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Madhu Trehan. The panel discusses a variety of topics ranging from air pollution and firecrackers in Delhi to Sabarimala protests in Kerala, Trump’s press conference in the White House to Arnab Goswami being appointed a member[...]

इस बार की चर्चा का केंद्र रहा दिल्ली के रामलीला मैदान में देश भर से इकट्ठा हुए किसान और उनका संसद मार्च. इसके अलावा अयोध्या और बनारस में राम मंदिर निर्माण पर दो अलग-अलग संतों के आयोजन हुए, साथ ही साथ राजस्थान चुनाव में कांग्रेस की ओर से प्रधानमंत्री पर व्यक्तिगत आरोप प्रत्यारोप का मुद्दा,[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but since we love our listeners, here's a little sneak peek into the latest episode.This week, we commemorated the 200th episode of Hafta, which we recorded live in the presence of our subscribers at Anti Social in Delhi's Hauz Khas. On this special occasion, the regular Hafta gang[...]

After a hiatus of two weeks, hosts Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekri are back with an episode packed with opinions on several advertisements both from India and around the world, a web series and a film trailer.The duo starts with a discussion on popular advertisements in the Indian media including the Manyavar advertisement, which has[...]

Narendra Modi has slammed the Congress for dynastic politics, but has it been that damaging for the country?Read the full article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/11/20/has-dynastic-politics-been-as-anti-democratic-as-indian-political-dynasties Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

इस बार की चर्चा विशेष रूप से ट्विटर के सीईओ जैक डोर्सी की भारत यात्रा के दौरान मचे घमासान को समर्पित रही. हालांकि वह अपने देश लौट चुके हैं. इसके अलावा भारत की विदेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराज ने घोषणा की है कि स्वास्थ्य सही न होने के कारण वे 2019 का चुनाव नहीं लड़ेंगी, हालांकि[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this episode of Hafta, we have Shipra Garg, our subscriber from the United States, and Meghnad joining our in-house panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Raman Kirpal to discuss news that made[...]

This week's Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, Special Correspondents Amit Bhardwaj and Prateek Goyal, and Devesh K Pandey, Special Correspondent with The Hindu.Prateek, who is covering the upcoming elections in Madhya Pradesh shares his insights on core election issues, state politics and the farmer-centric Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana.Devesh tells us about the ongoing[...]

इस बार की चर्चा विशेष रूप से फ़ेक न्यूज़ को समर्पित रही. बीबीसी द्वारा फेक न्यूज़ के ऊपर किया गया एक रिसर्च इस हफ्ते बहस में रहा. इसके अलावा अमेरिका में ट्रंप प्रशासन द्वारा सीएनएन के व्हाइट हाउस संवाददाता जिम एकोस्टा का पास निलंबित करना, बदले में सीएनएन द्वारा ट्रंप को अदालत में घसीटना और[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this week’s Hafta episode, Supreme Court lawyer Mihira Sood joins our in-house panel of Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, and Manisha Pande.The gang goes on to discuss topics like sexual harassment laws in India,[...]

This week's Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, Special Correspondent Amit Bhardwaj, and Desk Writer, Gaurav Sarkar. The panel is joined by two guests over the phone: Chhattisgarh-based Kamal Shukla, editor of Bhumkal Samachar and Kerala-based Vishnu Varma from Indian Express digital.In the podcast, Amit talks about how sections of the media over-reported[...]

From the growing influence of Sanskrit to the ‘Hinglish’ used today, Hindi is an evolving lifeform.Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/11/03/hindi-journalism-and-the-emergence-of-modern-hindi-part-4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The awareness of Hindi’s importance in the first half of the 20th century was imbued with its practical utility and inspired by inclusive nationalism.Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/10/24/hindi-journalism-and-the-emergence-of-modern-hindi-part-3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक की स्वायत्तता पर सरकार का खतरा, डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प और मीडिया के बीच टकराव, इसकी भारतीय संदर्भ में विवेचना, कर्नाटक में लोकसभा की तीन और विधानसभा की दो सीटों पर हुआ उपचुनाव, इसमें जेडी(एस) और कांग्रेस गठबंधन की जीत, पं. नेहरू के आवास तीनमूर्ति भवन की नेहरू मेमोरियल म्यूज़ियम और लाइब्रेरी की गवर्निंग[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.This week features our in-house panel comprising Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Madhu Trehan. A lot happened in the past week: from air pollution and firecrackers in Delhi to Sabarimala protests in[...]

In this episode of The Awful & Awesome Entertainment Wrap, Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen talk about the “viral videos” made around the Diwali season and some movies.Rajyasree starts off the discussion by talking about the "#MeToo bag" which has been designed by Priyanka Vachhani and which the designer says can also be used for[...]

What is #RBIvsGovt all about? This episode of Reporters Without Orders with Business Standard's assistant editor Arup Roychoudhury, Newslaundry's Amit Bhardwaj, Gaurav Sarkar and Cherry Agarwal has the details. The panel is joined by Prem Shankar Mishra, senior correspondent with Navbharat Times Lucknow, to discuss discrepancies in teacher recruitment in Uttar Pradesh and the impact[...]

दंतेवाड़ा में हुआ नक्सली हमला, पाकिस्तान में आसिया बीबी के ईशनिंदा मामले पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट का फैसला और पाकिस्तानी अवाम का विरोध, राम मंदिर की सुनवाई की तारीख बढ़ने और हाशिमपुरा नरसंहार पर आया दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय का फैसला आदि इस बार की एनएल चर्चा का विषय रहे.इस बार की चर्चा में दो खास मेहमानों[...]

In this week's NL Hafta, we're joined by former NDTV editor Hridayesh Joshi along with the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Madhu Trehan. This week we discuss air pollution, the death of Doordarshan News cameraperson Achyuta Nanda Sahu who was killed in a Naxal attack, the new Sardar Vallabhbhai[...]

Each generation forged ahead in fighting misogynist forces.Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/10/29/metoo-in-newsrooms-battling-sexism-since-the-1960s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In its 90th episode, The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap takes you on an entertaining ride of some of the worst and best developments of the week. Our hosts Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen talk about two novels, latest shows on Netflix and an awful short film recommended for the mufatkhors!The Twice-Born: Life and Death[...]

This episode of Reporters Without Orders features a complete in-house panel comprising our host Cherry Agarwal, Newslaundry's intrepid reporters Prateek Goyal and Amit Bhardwaj, Gaurav Sarkar from the Newslaundry desk.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on air pollution and Delhi's deteriorating air quality. The panel also discusses media's coverage of the issue. Gaurav says[...]

It's been an exciting week in news, and we have an exciting panel in this episode of NL Hafta! We're joined by NDTV’s political editor and anchor of Reality Check, Sunetra Choudhary, with the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and also Madhu Trehan, our editor-in-chief.The episode kicks off with the[...]

This episode of Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal along with Prateek Goyal, Gaurav Sarkar, and our guests, Rajeev Sharma, senior journalist from Amritsar, and Ranjeet Jadhav, a reporter from Mid-Day. The discussion kicks off with Rajeev recounting the Amritsar train accident which left 61 people dead and several others injured. Rajeev shares[...]

Seriously, this covers everything.Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/10/12/faq-sexual-harassment-workplace Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, our hosts Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss everything ranging from the first episode of the latest season’s Koffee with Karan, to the recently released movie Badhaai Ho, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sanya Malhotra.The Sensational Life & Death of Qandeel Baloch, a book written[...]

The structure of modern Hindi started taking shape due to Hindi literary journalism in the second half of the 19th century.Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/10/09/hindi-journalism-and-the-emergence-of-modern-hindi-part-2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every movement must pause and take stock of the way forward.Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/10/14/metoo-is-great-for-feminism-but-should-not-become-a-moral-force Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

गुजरात में उत्तर भारतीयों पर हुए हमले के बाद उनका पलायन, शबरीमाला मंदिर मुद्दे पर हो रही राजनीति और राजनीतिक पार्टियों का महिलाओं के मुद्दे पर दोहरा रवैया, इलाहाबाद को मिले नए नाम प्रयागराज और गंगा की सफाई के लिए अनशन पर बैठे स्वामी सानंद की मृत्यु इस हफ्ते की एनएल चर्चा का मुख्य विषय[...]

On this week’s episode, along with the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal, we’re joined by Sayani Dasgupta from New York who has been a Newslaundry subscriber for the past two years. The panel kicks off by discussing MJ Akbar’s resignation and his defamation case against journalist Priya[...]

This week we are joined by stand-up artist Sanjay Rajoura, along with the usual Hafta gang comprising Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan. The discussion kicks off with a brief conversation on the resignation of the editor of New York Review of Books, over a Jian Ghomeshi article.The discussion then moves on to rape[...]

This week of NL Hafta features our special guest Chetan Bhagat, a well-known writer, author, columnist and a motivational speaker, along with host Abhinandan Sekhri and in-house panellists Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan, to discuss the news of the week.The conversation starts with the murder case of an Apple Executive. Abhinandan discusses the[...]

The Hafta gang is back with the news of the week. On this episode of NL Hafta, our host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande, and Raman Kirpal to discuss the news of the week.   Abhinandan starts the conversation by telling us about a journalist and critique of the Saudi royal family[...]

The word 'objectivity' has garnered increasing usage in the world of journalism in recent years. Yet, its meaning remains elusive to many. For some, it represents a method that must be followed by those who claim to present the truth to the wider world, while for others, it's a mental skill that allows for impartial[...]

This week’s edition of Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, along with our special correspondent Amit Bhardwaj, Prateek Goyal, and our guest Somdutt Shastri, a senior journalist, who has formerly served as editor at Dainik Bhaskar and Dainik Jagran.The discussion starts off with Prateek talking about his exclusive story pertaining to an alleged[...]

The word 'objectivity' has garnered increasing usage in the world of journalism in recent years. Yet, its meaning remains elusive to many. For some, it represents a method that must be followed by those who claim to present the truth to the wider world, while for others, it's a mental skill that allows for impartial[...]

इस बार की एनएल चर्चा बाकी एपीसोड से अलग रही. पूरी चर्चा सिर्फ कामकाजी महिलाओं का दफ्तरों, या कार्यस्थलों में होने वाला शोषण पर केंद्रित रही. #MeToo आंदोलन में उठी आवाजें, भारतीय मीडिया में इस अभियान से मची उथल-पुथल, एमजे अकबर, आलोक नाथ जैसे बड़े नामों का नाम आना इस हफ्ते की प्रमुख चर्चा रही.[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. On this episode of NL Hafta, our host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande, and Raman Kirpal to discuss the news of the week. The panel starts by discussing the[...]

On this week’s episode, we have Aarti Tikoo Singh, senior assistant editor at The Times of India, joining Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan and Manisha Pande. Abhinandan kicks off the podcast with a discussion about Kashmiri Pandits, and their association with Kashmir. The conversation then moves to Vijay Mallya, and his recent claims of an alleged[...]

This week’s Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, along with Ashish Chauhan, senior correspondent with Times of India, Ahmedabad, Christina Thomas Dhanaraj, co-founder of #DalitHistoryMonth and a volunteer for the #dalitwomenfight campaign, Amit Bharadwaj, our special correspondent, and Prateek Goyal, latest addition to the team.The conversation starts with Cherry asking Ashish about the[...]

On this week's episode, hosts Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri talk about the #MeToo movement, anonymous artist Banksy's painting, and Shweta Bachchan Nanda's new book.The duo also reviews the movie Andhadhun as well as talk about Operation Finale.Rajyasree thinks that the movie Operation Finale—based on the nail-biting Mossad operation— is a treat to watch. “The[...]

पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश, हरियाणा, उत्तराखंड से आए किसानों पर हुआ लाठीचार्ज, शबरीमाला मंदिर में महिलाओं के प्रवेश पर आए सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले पर केरल में महिलाओं का व्यापक विरोध और लखनऊ में विवेक तिवारी की पुलिसकर्मी द्वारा हत्या जैसे विषयों पर आधारित रही इस हफ्ते की न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा.स्वतंत्र पत्रकार और दिल्ली यूनिवर्सिटी में अस्थायी[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.This week of NL Hafta features  Chetan Bhagat, a writer, author, columnist and a motivational speaker, along with host Abhinandan Sekhri and in-house panellists Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan, who discuss everything[...]

Reporters Without Orders is back this week to discuss what made news, what didn’t, and what should have made headlines. This week’s show features host Cherry Agarwal along with our guests Sruthisagar Yamunan, a Legal Correspondent at Scroll.in, Chitranshul Sinha, a Supreme Court Advocate, along with in-house panellists Rohin Verma and Amit Bhardwaj.The conversation starts[...]

In this issue of NL Hafta, Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of The Caravan, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal. They discuss The Caravan’s cover story on Anil Ambani and the Rafale deal.Manisha tells us about the reading down of Section 377, and how[...]

The 200 years of the evolution of Hindi journalism has close ties to the journey of the language itself by Anand Vardhan. Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/10/03/emergence-of-modern-hindi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap brings you all-that-happened in the past week. Hosts Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri talk about an advertisement on ‘Kerala Tourism’ by Samsonite, on the occasion of World Tourism Day. Both hosts were impressed by the message sent across by the ad and recommended that everyone[...]

इससे पहले की चर्चा में इस हफ्ते क्या खास रहा, न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के पाठकों को हमें यह सूचित करते हुए खुशी हो रही है कि आगामी 2 अक्टूबर को न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री हिंदी अपनी पहली वर्षगांठ मना रहा है. इस अवसर पर हमने एक विशेष परिचर्चा का आयोजन किया है, जिसका शीर्षक है- “गांधी का राष्ट्रवाद बनाम संघ[...]

On the sidelines of The Media Rumble, Manisha Pande speaks to journalists on issues that concern women in the media. How does one deal with sexism? How do women demand equal pay for equal work? Shubhra Gupta, film critic for The Indian Express, Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler, Neha Dixit, freelance journalist and Sunetra Choudhury,[...]

It’s been a crazy week with the Supreme Court giving us one verdict after the other to discuss and dissect. In this episode, we have our in-house columnist and Constitution expert Meghnad and freelance journalist Rishi Majumder join the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan and Manisha Pande.Abhinandan and Meghnad are distraught since[...]

This week’s edition of Reporters Without Order features our host Cherry Agarwal, along with Newslaundry Hindi’s Rohin Verma, our correspondent Amit Bhardwaj and our guest Prem Shankar Mishra, principal correspondent, Navbharat Times, Lucknow.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on a protest called by the Safai Karamchari Andolan. Can such protests make a dent? Amit[...]

How cow protection became the centrepiece of the Sangh Parivar’s politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A brief historical survey of cow protection in India. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Supreme Court delivered two critical judgments on Thursday. However, the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid verdict took precedence over the adultery law in terms of media coverage. Those championing for the construction of Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya are elated. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has declared that the ruling has cleared the blockade and[...]

On this episode of Awful and Awesome, Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss plus-size Model Tess Holliday’s Cosmo cover, Manto, Serial the podcast and more.The Cosmo cover with Holliday created quite a lot of stir in the media. Abhinandan and Rajyasree discuss the reactions it has elicited. Rajyasree talks about Twinkle Khanna’s book, Pajamas are[...]

छत्तीसगढ़ में मायावती की बसपा और अजित जोगी की पार्टी जनता कांग्रेस से गठबंधन का फैसला, डूसू अध्यक्ष अंकित बसोया की डिग्री पर बवाल, राष्ट्रीय स्वंयसेवक संघ का दिल्ली में तीन दिवसीय आयोजन, देहरादून के स्कूल में गैंगरेप आदि इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के प्रमुख विषय रहे.गांव कनेक्शन के कंसल्टिंग एडिटर हृदयेश जोशी चर्चा में[...]

In this episode of Hafta, Manoj Mitta, journalist and author, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande to discuss the recent arrests of human rights activists across the country by Maharashtra police and Rahul Gandhi's attempt to absolve Congress from the anti-Sikh riots that took place in[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this episode, stand-up artist Sanjay Rajoura joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan. They discuss the resignation of New York Review of Books editor, over a Jian[...]

After the hiatus last week, The Awful and Awesome Entertainment wrap is back with a bang, along with our hosts Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri. The conversation starts with Rajyasree’s review on the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards; she found all of the 60-minute show boring, and shares the things that were talked about at the[...]

This week’s Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, along with Rohin Verma, Gaurav Sarkar and Mithun MK, senior reporter with The Newsminute. The conversation begins with Mithun telling the panel about the horrific murder of a Dalit man, Pranay Perumalla, that took place in Telangana. The 24-year-old was killed in front of his[...]

सहारनपुर जिले के छुटमलपुर गांव में जश्न का माहौल है. हजारों की संख्या में दलित युवा, दलित कार्यकर्ता और सरकारी कर्मचारी संघों का जत्था का जत्था गांव की चौपाल में आता जा रहा है. चौपाल के ठीक सामने वाला घर इस पूरे आकर्षण के ‘नायक’ का निवास स्थान है. भीम सेना के संस्थापक और चंद्रशेखर[...]

केरल की नन के साथ जलंधर के बिशप द्वारा बलात्कार का आरोप, सेरेना विलियम्स का रेफरी पर नस्लवाद का आरोप, भीम आर्मी के संस्थापक चंद्रशेखर रावण की रिहाई और दिल्ली के मोती नगर क्षेत्र में सफाईकर्मियों की सीवर में मौत- इन विषयों पर आधारित रही इस हफ्ते की न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा.वरिष्ठ पत्रकार और सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता भाषा[...]

In this episode of Hafta, Ullekh NP, executive editor of Open Magazine and Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of The News Minute, join the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan to discuss the aftermath of Kerala floods. Rajendran, who was reporting from the ground, sheds light on how severe the conditions were,[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this episode, Aarti Tikoo Singh, senior assistant editor of The Times of India, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan and Manisha Pande. They discuss Vijay Mallya and Finance Minister[...]

This week’s Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, our guest, lawyer-turned-journalist Vakasha Sachdev from The Quint, along with Rohin Verma and Amit Bhardwaj. The discussion starts with media’s coverage of Supreme Court’s landmark verdict -- decriminalisation of Section 377. Amit talks about the way in which reporters covered the event, while Rohan weighs[...]

At the second edition of The Media Rumble, independent journalist, Neha Dixit, TV anchor, Journalist and writer, Ravish Kumar and the Deputy Country Representative for India at UN women, Nishtha Satayam, in a session moderated by Nayantara Rai, discuss cyber bulling and gender inequality in workplaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this session of Media Rumble moderated by Seema Singh along with Pramit Bhattacharya, the data editor at Mint, John Samuel Raja Duraipandy, an economist and founder of How India Lives, Rakesh Reddy Dubbudu, Founder of FACTLY and Rukmini S, Data Journalist, discuss the importance of data management and debate on how and if numbers[...]

सुप्रीम कोर्ट का ऐतिहासिक फैसला जिसमें भारतीय दंड संहिता की धारा 377 को अपराध के दायरे से बाहर कर दिया गया, बीते जनवरी में जिग्नेश मेवानी की रैली के दौरान रिपब्लिक के अर्नब गोस्वामी द्वारा तथ्यहीन रिपोर्टिंग और अपमानजनक टिप्पणियों पर एनबीएसए की फटकार, संभावना कि कन्हैया कुमार बेगूसराय सीट से लोकसभा चुनाव लड़ सकते[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. In this episode, Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of The Caravan, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal. They discuss The Caravan’s cover[...]

In this episode of Hafta Jairaj Singh, founding editor of DailyO, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan and Manisha Pande to discuss the PM's Independence Day speech; what he mentioned, what he missed and what he should have spoken about. V S Naipaul passed away last week and the Internet was[...]

The conversation kicks off with a discussion on the current media landscape of the Northeast. Cherry asks Paojel to provide an insight on the media culture in the Northeast with respect to access to politicians, political biases, and even media ownership. She asks whether it is similar to legacy houses that form a larger part[...]

In this issue of The Awful and Awesome podcast, our hosts Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyashree Sen join us with a list of fresh things to explore—and some not-so-exciting things that could wait to be explored.The discussion starts with Quashik Mukherjee’s movie called Garbage. Rajyashree sounds fairly disappointed with the movie but also suggests that Q—as[...]

राहुल गांधी का 1984 दंगों के संबंध में बयान (जिसमें उन्होंने कहा कि 1984 दंगों में पार्टी के स्तर पर कांग्रेस की संलिप्तता नहीं थी), भाजपा नेता सुब्रमण्यम स्वामी का मालदीव चुनावों के संबंध जारी ट्वीट, (मालदीव चुनावों में अगर किसी प्रकार की धांधली होती है, तो भारत सरकार को मालदीव पर हमला कर देना[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. In this episode, Manoj Mitta, journalist and author, join the regular Hafta gang comprising Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande to discuss recent arrests of human rights activists across the[...]

In this episode of Hafta Ramanathan Subramanian form The News Minute joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande to discuss Karunanidhi's passing away and the row over his burial at Marina beach.The panel also discuss Article 35A, what it means and what will be the implications if[...]

The latest episode of Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, along with Amit Bharadwaj, and guests Vishnu Varma and Prateek Goel. Varma is a Kochi-based journalist and a senior correspondent at Indian Express Digital, whereas Goel is a Pune-based reporter who covers crime and defence for a leading regional daily.The podcast begins with[...]

On this week of Just Sports, our hosts Rahul Puri and Samar Khan are back with their weekly round of sporting reviews and trivia. The podcast begins with the duo appreciating the spectacular performance given by the Indian team in its latest test-match series, and talk about how the Blues have evolved into “something different[...]

This episode of The Awful and Awesome brings you an action-packed week with our hosts—Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyashree Sen—both of whom have a lot to share. The conversation kicks off with a discussion on the new podcast ‘Kalki Presents: My Indian Life’ by BBC World Service, hosted by Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin. Abhinandan points out[...]

In this special edition, the father of the podcast, media professional and author, Christopher Lydon speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri on the importance of podcast in today’s world. They discuss the invention of podcast and why we need it more than ever. They, further, go on to discuss its importance in the age of Trump. Hosted[...]

At the second edition of Media Rumble, Nikhil Pahwa, Manish Tewari, S M Khan and Dr. Subi Chaturvedi, in a session moderated by Apar Gupta, discuss laws and policies in India and the challenges they face in the age of digital media. The discussion revolves around licensing profitability and censorship challenges and whether the licensing[...]

At the second edition of The Media Rumble, Dinesh C Sharma, Samar Halarnkar, Dr Shamika Ravi, Dr Vinod K Paul and Amy Kazmin, in a session moderated by Govindraj Ethiraj, discuss ignorance of the healthcare system by the Indian media and ways and means to change that. The discussion talks about how an unhealthy and[...]

At the second edition of The Media Rumble, Manisha Pande speaks with director Sweta Bajaj, producer Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan about the documentary called the ‘India’s Children: A documentary on Gorakhpur’s broken healthcare system'. The discussion throws light on the poor healthcare system of our country and the unfortunate fates of[...]

During the second edition of the Media Rumble, in a session moderated by Suresh Venkat, Roopa Kudva (Managing Director, Omidyar Network India) talks about investing in news and tries to answer some of the most asked questions: Why do people invest in news? Is it viable to do so? Is it worth the risk? Or[...]

