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 the body language of people like A. Raja and Kapil Sibal. The panel also talks about how the verdict may impact the politics i...
Dec 22, 2017•10 hr 13 min
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.
Dec 22, 2017•99 hr 28 min
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. In the world of football, they talk about the Premier League and Champions League. They discuss in detail about Manchester City’s strengths and the probability...
Dec 20, 2017•74 hr 36 min
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 are with US leaders and when they are in India. Madhu Trehan discusses Nitish Kumar’s opinion of nation-wide alcohol ban and what it can lead...
Dec 15, 2017•71 hr 34 min
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 League 2017. In the world of football, they talk about the Premier League and Champions League. They discuss Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and others in detail. They also give their predictions for...
Dec 13, 2017•30 hr 25 min
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 and have mixed opinions on it. They also talk about the 25 years of the Babri Masjid demolition and was it worthy of large coverage now? Raman Kirpal talks of his coverage o...
Dec 08, 2017•11 hr 43 min
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.
Dec 08, 2017•81 hr 44 min
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 quarterfinals. In cricket, they talk about the ongoing Ashes series. Rahul says that though England seem to have lost by a high margin in both the tests on paper, in reality, they have...
Dec 08, 2017•56 hr 59 min
सागर सरहदी और अन्नु कपूर से हुई बातचीत पर सुनिए ये पोडकास्ट. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 05, 2017•70 hr 44 min
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Dec 05, 2017•65 hr 7 min
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 more information.
Dec 01, 2017•56 hr 3 min
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 Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and our guests discuss the religion of Rahul Gandhi and how Indian media has covered it ahead of the Gujarat election. Is it really im...
Dec 01, 2017•39 hr 45 min
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 Ashes, where Samar feels that England should have won the Brisbane test. Rahul talks about how England threw their advantage and Australians blew away the tale. They talk about the differenc...
Nov 30, 2017•3 hr 46 min
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 from Narendra Modi. Is he finally ready for the post of Congress president?They also talk about Gujarat elections and Hardik ...
Nov 24, 2017•10 hr 16 min
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.
Nov 24, 2017•79 hr 55 min
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. They think that DRS is something which needs to be relooked at. Both Rahul and Samar agree that there has to be some kind of limit to sledging. In the world of football, they talk about ...
Nov 22, 2017•65 hr
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 had sex with an unidentified woman. Apart from this, they discuss the tussle in the judiciary where the Supreme Court said the CJI will dec...
Nov 17, 2017•39 hr 48 min
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.
Nov 17, 2017•57 hr 36 min
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 and Chile. They talk about how Italy lost out as they were playing almost without any striker, and hence were not able to score goals.The discussion on mind games before the Ashes, and ...
Nov 16, 2017•12 hr 21 min
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 in the city. Can the odd-even rule help in any form? Anand Ranganathan says it’s been a failure. They also talk about the new angle that has come up...
Nov 10, 2017•63 hr 13 min
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.
Nov 10, 2017•54 hr 27 min
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 play in the international series as he is performing well in ODIs. Samar says Dhoni is not going anywhere until World Cup 2019. In the world of football, they discuss the issue with Jose Mourinho and why he...
Nov 09, 2017•81 hr 48 min
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 Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan and Atul Chaurasia speak about the importance of Sanskrit in school. Would it have been better if students were taught other local and regional langua...
Nov 03, 2017•92 hr 57 min
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.
Nov 03, 2017•47 hr 2 min
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.
Nov 02, 2017•12 hr 35 min
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.
Nov 01, 2017•80 hr 20 min
We discuss #MeToo, HT Hate Tracker, 'Left Vs Right' Battle in Kerala and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 27, 2017•76 hr 29 min
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 the past too. Open magazine Executive Editor Ullekh NP, who is from Kerala, joins us in the discussion where he gives his inputs on the 'Left Vs Right' Battle in Kerala. Abhinandan Sekh...
Oct 27, 2017•61 hr 12 min
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 the year. At last, they talk about Lewis Hamilton and how he is miles ahead of the competition. All this and more on this week's Just Sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Oct 24, 2017•74 hr 40 min
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.
Oct 18, 2017•3 hr 26 min