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 to certify Udta Punjab, Tripura rewriting Indian History in its school textbooks and putting Marx in. We also discuss Arnab identifying Indian Mujahideen journos, the Twitter ...
May 28, 2016•83 hr 33 min
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 victory in the recent Assembly elections. Hussain is the Executive Director of the Centre for Development & Peace Studies. He has written extensively on the nort...
May 21, 2016•3 hr 35 min
Do attacks 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 renaming roads? We discuss it all and a lot more on this episode of NL Hafta. Bonus: we shed some light on Subramaniam Swamy’s list of r...
May 20, 2016•21 hr
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 Indian Express not talking about how photojournalist Ravi Kanojia died? Should news organizations have better measure to avoid these accidents? And Adi Godrej has...
May 13, 2016•17 hr 14 min
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 Uttarakhand transferred and should the Kerala rape victim's name and photo be revealed? We discuss all this and a lot more on this episode of NL Hafta. We also...
May 07, 2016•12 hr 3 min
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 is a big deal? Is ‘JNU a den of organised sex racket’? We ask Anand Ranganathan. Is Krishna Godavari basin scam really a scam, as claimed by Jairam Ramesh, or just a fai...
Apr 29, 2016•49 hr 1 min
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 to keep Hindu daughters safe. And we've got some questions for you too, dear subscribers, about comments and what Newslaundry’s policy should be. Listen up and enjoy.For r...
Apr 22, 2016•93 hr 24 min
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 his 125th birth anniversary and the persistent horrors of caste. Listen up to NL Hafta, episode 63.For reference links visit www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik N...
Apr 15, 2016•93 hr 35 min
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 www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 08, 2016•84 hr 55 min
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, there's much food for thought. Plus, a sneak peek into a possible NL Presidential candidate list (Hint: His name has a big B in it.)For reference links visit ww...
Apr 01, 2016•19 hr 26 min
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 resonance for him than being called a Kashmiri Hindu. Moving on, we discuss the image of the Jet Airways flight attendant that has become the symbol of the Brussels blasts. Was it et...
Mar 26, 2016•81 hr 29 min
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 and animal cruelty to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Delhi's posh set cheering for Amit Shah, we ask questions and get some answers on this edition of Hafta.For reference links vis...
Mar 19, 2016•43 hr 49 min
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 got our eye on Raj Thackeray's call to burn autos and the top generator of news stories this week, Sri Sri Ravishankar.For reference links visit www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijh...
Mar 11, 2016•56 hr 28 min
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 the revelations are making anything clearer. And it's the battle of the speeches: Rahul Gandhi versus Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Guess whose speech Madhu Trehan liked more? Actu...
Mar 04, 2016•16 hr 53 min
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Mar 03, 2016•41 hr 59 min
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 custody. The team then discusses The Telegraph’s “Aunty National” headline – was it sexist? Things get heated as ideological differences are brought up and the government’s ...
Feb 26, 2016•61 hr 41 min
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 by Kartik Nijhawan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 18, 2016•36 hr 16 min
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Feb 17, 2016•14 hr 30 min
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 deposition, Pachauri being re-instated in TERI and then going on leave, scientific breakthrough in theories about gravitational waves and Lance Naik Hanamanthappa’s ordeal, the...
Feb 12, 2016•53 hr 17 min
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 more information.
Feb 05, 2016•20 hr 56 min
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 of the ‘smartphone’.Anand Ranganathan is back! He gives us a scientist’s lowdown on the zika virus and we discuss the kind of coverage the outbreak has been get...
Feb 05, 2016•45 hr 47 min
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 development summits which influence our lives and shared destinies. They take stock of the content, quality and narrative of the c...
Jan 29, 2016•9 hr 1 min
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 six years back. Big media,though, didn’t think it was worth too much space. Also: is there a way to make the R-Day celebrations more fun? And finally, the most insightful report on the ...
Jan 29, 2016•22 hr 28 min
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Jan 27, 2016•10 hr 32 min
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 us on the phone to discuss what happened. And finally: Rohith Vemula’s suicide, the media coverage and more. For reference links visit http://www.n...
Jan 22, 2016•60 hr 24 min
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 they think independent media matters. We wind up with everyone’s picks of the week.For reference links visit http://www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan H...
Jan 15, 2016•21 hr 9 min
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 Rakesh Reddy Dubuddu, Founder FACTLY and pro-disclosure champion on the buzz around data revoluti...
Jan 15, 2016•78 hr 15 min
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 in Malda under-reported? Then we discuss whether Arvind Kejriwal has any business meddling in the functioning of private schools. Finally: the odd-even and ho...
Jan 08, 2016•69 hr
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Jan 07, 2016•97 hr 49 min
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 we discuss if the initiative is sustainable in the long run.Rajasthan has set a minimum educational qualification for contesting Panchayati Raj elections. We discuss what this means for democracy in I...
Jan 01, 2016•37 hr 48 min