In this session of The Media Rumble, Deputy Executive Editor of CNN-News18, Zakka Jacob, is in conversation with Aaron Sharockman, Executive Director of PolitiFacts, Editor of Africa Check, Anim Van Wyk, Founder of IndiaSpend and BOOM, Govindraj Ethiraj, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications at Coca-Cola, Ishteyaque Amjad and Trushar Barot from BCC London, about[...]

In the second edition of the Media Rumble, in a session moderated by Suresh Venkat, Chirdeep Shetty, CEO of Quintype, Francesca Panetta, Executive Director at The Guardian, Samir Patil, Founder and CEO of Scroll.in and Vikas Pandey, Virtual Reality Film Maker with BBC in India talk about the perks of implementing technology across newsrooms and[...]

At the second edition of The Media Rumble, investigative reporter of Indianapolis Star, Marisa Kwiatkowski speaks to Neha Dixit about the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. Marisa sheds lights on the challenges she had to face as an investigative reporter, time and again.Watch all TMR session videos at: http://bit.ly/TMRVideos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for[...]

This session of Media Rumble moderated by Manvi Sinha Dhillon along with Anushree Goenka, Directors of Operations at Scroll.in, Praveen Gopal Krishnan, Head of Products at The Ken, and Raju Narisetti, the CEO of Gizmodo Media Group, discuss about the different ways of diversifying revenue in media companies, the lessons learnt, and the experiences in[...]

In this session of Media Rumble, we have the Virtual Reality Executive Editor at The Guardian, Francesca Panetta, in conversation with the co-founder of Firstpost and Indian Express Digital CEO, Durga Raghunath, about immersive storytelling and the innovative advantages of the use of technology in the news ecosystem. Watch all TMR session videos at: http://bit.ly/TMRVideos[...]

केरल में आई बाढ़ की आपदा से उबरने के लिए यूएई की ओर से कथित आर्थिक मदद की पेशकश, नवजोत सिंह सिद्धू का पाकिस्तान सेना प्रमुख जनरल बाजवा से गले मिलना, आम आदमी पार्टी के भीतर खींचतान, वरिष्ठ पत्रकार कुलदीप नैयर का निधन और राहुल गांधी द्वारा विदेशी जमीन पर दिया गया भाषण इस हफ्ते[...]

On this episode of Hafta, Abhinandan and Manisha are joined by journalist Samrat X and Newslaundry’s very own Art Director, Anish Daolagupu. The four discuss the NRC in Assam, with Samrat and Anish talking about their lived experiences.In addition to this, a part of the Hafta was also recorded at The Media Rumble, where Abhinandan[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. In this episode of Hafta Ullekh NP, Executive editor of OPEN magazine and Dhanya Rajendran, Editor in chief of The News Minute, join the regular gang comprising Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand[...]

The latest episode of Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, along with Amit Bhardwaj, Rohin Kumar and Rahul Kotiyal.The discussion begins with the news of a woman who was beaten up and then paraded naked by a violent mob in Bihar’s Bhojpur district. The panel goes on to discuss the devastation caused by[...]

In this episode of the Awful and Awesome, our hosts Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the Asia Argento scandal and debate whether the scandal is as bad as it seems. Rajyasree also discusses a new show called Succession and a movie, Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, which she really liked. She also talked about a new[...]

At the second edition of Media Rumble, Durga Raghunath, Maria Ressa, Shereen Bhan and Coomi Kapoor, in a session moderated by Marya Shakil, discuss whether newsrooms are optimised for men and their successes. They further explore the measures that can be taken to change the situation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the second edition of Media Rumble, Amit Doshi, Christopher Lydon, Geeta Pandey, in a session moderated by Abhinandan Sekhri, discuss how ubiquitous internet and urban life is the perfect recipe for the revival of digital radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anant Goenka, Executive Director of The Indian Express and Aroon Purie, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of the India Today Group, in a conversation with Madhu Trehan of Newslaundry, discuss the responsibilities of owning a media house and pressure that comes with it. Purie and Trehan also share some anecdotes from the past. Hosted on Acast. See[...]

The highest risk and the least rewarding journalism is happening in small towns. At the second edition of Media Rumble, in a session moderated by Atul Chaurasia, journalists Ashutosh Chaturvedi, Malini Subramaniam, Prabhat Singh, Narendra Yadav discuss the issue and who is responsible for resolving it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Global Head of News Partnerships- Facebook, Campbell Brown, speaks to Anant Goenka, the Executive Director of the Indian Express, on how Facebook is trying to counter fake news and pave a better path for News publishers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the second edition Tanveer Ahmed Mir, Umar Khalid, Dr Kafeel Ahmed Khan and Bina Ramani, in a session moderated by Sunetra Choudhury, discuss whether it is journalistic to come to conclusions during investigations. They further discuss how journalism of a certain type can devastate lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the second edition of Media Rumble, Ajai Shukla, Maria Ressa, Nitin Gokhale and Suhasini Haidar discuss patriotism and how the phrase ‘our soldiers’ is being positioned as adversaries to journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the second edition of Media Rumble, Rappler Founder, Maria Ressa speaks to the Political Editor of The Caravan, Hartosh Bal on press freedom, taking on the Duterte government and speaking truth to power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the second edition of Media Rumble, Bangladeshi-American author Rafida Ahmed speaks to Kanchan Gupta about the shrinking space for religious critique in Bangladesh and the rise of religious extremism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the occasion of India’s 72nd Independence Day, our host Rahul Puri and Samar khan cherish freedom—and talk about all the action that went down in the first week of the Barclay’s Premier League—on this episode of Just Sport. Diving head-first into conversation, the duo go on to discuss how ‘the now’ is an extremely[...]

पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी का निधन, केरल में भीषण बाढ़, सुकमा इनकाउंटर, जेएनयू के छात्र उमर खालिद पर हुआ जानलेवा हमला व अन्य मुद्दे इस हफ्ते चर्चा के मुख्य विषय रहे.माखनलाल चतुर्वेदी यूनिवर्सिटी के शिक्षक राकेश योगी चर्चा के मेहमान थे. साथ ही पैनल में ओपिनियन लेखक आनंद वर्धन और न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री संवाददाता राहुल कोटियाल[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. In this episode of Hafta Jairaj Singh, founding editor of DailyO, joins the regular gang comprising Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan and Manisha Pande to discuss PM's Independence Day speech, attack on Umar Khalid,[...]

This week’s NL Hafta features an in-house panel with Anand Vardhan, Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, and Manisha Pande. We discuss the No Confidence Motion, the Alwar lynching, the Maratha reservation protests, and the recently concluded Pakistan elections.The panel opens with a discussion on the Pakistan elections. Anand offers his views, “What would also be a[...]

This episode of Reporters Without Orders features our special correspondent Amit Bhardwaj and Newslaundry Hindi's Rohin Verma joining our host Cherry Agrawal, along with special guest Amandeep Singh. Amandeep is based out of Punjab and is currently with the Hindustan Times Group,The discussion kicks off with Amandeep discussing the regional and national media's coverage of 'Referendum[...]

Is political cinema possible in India anymore? At the second edition of Media Rumble, in a session moderated by Shubhra Gupta, film directors Anurag Kashyap, Meghna Gulzar, Neeraj Ghaywan and Rajiv Menon discuss various difficulties of making political cinema in India. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the second edition of Media Rumble, Ashish Khetan, Pankaj Pachauri, R Jagannathan, Swapan Dasgupta, in a session moderated by Madhu Trehan, discuss whether or not Should a journalist take up public office and the if so does that in anyway affect their credibility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the second edition of Media Rumble, Jay Mazoomdaar, Marisa Kwiatkowski and Sreenivasan Jain, in a session moderated by Zakka Jacob, discuss the high risk, cost, chances of failure, that are very much a part of Investigative Journalism. They further explore the measures that can be taken to make it a priority. Hosted on Acast.[...]

At the second edition of Media Rumble, An Unframed Portrait was screened. The film was followed by a discussion between Raghu Rai, Anurag Kashyap, Avani Rai and Madhu Trehan on Avni’s journey while filming a documentary on Raghu Rai, her father, as the subject. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode. In this episode of Hafta Ramanathan Subramanian form The News Minute joins the regular gang comprising Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande to discuss Karunanidhi's passing away and the row[...]

On this episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, Rajyasree and Abhinandan discuss the conversation between Kangana Ranaut and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, a new category in Oscars and more.Abhinandan watched the new Netflix original called Brij Mohan Amar Rahe and wasn't impressed with the quality one expects from Netflix. Rajyasree also talks about a film she watched on Netflix, Tikli[...]

With EPL and other European leagues just around the corner, Samar Khan and Rahul Purie begin on an optimistic note in this edition of Just Sports. Capturing the early enthusiasm, Rahul says that “this is the time when all football fans should be optimistic; we’re all starting off on zero points, so everybody can have[...]

एबीपी न्यूज़ पर कथित सरकारी दबाव के बाद वरिष्ठ पत्रकारों का इस्तीफा, कश्मीर से जुड़ा अनुच्छेद 35ए, करुणानिधि का निधन और दक्षिण की राजनीति पर उसके संभावित प्रभाव और बौद्ध धर्मगुरु दलाई लामा का नेहरू को लेकर विवादित बयान इस हफ्ते की चर्चा के प्रमुख विषय रहे.इस बार चर्चा के अतिथि पत्रकार थे राकेश त्रिपाठी.[...]

Cherry Agarwal makes her debut as Hafta's host. This week she is joined by independent journalist Neha Dixit, Newslaundry's Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan.The discussion kicks off with the Supreme Court order to enact a new law against mob lynching. Subsequently, Opposition's no-confidence motion against the Modi government, Nawaz Sharif’s arrest, Shashi Tharoor’s 'Hindu Pakistan'[...]

The latest episode of Reporters Without Orders features our host Amit Bhardwaj, Rohin Verma, two-time Ramnath Goenka awardee Rahul Kotiyal, and Raghava M, Mangalore senior correspondent from The Hindu.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on the risks of reporting from a communally-volatile region like Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka. The Hindu’s Raghava speaks of his[...]

On this episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, Rajyasree and Abhinandan discuss the Kalyan Jewellers ad, Dove’s new commercial, Mahindra’s #LadkiHaathSeNikalJaayegi and trailers of Helicopter Eela and Lizzie.They begin the podcast by discussing the Kalyan Jewellers ad, which featured Amitabh Bacchan and his daughter Shweta Bacchan. They talk about the outrage surrounding it[...]

The long-time host of Radio Open Source, Christopher Lydon, joins Abhinandan Sekhri on this special edition of NL Hafta. Lydon talks about how the idea of putting the radio on the Internet came about when he created Radio on the Internet in 2003. He also talks about his stint at The New York Times and[...]

The latest episode of Reporters Without Orders features our jugaad host Amit Bhardwaj along with Rohin Verma, two-time Ramnath Goenka awardee Rahul Kotiyal, and Aroon Deep from medianama.com.The panel discusses the Data Protection draft bill where Aroon explains how the draft bill will enable the users to give and withdraw consent for informational data on[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where the panel discusses the NRC in Assam. In addition to this, a part of the Hafta was also recorded at The Media Rumble, where Abhinandan caught up with some of the finest[...]

असम का एनआरसी का फाइनल ड्राफ्ट जारी होना, सरकार का एससी-एसटी एक्ट पर बदला रुख, ट्राइ के चेयरमैन आरएस शर्मा का आधार चैलेंज व अन्य मुद्दे इस हफ्ते के प्रमुख विषय रहे.चर्चा में शामिल रहे आजतक के पत्रकार नवीन कुमार, न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के संवाददाता अमित भारद्वाज और राहुल कोटियाल. चर्चा का संचालन न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के कार्यकारी संपादक[...]

In this episode of Just Sports, Rahul Puri and Samar Khan discuss German player Mesut Ozil’s racism claims, the upcoming test series in England, India’s middle and top order, and the EPL transfer window. Rahul and Samar disagree slightly on whether there was weight behind Ozil’s claims of racism and disrespect. While both feel that[...]

On this episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, Rajyasree and Abhinandan discuss the 19th IIFA awards, Kangana’s comments on Modi and laying down her life for the country, Chalo Jeetein Hain, a film on Narendra Modi, the sixth instalment of the Mission Impossible series, Sharp objects and Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who is America?’.They[...]

पाटीदार नेता हार्दिक पटेल एक बार फिर 25 अगस्त से पाटीदारों व किसानों के हितों के लिए आंदोलन करने की तैयारी में हैं. न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री से बातचीत में उन्होंने मोदी सरकार, आगामी लोकसभा चुनाव और राष्ट्रीय व राजकीय राजनीति से संबंधित कई सवालों पर अपनी राय दी. बीते दिनों हार्दिक पटेल को गुजरात हाई कोर्ट ने[...]

The fake news ecosystem in India has become a self-sustaining and well-functioning industry.Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/07/30/how-fake-news-sustains-lies-the-media-rumble Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The political animal is still searching for its own place in Hindi cinema, rather than serving as a background to a larger plot.Read the article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/07/27/indian-cinema-democratic-politics-parliament Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Newsrooms are beginning to shift their default patriarchal narratives and structures to include women, but there’s still a long way to go.Read the full article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/07/28/the-thing-about-us-women-in-the-media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How publishers can ensure quality-control of comments, instead of removing comments sections in totality.Read the full article here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/07/26/comment-technology-in-newsroom-optimise-news Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where the panel discusses everything from elections in Pakistan to recent lynching in Alwar, No Confidence Motion, Rahul Gandhi’s hug and wink and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

अलवर में अकबर खान की मॉब लिंचिंग, मराठा आरक्षण, पाकिस्तान के चुनाव में इमरान खान की पार्टी तहरीक-ए-इंसाफ का सबसे बड़ी पार्टी के रूप में उभरना और मुजफ्फरपुर के शेल्टर होम में बच्चियों के साथ यौन उत्पीड़न की खबर इस हफ्ते चर्चा के मुख्य विषय रहे.चर्चा के विशिष्ट अतिथि थे वरिष्ठ पत्रकार हर्षवर्धन त्रिपाठी. साथ[...]

The latest episode of Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, along with Amit Bhardwaj, Rohin Verma, two-time Ramnath Goenka awardee Rahul Kotiyal, and Anoo Bhuyan from The Wire.The podcast kicks off with a discussion on media's narrative around Akbar Khan's lynching in Alwar. “If you go through our story, we have actually demolished[...]

इंडियन एक्सप्रेस की एक ख़बर के मुताबिक सरकार हर वर्ष 10 लाख युवाओं को सैन्य प्रशिक्षण देने की योजना पर विचार कर रही है. इस बाबत प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय में हुई एक बैठक के हवाले से इंडियन एक्सप्रेस में यह ख़बर प्रकाशित हुई. सरकार का लक्ष्य है कि इससे युवाओं में अनुशासन और राष्ट्रसेवा की भावना[...]

एनडीटीवी की एक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार व्हाट्सएप अफवाहों और फेक न्यूज़ के आधार पर देशभर में पिछले एक महीने में 20 लोगों की हत्या हो चुकी है. क्विंट की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक 2015 से अबतक मॉब लिंचिंग में 65 लोगों की जान जा चुकी है. भारत सरकार ने व्हाट्सएप को अफवाहों पर लगाम लगाने की[...]

युवाओं को सैन्य परीक्षण देने की योजना, मॉब लिंचिग पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के दिशानिर्देश, मानसून सत्र में आया अविश्वास प्रस्ताव और पाकिस्तान में होने वाले चुनाव के पहले नवाज शरीफ की गिरफ्तारी जैसे मुद्दे इस हफ्ते चर्चा के मुख्य विषय रहे.द वायर उर्दू के संपादक महताब आलम और न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के स्तंभ लेखक आनंद वर्धन चर्चा[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where the panel discusses everything from the Supreme Court's order to enact a new law against mob lynching, Nawaz Sharif’s arrest, Shashi Tharoor’s 'Hindu Pakistan' comment, no-confidence motion and more. Hosted on Acast. See[...]

Rahul Puri and Samar Khan are back after a short hiatus to discuss this week’s round-up of sports featuring everything from the recently-concluded World Cup to the new Wimbledon champion.Rahul and Samar open with a chat on the French football team. “If you objectively look at the squads even at the start of the tournament,[...]

Episode 28 of Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, along with Rohin Verma, two-time Ramnath Goenka award-winning Rahul Kotiyal, and Atul Dev of The Caravan.Atul begins by explaining the gist of his latest story -- a profile of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. “There are a whole bunch of charges against (Indian CJI[...]

सुप्रीम कोर्ट में धारा 377 पर जारी सुनवाई, शशि थरूर का थिरुवनंतपुरम में हिंदू पाकिस्तान संबंधी बयान, मानव संसाधन व विकास मंत्रालय द्वारा अंबानी के जियो इंस्टिट्युट को इंस्टिट्युट ऑफ प्रॉमिनेंस का दर्जा दिया जाना, रामगढ मॉब लिंचिंग के दोषियों को केन्द्रीय मंत्री जयंत सिन्हा द्वारा स्वागत किया जाना व अन्य इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where the panel discusses everything from judges’ vacation terms, Section 377, Jayant Sinha’s garlanding of convicted lynchers who were out on bail, to the SC-Centre Taj Mahal tussle, the misogynistic adultery law, Netflix’s Sacred Games[...]

This episode of NL Hafta features Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan and Raman Kirpal, who are joined by Jaskirat Singh Bawa of The Quint as they discuss everything from judges’ vacation terms, to Jayant Sinha’s garlanding of convicted lynchers who were out on bail, and more.The panel first debates whether a 2-month break for judges[...]

The latest episode of Reporters Without Orders features our host Cherry Agarwal, along with Rohin Verma, Amit Bhardwaj and our special guest Abhishek Dey from Scroll.in.Kicking off the discussion, Amit says Jio got quite some coverage. “Jio is like any other telecom network in the country, why do you have to show it [as much] or[...]

This episode opens with a discussion on the 'No Scars cream' advertisement sent in by a listener. Rajyasree describes her experience of watching the advertisement as, “No Scars is a whitening cream, and darkness is like a scar. I just found it bizarre, and it’s so badly written, this ad.”Then, a chat about the government’s[...]

दिल्ली में तीन साल से चल रहे आप और एलजी के अधिकारों के विवाद पर आया सुप्रीम कोर्ट का फैसला, बच्चा चोरी के अफवाह पर देश भर में हो रही मॉब लिंचिग की घटनाएं, भारत में महिलाओं की असुरक्षा को लेकर आया थॉमसन रॉयटर्स का सर्वेक्षण, असम में चल रहे एनआरसी के आंकड़े और खरीफ[...]

This week on NL Hafta, with special guest Amitoj Singh, we discuss the Supreme Court’s judgment on the power tussle between the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and Arvind Kejriwal, as well as its interpretations. We also discuss reports of the President being mistreated at Jagannath Temple, WhatsApp rumour-triggered mob lynchings, and finally, the National Register[...]

This week on NL Hafta, with special guest Amitoj Singh, we discuss the Supreme Court’s judgment on the power tussle between the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and Arvind Kejriwal, as well as its interpretations. We also discuss reports of the President being mistreated at Jagannath Temple, WhatsApp rumour-triggered mob lynchings, and finally, the National Register[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where we discuss Supreme Court's verdict on the Kejriwal-LG standoff, NRC in Assam, WhatsApp rumours-triggered mob lynchings and more.You can listen to the full Hafta here (https://bit.ly/2ua2gdj) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rahul Puri and Samar Khan discuss once again the vagaries of the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2018. Speaking from London, Rahul reflects upon how the underdogs have broken into the quarter-finals in this edition of the World Cup after vanquishing their stronger opponents through extraordinary football and athletic grit. He thinks that even though the[...]

This episode of Reporters Without Orders has our in-house reporter Amit Bhardwaj joining our host Cherry Agrawal, along with special guests Vishakha Saxena from Asia Times and Arunabh Saikia from Scroll.in.The discussion kicks off with Cherry asking the participants to comment on the Supreme Court’s decision to extend the deadline to publish the National Register of[...]

Abhinandan and Rajyasree discuss the latest biopic in town, Sanju, with Samar Khan from Mumbai. Khan, who is a former journalist, says, “It is a well-made film. It follows Rajkumar Hirani's theory, where he finds good in everything that is bad with the world."Rajyasree is not as much a fan of the film and says,[...]

भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह का वंदे मातरम को लेकर कांग्रेस पर तुष्टिकरण और बंटवारे का आरोप, आपातकाल की वर्षगांठ, मीडिया संस्थानों से नोटबंदी के दौरान एक सहकारिता बैंक (जिसके निदेशक अमित शाह थे) में पांच दिनों के अंदर 745 करोड़ रूपए जमा होने की खबर का हटाया जाना, झारखंड के खूंटी में पत्थलगड़ी आंदोलन, स्विस[...]

In this week’s NL Hafta, the panel consists of Abhinandan, Manisha and Anand. Revati Laul, a renowned independent journalist and filmmaker joined as a guest.The discussion kicks off with Saifuddin Soz, a senior Congress party leader in Kashmir, who recently launched his book titled, Kashmir: Glimpses of History and the Story of Struggle. Saifuddin Soz[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where we discuss Saifuddin Soz's remarks, #Emergency, Vijay Mallya's letter to the Prime Minister and more.You can listen to the full Hafta here (https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/06/29/hafta-178-saifuddin-soz-emergency-vijay-mallyas-letter-to-the-prime-minister-and-more). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Reporters Without Orders is celebrating its 25th episode. Our host Cherry Agarwal is joined by in-house reporter Amit Bhardwaj and Campus Politik editor Sumedha Pal, along with Sidhartha Dutta, Principal Correspondent, Indo-Asian News Service.The media coverage of Hapur lynching case is debated by the panel. Amit feels the “story developed slowly” but “got enough coverage”. He[...]

This week’s Awful and Awesome is loaded with reviews from all spheres of entertainment. As a die-hard fan of horror movies, Rajyasree talks about her spooky weekend screening -- Hereditary and Under the Show, which is also available on Netflix. Abhinandan shares his love for animated films and talks about The Incredibles 2. India Today’s “new celebrity[...]

बीते मंगलवार को जम्मू-कश्मीर में भाजपा का पीडीपी से गठबंधन खत्म कर राज्य में राष्ट्रपति शासन लगाया जाना, हापुड़ में गोकशी के नाम पर भीड़ द्वारा कासिम की हत्या, एयरटेल द्वारा पूजा सिंह नाम की युवती की आपत्ति के बाद मुस्लिम धर्म के कस्टमर केयर एग्जेक्यूटिव की जगह हिंदू कस्टमर केयर एग्जेक्यूटिव मुहैया करवाया जाना,[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where we discuss the BJP-PDP breakup, Shujaat Bukhari's murder, the Airtel row and more.You can listen to the full Hafta here (https://bit.ly/2tlmrFf). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s Hafta, Rituparna Chatterjee, Consulting Editor, Reader's Digest and India Today magazine, joins Abhinandan Sekhri who was missing from last week's podcast. Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are also on the panel.The fallout between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the People’s Democratic Party, in addition to Arvind Kejriwal’s nine-day-long protest, is discussed[...]

Rahul Puri and Samar Khan bring you the first podcast since the FIFA World Cup 2018 kick-off. Samar begins with a remark, “It has been a crazy kind of a World Cup. It has been different from the others, it has been a li'l bit of a wake-up time for the big boys?!”Rahul agrees, “I don’t[...]

