NL Hafta

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 dedicate a song to Karl Marx on his birth anniversary.For reference links please visit www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 failed project? For political parties kya scam hi scam ko kat-ta hai? Listen up and Enjoy.For reference links visit www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 reference links visit www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Nijhawan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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 www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ethical for the media to publish the picture? We also look into what turned Microsoft's AI bot, Tay, into a racist, holocaust denier. And, finally, we suggest some good reads we came across over the week.For reference links visit www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 visit www.newslaundry.comProduced by Kartik Nijhawan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Nijhawan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Actually, don't guess. Listen to this week's Hafta and find out. Bonus: join in as we do a sing-along to welcome our new managing editor Deepanjana Pal to the Newslaundry fold. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.