"What is the role of the media? The role of the media is to make money for its owners. Its function is to inform people...and give them news," says journalist Palagummi Sainath in a conversation with Newslaundry.On June 16, People's Archive of Rural India's founder-editor Sainath delivered the 1st Neelabh Mishra Memorial Lecture on how corporatisation of[...]

This episode of Reporters Without Orders begins with a farewell to Nidhi, our Kashmir correspondent. We are sad to see her go but wish her the best for her future endeavours.Also on the panel, we have Cherry, Amit, Rohin and Sumedha. The discussion kicks off with Jammu and Kashmir's former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's press conference[...]

On this podcast, Abhinandan and Rajyasree discuss celebrities, controversies, review the promo of Gold starring Akshay Kumar and Netflix's Lust Stories.Rajyasree felt that Atul Kochhar’s reaction to Quantico was extreme, to put it mildly. She also comments, “He’s a bit of a fool also because he’s sitting in Dubai, an Islamic country and you’re trash talking[...]

श्रीनगर में गुरुवार की शाम राइजिंग कश्मीर के संपादक और उनके साथ मौजूद दो निजी सुरक्षाकर्मियों की अज्ञात हमलावरों ने गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी. बताया जा रहा है शुजात अपने दफ्तर से घर जाने के लिए निकले ही थे तभी उन पर यह हमला हुआ. सुनिए शुजात बुखारी की हत्या और कश्मीर में पत्रकारिता[...]

राइजिंग कश्मीर के संपादक शुजात बुखारी की अज्ञात हमलावरों द्वारा गोली मारकर हत्या, अखिलेश यादव पर सरकारी बंगले को क्षतिग्रस्त करने का आरोप, दिल्ली में आम आदमी पार्टी की सरकार और गवर्नर के बीच तनातनी, अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय में स्नातक की छात्रा पर धार्मिक भावनाएं आहत करने का मुकदमा आदि इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, our in-house team of Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal is joined by two guest panelists -- Saikat Dutta, Asiatimes South Asia Editor and Saif Ullah Khan, Deputy Editor of DailyO.The discussion kicks off with the ‘plot to assassinate the PM’. Manisha asks Saikat, “Are there really ‘urban Naxals’ out[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where Manisha is back as host. And we have two guests on the panel to discuss #UrbanNaxal, plot to kill the PM, Assam lynching and Atul Kochhar’s tweets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Reporters Without Orders, Cherry is joined by Rohin and Amit. Parthshri Arora from Vice India also joins the panel.Informing the panel about Delhi government’s idea of statehood, Amit says, “When covering Aam Aadmi Party, there will be very dull days and there’ll be active days, and the days when the party[...]

This week’s Awful & Awesome has our hosts reviewing Rajnikanth-starrer Kaala and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Rajyasree talks about the Netflix series, The Staircase, which is a documentary on a murder investigation spanning 16 years. Abhinandan has some thoughts to share about the latest World Cup anthem. Rajyasree also discusses, “ABC sticking their neck out” for Priyanka Chopra in[...]

This week’s Just Sports is all about the World Cup and football madness. Both Samar Khan and Rahul Puri feel this World Cup is quite different because don’t have Netherlands, US, Chile and Italy playing. Rahul thinks the “number of countries in the category of 'can win it' has been reduced by two”. Clearly, this[...]

प्रणब मुखर्जी का संघ के तृतीय वर्ष समारोह में संबोधन, कश्मीर में सीआरपीएफ की गाड़ी से कुचलकर एक युवक की मौत, शिलॉन्ग में दलित सिख और खासी आदिवासियों के बीच झड़प और हिंसा और इसी वर्ष हुए भीमा कोरेगांव हिंसा के संदर्भ में सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं का पुलिस द्वारा गिरफ्तारी रहे इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where Abhinandan is joined by Manisha, Madhu and NDTV's Sunetra Choudhury. The panel discusses Kashmir unrest, Bhima Koregaon arrests, Shimla water crisis, Cobrapost and Al Jazeera stings and so much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy[...]

In this episode of Hafta, the big question that the panel discusses is whether sting journalism is real journalism. BJP by poll losses and the violence that erupted in Shillong is also discussed. Al Jazeera's sting operation on match-fixing in cricket is another issue that engages the panel in a heated debate. The panel also[...]

यह बातचीत 25 मई, 2018 को फ्रांस के मध्ययुगीन गांव आईवर से स्विट्ज़रलैंड के जेनेवा तक की एक छोटे से क्रूज पर यात्रा के दौरान रिकॉर्ड किया गया है. बातचीत कर रहे दोनों व्यक्ति पेशे से पत्रकार हैं और इंटरनेशनल सेंटर फॉर जर्नलिस्ट्स, वाशिंगटन डीसी की एक फेलोशिप के तहत जेनेवा गए थे.पॉडकास्ट में न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री[...]

Abhinandan and Rajyasree are back this week to bring you the latest from the world of pop culture.Rajyasree reviews Veere Di Wedding, starring Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania. She says, “In the first half of the film, it’s like none of them have bothered to read the script or learn their[...]

On this episode of Reporters Without Orders, the discussion kicks off with the issue of sale of swords and blades online, as reported by The Indian Express. Rohin says, “If we study the Arms Act (1959) and Arms Rules (2016), all non-fire arms that are over 9 inches in length and more than 2 inches in width require a license[...]

शुक्रवार को इंवेस्टिगेटिव मीडिया संस्था कोबरापोस्ट ने ऑपरेशन 136 का दूसरा हिस्सा फेसबुक लाइव के जरिए जारी किया. कोबरापोस्ट के यूट्यूब चैनल पर इस स्टिंग ऑपरेशन से संबंधित कुल 50 वीडियो डाले गए हैं, जिनमें मीडिया जगत की कई जानी मानी हस्तियां मोल-तोल करते हुए रिकॉर्ड हुई हैं.इस स्टिंग के पहले भाग में हमने देखा[...]

कोबरापोस्ट का ऑपरेशन-136, पत्रकार रवीश कुमार और राना अयूब को दी जा रही जान से मारने की धमकी, टाइम्स नाउ द्वारा तरुण तेजपाल मामले के सीसीटीवी फुटेज जारी करना और प्रणब मुखर्जी का आरएसएस के मुख्यालय नागपुर में स्वयंसेवकों को संबोधित करने का फैसला इस बार की चर्चा के मुख्य विषय रहे.वरिष्ठ पत्रकार और इंडिया[...]

This Hafta episode unpacks major developments and incidents that have rocked the media over the past week. While Major Gogoi topped the panel's agenda, Tejpal tapes aired by Times Now also caught their attention. Cobrapost's Operation: 136 is also discussed because it seems to have “made headlines only on social media”. Pranab Mukherjee’s tentative visit[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where Abhinandan is joined by Manisha, Madhu and journalist Samrat. The panel discusses Major Gogoi, Times Now's coverage of the Tejpal Tapes, media's coverage (or not) of Cobrapost's exposé, Assam's Citizenship Bill and so much more.[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri discuss the latest happening from the world of sports.The discussion kicks-off with recently concluded Champions League finale in which Real Madrid beat Liverpool. Samar says, “The one thing that we have to give them is the fact that they are the three-time champions and that takes some doing.”Rahul says, “Especially[...]

Amit is back from Kairana to join Cherry in the latest episode of Reporters Without Orders. Rohin and Nidhi join us over the phone. We also have our Campus Politik editor Sumedha joining the panel.The podcast begins with Nidhi talking about her recent interview with a Kashmiri mother. She says, “As much as they want[...]

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He talks to Madhu Trehan about the state of the Indian judiciary - of which his book is an account - press freedom and even the Ayodhya dispute.Arun Shourie is a former cabinet minister, journalist, author, activist and an important voice in the public sphere. His 27th book, Anita Gets Bail, is an account of[...]

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उत्तरा प्रदेश के कैराना में होने वाला लोकसभा का उपचुनाव, एचडी कुमारस्वामी के शपथ ग्रहण समारोह में लगा विपक्षी नेताओं का मजमा, तमिलनाडु के तूतीकोरिन इलाके में वेदांता के स्टरलाइट कॉपर प्लांट में मजदूरों पर की गई पुलिस की फायरिंग, म्यामांर में रोहिंग्या सैल्वेशन आर्मी द्वारा की गई हिंदुओं की हत्या पर आई एमनेस्टी इंटरनेशन[...]

Online media regulation has garnered significant attention in debates and discussions today, following an Information and Broadcasting Ministry order to form a 10-member committee “to frame and suggest a regulatory framework for online media/news portals including digital broadcasting and entertainment/infotainment sites and news/media aggregators”.In the light of this contentious move, Medianama organised a discussion at[...]

On this week's Reporters Without Orders, Cherry is joined by Rohin and Amit, the latter has just returned from Karnataka. Also, on the panel is NDTV's Shruti Menon.The podcast kicks off with some good news. A Newslaundry report on the Cauvery dispute authored by TR Vivek has won Mumbai Press Club's prestigious RedInk Award in[...]

This week’s Awful and Awesome has Abhinandan and Rajyasree finally lavishing some praise on a film. There are a few trailers, an online series and a commercial to wrap up this episode, and Rajyasree talks about the “grandest wedding in town” as well.Deadpool 2 replaces the otherwise promised review of High Jack (sorry listeners!) Directed[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back this week to bring you the latest from the sports world.The discussion begins with the Indian Premier League, where Samar observes that not tinkering much with the team has worked to the advantage of Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. “You don’t tinker with the team too much.[...]

कर्नाटक में चुनाव नतीजों के बाद जारी दांव-पेंच, सुनंदा पुष्कर की मौत में शशि थरूर का पुलिस चार्जशीट में नाम, बनारस में फ्लाईओवर ढहना, गुड़गांव में सार्वजनिक स्थल पर नमाज़ के खिलाफ हिंदुत्वादी समूहों का विरोध, असम का नेशनल रजिस्टर सिटीजन बिल व अन्य मुद्दे इस हफ्ते चर्चा के प्रमुख विषय रहे.चर्चा के विशिष्ट अतिथि[...]

On this week’s NL Hafta, Abhinandan is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal and guest Ajoy Ashirwad, Deputy Editor at The Wire. Journalist TS Sudhir from India Today joins the panel on the phone to discuss the Karnataka results.The talk kicks off with the elections, with Sudhir sharing the possible political manoeuvrings that can be[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where Abhinandan is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, guest Ajoy Ashirwad, Deputy Editor at The Wire, and journalist TS Sudhir on the phone to discuss the Karnataka drama, West Bengal polls, Smriti Irani, Sambit Patra[...]

We have a full in-house panel for this episode of Reporters Without Orders. Apart from Rohin and Cherry, we have Nidhi joining us from Kashmir and Amit reporting from Bangalore. Amit, who is camped outside the Raj Bhavan, is giving the panel latest updates on the Karnataka verdict. Oh! he also has a warning for the[...]

Raazi's director Meghna Gulzar shares the challenges she faced during her latest shoot. Gulzar also talks about Kashmir, nepotism in the film industry and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s Awful and Awesome episode with Rajyasree is loaded with entertainment and a little bit of gossip. Abhinandan and Rajyasree talk about Raazi, Mother’s Day ads, and Rajyasree talks to Abhinandan about the celebrity wedding and engagement that flooded everyone’s social media feed, and lots more.The podcast starts with Abhinandan interviewing Meghna Gulzar, where[...]

अपरिहार्य कारणों से इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा रिकॉर्ड नहीं हो सकी. इसका हमें खेद है. इस बार हम कर्नाटक चुनाव पर पिछले हफ्ते की एन एल चर्चा में हुई विस्तृत बातचीत का अंश पेश कर रहे हैं, इस वादे के साथ कि अगले हफ्ते फिर से एक नई चर्चा के साथ हम अपने श्रोताओं, शुभचिंतकों[...]

On this week’s NL Hafta, Abhinandan is joined by Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal, with Manisha joining in on the phone from Bangalore.The discussion is kicked off with the Karnataka elections, with Manisha weighing in on the scenario at the local level, saying that the Mandya district held strong support for Kumaraswamy. Talking about the[...]

This week’s Just Sports comes to a full package of cricket and football trivia. With the English Premier League and the IPL on, Samar and Rahul just cannot seem to stop talking about anything else!“Few unusual choices made” by the Indian cricket team that’s been selected for England. Samar says “Ambati Rayudu is a strange[...]

This week’s Awful and Awesome episode ends the trauma of having “nothing good to watch or read”.Abhinandan’s favourite actress, Madhuri Dixit, takes the spotlight with the trailer of her upcoming Marathi film Bucket List. While Rajyasree says “she’s pretty much playing her age… her face moves”, Abhinandan comments on the issue of "dramatic" acting by[...]

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, The Caravan's Nikita Saxena joins the panel to discuss her recent articles on special CBI judge Loya's death. The panel also discusses Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar-owned Asianet News and the change in its 'posturing' over time.Amit Bhardwaj, who is currently in Karnataka covering the upcoming state elections, joins the panel over the phone[...]

On Awful and Awesome this week, we bring to you from the archives Abhinandan in conversation with Sabrina Dhawan, who has written Monsoon Wedding, co-written Kaminey, Ishqiya and Rangoon and been a consultant for Haider. She also teaches screenwriting at New York University. The movie Monsoon Wedding shot her to stardom at a very young[...]

On this week’s NL Hafta, a day that also happened to be World Press Freedom Day, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, and Diksha Madhok, journalist and Digital Director of The Print. The panel was also joined by Newslaundry reporter Amit Bhardwaj who was on call from Mangalore to speak about the[...]

कर्नाटक चुनाव, प्रेस फ्रीडम में खिसकता भारत, बिहार के जहानाबाद में लड़की से छेड़छाड़ की घटना, अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम यूनिवर्सिटी में जिन्ना की तस्वीर पर विवाद, न्यूज़ 18 के एंकर सुमित अवस्थी का पैनलिस्ट पर हाथ चलाना रहे इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के मुख्य विषय.चर्चा के विशिष्ट थे इंडिया न्यूज़ के डिप्टी एडिटर सुशांत सिन्हा और[...]

This week on Just Sports, Samar Khan and Rahul Puri discuss the impending 2018 UEFA Champions League final and the IPL.The duo starts off by talking about Liverpool’s unexpected ascent to the finals. Samar disagrees with the general opinion on how Liverpool got there - “I don’t think it was a favourable draw…. they played[...]

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, we have a guest joining the panel. A reporter from Catch News, Priyata Brajabasi, joins the team to discuss recent remarks made by BJP leaders, fake news conviction in Malaysia, 2018 World Press Freedom Index and more.Cherry discusses the comments made by Biplab Deb, chief minister of Tripura,[...]

अंतरराष्ट्रीय संस्था रिपोर्टर्स सां फ्रांतिए (रिपोर्टर्स विदाउट बॉर्डर) की ताज़ा रिपोर्ट में अंतरराष्ट्रीय प्रेस फ्रीडम इंडेक्स में पिछले साल के मुक़ाबले भारत दो पायदान नीचे खिसककर 138वें नंबर पर चला गया है. सुनिए इस विषय पर क्या सोचते हैं पत्रकार. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

आसाराम को आजीवन कारावास, सरोज खान का कास्टिंग काउच को लेकर विवादित बयान, कर्नाटक चुनाव में रेड्डी बंधुओं को भाजपा का उम्मीदवार बनाया जाना, मुख्य न्यायाधीश के खिलाफ महाभियोग के निहितार्थ और संजय दत्त के जीवन पर बन रही फिल्म का ट्रेलर इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के मुख्य विषय रहे.चर्चा में इस बार दो मेहमान[...]

In this NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan come together to discuss Asaram’s conviction, Saroj Khan’s statement, Karnataka elections, formation of Bahujan Azad Party, Yashwant Sinha quitting BJP, and more.On the apparent absence of violence after Asaram’s conviction, Madhu said: “I don’t think everything is peaceful. I read[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan come together to discuss Asaram’s conviction, Saroj Khan’s statement, Karnataka elections, formation of Bahujan Azad Party, Yashwant Sinha quitting BJP, and[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly roundup of sports. They share their views on the legacy left behind by Arsene Wenger, Gautam Gambhir stepping down from captaincy, the rediscovery of MS Dhoni and more.On Arsene Wenger, Rahul says: “I think he is the last of the managers that you will see[...]

On Awful and Awesome this week, Abhinandan and Rajyasree are joined by our very own Deepanjana Pal (DJ). This time, she's back as a guest to talk about her first novel Hush a Bye Baby, a thriller about a gynaecologist, Dr Nandita Rai, who is accused of conducting sex-selective abortions.Sekhri and Sen question DJ about[...]

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, we have Ramnath Goenka award-winner Rahul Kotiyal joining the panel. Currently a freelancer, he has earlier been with Scroll.in's Hindi website Satyagraha and Tehelka. The panel discusses the issues of death penalty, the Dainik Jagran article on Kathua rape, Judge Loya verdict and more.Rahul describes the story that[...]

सुप्रीम कोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस दीपक मिश्रा के खिलाफ सात विपक्षी दलों द्वारा महाभियोग लाने का प्रस्ताव, जज लोया की संदिग्ध मौत की जांच की मांग वाली याचिकाओं को सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा खारिज किया जाना, प्रधानमंत्री का विदेश दौरा और वेस्टमिंस्टर सेंट्रल हॉल में उनका साक्षात्कार और मक्का मस्जिद केस के आरोपी असीमानंद समेत सभी[...]

This week’s NL Hafta brings together our in-house team of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal along with Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, Associate Editor, Scroll. The panel discussed a range of issues -- the Supreme Court calling the public interest litigation for an independent investigation to Justice Loya’s death ‘frivolous’, the continuing outrage over the Kathua[...]

A snippet of NL Hafta for non-subscribers.NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where our in-house team of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal is joined by Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, Associate Editor, Scroll. The panel discussed a range of issues[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back this week with their latest round-up of sports. And they have a lot in store -- Manchester City winning the Premier League, Indian Premier League (and Virat Kohli’s fate), the Formula One races and more.For Puri, Manchester City’s win was something that was just bound to happen sometime, and[...]

The Awful and Awesome is back this week to give you a dose of the latest pop cultural updates. Rajyasree and Abhinandan take you through three Hollywood trailers, two films (A Quiet Place and October), the National Awards and Beyonce’s performance at Coachella.Starting with ‘A Quiet Place’, the duo believed it wasn’t half as good[...]

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, we have a surprise guest joining the panel. A reporter from The Quint, Meghnad Bose, joins the panel to discuss the Kathua rape case, fire at a Rohingya refugee camp, Rahul Gandhi’s midnight march and more.Meghnad tells us about the story that he broke on CBSE class 12 exams wherein[...]

जम्मू-कश्मीर कठुआ और यूपी के उन्नाव में बलात्कार की घटना और आरोपियों को सत्ता का संरक्षण, पश्चिम बंगाल में पंचायत चुनावों के स्थगित किए जाने की मांग को लेकर हिंसा, राहुल गांधी और प्रधानमंत्री का उपवास, डेटा लीक के मामले में फेसबुक मखिया मार्क जुकरबर्ग की कांग्रेस में पेशी, कुमार विश्वास को आम आदमी पार्टी[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, our in-house team of Madhu Trehan, Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande is joined by NDTV news editor Madhusudan Srinivas.The team discusses the grisly case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and another case of rape in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Kathua, Unnao and the politics around the two rape cases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly roundup of sports. They discuss the Champions League, and share their analysis of teams playing in the Indian Premier League. Also, there is much talk about the controversy surrounding Harry Kane and performance of Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games.Samar expresses his views on Liverpool's[...]

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel is joined by Ishan Kukreti, a reporter from Down to Earth magazine, to discuss the Kathua rape case, Kashmir killings, Salman Khan’s conviction and more.Nidhi comments on how the mainstream media did not have any coverage on the lawyers’ protest in the Kathua case, "When the charge sheet[...]

The Awful and Awesome has a lot in store this week. A special treat for all book lovers is Rajyasree Sen’s interaction with Seema Goswami, author of ‘Race Course Road’, followed by a discussion on the IPL, Salman Khan, ‘Missing’, and Russell Crowe’s genius.Starting off with the book, Goswami’s past work experience with ABP and Sunday Magazine[...]

डिजिटल मीडिया रेगुलेशन के लिए सूचना प्रसारण मंत्रालय द्वारा कमेटी का गठन, फेक न्यूज़ की स्थिति में पीआईबी कार्डधारक पत्रकारों की मान्यता रद्द करने की अधिसूचना, एससी-एसटी एक्ट में बदलाव के खिलाफ दलितों का भारत बंद, मध्य प्रदेश में बाबाओं को मंत्री का दर्जा और सलमान को सज़ा इस हफ्ते की न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के प्रमुख[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss fake news, Salman Khan's conviction, ICICI-Videocon, Minister babas & more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of NL Hafta, the panel sits down to discuss all that dominated the news this week -- the Bharat Bandh protests, fake news guidelines issued by the I&B Ministry, Salman Khan’s conviction and more.This week's guest, Joyjeet Das, journalist with Catch News, spoke on the Videocon-ICICI Bank loan row. "If any of[...]

रॉबर्ट्सगंज लोकसभा से भाजपा सांसद छोटेलाल खरवार ने मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ और पार्टी के अन्य लोगों पर अपमानित करने का आरोप लगाया है. खरवार अनुसूचित जनजाति से आते हैं. उनका कहना है कि उनकी छोटी जाति के कारण अगड़ी जाति वालों ने मिलकर उन्हें अपमानित किया. उनकी शिकायत पर मुख्यमंत्री ने ध्यान भी नहीं दिया[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. The duo discusses Champions League, the amazing goal by Ronaldo that has rocked the world of football and the IPL madness. Samar Khan starts the discussion on Ronaldo by saying: “He might not be as masterful and crafty as Messi or as[...]

In this episode, we bring you a full dose of entertainment and cinema. Rajyasree discloses her illegal access to cinema, while Abhinandan’s habit of name- and place-dropping is pointed out by Aditi, our Awful & Awesome enthusiast.   Sekhri and Sen review Call Me By Your Name, which was banned from being shown at the Beijing Film Festival for[...]

In this episode of Reporters Without Borders, the team engages in a conversation about the I&B ministry's order to regulate fake news as well as media reportage on the nationwide Dalit protest.While discussing Uttar Pradesh government's decision to officially include 'Ramji' in documents mentioning BR Ambedkar, Rohin points out the importance of adding historical context[...]

इतिहासकार व लेखिका राना सफवी के मुताबिक बहुविवाह और हलाला जैसी प्रथाएं गरीब तबकों में एक हद तक मौजूद है. क्योंकि कम पढ़ा-लिखा आदमी अकसर सही और गलत का फैसला करने में नाकाम रहता है. उसे धार्मिक आधार पर रगलाना भी आसान होता है. मध्य वर्ग मुसलमानों के बीच यह प्रथा लगभग खत्म हो चुकी[...]

निकाह हलाला पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट की पहल, राम नवमी के बाद बिहार व बंगाल में सांप्रदायिक हिंसा, आईसीआईसीआई-वीडियोकॉन का अवैध लेनदेन, कोबरापोस्ट स्टिंग व अन्य विषय इस हफ्ते की चर्चा के प्रमुख विषय रहे. इस बार की चर्चा में शामिल हुईं दिल्ली की इतिहासकार और लेखिका राना सफवी और अमित भारद्वाज. इसके साथ ही फोन पर[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Karnataka elections, Cobrapost, Ram Navami violence, Anna Hazare & more. Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Prabhu Mallikarjun joins the Hafta panel this week to talk about Karnataka elections and the Lingayat controversy. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad also discuss Cobrapost's exposé. Raman tells us why he hates sting operations, while Madhu tells us why, in some cases, a sting operation is the only way forward. We[...]

Films, ads, magazines, trailers, radio shows, adult film stars and playmates. There's much to discuss this time around. Rajyasree has a lot to say about Rani Mukerji's comeback film, Hichki. There's the Pulse candy and Star Sports commercials, both of which Abhinandan shockingly seemed to like. There's much excitement over a new show on the "Eton of[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. This week, they talk about a controversy that has shaken up the world of cricket – ball tampering, involving the Australian cricket team. Samar feels this is not something that one of the top cricketing nations needed at this point of time[...]

Reporters Without Orders is early this week! And on this podcast, the panel gives you a lowdown on what made news and what should have. Abhinandan and Cherry talk about Big Media giving a miss to Cobrapost's exposé, while Cherry also speaks about media's coverage of Ovleno Business Intelligence's role in the Indian electoral process. Was[...]

इंडियन एक्सप्रेस में धार्मिक पहचान और बुर्का पर पांच दिन लंबी बहस की श्रृंखला चली. अतुल ने इसे एक महत्वपूर्ण पहल बताया लेकिन सवाल उठाए कि इसमें एक भी लेखक मुस्लिम नहीं था. न ही किसी मुस्लिम महिला का पक्ष आ सका.उन्होंने न्यू़ज़लॉन्ड्री की पूर्व सहयोगी शेहला का बुर्के को लेकर राय पैनल से साझा[...]

जेएनयू प्रोफेसर अतुल जौहरी पर यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप, लोकसभा उपचुनाव में भाजपा की हार के बाद अररिया का फर्जी वीडियो, इंडियन एक्सप्रेस में मुस्लिम और आधुनिकता पर जारी बहस, फेसबुक की डेटा लीक व अन्य मुद्दों पर आधारित थी इस हफ्ते की चर्चा. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Shivam Vij joins us this week to weigh in on weekly affairs along with the Hafta team. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan, along with Vij, discuss TDP quitting the NDA. Abhinandan talks about the interesting history of Chandrababu Naidu's political life. Moving on, they talk about the 84th Congress plenary.[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where we discuss #TDPPullsOut, Cambridge Analytica, Arvind Kejriwal, Congress plenary and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Manisha Pande debuts as host for Reporters Without Orders. The panel of reporters discusses limited media reportage on the multiple allegations made against JNU professor Atul Johari as well as Khonmoh encounter in Kashmir. Our Kashmir correspondent, Nidhi, also talks about her story on Tabassum Guru, Afzal Guru's wife. The panel also discusses the video[...]

Music, movies and more. Abhinandan and Rajyasree have a lot to say about the remix version of Ek Do Teen and Daler Mehendi's side-business of human trafficking. Sekhri shows us why he could be a music producer, if it wasn't for his day job at Newslaundry. There's movie talk with Omerta's trailer and Danny Boyle's new[...]

लोकसभा द्वारा बिना किसी चर्चा के वित्त विधेयक पास किया गया. इसका महत्व समझने के लिए संसदीय मामलों के जानकार मेघनाद न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा में फोनलाइन पर जुड़े. उन्होंने बताया कि वित्त विधेयक और देश के बजट को बिना बहस के पास किए जाना इसलिए भी चिंता का विषय है कि सांसद जिस काम के लिए[...]

महाराष्ट्र में किसानों का आंदोलन, लोकसभा उपचुनाव के नतीजे, फाइनेंस बिल, सोनिया गांधी का विपक्षी दलों को डिनर का न्यौता, आप संयोजक केजरीवाल का विक्रम मजीठिया को दिया गया माफीनामा, नरेश अग्रवाल का भाजपा में शामिल होना, मंगलौर पब में लड़कियों के साथ छेड़छाड़ के आरोपियों को कोर्ट का बरी करना इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा[...]

Parth MN from People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI) joins the regular Hafta panel to share his ground experiences during the Maharashtra farmers' protest. Has the state government’s assurance satisfied them? How did Mumbai treat the farmers when they carried on the protest in the city? Parth tells us why it was a well organised[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where we discuss Maharashtra farmers' march, SP-BSP win, Naresh Agrawal and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. Samar believes that God has to help anyone who comes against Barcelona. In the world of cricket, they talk about the Kagiso Rabada situation and Rahul feels that the ICC should come down much heavier on him. Rahul and Samar analyse why[...]

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate around the farmers' protest in Maharashtra, attack on a Mizoram journalist and more. They also talk about the overplayed news of the week, such as cricketer Shami's wife’s allegations against him. This and more. Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for[...]

It's a surfeit of women on this episode thanks to International Women's Day. Abhinandan and Rajyasree discuss Barbie's new "woke" range of dolls, Jane Walker whisky, the strange housewives of Maggi's new ad and Reliance Fresh's #JeeLeZara campaign. There's movie talk with Coco, which Sen finally watched and recommends, and Rajnikanth's new film Kaala's trailer, which they have a[...]

फूलपुर और गोरखपुर लोकसभा उपचुनाव और 2019 चुनाव के पहले सपा-बसपा गठबंधन के संकेतों के क्या मायने है, इसपर बात कर रहे हैं वरिष्ठ पत्रकार अतुल चौरसिया, अभिषेक श्रीवास्तव, प्रकाश के रे और अनिल यादव.मेघालय, त्रिपुरा, नागालैंड में भाजपा की जीत, लेनिन की प्रतिमा पर हमला, सुप्रीम कोर्ट की हादिया पर टिप्पणी व अन्य मुद्दे[...]

मेघालय, त्रिपुरा, नागालैंड में भाजपा की जीत, लेनिन की प्रतिमा पर हमला, श्रीलंका में आपातकाल, श्री श्री रविशंकर का अयोध्या पर विवादित बयान, फूलपुर और गोरखपुर में लोकसभा के उपचुनाव, सुप्रीम कोर्ट की हादिया पर टिप्पणी जैसे मुद्दे इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के प्रमुख विषय रहे. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist TS Sudhir joins the Hafta panel to discuss the TDP-BJP controversy and the vandalism war in various states of the country. He also tells us about the history of the leaders whose idols were recently vandalised. Freelance journalist Garima Chitkara talks about banking fraud in India. She focuses on the technicalities and the existing[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode, where we discuss the TDP-BJP, vandalism, banking fraud, Northeast elections and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with the weekly round-up of sports. They discuss the Champions League; Cristiano Ronaldo is one man who never disappoints when relied upon. Real Madrid keep raising their performance bar in big matches. Liverpool enter the quarter-final after 2009. Moving to cricket, the duo discusses BCCI's players' contract and[...]

While the last few days didn’t see sections of the media obsessing with a certain issue, the panel points out several reports that were underplayed. On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited coverage of the students’ protest against Staff Selection Commission, the killings in Shopian that has brought four districts[...]

In this episode, Abhinandan and Rajyasree discuss two new advertisements - All Out's # StandByToughMums and Peek Freans ‘Cake Up’.  They aren't too pleased by Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, although Abhinandan has a change of heart about Black Panther. It's also awards season with #Oscars 2018 and HT India's Most Stylish Awards. To prove that they[...]

This week, it is a Holi special Hafta. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal start the discussion by talking about Holi and why it is the best festival for kids and why adults should not yell at them for one day at least. They talk about the Karnataka elections and why coining[...]

दिल्ली सरकार और नौकरशाही में जारी खींचतान, फिल्म अभिनेत्री श्रीदेवी की मौत पर मीडिया की रिपोर्टिंग, चीन के राष्ट्रपति ने कार्यकाल को अनिश्चितकालिन के लिए बढ़ाने वाला फैसला, मेहुल चोकसी का कर्मचारियों को पत्र, सहवाग का सांप्रदायिक ट्वीट और साथ में होली का त्यौहार इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के मुख्य विषय रहे. Hosted on Acast.[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They discuss Manchester United winning against Chelsea in an exciting football match. They talk about the toughness of the English Premier League. In the world of cricket, they talk about the South Africa vs Australia Tour. Rahul believes the series is bowler-dominated.[...]

In this episode, Meghnad and Rajyasree discuss Sridevi's legacy and the coverage of her death. They move on to discuss Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the extremely tedious Filmfare Awards and why it was the worst award show in the last few years. They also talk about the video of singer Papon kissing a child[...]

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate surrounding elections in Nagaland and Meghalaya, BJP leader's SUV running over 9 students and injuring 20 others, a 26-page affidavit submitted by Hadiya in the Supreme Court and an 18-year-old Dalit girl being burnt alive in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district. The panel also talks about[...]

दिल्ली में आप विधायकों द्वारा मुख्य सचिव अंशु प्रकाश की कथित पिटाई, सेना प्रमुख विपिन रावत का असम की स्थिति पर दिया गया बयान, कमल हसन की नई राजनीतिक पार्टी, अमिताभ बच्चन का ट्विटर पर कांग्रेस के नेताओं को फॉलो करना, यूपी में जारी एनकाउंटर्स पर मानवाधिकार आयोग की फटकार और कनाडा के प्रधानमंत्री जस्टिन[...]

Journalist TR Vivek joins the Hafta team to discuss his award-winning piece on Cauvery and Kamal Haasan's newly-formed party, 'Makkal Needhi Maiam'. Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal also talk about #AAPSlapgate and the ongoing controversy. Abhinandan asks what was the reason to call a meeting at midnight? Was the issue really worth it? They also[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Kamal Haasan, AAP SlapGate, UP Encounters, Nirav Modi & more. You can listen to the full Hafta here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They discuss Champions League -- the first leg of matches and their anticipations for the second leg. They talk about former no 1 shuttler Lee Chong Wei being offered money by a match-fixer. In the world of cricket, they discuss developments in[...]

Abhinandan is back as host for episode 7 of #ReportersWithoutOrders. The panel discusses the limited debate surrounding incidences of the caste-based discrimination against Dalit students in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, NIA's new definition of "real journalism", the self-immolation of a Dalit farmer in Patan, Gujarat and double murder in Nagpur. They also talk about news packages including one on an Andhra[...]

Abhinandan Sekhri is back from America to discuss all things pop culture with Rajyasree Sen in this week's podcast.In this week's podcast, does it all add up when it comes to Tinder, Facebook, Pan Bahar and PNB's new commercials? And there's a very special advertisement starring a superstar and a good friend of Sekhri's and Sen's in[...]

पीएनबी घोटाला और उसमें नीरव मोदी की संलिप्तता, रफेल डील पर सवालिया निशान, फिलीस्तीन में प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के घोषणाओं की चर्चा, आम आदमी पार्टी के तीन साल, जेएनयू में एटेंडेंस को लेकर वीसी और छात्रों में तनातनी, अंकित सक्सेना की हत्या पर जेएनयू छात्रसंघ की पूर्व उपाध्यक्ष और आजतक एंकर अंजना ओम कश्यप का फर्जी[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where we discuss the Indian Army, RSS, Nirav Modi, India Today's Angshukanta Chakraborty and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Aarti Tikoo joins the Hafta team to discuss relations between India and Pakistan. Manisha Pande, Anand Ranganathan, Anand Vardhan and Atul Chaurasia along with Aarti also talk about RSS’ ideology. Atul narrates a controversial story about the RSS, while Aarti asks Anand Ranganathan an interesting question comparing the outfit with the Jamaat-e-Islami. They also[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They discuss the first leg of the ‘Round of 16’ in Champions League and the upcoming games to watch out for. They look into the winter break proposed in the English Premier League and its impact on teams and players. They also[...]

On this podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate surrounding the Kashmir Administrative Exams, Rajasthan Budget which has provisions for distribution of free sanitary napkins as well as the flawed coverage of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's statement on the FIR filed against Major Aditya Kumar. The panel also discusses a report by the Association[...]

In this episode of Awful and Awesome, we have Meghnad making his debut. Rajyasree and Meghnad start the discussion with Padman and Akshay Kumar's acting in the film. Rajyasree talks about movie Peter Rabbit and why the "allergy communities" have taken offence. They also talk about a TV series, Swami Ramdev: Ek Sangharsh, web series Breathe, Queer Eye and Lost. Hosted on Acast. See[...]

संसद के दोनों सदनों में राष्ट्रपति के अभिभाषण पर धन्यवाद प्रस्ताव पर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का बयान, उत्तर प्रदेश के उन्नाव जिले में एक झोलाछाप डॉक्टर द्वारा करीब 40 लोगों को एचआईवी से संक्रमित करने का मामला, भाजपा सांसद विनय कटियार द्वारा मुसलमानों के खिलाफ दिया गया बयान, राज्यसभा में नेता विपक्ष गुलाम नबी आज़ाद[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Ankit Saxena, Vinay Katiyar & more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's jibe against Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chowdhury may have sparked a mini-Mahabharat of sorts. This got the Hafta panel talking about the remark -- Should such remarks be taken lightly? Manisha Pande, Anand Ranganathan, Meghnad, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal also discuss Amit Shah's debut speech in Parliament, where he defended the[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports.This week they are joined by a special guest, Amul Vikas Mohan, who is a die-hard Chelsea fan. The panel discusses Chelsea, Antonio Conte and the problem with football managers. They also talk about how refereeing is becoming a talking point. Rahul Puri finds[...]

In this podcast, Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen start their discussion with Ram Gopal Verma's God, Sex and Truth: A philosophical Treatise of Mia Malkova. Abhinandan talks about RGV's genius-to-insane journey. With reference to it, he talks about a brilliant shot from the movie Shiva. They also talk about Steven Soderbergh's Unsane which was shot on an iPhone, entirely. In addition, Rajysaree[...]

In this episode of #ReportersWithoutOrders, the panel discusses sections of mainstream media’s narrative about Kashmir—how it has been reduced to terror and terrorists. The gang also discusses limited coverage given to the startling allegations made by Congress’ Kapil Sibal, political developments in Jharkhand and life of undertrials such as the youth arrested in the Bangalore[...]

बजट 2018-19, कासगंज हिंसा, पूर्वोत्तर में असम के दीमा हसाओ में नगालैंड विवाद में सुरक्षाकर्मियों की गोली से दो युवकों की मौत और राष्ट्रपति का राष्ट्र के नाम संबोधन में वन नेशन, वन इलेक्शन के प्रस्ताव पर केंद्रित रही इस हफ्ते की एनएल चर्चा. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where we discuss Budget 2018, Kasganj, the rape of an eight-month-old baby in Delhi, Swara Bhasker, FIR against Army and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Public policy enthusiast Meghnad is back to discuss Budget 2018 with the Hafta team. Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, Raman Kirpal along with Meghnad also talk about violence in Kasganj and how the media covered it. How many were ground reports and how many were opinion pieces? Abhinandan asks the panel about Rashtra Manch,[...]

In this episode of #ReportersWithoutOrders, Newslaundry’s illustrator Anish Daolagupu joins the regular gang to discuss the protests in Assam's Dima Hasao district. Also, hear Abhinandan share his experience of a particular shoot while weighing in on the media blind spot when it comes to the Northeast. The panel also discusses a Madras High Court order[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They discuss the IPL auctions and the surprises it brought. They look into the teams picked and analyse how the auction went for different franchises. They also discuss India’s brave victory over South Africa in the third Test match and what India[...]

In this wrap, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review Padmaavat. They discuss the 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony and the recently launched trailer of HBO documentary Andre The Giant. They also discuss the Jaipur Literature Fest, recent trends in poetry as well as new Netflix series Dirty Money and Manhunt. This, Amruta Fadnavis and India[...]

ज़ी न्यूज़ और टाइम्स नाउ को प्रधानमंत्री का साक्षात्कार, संजय लीला भंसाली की फिल्म पद्मावत पर विवाद, केंद्रीय मंत्री सतपाल सिंह द्वारा जैवविकास की डार्विन थ्योरी को गलत बताना, मेवात में एक दलित परिवार का मुसलिम परिवार पर धर्मांतरण का आरोप और सीपीएम में करात और येचुरी के मनमुटाव, इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के प्रमुख[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. Samar talks about why football is not just about the game. A lot of decisions are based on other things and Alexis Sanchez is the kind of guy who fits in all places. Rahul considers him a world-class player. In the world[...]

Former journalist with more than 30 years of experience, Nitin Gokhale joins us for the podcast to discuss weekly affairs. He sheds light on the conflict between India and China. Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, Anand Ranganathan and Raman Kirpal along with Nitin also talk about Narendra Modi in Davos and his two interviews with news[...]

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the implications of Foreign Ministry issuing colour-coded passports and CCTV surveillance in schools. The panel also discusses the limited coverage given to the rape and murder of a minor girl in Jammu's Kathua city as well as the arrest of two journalists in Kerela's Ernakulam.[...]

In this podcast, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review The Darkest Hour and talk about Saif Ali Khan's comment on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat. They also discuss the recently-launched trailer of Welcome to New York featuring Karan Johar in a double role. Apart from this, they also talk about Prakash Raj's comment on Hinduism and Shah Rukh Khan's speech at Davos. Rajyasree also[...]

हरियाणा के जिंद में बारहवीं की छात्रा से बलात्कार की घटना, सरकार द्वारा हज सब्सिडी खत्म करना, भारतीय अखबारों का रीडरशिप सर्वे 2017 और चीफ जस्टिस दीपक मिश्रा पर प्रसाद मेडिकल कॉलेज भ्रष्टाचार मामले में सवाल उठाते वकील प्रशांत भूषण की प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस- रहे इस हफ्ते न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा के प्रमुख विषय. Hosted on Acast. See[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little snippet of the complete episode where we discuss the standoff between Jignesh Mevani and RepublicTV,  the on-going tussle within the judiciary, Justice Loya's son's presser, Aadhaar hearing in the Supreme Court, Delhi government's plan to install CCTV cameras in schools & more. Listen[...]

The Caravan's Hartosh Singh Bal joins the regular Hafta gang to discuss the tussle in the judiciary in the wake of the press conference held by four of the seniormost judges of the Supreme Court. Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, Raman Kirpal and Bal also talk about Judge Loya's son's press conference. Abhinandan weighs in on the Jignesh[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They start with the Australian Open, as it seems like it will again be the year of Nadal, Federer and Djokovic. Other than that, Samar does not see any young player challenging them. In cricket, they talk about South Africa and the[...]

In the second podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate surrounding the agricultural distress, law and order situation in New Delhi, Dhanyashree suicide in Karnataka as well as encounters in Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh. The panel also weighs in on the sexual harassment allegations against American actor-comedian Aziz Ansari -- can[...]

In this episode of Awful and Awesome, Rajyasree Sen joins Abhinandan Sekhri to review Anurag Kashyap's Mukkabaaz and Steven Spielberg's The Post. They also discuss Karan Johar's show, Calling Karan. Apart from this, Rajyasree talks about Black Mirror, David Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction and Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Drinking Coffee. Abhinandan and Rajyasree also discuss Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming movie, Padmavat. Hosted on Acast. See[...]

विनीत कुमार के साथ यह पॉडकास्ट आपको उनके बारे में, उनकी जिंदगी से जुड़े, संघर्षों से जुड़े तमाम अनछुए पक्षों को उजागर करता है. सुनें और लोगों को भी सुनाएं. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you read the latest NL Sena story on the ‘Murthal rapes’? In this podcast, the reporter of the story, Manisha Pande, discusses the difficulties of following the story and takes up questions from those who contributed to it. The story was made possible thanks to Suraj Prakash, Jyoti Dubey, Prasoon Diwakar, Utsav Mannu, Navjot[...]

शुक्रवार दोपहर को हुई सुप्रीम कोर्ट के चार जजों की प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस, सिनेमाघरों में राष्ट्रगान को अनिवार्य से वैकल्पिक किया जाना, दिल्ली में जिग्नेश मेवाणी की रैली, ट्रिब्यून की रिपोर्टर ऋचा खैरा पर एफआईआर दर्ज, छोटी बच्ची से बलात्कार के बाद दंगों की आग में जलता पाकिस्तान और द क्विंट की कुलभूषण जाधव पर विवादित[...]

Rachna Khaira from The Tribune joins the regular Hafta gang to discuss her Aadhaar data breach story and the FIR the UIDAI filed against her. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal discuss the Yuva Hunkar Rally that took place in Delhi. Why did it make the prime-time shows in TV[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where we discuss The Quint and Kulbhushan Jadhav, Yuva Hunkar, Shekhar Gupta, the book Fire and Fury, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A brand new podcast where Newslaundry reporters discuss stories that got eclipsed in the day-to-day reporting business, while others that got overplayed. In episode 1 of Reporters Without Orders, hosted by Abhinandan Sekhri, reporter Amit Bhardwaj gives a behind-the-scenes account of #YuvaHunkarRally. The panel including Sahla Nechiyil, Rohin Kumar and Cherry Agarwal discusses modification of[...]

The Awful and Awesome is back after a six-month hiatus! This week, Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande talk about the Golden Globes and Oprah Winfrey's oh-so-awesome speech. They also discuss some of the winners and their works. Our in-house Star Wars junkie and Art and Design Director Anish Daolagupu joins the duo for a discussion[...]

आम आदमी पार्टी द्वारा राज्यसभा के लिए उम्मीदवारों की घोषणा, आधार कार्ड से डैटा चोरी, टिपल तलाक बिल पर सत्ता पक्ष और विपक्ष में खींचतान की स्थिति, भीमा कोरेगांव की हिंसा और किम जोंग के विवादित बयान पर आधारित रही न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री की इस हफ्ते की चर्चा. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist TS Sudhir joins us for the discussion on Rajinikanth joining politics and he narrates the interesting history between AIADMK and Thalaivar. Public policy professional Meghnad joins us to express his views on Electoral Bonds for political donation. He also talks about the latest story on Aadhaar data exploitation for Rs 500. Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode in which we discuss Rajinikanth, AAP, Electoral Bonds, Triple Talaq, Bhima Koregaon, Aadhaar data exploitation, Kamala Mills Fire and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री को मजेंटा लाइन के उद्घाटन में नहीं बुलाना, ट्रिपल तलाक, सलमान खान की असंवेदनशील टिप्पणी और अन्य विषयों पर न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री चर्चा. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode, where we discuss Kulbhushan Jadhav, Anant Hegde, Malegaon blast, RK Nagar bypoll and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Union minister Anantkumar Hegde apologised in Parliament amid protests over his comment that his party, the BJP, will "soon change the Constitution". Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, Atul Chaurasia and Raman Kirpal dissect his comment and also address the ongoing tension between Islamabad and New Delhi over the meeting of Kulbhushan Jadhav with his[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. The discussion starts with tennis, where they both agree that it was the year of resurgence for Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal as they were on a roll. Nobody from the young cadre managed to rise to challenge those two. Then they[...]

गांधीवादी और पर्यावरण के यशस्वी कार्यकर्ता चंडीप्रसाद भट्ट ने यह व्याख्यान 22 जनवरी को अनुपम मिश्र की जयंती के मौके आयोजित पहले “अनुपम व्याख्यान” श्रृंखला में दिया. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Gujarat election results, NDTV layoffs, #2GVerdict, Modi vs Manmohan and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Newslaundry reporter Amit Bhardwaj is back from covering the Gujarat elections. He shares his experience covering the results and how the BJP delayed celebrations as the contest turned out to be tougher than previous elections. Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Ranganathan and Newslaundry executive editor Vikram Kilpady discuss the #2GVerdict and how it has changed[...]

सप्ताह भर के प्रमुख मसलों पर चर्चा कर रहे हैं न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के संपादक अतुल चौरसिया, रिपोर्टर अमित भारद्वाज, ओपिनियन लेखक आनंद वर्धन और एनएल चर्चा के विशिष्ट अतिथि वरिष्ठ पत्रकार व जनसत्ता के पूर्व संपादक ओम थानवी. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly roundup of sports. In the world of cricket, they talk about Australia whitewashing England in the Ashes and Australia’s big-bash being a competition to India’s IPL. They also discuss Dale Steyn’s eagerness to strike after his return from injury in the upcoming India-South Africa series.[...]

PM Narendra Modi hit backs at Mani Shankar Aiyar’s ‘Neech’ remark by stating that Mani Shankar Aiyar portrays the Congress’ ‘Mughlai mindset.’ Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Atul Chaurasia try to analyse what is election campaigning and what is not? Abhinandan does an analysis of how Indian political leaders behave differently when they[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly roundup of sports. In the world of cricket, they talk about India's loss to Sri Lanka and discuss how it will help in preparing for the next series with South Africa. In the world of hockey, they talk about India's bronze medal at Hockey World[...]

Social media saw heavy circulation of a video which showed a man killing and burning alive a Muslim man in Rajasthan, allegedly over an affair. Should such videos be shown on news channels? What’s point of playing it on a loop? Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Anand Ranganathan, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad S discuss this issue[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Babri demolition, Rajasthan hacking, Libyan slave trade, Trump on Jerusalem, Shashi Kapoor and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They talk about five English clubs making it to the Champion's League this season. All the clubs qualified on top of their respective groups except for Chelsea. Rahul also talks about the high possibility of the English clubs ending up in the[...]

सागर सरहदी और अन्नु कपूर से हुई बातचीत पर सुनिए ये पोडकास्ट. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss the Hadiya case and RaGa's religion. Madhu Trehan does a 'Then vs. Now' analysis of TV journalism as it gets more and more corporatised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for[...]

Hadiya spoke in the Supreme Court and the proceedings went on for one-and-a-half hours. But did anyone listen to her? Sushant Sinha from India News and independent journalist Neha Dixit join the Hafta panel to discuss the news of the week. Neha Dixit speaks about her abnormal experience when she married out of caste. Abhinandan[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. In the world of football, they talk about the Premier League. Samar does not see the two Manchester clubs not finishing the top two. Rahul talks about Chelsea and Arsenal playing really well. In the world of cricket, they talk about the[...]

Independent journalist Urmilesh discusses The Caravan story on the death of CBI judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. He explains why the Mainstream Media is now 'North Indian Mainstream Media.' Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Atul Chaurasia, Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande discuss Rahul Gandhi and how he is different[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Gujarat elections, Rahul Gandhi's ascension to Congress president, Padmavati, Republic TV and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. The Ashes has started and they discuss Australia trying to be very hostile and England is pretty gracious about it. Moving on, they discuss the first test match between India and Sri Lanka and the whole DRS fiasco which happened once again.[...]

Bollywood movie Padmavati continues to be in the news over the Karni Sena's threat to maim its heroine. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande discuss the Padmavati controversy. Madhu has some advice for Deepika Padukone. They also talk about Hardik Patel and the CD which has recently surfaced claiming that Hardik[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Padmavati controversy and more. Abhinandan reads two mails, especially for mufatkhors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round -up of sports, they talk about Gianluigi Buffon and his style of goal-keeping, and he professionalism he displays while playing. They also discuss how the FIFA Football World Cup is going to be weird as there won’t be big teams like Italy, the Netherlands[...]

Dense smog engulfed the capital of India leading to accidents and posing a health hazard for children and the elderly. Environmental journalist Nitin Sethi joins us to discuss the pollution emergency. Is there a long term solution to this? Madhu Trehan, Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande talk of the pollution levels[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss #DelhiSmogged, Ryan Murder, #ParadisePapers, Kamal Haasan's imminent entry into politics & more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They start the discussion with cricket where they talk about MS Dhoni and why Virat Kohli needs him in the T20 team. Is it time for Dhoni to be replaced by someone like Rishabh Pant? Samar feels that Virat needs Dhoni to[...]

Navin Kumar Singh massacred Vande Mataram when he was asked to sing the national song on a TV debate. Since then it has caught the attention of several primetime debates. TS Sudhir joins the Hafta gang to discuss this issue and the sudden spurt in activity of Rahul Gandhi in social media and politics. Abhinandan[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Vande Mataram lessons, Raya Sarkar's list, Gujarat election advertisement and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen in on our second session with NL Sena in which our reporter fields queries from NL Sena contributors who funded the Kerala Left vs Right political killings story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast, Samar Khan and Rahul Puri talk about Real Madrid and their strange results. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss #MeToo, HT Hate Tracker, 'Left Vs Right' Battle in Kerala and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The #MeToo campaign has strengthened women all around the world as they are coming up with their personal sufferings in social media and opening up about the molestation they have suffered in the past. The Hafta gang discusses the topic in depth about whether times have changed or if the situation was the same in[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of all things sports. They talk about how Manchester City seems to be in a different class and, barring an absolute meltdown, is on course to win the championship. They talk about manager crisis in the EPL. Cristiano Ronaldo is the FIFA player of[...]

A resident of Simdega district’s Karimati village, 11-year-old Santoshi Kumari died on September 28 due to alleged starvation. Her mother Koyli Devi claimed she was denied ration as the card was not linked to Aadhaar. Jharkhand PDS minister Saryu Rai puts his own government in the dock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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BJP MP Sangeet Som has stoked a new controversy by saying the Taj Mahal was built by a traitor and was a blot on Indian culture. Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Anand Vardhan, Atul Chaurasia and Raman Kirpal discuss what was wrong with the statement and Vardhan tells us why such loose cannons are inevitable. They[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where Hafta gang discusses Cracker Ban, Jay Amit Shah, Godhra Riots and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Harshvardhan Tripathi, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan and Anand Vardhan discuss The Wire story on Jay Amit Shah and the flaws in it. Was it a dead story? They talk about the feasibility of the cracker ban in Delhi-NCR. They discuss Kangana's and Hrithik Roshan's interviews on the controversy involving them.[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of all things sports. In the world of football, they discuss Liverpool vs Manchester United and about Lionel Messi's form and the quality of players in the Argentinian team. They also talk about how Dutch football has completely hit the wall. In cricket, they[...]

सुधीर मिश्रा आज दस साल बाद वो अपने साथी को किस तरह याद करते हैं? सुनिए ये पोडकास्ट. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘जाने भी दो यारों’ में कुंदन शाह के असिस्टेंट रहे सुधीर मिश्रा और शाह की आखिरी फिल्म ‘पी से पीएम तक’ की नायिका मीनाक्षी दीक्षित की श्रद्धांजलि. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taking the critiques of the Indian economy to task, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said that the country’s economy was on track. In this episode of Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Madhu Trehan, Atul Chaurasia and Raman Kirpal discuss Modi's address and ascertain whether there was something new to it or not. They also[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode where the Hafta gang discusses a range of issues including the stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone station, Left vs RSS battle in Kerala and Modi's speech about the Indian economy.Want more? Here's the full Hafta. Hosted on Acast. See[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of all things sports. Samar feels that sport has always been something that divides or brings people together. They talk about Gerard Pique and the Barcelona issue. Rahul feels the Spanish team should pick Pique on merit as dropping him may cause an unnecessary[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where the Hafta gang discusses BHU, #TakeAKnee, Yashwant Sinha, Mahmood Farooqui case, Yogi Adityanath's Diwali and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Siddhant Mohan, journalist and photographer from Varanasi, joins us to discuss the BHU students' protest in Varanasi. Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan, Anand Vardhan, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Siddhant talk about the protests in BHU. Who were the students responsible for all the chaos? Was there violence? The Hafta Gang discusses Yashwant Sinha's criticism of[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of all things sports. They talk about the UEFA Champions League and how top football teams such as Barcelona, Madrid and Bayern Munich are struggling. In the world of cricket, they discuss the upcoming Ashes series and England's weak batting line-up. They discuss how[...]

Saurabh Dwivedi, the founder of Lallantop, joins the regular Hafta gang as we discuss Tripura journalist Shantanu Bhowmik's murder. Bhowmik was murdered while covering an agitation near Agartala in Tripura on September 20. Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Atul Chaurasia, Anand Ranganathan and Saurabh Dwivedi discuss "Rajdeep Vs. Arnab" as now Anupam Kher jumps into defend[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where Hafta gang discusses Tripura journalist murder, Rajdeep Arnab banter, Trump's speech, Rohingya and more with this week's guest @saurabhtop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They talk about football where Rahul feels that Arsenal was everything that they were not, against Liverpool. Samar feels that Barcelona fans may not have enough to look forward to. In the world of cricket, they talk about the India-Australia series. Samar[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where Hafta gang discusses Rahul Gandhi, Bullet trains, Ryan International murder case & more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan, Manisha and Anand Ranganathan analyse Rahul Gandhi's speech at Berkeley and whether BJP needed to respond to that or not. Are Bullet trains in India, a vanity project? Hafta team does the cost benefit analysis. They talk about seven-year-old Pradhuman Thakur's murder, the case and the media coverage of[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They talk about the Champions League and which teams are doing well and which ones are falling apart. In cricket, they talk about James Anderson and his bowling. Is he the best bowler right now? Lastly, they talk about the legacy of[...]

Kanchan Gupta, Commissioning Editor of ABP News, joins us on this week's Hafta. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal and Anand Ranganathan discuss journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder case and the media coverage it got. Anand Ranganathan talks about his analysis on the Twitter activity of journalists on murders and deaths of fellow journalists. They speak[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where Kanchan Gupta, Commissioning Editor of ABP News,  joins us as we discuss Gauri Lankesh's murder, Raghuram Rajan on demonetisation, Rohingya minority, #BlockNarendraModi and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. Star India has won global broadcasting and digital media rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL) by paying a bulk of money. They talk about the huge amount of money spent on IPL cricket. In the world of football, they talk about[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss #Deraviolence, Mumbai floods, FIRs against Robert Vadra, Demonetisation, the Post-Doklam Standoff, Anna Hazare, the Rohingya refugee crisis and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manisha Pande is back on Hafta after covering the violence that followed the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan, Anand Vardhan, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande discuss the outbreak of violence after the conviction. They speak about the media coverage of the Mumbai floods and why it[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They talk about the cricket performance by Bangladesh and West Indies. Samar Khan is really surprised by the performance of the West Indies cricket team. He felt they went out and showed spine. In the world of football, they talk about where[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss the #RightToPrivacy, #TripleTalaq, Dera Sacha Sauda's chief Gurmeet Baba Ram Rahim, train derailments and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have Meghnad S, a public policy analyst, who discusses the privacy judgment, triple talaq verdict and the derailment of trains in India. He joins the regular gang of Hafta members: Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal. They speak about the media coverage of the triple talaq verdict. Raman feels that the[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. This week, they discuss the closing of the English Premier League transfer window and how it becomes messy during the closing period. In the world of cricket, they talk about the return of cricket in Pakistan. Rahul feels the country needs a[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss the Gorakhpur tragedy, Charlottesville rally, Modi's Independence Day speech, the latest probe panel report on Rohith Vemula's suicide & more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Gorakhpur, BRD Medical College knew it was running out of oxygen but did nothing about it. Journalist Manoj Singh, who covered the Gorakhpur tragedy for us joins the Hafta gang on this week's episode. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Atul Chaurasia and Manisha Pande discuss Modi's Independence Day speech. Also, hundreds of white[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They talk about how the English Premier League is the toughest amongst all other leagues. In the world of cricket, they talk about the upcoming talented players in the Indian cricket team. They wonder why Rishabh Pant has been removed as the[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss Mumbai's Maratha Kranti Morcha rally, Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat, Ahmed Patel, Quit India movement, Chandigarh stalking case of Haryana BJP chief's son Vikas Barala & more. Hosted on Acast.[...]

Mumbai witnessed a massive march on Wednesday as the Maratha community organised a silent protest rally with lakhs of protesters joining it demanding reservation and justice for a raped and murdered minor. Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal discuss the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat, Ahmed Patel, Amit Shah; the[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. This week, it's everything about the upcoming football season in the second episode of football special. In this episode, they talk about the players to watch out for, they discuss the big money players and also about the other leagues. All this[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss TOI's Amit Shah assets story, I-T raids on Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar, Republic TV, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya's exit & more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more[...]

Raman Kirpal, Newslaundry's new Managing Editor, joins the regular Hafta gang as we discuss TOI Amit Shah's assets story. Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande, Atul Chaurasia and Raman Kirpal discuss the I-T raids on Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar; Republic TV; NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya’s exit; And, can the minorities be led by[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. This week, it's everything about the upcoming football season. They talk about the toughest football league in their view, which is the Barclays Premier League. Rahul finds it to be the toughest because it consists 6 top teams and 4-5 other teams[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss the Bihar political crisis, Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav, Aadhaar card privacy, erasing Urdu in NCERT & more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Raman Kirpal, Newslaundry's new Managing Editor joins the regular gang of Hafta as we discuss Bihar's political crisis. Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande, Atul Chaurasia along with Raman Kirpal also discuss the Aadhaar card privacy issue; sanitising Urdu words from NCERT textbooks; Dinanath Batra And, finally, Amit Shah. Listen up, there's a song dedication[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. Samar and Rahul discuss Indian Women's Cricket team's performance at the world cup, Indian cricket team's Sri Lanka tour, Novak Djokovic following Roger Federer’s footsteps, announced to take a break; but will it produce the same result for Djokovic as it did[...]

The fault-lines between domestic workers and their employers in luxury apartments in gated communities was waiting to happen. From rate cards in Mumbai posh apartments to separate lifts in Gurgaon high rises, the stories have been distressing and the narratives stark. While the Devyani Khobragade-Sangeeta Richards issue barely got any reportage from the domestic worker i.e.[...]

This week, Abhinandan Sekhri talks to Sabrina Dhawan, who has co-written Kaminey,Ishqiya, Rangoon and Monsoon Wedding and been a consultant for Haider. She also teaches screen writing at New York University. The movie Monsoon Wedding shot her to stardom at a very young age in her career. They talk about the factors that make a[...]

While Toxoplasma can improve chances of survival, it also carries the threat of multi-organ failure depending on your immunity, say scientists. But there is more to Toxoplasma, than what meets the eye. Listen to our podcast to know more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An audio clip, supposedly of former Indian Mujahedeen member Shahnawaz Alam praising three terrorists from Kerala who died in Iraq for their sacrifice. Read the story on https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/07/24/from-mosul-indian-is-fighters-await-martyrdom-send-their-last-message-kill-americans Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the first-ever Media Rumble to discuss news and to enable unheard voices to exchange ideas and collaborate, Newslaundry' Abhinandan Sekhri caught up with journalists and online mavens: Swarajya editorial director R. Jagannathan, Juggernaut co-founder and online marketing expert Durga Raghunath, The Newsminute editor Dhanya Rajendran, HuffPo India editor-in-chief Sruthijith K K, Quartz India editor[...]

How should readers, viewers and journalists interpret the sudden ending of a scheduled interview and the interviewee’s midway departure, in the face of uncomfortable questions posed by the interviewer?There are two possible ways in which people could look at the situation at hand. And this, in turn, depends upon two factors: the gravitas of the[...]

This week, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss Jagga Jasoos, the latest in the Planet of the Apes franchise, War for the Planet of the Apesand the Ava DuVernay-helmed A Wrinkle in Time. The two also weigh in on the IIFA Awards, the new ad Selfie With Didi, and the cuts in Amartya Sen's documentary[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They discuss Wimbledon winner Roger Federer, who Samar feels is a recipient of some divine luck. However, Rahul thinks that he was far better than anyone else in the tournament. They also discuss the gulf between the top four and the rest[...]

Three time US Senator Larry Pressler talks to Biraj Swain, development writer and international negotiations watcher, on his book Neighbours in Arms, An American Senator's Quest for Disarmament in a Nuclear Subcontinent.In a free-wheeling conversation they discuss the Vietnam War, its impact on him, the origin of Pressler Amendment, its passing, dilution and demise under[...]

According to P Sainath, the apathy of the media and government is to blame for the dismal state of farmers in india. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of this week’s most significant stories was the attack on Amarnath pilgrims. A yatri bus and a police party were attacked in Anantnag along the Jammu-Srinagar Highway. Seven Amarnath pilgrims were killed while twelve including three policemen were injured after militants attacked on Monday. The Hafta team discusses the Indian media coverage on it.[...]

One of this week’s most significant stories was the attack on Amarnath pilgrims. A yatri bus and a police party were attacked in Anantnag along the Jammu-Srinagar Highway. Seven Amarnath pilgrims were killed while twelve including three policemen were injured after militants attacked on Monday. The Hafta team discusses the Indian media coverage on it.[...]

This week Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review Sridevi and Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer MOM and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Sen and Sekhri also discuss Amazon Prime's first Indian web series, Inside Edge starring Vivek Oberoi and Richa Chadha; Meena Kandasamy's book When I Hit You, a book written by an anonymous author for Bloomsbury, The Incest Diary[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the complete episode where we discuss GST roll out; is it really a 'One Nation One Tax', Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Israel visit, Sikkim standoff and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The central government rolled out GST last week pitching it as One Nation One Tax. Abhinandan Sekhri, Atul Chaurasia, Manisha Pande, Anand Ranganathan and Anand Vardhan discuss pros and cons of GST; is it really a 'One Nation One Tax', Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Israel visit; what took so long for an Indian Prime Minister[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They talk about Wimbledon 2017 where Samar feels that the final is shaping up to be between Federer and Nadal. On the other hand, Rahul thinks that if the weather is good, Nadal has more than a good chance.In the world of[...]

This week Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review Cars 3, Netflix's recent release Okja and a short film presented by Imtiaz Ali, Bruno and Juliet. The two also discuss Hulu's series The Handmaid's Tale by Bruce Miller based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood of the same name, Netflix's new series Gypsy starring Naomi[...]

Central government has decided to sell debt-ridden Air India. Will the government have to 'pay' to sell Air India? Govindraj Ethiraj, journalist and founder of IndiaSpend.com, joins the regular gang of Hafta as we discuss Air India's fate. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande, along with our guest, also discuss the presidential[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss the government's decision to sell Air India, presidential picks of both the governing coalition and the opposition, has India become 'Lynchistan' or was it like this forever? and more. Hosted[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They both have great respect for Anil Kumble but Samar feels that unlike football, cricket is a captain's baby. On the other hand, Rahul says that it is not Virat Kohli's job to keep coming up with choices for a team coach.[...]

This week Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri review Salman Khan's Tubelight and how it failed to do well at the box office despite being an Eid release. The two also discuss the trailers for Madhur Bhandarkar's Indu Sarkar, Arjun Rampal's Daddy, as well as Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma's Jab Harry Met Sejal. They[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peek of the complete episode where we discuss National Democratic Alliance’s presidential pick Ram Nath Kovind, 15 people arrested for sedition in Madhya Pradesh for celebrating Pakistan’s Champions Trophy victory and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for[...]

The National Democratic Alliance announced former Bihar governor Ram Nath Kovind as its presidential candidate in the run-up to presidential elections next month, leaving the till-then united opposition in disarray.Journalist and author Urmilesh joins Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande and Atul Chaurasia to discuss how media was left wondering on Modi-Shah’s choice for the[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weeklyround-up of sports. Samar feels that the initial Pakistan defeat iswhy they came all guns blazing this time around. They also think thatVirat Kohli needs to work on his captaincy skills a little more . Inthe world of badminton, they discuss how India is becoming a[...]

“I have not seen a liar Chief Minister like him [Shivraj Singh Chouhan] in my entire lifetime,” Shiv Kumar Sharma said. The farmer leader has reason to be upset and angry at the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister: The Chouhan government, he said, has made hundreds of announcements in the past but never implemented it.Sharma is[...]

Vivek Kaul, author & economist, speaks to Anand Ranganathan about his new book, India's Big Government: The Intrusive State & How It's Hurting Us. Kaul talks about the Indian economy, employment and labour reforms. He also speaks on loan waivers to farmers -- is it a feasible solution?Also, how much of the maxim "government has[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the complete episode where we discuss Amit Shah's chatur Baniya remark, farmers protests, loan waivers announced by the state governments and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amit Shah, Bharatiya Janata Party's president, called Gandhi a 'chatur baniya' and that kicked up quite a storm in the media. Did Shah's remark get unnecessary media attention or was it important to discuss the implications of it considering the position he holds? T R Vivek, journalist and author, joins the Hafta gang to discuss[...]

This week Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the Rajkummar Rao and Shruti Haasan starrer, Behen Hogi Teri. Is it worth a watch? They also discuss the trailers of Akshay Kumar's Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Kushan Nandy's Babumoshai Bandookbaaz and Marvel's Black Panther. CNN dumping Reza Aslan for his anti-Trump tweet also finds a mention.[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. Samar feels that Rafael Nadal is only a clay court legend but Rahul feels he is one of the all time greats. In the world of cricket, they think South Africa, as a team just dont seem to deliver. Their differ when[...]

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On June 11, after more than 10 days of protests by farmers, the Maharashtra government announced it would waive all farm loans. Farmers demanding loan waivers have been agitating in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh as well, where the protests turned violent resulting in the death of five farmers in a police shooting.In light of these developments,[...]

Historian Rana Safvi talks to Newslaundry about Dastan-e-Ghadar, an eyewitness account of the Revolt of 1857 by Zahir Dehlvi, who was an established poet as well as an official of the Emperor’s court. Safvi describes the communal harmony in the city prior to the revolt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quartz Asia bureau chief Tripti Lahiri speaks to Vivek Gopal about her book 'Maid in India’ that explores the murky, unregulated world of domestic work in India. She discusses the shift in prevailing attitudes regarding labour, its often gendered recognition and ways in which power dynamics are internalised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more[...]

Arun Shourie, former Union Minister, economist, journalist and author, discusses his latest book Two Saints: Speculations Around and About Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi. The concept of the book is to bridge the gap between inner consciousness and science. Shourie explains his attempts at understanding faith and the psychological impact of belief. He and Trehan[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the complete episode where we discuss CBI raids at Prannoy Roy's residence, farmers’ protest in Madhya Pradesh and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The week started with the news of Central Bureau of Investigation raiding the residence of NDTV Co-Founder Prannoy Roy. Questions were raised on the motivation of the raids -- is the government trying to muzzle dissenters? Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire, joins us as we analyse the CBI's case against NDTV. We also[...]

This week Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the much heralded Wonder Woman with Gal Gadot and also Konkona Sen Sharma’s directorial debut, Death in the Gunj. The two also try to decipher the trailer for Sridevi’s new film, MOM. Then there’s comedian Kathy Griffin’s photoshoot with a decapitated Donald Trump and the resulting fallout,[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of all things sports. Khan and Puri dissect the problem with the ICC Champions Trophy. They also discuss the India-Pakistan rivalry, and how diluted it's become. Both agree that the ICC has not been able to showcase the One Day International cricket. Turning to[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the complete episode where we discuss India's economic growth, the fiasco in Aligarh Muslim University; the legacy of KPS Gill and a lot more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India's fourth-quarter GDP growth fell to 6.1 per cent, lower than China's. What are the methods used to gauge GDP numbers? Are there any flaws in the whole process? Journalist & economist Mihir Sharma joins Abhinandan Sekhri, Atul Chaurasia, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande as we delve into India's GDP growth. We also discuss, the[...]

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This week Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss Wasim Akram's acting skill in Geo Tv's new ad. The two also weigh in on the documentary An Insignificant Man based on Arvind Kejriwal, Netflix's Brad Pitt and Ben Kingsley starrer War Machine. Ofcourse, then there's Priyanka Chopra's apperance on "Dirty Laundry" and Shiv Aroor's debut novel[...]

For the past four weeks, western Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur had been on the boil. What might have begun as a power struggle between the Thakur and Dalit communities in Shabirpur village in Saharanpur, has now become a full blown inter-caste war.On May 5, over 25 houses in Shabirpur were burnt by around 1,000-1,500 attackers from[...]

Shiv Aroor, consulting editor, India Today speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri about his debut novel, Operation Jinnah--a military thriller set in Kashmir, New Delhi and New York. Aroor explains how he started covering the defense beat and his obsession with military forces and combat operations, how difficult writing a fictional account of military operations based on[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. Samar and Rahul feel that Manchester United's Europa Cup win has saved José Mourinho's job as the team's manager. In the world of tennis, they discuss the new partnership between Novak Djokovic and Andre Agassi and whether this could bring Djokovic's focus[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the complete episode where we discuss the menace of fake news and how Newslaundry fell for it, a series of clashes between Thakurs and Dalits in Saharanpur, Arun Jaitley's defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal and more.[...]

Early this week, we republished an article from Fair Observer that was based on a false report, attributing fake quotes to Arundhati Roy. In this episode of NL Hafta, the Newslaundry team of Abhinandan Sekhri, Atul Chaurasia, Anand Vardhan and Manisha Pande take stock of our current editorial filters and discuss the challenges fake news[...]

This week, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss recent releases Half Girlfriend & Hindi Medium, the Indian remake of Rambo starring - wait for it - Tiger Shroff, Netflix's A Very Secret Service. Also, Ketan Mehta's legal notice to Kangana for ‘hijacking’ his film on Rani of Jhansi, Anupam Kher's new show on Republic TV.[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. Samar and Rahul feel that Real Madrid's La Liga win is surely be a jewel in the crown for the coach Zinedine Zidane. In the world of cricket, they talk about the recently concluded IPL season and find it to me dominated[...]

English news channels are at war with Republic TV. News Broadcasting Association (NBA) files a complaint against Arnab Goswami's new channel and accuses Republic of carrying multiple frequencies across genres. But is this the first time that any channel has resorted to such tricks to gain TRPs? Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the complete episode where we discuss Times Now's criminal complaint against Arnab Goswami for theft, International Court of Justice's order staying Kulbhshan Jadhav's Execution and the repercussions it will have, CBI raids at P Chidambaram and[...]

Dhirendra K Jha, veteran political journalist, speaks to Atul Chaurasia about his new book, Shadow Armies: Fringe Organisations and Foot Soldiers of Hindutva. Jha discusses how he chose these 8 organisations [four within the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS)], how they function on ground and the difficulties he had to face while reporting for this book.[...]

This week, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss Meri Pyaari Bindu, the trailer for Kangana Ranaut's Simran and the resultant controversy around it. The two also weigh in on Netflix's Get Me Roger Stone and Miss Sloane. And they'd be amiss if they didn't discuss Justin Beiber's performance in India, and how disappointing it was.[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. This week they discuss the French Open and if any player could pose a challenge to Rafael Nadal who is posed to win his tenth Roland Garros title. The two also wonder if the absence of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova would[...]

Last week Arnab Goswami launched his channel Republic TV and we can't stop watching him as he announces scoop after scoop. Samrat, author and columnist joins the hafta gang this week to talk about Arnab Goswami and his style of journalism. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan also discuss the[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the complete episode where Samrat joins us to discuss to discuss Republic TV's launch, the blasphemy case against Stephen Fry, Kapil Mishra's corruption allegations against Arvind Kejriwal and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. Will Juventus be able to stop the Madrid juggernaut in the Champions League finals? Are the EPL and IPL top 4s a done deal? Oh, and the Joker has a brand new team. All this and more on this week's Just Sports.[...]

On self-censorship, almost always being in the pink, the future of ‘alternative media’ and her favourite publication. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aman Sethi speaks to Manvi Dhillon about his book, azaadi, oral history, breaking from the journalistic trope, being obsessed with what people “do”, suspension of judgment while writing and making A Free Man as “porous” as possible, hitting the circuit and returning to journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss the trailers for Salman Khan's Tubelight and Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk. Then there are ads to discuss, from Tata Tea's Jaago Re ad campaign to the Skore condom one, featuring Chris Gayle. The two also go over the furore over Stephen Colbert's homophobic Donald Trump joke and the[...]

It was World Press Freedom Day on May 3 and we kick off this week's Hafta with a discussion on the current state of media in India, especially the television news media -- did Arnab Goswami kill TV journalism? Atul Chaurasia, executive editor at Newslaundry, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan,[...]

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This week, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, the trailers for Behan Hogi Teri, Baywatch and ALT Balaji's latest show The Test Case. And of course, there are so many ads to discuss, from Heineken to Shan Food's, created by Ogilvy India and Ogilvy Pakistan. They also weigh in on Vir[...]

On 6th of December in 1992, 16th-century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished. 25 years after the mosque was razed to the ground, Supreme Court of India ruled that L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti will be tried for criminal conspiracy last week. But Jai Bhagwan Goyal of Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena says[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They discuss the fierce competition in the Premier League, the difficult English weather and why teams from the Premier League seem to do well domestically but struggle in Europe.They also talk about the fairytale win of Aizwal FC in the I-League, and[...]

Raghu Rai, one of India's most well-known photographers, with five decades of experience, speaks to Madhu Trehan about his latest book Saint Teresa of Calcutta: A Celebration of Her Life & Legacy. Rai also discusses working closely with Indira Gandhi, covering the Jayaprakash Narayan movement and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the relationship he shared with[...]

This week on Hafta, we have Deepanjana Pal joining us on special demand along with Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande. The Hafta gang discusses the Sukma attack where 25 CRPF personnel were killed by Maoists. The team reviews the media coverage this received and the lack of reportage from Sukma. We[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the complete episode where Deepanjana Pal joins us to discuss Amit Shah's Mission Bengal, Sukma attack and its media coverage and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. This week they wade into the Messi vs Ronaldo debate in the wake of El Clásico; Maria Sharapova's return and what this means for tennis. They also discuss the rising crop of young players and their impact on this year's IPL. All[...]

This week Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss The Zookeeper's Wifeand Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Noor, which is based on Saba Imtiaz's novel Karachi, You're Killing Me!The two also discuss Deepika Padukone's new coke ad, Netflix's 13 Reasons Why and Prayaag Akbar's book, Leila. All this and more discussed and dissected in this episode of the Awful[...]

The Chhattisgarh police picked up Bastar-based journalist Santosh Yadav on September 29, 2015, when his youngest daughter was a month old. With tears in his eyes, Yadav says, “My daughter doesn’t even recognise me.” His bail plea was rejected twice by the Jagdalpur Court and Bilaspur High Court. Reportedly, the court denied him bail on[...]

NDTV anchor Sunetra Choudhury speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri about her book Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India's Most Famous. Featuring the stories of Peter Mukerjea, Amar Singh, Pappu Yadav, A Raja and many others. Choudhury discusses the emotional cost of being a journalist, how to remain hopeful and the difference in life behind bars between[...]

Prayaag Akbar speaks to Madhu Trehan about his book Leila. Is Leila Muslim or Hindu? He cracks open the economic divide that creates psyche separations. Do we now have to live in the shadow of vigilantism? Is there any place in the world that is safe? Divisiveness is now official all over the world. Hosted[...]

Retired Lieutenant General HS Panag speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri on several issues including that of the 'stone pelter' tied as a human shield on a military vehicle in Kashmir. They discuss how the incident, and Panag's tweet, referring to it as haunting both the Army and the nation forever, sparked much controversy. They speak about[...]

One of this week’s most significant stories was pertaining to the Babri Masjid demolition case. LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti will now be tried for criminal conspiracy and the Hafta team discusses what bearings this would have on the BJP and 2019 General Elections. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, editor of Economic and Political[...]

One of this week’s most significant stories was pertaining to the Babri Masjid demolition case. LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti will now be tried for criminal conspiracy and the Hafta team discusses what bearings this would have on the BJP and 2019 General Elections. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, editor of Economic and Political[...]

This week, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss Vidya Balan's Begum Jaan and what went wrong with the film. The duo also discusses a short film produced by the India Today Group, This Bloody Line, Raveena Tandon's Maatr woes, Asha Parekh's autobiography, The Hit Girl with a forward written by Salman Khan. And of course[...]

After 22 long years, Chelsea and John Terry decided to part times. Rahul and Samar pay tribute to the former captain in this special football episode. The two also pick their winners from the Champions League matches and ruminate if Chelsea is choking in their run to the title. Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See[...]

There have been few things as hotly debated as Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs). Science has been circling the subject for years. Shruti Muralidhar, Abhishek Chari and Navneet Vasistha give you the lowdown on GMOs-the science, the laws, the regulations and why they can't be dismissed outright. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the complete episode where strategic affairs analyst Sushant Sareen joins us to discuss French newspaper Libération's editorial judgement in publishing a picture of Syrian children who were victims of a chemical attack, Sudarshan TV Editor-in-Chief Suresh[...]

The French newspaper Libération published on its front page the image of Syrian children who were victims of a chemical attack. Strategic affairs analyst, Sushant Sareen and the Hafta-gang wonders if they'd ever run such images about tragedies that take place on their own soil. Besides that, Sareen, joins Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan,[...]

This week, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss This American Life and Serial's new podcast, S-Town. Sekhri explains why every journalist should listen to this podcast. The duo also discuss Pepsi's new ad which they had to pull down and the trailers of Half Girlfriend and Noor. Finally, Sen and Sekhri talk about the recently-concluded[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. This week, they analyse the first week of the Indian Premier League and talk about the US Masters. In addition, Khan and Puri discuss the legacy of Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan and why they feel it's the end of the road for[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak to the complete episode where we discuss beef politics, public health care in India, Jethmalani vs Arun Jaitley & lots more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Rajasthan's Alwar, a diary farmer, Pehlu Khan was killed by a cow vigilante group affiliated to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal, on the suspicion that he was smuggling cows. Yet ministers like Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi are refuting the existence of such groups or incidents-why is that? Ullekh NP, Executive Editor, of[...]

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss Rahul Bose's Poorna, Ayushmann Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra's Meri Pyaari Bindu. The two also debate Marna Mana Hai, an episode from the web series "Phir Se Ramsay", written and directed by Sasha Ramsay. Pal had lots to say about the new Vicks' ad Generations of Care and[...]

The tenth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) kickstarts this week and Rahul Puri and Samar Khan could not be more excited. However, they are a bit worried about this season, as a couple of Indian, as well as foreign cricketers have taken time off to prepare for the Champions Trophy that kicks off immediately[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the episode where we discuss the case of The Quint journalist Poonam Agarwal being booked under the Official Secrets Act, UP's Anti-Romeo Squads, the finance bill & lots more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more[...]

Poonam Agarwal, a journalist with The Quint, was recently booked under the Official Secrets Act after an army jawan allegedly committed suicide because of her ‘exposé’ of the sahayak system in the army. While The Quint should have been better and swifter to respond, why isn't the rest of the media outraging over this? Raghu[...]

Last week, two 'lady-oriended' movies, to quote the Central Board of Certification, were released and of course our two culture vultures have a lot to say about both of them. Rajyasree Sen was surprised to find she really enjoyed Anuskha Sharma's new film with Diljit Dosanjh, Phillauri. Deepanjana Pal has a few bubbles to burst[...]

Despite India's win in the four-match India vs Australia Test series, Virat Kohli's behaviour is all that anyone can focus on. Lionel Messi gets banned for four games and Argentina struggle without him. Is this the year that Ferrari makes a Formula One comeback? Rahul Puri and Samar Khan discuss all this and more on[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak to the complete episode where we discuss the 17 amendments to the finance bill, Yogi Adityanath’s elevation to the post of Uttar Pradesh chief minister & lots more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley snuck in 27 amendments in the 31-page long Finance Bill. Some of these remove the cap on political contributions from corporations, also doing away with the requirement to disclose the name of the party to which contributions are made. It also empowers IT officials to raid people without disclosing the reason[...]

This week, there are beasts and heroes popping up all over the world of pop culture. The new version of Disney's Beauty and the Beast is raking in the moolah across the world. Find out what Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen thought of the retelling of this beloved fairy tale. Hint: they're not very impressed[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round up of sports. This week they discuss Australia's performance in the third Test against India at Ranchi. The two also had advice for Indian captain Virat Kohli. Moving on to football, they talk about the Champions Leagues' clash between Zidane and Ancelotti. Khan and[...]

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Economist Arun Kumar talks to Abhinandan Sekhri about his book, Understanding The Black Economy And Black Money in India. Kumar explains why demonetisation did not have a compelling effect on the growth, how black money is calculated, and how movements can bring change in India. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abhinandan Sekhri speaks to Dr Vishal Rao, a Bangalore-based oncologist, who has developed a voice prosthesis called Aum that can help throat cancer patients speak after surgery. And unlike the expensive ones available in the market today, this device will cost Rs. 50.The two also discuss the obstacles facing healthcare in India and what it[...]

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Bharatiya Janata Party made a clean sweep in the recent UP assembly elections, but practically no one in the media called it. What gives? Mayawati alleged the EVMs had been tampered and this allegation was echoed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal later when he spoke to the press about Aam Aadmi Party's dismal performance[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak into the episode in which we discussed the recent assembly election results, Bharatiya Janata Party’s clean sweep in Uttar Pradesh elections, sexual harrassment allegations against The Viral Fever’s Arunabh Kumar and more of the week's news. Hosted[...]

Let's Talk About... has gone behind the paywall, but because we love our listeners, here's a sneak peak into the latest episode. Here's Let's Talk About: Privacy. Privacy -- is it a personal or a policy issue? The dictionary defines privacy as a state in which one is free of attention and today, that state[...]

Privacy -- is it a personal or a policy issue? The dictionary defines privacy as a state in which one is free of attention and today, that state is harder and harder to achieve. Our privacy is often being invaded without us even realising it and many shrug at this fate. "What do I have[...]

What, dear listener, is freedom? Is it the aghori rolling around on the banks of the Ganges so that the American camera crew films him? Is it watching Lipstick Under My Burkha? Is it something that Randeep Hooda and his curly beard will give you? This week, Rajyasree Sen and Deepanjana Pal ponder on all[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round up of sports. This week, they preview the third test between India and Australia. They also talk about the DRS drama that refuses to die down despite Indian withdrawing the complaint. Khan and Puri also discuss FC Barcelona's spectacular comeback in the Champions League[...]

Voting in all the five states have concluded, and as we wait for the results to be announced, news channels are busy predicting the results. Some news channels are relying on pollsters and some are asking parrots and tarot card readers. But can anyone actually predict the results? Saurabh Dwivedi, editor, TheLallantop.com, joins us on[...]

Chances are, you know journalist, author and economist Mihir Sharma. You've read his columns, dissecting social, cultural and political phenomena. You've seen the tweets in which he highlights some news, debunks myths or gets into an argument. Who better to discuss the role of technology and journalists in this hi-tech future? At Jaipur Literature Festival,[...]

This week #justsports discuss India’s win in the Bangalore test match and Virat Kohli's comments on the use of the Decision Review System. Rahul Puri and Samar Khan argue if cricket is ready to make a comeback in Pakistan, and the worth of promises made by politicians to winning athletes. The two also debate the[...]

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss Hugh Jackman's latest film, Logan. It's Wolverine's last stand and both our culture vultures gave the films two thumbs up. They also discuss Karan Johar blaming Kangana Ranaut for playing the victim card and nepotism in Bollywood. Also, Johar is now a father, which is a good[...]

Manu Joseph, a journalist, novelist and the former editor of OPEN magazine speaks to Editor in Chief Madhu Trehan about journalism in India, Post-Truth and the rise of the right and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

British journalist Luke Harding is the foreign correspondent for The Guardian, and has also served as South Asia Bureau chief in Delhi.To his distinction, he was deported from Russia because his reports upset the Putin administration. He speaks to Editor in Chief Madhu Trehan about the freedom to report, the era of President Donald Trump[...]

The Halfta gang discuss how the debates surrounding Gurmehar Kaur's appeal for peace amidst the chaos of the Ramjas College protests is indicative of all that is wrong with mainstream television journalism in India. Our panelists Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande, Deepanjana Pal are on fire. Joining them is Sandeep Bamzai, Editor-in-Chief[...]

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen go from Bollywood to Oscars, to films the Central Board of Film Certification doesn't want you to watch. Find out what Pal thought of Rangoon. Hear them weigh in on the controversy surrounding the award-winning film, Lipstick under my Burkha. AIB has a new video titled A Woman's[...]

In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared post-truth as word of the year. The word post-truth dominated debates during the recent American President elections. It’s been bandied about in debates and in essays, but, what exactly does post-truth mean? Is it destructive and damaging? Is there a solution? In this episode of Let’s Talk About, Madhu Trehan,[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round up of sports.This week, they talk about how overconfidence killed the Indian team in the Pune Test and how that could be their Achilles heel going forward. Khan even goes on to make a bold prediction of the final score. Puri and Khan give[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peek into what was discussed on this episode. We talk about ABVP’s clash with AISA students at Ramjas College, PM Narendra Modi’s kabristan vs shamshan remark and Shobha De’s attempt to troll the Mumbai police. All this and[...]

Students of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and All India Students Association (AISA) clashed during protests after the cancellation of Umar Khalid’s talk at Ramjas College. A Delhi University professor was roughed up, students were assaulted and a few journalists were attacked too. We have Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande[...]

It’s a very special episode this week because Jerry Pinto joins Rajyasree Sen and Deepanjana Pal, all the way from America. Pinto has written a new novel, Murder in Mahim. Set in Mumbai, the novel begins with a dead body that’s found in a local train station toilet. As the bodies pile up, it falls[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round up of all things sporty. This week, they talk about Indian Premier League auctions and the crazy amounts of money being spent on 'buying' cricketers. Speaking of cricket, Shahid Afridi has announced his retirement again. Does he meant it or will he do another[...]

Last year, we started the NL Sena initiative, where you, our readers and subscribers, help us to do stories that are important, expensive and deserve to be told. The first NL Sena project was titled The Curious Case of the Bellary Brothers, and was born out of our curiosity to know more about the secrets[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peek into what was discussed on this episode. Neha Dixit joined us and we talked about Uttar Pradesh elections, Narendra Modi taking digs at media, Sagarika Ghose's attempt at humour, and lots more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy[...]

Uttar Pradesh is going through legislative elections, but the media has been busy with the political fiasco that's been unfolding in Tamil Nadu. The action in UP elections hasn't enjoyed as much spotlight on prime time news as a result. Independent journalist Neha Dixit joins us this week on Hafta to talk about the profile[...]

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen have everything from books to award shows on their mind. Find out what they thought of Adele, James Corden and Beyonce's performances at the Grammys. Sen has a crush on Stephen Fry and she might just be turning into a fan of Akshay Kumar after watching Jolly LLB[...]

Let's Talk About... has gone behind the paywall, but because we love our listeners, here's a sneak peak into the second part of our deep dive into the Kashmir conundrum. This time, we look at the issue of protests and how they're quelled in one of the most turbulent parts of India. We speak to[...]

It was once described by poet Amir Khusro as paradise on earth, but in the 21st century, Kashmir is better described as paradise lost. The conflict in Kashmir is perhaps the most complex issue of our times. From a northern kingdom to a region ravaged by insurgency, it has suffered generations of unrest and turbulence.[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round up of all things sporty. This week, they talk about spot fixing in cricket and the latest scandal involving the Pakistan Cricket Board.Khan and Puri also discuss the BCCI's attitude towards blind cricket despite India having won the world championship twice. They also examine[...]

A lot has been happening in Chennai. Current Chief Minister Panneerselvam has revolted against J Jayalalithaa loyalist Sasikala and has refused to vacate the chief minister's post for her. The regular Hafta gang, that is, Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Deepanjana Pal and Manisha Pande are joined by Dhanya Rajendra, editor-in-chief of The News[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s little sneak peak of the episode where we discuss the political drama unfolding in Tamil Nadu, The Telegraph lay-offs and lots more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen are unimpressed by Badrinath Ki Dulhania but giddy with excitement about Phillauri, Anushka Sharma's new film. Find out what Sen thought of the most expensive film tonne made in China – The Great Wall, starring Matt Damon. There's a brand new series on Netflix - Lemony Snicket's A[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round up of all things sporty. This week, they discuss Leicester City's relegation battle, Alastair Cook's legacy and his captaincy. Puri is surprised by Cook's decision to step down but finds it appropriate. The two also talk about ICC's proposed format for test match world[...]

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak to the complete episode where we discuss Union Budget, the US’s immigration ban, attack on Sanjay Leela Bhansali and lots more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Union Budget was announced this week and we discuss some key highlights of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s speech. The regular Hafta gang, that is Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Deepanjana Pal and Manisha Pande, are joined by journalist Vivek Kaul who tells us if this Budget is different from the previous ones. The[...]

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss Sanjay Leela Bhansali being assaulted and the demands of the Karni Sena that is offended by Bhansali's Padmavati. Did you think there would come a day when a Hindu Right-leaning group would raise hell to defend the honour of a Sri Lankan princess as imagined by a[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round up of all things sporty. This week, they talk about two of the greatest tennis players of all time, Roger Federer and Serena Williams. Khan and Puri also discuss the devaluation of FA Cup. Nobody seems to be taking it seriously these days. The[...]

It was once described by poet Amir Khusro as paradise on earth, but in the 20th century, Kashmir is better described as paradise lost. The conflict in Kashmir is perhaps the most complex issue of our times. From a northern kingdom to a region ravaged by insurgency, it has suffered generations of unrest and turbulence.In[...]

Five states are gearing up for legislative assembly elections next month, including Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Goa. Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of The Caravan, joins us on this episode to talk about the ground situation in Punjab, while. Kishalay Bhattacharjee, consulting editor of Newslaundry, tells us about Manipur elections. Along with Bal[...]

From this episode, NL Hafta goes behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak to the complete episode where we discuss upcoming assembly elections, SRK’s edit piece in Indian Express and lots more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss a new Netflix documentary called The Karma Killings, a new Samsung ad featuring Dangal star Sanya Malhotra, the West Bengal tourism ad featuring Shah Rukh Khan and his new film Raees. And finally, they talk about Vikram Bhatt's new web series Maaya. All this and more is[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round up of all things sporty. This week they discuss the dropping standards of refereeing in the football's English Premier League. Is this reflected in the results, like Liverpool and Tottenham dropping points? Liberty Media took over F1 as Bernie Ecclestone made an exit. What[...]

This week, we launch our new, fortnightly podcast, Let’s Talk About. In this series, we bring you nuanced explorations into one subject in every episode. No short cuts, no crash courses, but a deep dive that offers you perspective. The first subject we consider is Kashmir, coveted by two countries and home to one of[...]

Since the Supreme Court's ban on Jallikattu, the people of Tamil Nadu have taken to the streets (read beach) to protest against it. On this episode, we have Ramanathan S of The News Minute to joins us and shed some light on the sport and provide context for the protests. On the panel we have[...]

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Haraamkhor, and Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor’s Ok Jaanu. They also talk about Sankalp Reddy’s The Ghazi Attack which, as claimed by the makers, is the first Indian film based on and shot inside a submarine. But guess what? They’re wrong. They discuss Karan[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round up of everything sports. This week they discuss the English Premier League-- and Khan and Puri debate their top four picks. India beats England in the first One Day International (ODI) under Virat Kohli’s captaincy. The duo discuss if there has ever been a[...]

The Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking a probe into the Sahara and Birla diary entries, and Madhu Trehan has the mother of all conspiracy theories about them. Why didn't the apex court find these diaries worth investigating? Speaking of investigations, Tej Bahadur Yadav, a Border Security Force’s (BSF) jawan put up a video showing[...]

Who are trolls? What motivates them and why do they hate journalists so much. Author and journalist Swati Chaturvedi speaks to Manisha Pande about her bestselling book I Am A Troll, her encounters with over 30 trolls who said they worked for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s social media cell, and more. Watch. Hosted on Acast.[...]

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss whether Sansui Stardust Awards compare to the Golden Globes. If you thought that everyone in Bollywood had copped out of making a statement, let Sen tell you how Riteish Deshmukh and Abhishek Bachchan did their bit. Sen and Pal are excited about Rangoon -- listen and find[...]

The year's first episode and Samar and Rahul discuss all the things to look forward to in 2017--From what looks like the beginning of the Virat Kohli era , to the Djokovic and Murray rivalry. The year is filled with possibilities. The duo discuss their top four English Premier League predictions and much more... Hosted on Acast. See[...]

Columnist and author Arnab Ray, better known as Greatbong, joins us for this episode of Hafta. Samajwadi Party made headlines thanks to Mulayam and Akhilesh keeping feuds in the family. Is all this staged and if it is, who benefits from it? There are many differing points of view on the case of the Board[...]

The new year is here, and so are our culture vultures, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen. Can Raees do what Dangal did? Also, what's this new avatar that Ranveer Singh has in the new Thumbs Up ad? And if you've been wondering why Hrithik Roshan is dancing in a detergent ad, Sen has an explanation.[...]

So it’s ​the ​centenary episode of NL Hafta​ and i​t had to be special right? ​Well, it was all that and more. Six of our subscribers from different parts of the world​ joined our regular panel​.​ Listen to how they took the floor and took our panel to​ the​ cleaners,​ elegantly. Our usual suspects Abhinandan[...]

This week,​Abhinandan Sekhri ​joins Deepanjana Pal on the podcast, which means we need to preface this with an advisory: some of the language this time is, ummm, strictly PG-16. ​Find out what Pal has to say about the criticism that some feminists had for Dangal​ ​and Sekhri's favourite film of the year. ​Find out which[...]

​It's that time again when we look back fondly at the year that's almost past. This week​,​ Samar Khan and Rahul Puri recall ​the wins, the fails, the highs and the lows of 2016​'s sporting scene. ​From ​BCCI ​and Supreme Court ​going head to head at home, to Leicester City ​premier league ​on foreign shores,[...]

Josy Joseph, National Security Editor of The Hindu, joins us on this episode of NL Hafta to talk about the state of the nation, his book A feast of Vultures and the defamation suit that Jet Airways has filed against Joseph. He's got some great advice for journalists as well as sharp insights into how[...]

What's in a movie trailer? When it comes to Subhash Kapoor’s Jolly LLB 2 and Anurag Basu’s Jagga Jassoos, a lot. Rajyasree Sen and Deepanjana Pal talk about moustaches and other curiosities as they dissect these newly-released trailers. Both of them are fans of Madonna’s speech, delivered after the pop icon won BillBoard’s Woman of[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round-up. This week they discuss football matches over the last weekend, January transfer window: is it even relevant? Indian Premier League and players who were let go. Finally, a little on the state of hockey in India, and why it needs more attention and resources.[...]

Why have journalists become punching bags for politicians? And why are some scribes choosing to remain silent on this? Ravish Kumar of NDTV India joins us on Hafta this week. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande and our guest talk about Rahul Gandhi’s claim of evidence against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “personal[...]

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen start off with Aditya Chopra’s Befikre, the bizarre characterisation & whether Ranveer Singh & Vaani Kapoor have done a good job. Also, Ok Jaanu’s trailer about yet another couple having premarital sex, Shah Rukh Khan telling us to be his guest in Dubai in a new ad film,[...]

Text Body: Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty roundup. This week they discuss the UEFA Champions League match lineup--Arsenal are to go up against Bayern Munich; is Arsenal just jinxed? The two also ponder why only goal scorers are awarded the FIFA Ballon d'Or; does the rest of the team not[...]

On this week's Hafta, our columnist TS Sudhir joins the regular panel of Madhu Trehan, Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan and Deepanjana Pal. Sudhir has been providing some of the best updates and reports on how Jayalalithaa's final days unfolded and he gives us all the news from the Southern front. Did Jayalalithaa really pass away[...]

It's NSFW time on our pop culture podcast, courtesy DJ and producer Nanok's Lay You Down. Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen have a few questions and a little disagreement about the video that shows Monica Dogra and Anushka Manchanda making out in proud, gay abandon. Also on the podcast, our two culture vultures discuss whether[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty roundup. This week on Just Sports, they discuss the English Premier League, the latest El Clásico, governance issues in football and why politicians run sports all over the world. Also, Tiger Woods is back! But can the legendary golfer keep his performance consistent? Within a[...]

Deepanjana Pal And Rajyasree Sen watched Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani 2 for you and the film, unlike its predecessor, hasn't really scored highly for either of them. Find out all the twist and tales in the plot, whether no make-up is equal to great acting and whether Arjun Rampal's handsome face saves the day. There are[...]

The year is winding down, but the pace of news isn't slowing down any. Join Abhinandan Sekhri, Madu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Deepanjana Pal as they discuss this week's headline makers. Six prisoners broke out of Nabha Central Jail, a maximum security facility that magnanimously allows its prisoners to update their Facebook status[...]

The aliens have landed, Shah Rukh Khan has redefined therapy, Pakistani women are saying "Beat Me" -- so much to dissect, so little time. This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss Gauri Shinde’s Dear Zindagi, the trailer of Martin Scorsese’s Silence and two short films. Tisca Chopra is the star of Chutney, according to[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round up. This week on Just Sports, they discuss who was the greater midfielder--Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard or Paul Scholes? José Mourinho's latest meltdown; aren't they occurring a little too often? And finally, we have a new Formula 1 racing champion, Nico Rosberg. Talking about[...]

The Indore Patna Express train tragedy is one of the worst rail accidents India has suffered, with 146 lives lost and many injured. Should there have been more news on this rather than demonetisation? Should the Indian Railways not face more heat from the media? Kanchan Gupta, Commissioning Editor & Commentator, ABP News, joins us[...]

Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen are back with their weekly entertainment roundup. This week, Pal and Sen go from concert to movie to a ​N​etflix series​,​ to a cooking show​ with Zarine Khan​ and finally to ads​ that make them go hmm​. Amit Gurbaxani, co-founder and chief editor of​ The Daily Pao​, ​is a special[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round up. This week on Just Sports, they discuss how sportsmen are held to a different standard of behaviour given the hue and cry after Wayne Rooney gatecrashed a wedding. Does Andy Murray deserve to be the number one after his most recent win? And[...]

This week we are joined by journalist Vivek Kaul who is also the author of the three-part series Easy Money. We discuss demonetisation, and Sekhri seems convinced that Modi's mother standing in a queue of a bank, was a photo-op. We also talk about Vijay Mallya's loan being written off; Mamta and Kejriwal's rally against[...]

Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen have a special guest this week - Abhinandan Sekhri​, connoisseur of Punjabi pop and one of the few people who watched Rock On 2​. The three of them ​discuss the controversial PayTM ads​ and you can find out what Sekhri and Shah Rukh Khan (allegedly)​ ​have in common. There's no[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with yet another episode of Just Sports and this week they discuss the latest India vs England test match series, the first match of which India almost lost. Although the match ended in a draw, Khan and Puri wonder if Indian batsmen can handle spinners. While Khan thinks[...]

It's a very special episode of the Hafta because for the first time, we turned on both microphones and camera this week when novelist Chetan Bhagat joined us in the Newslaundry office. (If you missed yesterday's Facebook Live with Hafta, you can watch it here: https://www.facebook.com/newslaundry/videos/1152934954796459/) Lest you think video killed the podcast star, never[...]

Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen ​have watched a whole lot of television this week. Koffee with Karan, with Alia Bhatt and Shah​ ​Rukh Khan​, had Pal rolling her eyes and Sen a little worried about Khan's multiple orgasms.​ ​There's another Star show that's got our critics' attention: ​P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke, ​which is director Nikhil[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round up. This week on Just Sports, they discuss the tough battle ahead for the top 4 teams in the English Premier League, the upcoming India vs England test cricket series, and why Australia can’t maintain their performance when it comes to test matches. And[...]

We open this episode of Hafta with a celebratory shout out to Manisha Pande and Sandeep Pai's 5-part investigative report that won the Ramnath Goenka Award! This week Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande are joined by Sandeep Pai, as they discuss the speeches of Narendra Modi and Indian Express Editor Raj Kamal[...]

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil created quite a buzz and now that it is out in theatres, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen are ready with the verdict. Catch them dissect the movie and analyse the characters, language, location and everything in between. Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh trailer is a mystery on its own[...]

Back with their sporty round up, Samar Khan and Rahul Puri​ discuss why ​f​ootball cannot have more than one referee​ and​ why is there no uniform DRS (Decision Review System) in ​c​ricket across the globe​.​ ​Shouldn't technology ​level the playing field? Also, while bringing in the happy news of India beating Pakistan to win the[...]

The battle between Cyrus Mistry and Ratan Tata is getting uglier, with both sides airing laundry lists of accusations. Now that we've got Mistry's letter to Tata's trustees floating all over media, it's worth asking why no business journ alists scooped Mistry's removal? To shed more light on the news of the week, R Jagannathan,[...]

What an eventful week! From Black Mirror to a bucket full of short films, including Neeraj Pandey’s Ouch to Danny DeVito’s Curmudgeon, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen have a lot to say this week. Find out what they think of Aamir Khan’s Dangal, Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil and Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Dear Zindagi. Also, moving towards[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round up. This week on Just Sports, they discuss how José Mourinho inspired Chelsea F.C. to a thumping win, and if one-day cricket is a dying format. They also wonder if Alastair Cook will play long enough to break Sachin Tendulkar’s records? And finally, they[...]

Times Now editor in chief, Arnab Goswami gets ‘Y’ category security, news channels at loggerheads for television ratings, Arnab declares his show to be the greatest and to shed some more light on it, joining us is Sandeep Bhushan, TV journalist and a regular media critic. Madhu Trehan, Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Anand Ranganathan and Vivek Gopal[...]

Deepanjana Pal wasn't here but that didn't deter Rajyasree Sen from bringing you the next episode of Awful and Awesome, (Abhinandan Sekhri came to the rescue!). "Befikre" has 23 kisses taking place in it; Priyanka Chopra has apologised for her infamous 'traveler' t-shirt; Bigg Boss has 'commoners' this season; and what's in a (sur)name? (Hint:[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round up. This time they discuss whether José Mourinho spoiled the Manchester United vs Liverpool game by parking the bus, if physically being present on the field is enough for a sportsperson? Finally, Indian biopics of Sportspersons, why do we get to see only sanitised[...]

What makes you an anti-national? Eating beef? Asking the government for details on the surgical strike? Or running an interview with the opposition leader? Recently, NDTV chose to ride the nationalistic wave, along with other channels, and dropped Barkha Dutt’s interview with former home & finance minister P Chidambaram declaring: ‘India above politics’. Hartosh Singh[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round-up. This time around they discuss the ISL and its level of sports broadcast - why it is below standard and has the risk of becoming the IPL's poorer cousin. The also speculate on the futility of the World Cup qualifiers and if it is[...]

Should the Indian government release the video footage of the surgical strikes? Should journalists or politicians ask proof of the Indian Armed Forces’ actions? Deepanjana Pal, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande discuss the sustained media coverage of the surgical strikes as it continues to dominate news – there’s the Indian Express scoop and[...]

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round-up. At The Ryder Cup, American patriotism raised a few European hackles. Khan and Puri have questions about the Indian Super League (ISL) — is it the Indian Premier League (IPL) of Indian football and what is the ISL’s future? Also, find out more about[...]

It's a special episode this week, with author and columnist Chetan Bhagat. Bhagat joins Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen to talk about his new novel, One Indian Girl. This is the first time Bhagat's protagonist is a woman and he's written it in first person. Find out what Bhagat did to get in the average[...]

The big news this week is that for the first time that we can remember, the Indian Army admitted to having conducted a "surgical strike" along the Line of Control. Is this the mooh tod jawab that the country was waiting for after terrorist attacks like the ones we suffered in Poonch and Uri? Lieutenant[...]

What an eventful week! Bridget Jones’s Baby, the sequel to Bridget Jones’s Diary, is out. Leena Yadav’s film Parched released. Netflix’s documentary on Amanda Knox’s controversial murder charges comes out on October 1 and in celebration of the Presidential Debates in America, Audi has a brand new ad that has Rajyasree Sen and Deepanjana Pal[...]

A Manchester United nut and a Liverpool fanatic bring you all the premier league action that unfolded this weekend. Samar Khan and Rahul Puri tell you the score on all things football and cricket. Is R Ashwin the all-rounder Indian cricket has been waiting for? Khan and Puri disagree on whether Manchester United or Liverpool[...]

The recent attack in Uri on a military camp left 17 soldiers dead, many injured. Considering the general emotion floating on social media how prepared are we for war? Is going to war with Pakistan even an option? Can we really abrogate the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan? The answer to all these questions is[...]

The Emmys were historic this year, and ​Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen watched ​have some highlights for you. Katrina Kaif ​won the Smita Patil Memorial Award,​ and as far as Sen is concerned, it's not worth outraging over. Find out why. ​ ​The documentary ​Bachelor Girls​ tells ​us ​how difficult it is for single women[...]

A Manchester United nut and a Liverpool fanatic bring you all the Premier League action that unfolded over the weekend. Liverpool beat Chelsea and that old question came up again: Should Wayne Rooney be playing anymore? Does he deserve to be on the pitch? Closer home, Samar and Rahul turn their attention to the Davis[...]

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Supreme Court's notice to Karnataka regarding the Cauvery keeps both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on the edge, but was the media coverage a little too hyperbolic? Also, is 'Why no pellet guns?' a justified question? RSS generated heat with Kerala over festival myths​​ and caused a debate over what precisely is the nature of Onam.[...]

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen ​​leapfrog from critically-acclaimed ​documentary, ​​Placebo​, to the pulpy Freaky Ali.​​​There's little agreement between the two of them on the film front, but when it comes to the new music released this week, there's complete consensus. Find out what they have to say about the "Bolo Har Har" from[...]

A Manchester United nut and a Liverpool fanatic bring you all the premier league action that unfolded over the weekend. Samar Khan tells you why he thinks there is no best tennis player in the world right now, following all that happened in the US open. Rahul Puri on why the BCCI’s bullying ways will[...]

Ramachandra Guha is an historian​,​ bu​t​ ​really, he is essentially a philosopher who makes history relevant to current events. He has authored multiple books on history, cricket and the environment. Newslaundry uploads Guha's recent lecture at the Raza Foundation about the problems of freedom of expression in India. There a few men who can combine[...]

We move our focus to the South of the Vindhyas this week as columnist T S Sudhir, Hyderabad-based journalist & author, joins us on this episode of NL Hafta. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are at it again — the Cauvery dispute has escalated again, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu accepted a special package instead[...]

Is "unauthorised" basically leave to speculate? Seems that way from Yasser Usman, who has written Rekha - The Untold Story, a gossipy, breezy read. Amitabh Bachchan's letter to his granddaughters on Teacher’s Day raises a number of questions. Is it just a PR stint to promote his upcoming movie, Pink? Speaking of Pink, we've found[...]

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal fired​ MLA Sandeep Kumar ​when an ‘objectionable cd’​ showing Kumar having sex surfaced​, but should ​Kumar have been fired? ​And why is the media ​getting its knickers in a twist? ​There was a ​naked Jain monk ​in the Haryana assembly​ preaching misogyny​, Rahul Gandhi ​came out as less of a[...]

From arty films on urban life to lesbians in Indian cinema and Karan Johar's new film, there's a lot that Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen have on their minds this week. Listen up as Pal offers an explanation for why Aishwarya Rai Bachchan chose Jazbaa (and not ADHM) as her comeback film. Sen takes you[...]

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi​'s opinion that paternity leave will just be a 'holiday' ​for men​ brought out unexpected sides to all our panellists, particularly Anand Ranganathan​. ​We discuss ​OP Jaisha​'s Rio experience and how Big Media made primetime pantomime out of it. ​Over in France​, the police's crackdown on burkinis​ ​has everyone[...]

In this week’s episode, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss Chetan Bhagat’s #BeatPeBooty dance, his new novel, One Indian Girl & we even read out some parts from the book. Rohit Shetty directed Return of Ranveer Ching ad & Anouk’s Bold is Beautiful ad both leave us with one question - what on earth was[...]

​The ​PMO delet​ed ​tweets​, which was new, and the PM ​brought up Balochistan in his Independence Day Speech​, which was not new. The Amnesty issue escalated ​as did Arnab's temper on ​Newshour. Meanwhile, ​athletes like Sakshi Malik shone despite the gloom and doom that is sports infrastructure in India. Consulting editor, Anand Ranganathan ​unleashed his[...]

Did your last week go by watching uber patriotic videos that made your chest swell up to 56-inch with pride and nationalism and drove you out on the streets to celebrate the Independence Day? No, right? It went pretty much the same for Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen. In this episode, listen to them talk[...]

Is it now Modiji vs the gau rakshaks? Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his silence and came down heavily against the increasing violent attacks by gau rakshaks . But did he answer the question raised in the last episode of NL Hafta — should the fringe be taken seriously? Why are the TV news channels[...]

In this week’s episode, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen jump on the bandwagon to discuss what the world cannot stop talking about- Olympics! Dipa Karmakar wins hearts and prayers while American athletes set camp on a ship. Freaky Ali promises to educate Bollywood about golf while The Great Indian Penis Survey hits below the belt[...]

Our two consulting editors, Anand Ranganathan and Kishalay Bhattacharjee, join the Hafta panel this week. In Delhi, the big question is, where does the AAP-led government stand after Delhi High Court rooted for Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung over Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal? Madhu Trehan has some provocative ideas about rape, when she points to sexual[...]

​It's the only podcast that goes fearlessly from arty Death in the Gunj to pulpy Mamta Kulkarni. Listen up as Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen talk about ​Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, ​the newly​-​launched TV channel FYI, ​cheer for the new Ghostbusters, salute ​Mamta Kulkarni, analyse the furore over ​Melania Trump’s photos in New[...]

In this special segment, Kishalay Bhattacharjee, journalist, author & consulting editor with Newslaundry, joins Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Deepanjana Pal & Abhinandan Sekhri to discuss Michelle Obama, Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton’s speeches at the Democratic National Convention. We take a shot at guessing who the next President of the United States of America may[...]

After the apex court allowed a rape survivor to terminate her pregnancy post the mandated 20 weeks, we asked our panel: Shouldn’t abortion be a woman’s prerogative? Is it Barkha vs Arnab or the media vs Arnab? What led Irom Sharmila to break her 16-year-long fast? Why Prime Ministers, from Nehru to Modi, have continued[...]

Did you miss Comic-Con in America? Don’t worry, we have it covered for you. What is right or perhaps wrong with Tata Salt’s campaign #NamakKeWaastey? In this week’s episode, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen review Kabali, Wonder Woman’s new trailer, Sherlock Holmes Season 4 & a lot more. Plus, there’s a quiz question at the[...]

Should the media be blamed for Kashmir unrest? How should journalists report conflict? Who ordered the gag on media in Kashmir? Why have so few women politicians come out in support of Mayawati? Are Indians blind to Dalit oppression? Is Twitter a good place for sensible debates? We discuss all this and a lot more[...]

Have you wondered what Pokemon Go is doing to the way you see the world? Why does Qandeel Baloch deserve serious respect from all of us? In this week's episode, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen contemplate these questions, sex objects, Tam-Brahm boys, and more. Plus, there's a quiz question at the end. Write to us[...]

Why is Kashmir simmering? Was Burhan Wani a terrorist or a militant? How was militancy in Punjab different from what is happening in Kashmir? Was Rajdeep Sardesai caught on the wrong foot (again) with Sania Mirza? Who exactly is a thulla? Was Arunachal Pradesh another loss for the BJP after Uttrakhand? Will there be a[...]

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Who tames the Indian male? Can Sid Mallya act his pants off? Is there an ad that you should watch? From films, books, ads, magazines, to YouTube videos, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen bring you their picks from the world of culture in The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap. Sen is a consulting editor at[...]

Cabinet reshuffles, who was promoted and who was demoted? Why big media loves to hate Smriti Irani? Has The Telegraph crossed the line with their ‘Spinderella’ headline? Does the government have any business in running the media? Urmilesh, former executive editor of Rajya Sabha TV, joins us for this episode of NL Hafta. The team[...]

Communism, capitalism or socialism – what has worked? Or is it time we look beyond isms? Is Arnab Goswami above & beyond journalism? Why would China let India into NSG? M K Venu, founding editor, TheWire.in, joins us for this episode of NL Hafta to discuss these issues. The team also discusses big media houses’[...]

What will be more damaging? Rexit or Brexit? Why is BJP not able to control Swamy? Is it ok for politicians to block certain media houses? What forced Aveek Sarkar to resign? Ashok Malik, an accomplished columnist, joins us for this episode of Hafta to discuss these issues. The team also discusses the recently-announced FDI[...]

Who is a liberal? Was Gandhi a liberal? What is happening in Kairana? Is it mass exodus or mass hysteria? Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, News Editor, Scroll, joins us for this episode of NL Hafta as we discuss the news of the week. The team also talks about Kejriwal’s latest attack on PM Modi, The Indian Express’[...]

Tune into this week's NL Hafta to listen to the "khula sandh" of Indian journalism, Hartosh Singh Bal. He trashes everyone (reasonably) from AAP to BJP and little congresses of political parties in between. Mathura-returned Ishan Kukreti offers his laterally-heard scoops from the land of saints and thugs, and the panel also finds the time[...]

Tanmay Bhat's Snapchat video on Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar opened up the doors to the topic that we love to debate, but fall short on following it to a T. Do we have the freedom to exercise freedom of speech or is that too much for India to handle? As the news broke earlier[...]

Desh Gaurav Sekhri, sports attorney, columnist for Economic Times, Business Standard and author of Not Out – The incredible story of the Indian Premier League joins us for this episode of Hafta to discuss whether sports bodies should come under RTI. Has IPL helped cricket grow in India? On Hafta we discuss the CBFC refusal[...]

It's Bharatiya Janata Party's first government in Assam and the party has managed to oust Congress, which has governed the state for 15 years. How did it happen? Newslaundry's Subhabrata Dasgupta talks to journalist, political commentator and author Wasbir Hussain about how BJP was able to woo the voters in Assam to craft a historic[...]

Do​ attack​s​ on journalists reflect​ a​ growing intolerance? Should Muslims ​and Hindus be allowed to reform their respective religions​ or do they lack perspective? ​We refuse to discuss ​two years of Modi government on Hafta​. Find out why.​​ Also, is Vedanta sponsoring ​Jaipur Literature Festival in London a problem? ​And what's with this obsession with[...]

Since the first episode of Chase – Newslaundry’s documentary series in association with ScoopWhoop – has come out, Manisha Pande talks to us about her experience of exploring demonic possessions in India. Trump’s Indian fans hold a hawan ceremony for him. Trupti Desai enters Haji Ali, but doesn’t reach the sanctum sanctorum. Why is The[...]

AgustaWestland’s VVIP choppers are flying inside parliament or perhaps they're crashing? Is Kangana Ranaut a feminist icon? How seriously should you take trolls and is Rajdeep Sardesai giving them too much importance? What is Nitish Kumar cooking, since cooking has been banned during the day in parts of Bihar? Why was the Chief Justice of[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Garima Chitkara, a freelance journalist covering Asian financial markets, banking and regulation, joins us to discuss top ten names on the RBI defaulters list accessed by newslaundry. Garima and our very own Manisha Pande share their experience of working on this list. Why LIC’s name on the list of lenders[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Vivekananda Nemana tells us about his two-year-​long investigation into how malaria cases are diagnosed as "cold and flu" in India. We talk about the second round of odd-even traffic rationing in Delhi. Is it a failure? What's going on with surge pricing? Meanwhile, Giriraj Singh does it again, this time[...]

Did NDTV get it all wrong while covering the Assam elections? And what about The Times of India's example of hard-hitting journalism while covering the British royals' visit? Is there gossip in Tavleen Singh's new book? Aside from searing issues like these, we also discussed the tragic Kollam temple fire, remembered Dr BR Ambedkar on[...]

On this week's NL Hafta, we welcome our new Editor, Collaborations and Partnerships, Karuna John and discuss the latest happenings in the world. Things got heated as we sink our teeth into the Bigoted Vs Secular debate inspired by Charlie Hebdo's editorial, the importance of caste identity and more food for thought.For reference links visit[...]

Siddharth Bhatia, founder editor of The Wire, joins this week's Hafta to talk about the crisis in Uttarakhand, what became of The Sun's selfie contest and much more. From Sanjay Dutt's appeal to reform jail manuals, Shoaib Akhtar and Virendra Sehwag sniping while doing commentary, and the dangerous but ignored shortage of water in India,[...]

This week on NL Hafta, journalist and author Rahul Pandita talks about the condition of scribes in Bastar and the recent arrest of a reporter, Prabhat Singh. We talk about state intimidation in Chhattisgarh and what it means to be a stringer there. Pandita also talks about why being called a Kashmiri Pandit has more[...]

Are there times in a marriage when 'no' doesn't really mean 'no'? Is the controversy over Bharat Mata exposing India's ugly side? And what is going on with this Kangana Ranaut-Hrithik Roshan scandal? This week film critic and author ​Mayank Shekhar joins us as we weigh in on the topics that made news. From Shaktimaan[...]

This week, Hindol Sengupta, editor at large of Fortune India, joins us on Hafta ​to talk about​ Kanhaiya, Karan Johar,​ crony capitalism, crony socialism and much more. Tune in to get a new perspective on communism, and we wonder if Vijay Mallya is just another brick in the wall of unpaid bank loans. We've also[...]

What's going on with the EPF? Vivek Kaul (author, journalist and economic commentator) joins us this week and demystifies the budget. No mysteries as far as JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail order is concerned. Everyone on the team has an opinion. What is a mystery, however, is the Ishrat Jahan case and none of[...]

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Mukul Kesavan, professor of Social History at Jamia Millia Islamia University and columnist, joins us for this week’s episode of NL Hafta. The team discusses Smriti Irani’s speech in Parliament, the continuing media coverage of the JNU row and the India Today sting on the group of lawyers who beat up Kanhaiya Kumar in police[...]

This week on NL Hafta, the team discusses Aam Aadmi Party’s recent ad campaign. Should governments be spending money on ads? We also talk about the JNU row and the media coverage on it. Then we talk about nationalism and Anand Ranganathan makes the distinction between a patriot and a nationalist.For reference links visit www.newslaundry.comProduced[...]

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This week on NL Hafta, the NL team with Naresh Fernandes and Malini Subramaniam from Scroll discuss the recent attack on Malini’s house in Bastar. The question of suppressing dissent comes up once again as we see a journalist being attacked for doing her job and students at JNU being charged with sedition. David Headley’s[...]

Abhinandan Sekhri speaks with Thakur Chandan Singh, the lawyer who filed a case against Lord Ram for “cruelty” against his wife Sita. Singh wants a town to be named after Sita as compensation for the 'cruelty' she faced at the hands of Ram. Transcript can be found at: http://buff.ly/1LaH9I2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Vikas Kamal, a photojournalist with Catch News, joins us. Vikas was attacked by the Delhi police when he was covering students protesting Rohith Vemula’s death outside the RSS headquarters. We discuss the incident and police brutality in general. We also talk about the importance of a photojournalist in today’s age[...]

Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain discusses with Urmilesh of Media Manthan of Rajya Sabha TV, media critic Vineet Kumar of Mandi Mein Media fame, Siddharth Bhatia-founding editor The Wire, Sanjay Rajoura of Aisi Taisi Democracy, Bidisha Pillai of SAVE the Children India and Abhinandan Sekhri on Indian media's coverage of the global[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Kishalay Bhattacharjee, journalist and author, joins as we discuss the imposition of President’s rule in Arunachal Pradesh. This has been a week where a lot happened in the North East; a cop confessed to taking part in an alleged fake encounter at the behest of the Chief Minister in Manipur[...]

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This week on NL Hafta, Manu Joseph, former editor of Open magazine, joins us we discuss Bhupendra Chaubey’s interview of Sunny Leone. This hasn’t been a good week for journalists: former NDTV and Tehelka scribe Revati Laul was attacked in Ahmedabad; Siddharth Varadarajan was held hostage by ABVP members at Allahabad University. Varadarajan also joins[...]

Newslaundry subscribers Garima Chitkara and Amol Sharma join us for the 50th Episode of NL Hafta. In this episode, we discuss Kiku Sharda’s arrest and the Supreme Court’s stay on Jallikattu. We talk about contradictory media reports on Masood Azhar’s arrest in Pakistan and the Sabrimala temple case. Also, our guests share with us why[...]

Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain speaks to Claire Melamed of Overseas Development Institute and UN Secy General's High Level Panel on Data Revolution, Ex-Health Secretary cum Census Commissioner- Dr AR Nanda, Govindraj Ethiraj, Founder Editor of IndiaSpend and Factchecker, Prof Ramanan Laxminarayan of Public Health Foundation of India and Princeton University and[...]

Ajai Shukla, Consulting Editor (Strategic Affairs), Business Standard, joins us for this week’s Hafta, as we discuss the Pathankot attacks. Were the counter-operations successful? Or should we have done much better? And, did the media go overboard yet again? Also, what will it take for the media to report on the Northeast? Was the violence[...]

Read the story here http://www.newslaundry.com/2016/01/08/hope-and-afspa-in-manipur-journalist-anubha-bhonsles-new-book-on-the-state/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the first Hafta of the new year and we discuss what we hope to see in 2016. ​We share our take on the Free Basics debate and Facebook’s PR push for the initiative. ​Isn’t the Internet supposed to be free for all?​​The Delhi government's odd-even plan​ is in effect from today (January 1) and[...]

Development writer and international negotiations watcher, Biraj Swain discusses the WTO 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi with farmer and Farmers' Forum editor Ajay Vir Jhakar, trade analyst and journalist Devinder Sharma, Third World Network's Ranja Sengupta and CUTS International's Executive Director Bipul Chatterjee. They discuss the wins and losses at the WTO Summit, the fate[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Ramanathan S, partner and journalist at The News Minute, joins us as we discuss the Chennai flood coverage and the relief and rescue work done by the News Minute team. Then, the team moves on to discuss the new Juvenile Justice Bill. We also discuss Facebook’s campaign to push[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, we discuss the Central Bureau of Investigation raid on the Delhi secretariat and Aam Aadmi Party’s allegations against Arun Jaitley. We then move on to discuss the attention Barkha Dutt’s book has been getting on Amazon. The team debates whether the word “presstitute” is offensive or not, and we[...]

Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain discusses the recently concluded climate change conference at Paris with Mukul Sanwal, India's first chief COP negotiator, Darryl D' Monte, veteran environmental journalist, Aditi Kapoor of Alternative Futures, Raman Mehta of Climate Action Network South Asia. They discuss the outcomes of the conference, the stand-off between United[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Kanwar Sandhu, founder of Free Media Initiative, joins us as we discuss his cover story in Outlook magazine, “Confessions Of A Killer Cop”. Sandhu in his story gets Gurmeet Singh Pinky, a former “encounter specialist” of Punjab Police, to reveal in detail how hundreds were eliminated in staged killings[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Hartosh Singh Bal, Political Editor of The Caravan, joins us to discuss the magazine’s cover story on NDTV. We also talk about the Bhopal gas tragedy and the lives of the victims 31 years on. The team, then, moves on to discuss Chennai floods and how the national media[...]

R Jagannathan, former Editor-in-Chief at Firstpost, joins us this week as we discuss Aamir Khan’s statements at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards and the media coverage they received. We also talk about people boycotting Snapdeal to protest against Khan’s views. We, then, discuss Smriti Irani’s latest interview to Barkha Dutt. Jagannathan also opens[...]

Development writer and international-negotiations watcher Biraj Swain talks to Leena Meghaney of Medicines Sans Frontiers', Pradeep S Mehta of Consumer Unity Trust Society, political commentator and trade analyst Devinder Sharma and Professor Sachin Chaturvedi of Research and Information Systems for Developing countries of Ministry of External Affairs, government of India, about the upcoming 10th Ministerial[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, Prasanna Viswanathan, CEO, Sawrajya magazine joins us as we discuss the legacy of the magazine, Swatantra Party and C Rajagopalachari. Then the team moves on to discuss the Paris attack and how the Indian media covered it. Also, did Pahlaj Nihalani end up embarrassing Narendra Modi with his tribute[...]

In this episode of NL Hafta, we talk about Bihar election results and how most TV news channels got it wrong. Then we move on to talk about sections of the Sikh community boycotting Diwali to protest against the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib and the scant media coverage this received. The team also[...]

Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain discusses with D Raghunandan from Centre for Science, Technology and Development, Vijeta Rattani, Senior Researcher at Centre for Science and Environment, Ben Phillips of ActionAid International and Nitin Sethi of Business Standard the Bonn Climate Talks, the upcoming climate summit, COP 21 at Paris, the developed countries’[...]

Shivam Vij joins us on the phone from Bihar as we discuss election coverage. Vij sheds light on the current mahaul in Patna and how it may affect the results. The team discusses the various connotations of ‘tolerance’ and why it’s so important. We then discuss why the media treats Amit Shah with kid gloves.[...]

Saurav Datta, senior special correspondent at The Quint, and freelance columnist Rajyasree Sen join us for this episode of NL Hafta. The team discusses Times Now’s National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) debate and whether the NJAC is a bad idea as compared to the collegium system. We, then, go on to discuss “Award Wapsi” and[...]

Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain discusses with Prof Sanjay Reddy of New School of Social Research, New York, Prof John Clammer of UN University, Tokyo, Dipa Sinha of Right to Food Campaign, Nilachala Acharya of Centre of Budget and Governance Accountability and Prof Praveen Jha of Jawaharlal Nehru University, the definition, reasons[...]

Vipin Pubby, former Resident Editor of the Indian Express in Chandigarh, joins us to shed some light on the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab that led to violence in the state; why the mainstream media didn't pay much attention to it; and how the Punjab government has handled the situation. We then discuss[...]

In this special segment, Akshaya Mukul, journalist with The Times of India and author of the book Gita Press and The Making of Hindu India joins the Newslaundry team discuss to discuss the etymological history of “Hinduvta”. Also, how similar are Hinduism and Hinduvta? Mukul shares some insights on why the cow and women are[...]

Akshaya Mukul, journalist with The Times of India and author of the book Gita Press and The Making of Hindu India joins us to talk about his book and how he went about researching for it. Then we talk about writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards and the politics behind it. Then, has India indeed[...]

Sachin Kalbag, former editor of Mid Day and currently working on launching The Hindus’s Mumbai edition, joins us for this episode of NL Hafta. Kalbag tells us his plans to customise the newspaper to cater to Mubai’s voracious appetite for “entertainment” and yet stay true to The Hindu’s core values of good journalism. We also[...]

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Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain discusses with Samir Saran of Observer Research Foundation, Bidisha Pillai of SAVE the Children India, Amitabh Behar of National Foundation of India and Mukul Sanwal, career bureaucrat and India's chief climate negotiator at 1992 Rio the recently concluded United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Summit which were gavelled[...]

This week on NL Hafta we discuss the Dadri incident in UP where a man was beaten to death following rumours of him consuming beef. We discuss whether such crimes have become more brazen under the current government. Then we talk about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to America, his meeting with CEOs and his[...]

It’s not easy to make a film on a case that has been scrutinised to shreds. The writer and director pull it off. Read the full story here: http://www.newslaundry.com/2015/09/29/murder-most-foul-talvar-stays-close-to-real-life-and-is-gripping-from-start-to-finish/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Read the full story here: http://www.newslaundry.com/2015/09/28/encounter-insurgency-how-the-army-killed-innocents-in-the-northeast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anand Walunjkar, co-writer of Clothesline, joins us for this week’s NL Hafta. We start with the many prime-time debates over the week on Santhan Sanstha and the Prime Minister’s grievance against “seculars” that often finds expression on foreign shores. Also, has Arvind Kejriwal been harsh enough on “fugitive” Somnath Bharti? Then, we discuss whether Indian[...]

Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain discusses with Prof Sachin Chaturvedi of Ministry of External Affairs RIS, Jonathan Glennie of Save the Children-UK, Vidya Venkat of The Hindu and Paul Divakar of Asia Dalit Rights Federation on the relevance of United Nations on its 70th anniversary, in a post-2008-meltdown world. They also discuss[...]

This week on NL Hafta: the fatwa against AR Rahman, and freedom of speech in India. Also, what makes a “good” Muslim? The team also discusses corporate drafting healthcare policies in India (conflict of interest, anyone?). Then we talk about television news obsessing over the government doing away with commemorative Indira and Rajiv Gandhi stamps.[...]

This week on NL Hafta, we discuss the meat ban in Maharashtra and the Censor Board denying clearance to some recent movies. Then the team moves on to discuss the case in Gurgaon where two Nepali women were rescued from a Saudi diplomat’s house. We also discuss the Bombay High Court's order on the National[...]

The second episode of our 11-part series on the four major international development summits of the year.Development writer and international negotiations-watcher Biraj Swain, Greenpeace campaigner Priya Pillai, legal professional Saurav Datta, founder member of Association of Democratic Reforms Jagdeep Chokker, and lawyer and head of policy and research, CIVICUS, Mandeep Tiwana, discuss the rights to[...]

This week on NL Hafta, Ravish Kumar of NDTV India joins us as we discuss two of his recent blogs: What prompted him to call himself a Dalaal and why he doesn't want young journalists to idolise him. We also discuss the state of journalism schools in India and idealism in journalism. Then we discuss[...]

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This week on NL Hafta, Krishn Kaushik from The Caravan joins us as we discuss Essar’s Rs 250 crore defamation suit against The Caravan magazine and Kaushik. We try understanding why other media houses completely blacked out the story. Then the team moves on to discuss the much-talked about Indrani Mukerjea case. The team also[...]

The first episode of our 11-part series on the four major international development summits of the year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We present a new fortnightly podcast series in collaboration with Biraj Swain, supported by Save the Children India for this project. “Global Summits: Where are we going?”, is a podcast series that will cut through the jargon and break down development summits for you with experts and commentators from around the world. Hosted on Acast.[...]

This week on NL Hafta, we discuss the Comptroller and Auditor General’s audit of Delhi’s power distribution companies. We then move on to Cobrapost’s Operation Black Rain & how the English television media chose to ignore it. We also discuss PM Modi’s UAE trip & the speech he delivered to the Indian diaspora. The team[...]

This week on NL Hafta, we discuss Rahul Gandhi and Sushma Swaraj’s speeches in Parliament. We also question the opposition’s intent behind the parliamentary disruptions. We then move on to the Mumbai hotel raids and the broader problem of moral policing in the country. Has it increased ever since the Modi government came into power?[...]

This week on NLHafta we discuss the #PornBan (and the subsequent unbanning). Then the team moves on to discuss disruption in Parliament and if it was right for Sumitra Mahajan to suspend 25 Congress members of Parliament? Then we talk about the media’s eagerness to dub the terrorist nabbed in Udhampur as junior Kasab. But[...]

This week on NLhafta we discuss the Gurdaspur attack and the media coverage given to it in India and Pakistan. Did the media jump to the ‘Khalistan’ explanation a little too soon?We move on to discuss APJ Abdul Kalama’s death and the culture of obituary writing in the Indian media. Last we discuss Yakub Memon’s[...]

The Newslaundry team – and it's just us this time - celebrates the silver jubilee episode of #NLHafta. We discuss Yakub Memon's execution and Madhu recounts how she managed to get Memon's interview in prison, back in 1994. Then the team moves on to talk about the social media "outrage" on the Tuktuki case. We[...]

This is NL Hafta Extra – where the team discusses what we couldn’t in the main episode. Mihir Sharma, opinion editor at Business Standard, and the Newslaundry team discuss Amartya Sen’s response to Tavleen Singh and Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s columns about the Nalanda University saga. Then we weigh in on whether N R Narayana Murthy[...]

Mihir Sharma, opinion editor at Business Standard, joins the Newslaundry team as we speak about Grexit and St. Stephen’s never ending controversies. Here, Mihir recounts an encounter with Stephen’s Principal Valson Thampu as a student in the college. We also discuss whether Shivraj Singh Chauhan should resign in light of the new revelations in the[...]

The BJP has released a song in response to JD(U)’s ‘Fir Se Nitishe’ and the PR war has only started. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kushan Mitra, Managing Editor of The Pioneer, joins the Newslaundry team as we speak about the Vyapam scam – and the media coverage surrounding it. We also share some personal stories about risks and threats we have faced during reporting assignments. Then we discuss whether the media, both traditional and social, has been unfair to[...]

The Newslaundry team - and we are in full strength this time – discusses Lalit Modi, his love for emojis, and his never ending revelations. Then, we talk about Outlook’s “eye candy” piece and whether it warranted legal action. We also discuss if the hijab can be a “feminist statement” as some have recently claimed[...]

Political commentator and journalist Kanchan Gupta joins us this week as we discuss the 40th anniversary of the Emergency and the possibility of it coming around again.The team then discusses if​ the media coverage of Yoga Day​ went overboard. We also discuss​ whether the Charleston shooting ​was an act of terrorism or a hate crime​.Produced[...]

Journalist Bhupendra Chaubey joins the team and we discuss whether the television media paid enough attention to the death of a journalist in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The team, then, goes on to discuss the Sushma Swaraj–Lalit Modi row and the way the media covered the ongoing controversy.We also discuss Gajendra Chauhan’s appointment as the new[...]

Hartosh Singh Bal, Political Editor of The Caravan joins us as we discuss The Caravan’s recent story about an email trail involving the Essar group that leads to the President’s office. We also talk about Arvind Kejriwal’s “softball” interview with Barkha Dutt, and how controversies don’t seem to let go of the Aam Aadmi Party.[...]

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode, we discuss Aaj Tak's Smriti ki Pariksha, the Defence Minister's racist remarks, Maggi controversy, Yoga Day celebrations and more. We also have a special song dedication for Narendra Modi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode, we discuss Modi's one year in office, AAP vs Ministry of Home Affairs and President Pranab Mukherjee calling Bofors a media trial. We also have a special song dedication for Manmohan Singh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more[...]

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Nisha Singh, a Gurgaon Councillor and AAP member, says she was beaten up and locked up for filming a demolition drive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Villagers of Fatehpur Jharsa in Gurgaon talk about the demolition drive that destroyed their homes to make a road for a housing society. They speak of police atrocity and government apathy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Villagers of Fatehpur Jharsa in Gurgaon talk about the demolition drive that destroyed their homes to make a road for a housing society. They say they were not ‘squatters’ and were the original inhabitants of the village. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode we discuss the Geelani passport row, Modi ‘insulting’ India, the Aruna Shanbaug case and the country’s first gay matrimonial ad. We also have a special song dedication for Delhi chief minister and Lieutenant Governor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy[...]

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode, we discuss the AAP government and Delhi police being at loggerheads, the Supreme Court order on government ads, fresh Essar leaks, amendments to the Child Labour Act and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode we discuss, media and Bollywood's reaction to the Salman Khan verdict, lifetime achievement award to Prannoy Roy, Caravan's cover story on Arun Jaitley, Modi's interview with Time and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode we discuss, media coverage of Nepal earthquake, Ram Jethmalani's article as an ad in The Indian Express, opinion pieces on NDTV website and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode we discuss Rahul Gandhi's 'comeback', Ashish Khetan versus Prashant Bhushan, the tragic suicide at the AAP farmer's rally and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode we discuss, Outlook magazine's cover story on Smriti Irani, the Land Acquisition Bill, media coverage on the alleged encounter in Andhra Pradesh, Modi's idea of secularism. And we dedicate a song to Rahul baba! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy[...]

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode we discuss Edward Snowden's interview with John Oliver, what went wrong in Rolling Stone's reporting of a rape case, clash between Arnab and General V K Singh and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode we discuss Smriti Irani and the Fabindia CCTV, Giriraj Singh's "racism", language, conflict of interest in the government's tobacco legislation and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode, Ajayendra from The Unreal Times joins us. We discuss net neutrality, Vogue Empower video, media’s reportage on the church attacks and, of course, the AAP break-up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. This week we have a special guest, Apar Gupta, one of the lawyers at the forefront of the fight against Section 66A. This week the group discusses the Supreme Court judgement on Section 66A as well as other things we liked or[...]

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode, we discuss the case of DK Ravi, the Dimapur lynching, good news and bad news in science, terrible articles and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team in a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week; this week we discuss the Delhi elections, Express’ black money story, the AIB roast and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team in a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. This week we discuss AAP, Rajyavardhan Rathore, Pakistani men and a lot more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Newslaundry team has a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. In this episode, we discuss the latest AAP-related drama, the BJP-PDP alliance, primetime news panel selection, cricket and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Newslaundry Hafta - The Newslaundry team in a freewheeling discussion on the news of the week. This week we discuss AAP's latest controversy, the Essar leaks and the controversy surrounding India's Daughter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Abhinandan Sekhri interviews Rahul Ram, Sanjay Rajoura and Varun Grover after their performance at People's SAARC in Nepal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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