NL Hafta

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 early and premeditative time to draw any sort of conclusions regarding standings and performances in the league, but at the same time, indulge in healthy debate as to which of the two London super clubs—Chelsea or Tottenham—would make it to the top four. The two then move on to discuss the third India vs England Test match. Both Rahul and Samar are visibly disappointed with the Blues’ performance and despite their collective appreciation of Virat Kohli, they agree on how he should really work on improving and strengthening his captaincy. They also discuss the future of this Indian cricket team, as well as the return of Ben Stoke and what it means. Tune in for more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 और अमित भारद्वाज ने भी शिरकत की. चर्चा का संचालन न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के कार्यकारी संपादक अतुल चौरसिया ने किया. 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 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, Kerala floods, V S Naipaul and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 bit difficult for him, is that he is not controlling Punjab... I think Imran is a creature of ambition, he will not go away without taking his trophy. He took it at the cost of being controlled by the Army.”Madhu adds, “The saddest part about Pakistan is that nobody has been able to dislodge the army, whether it’s a dictator or behind-the-scenes.”Anand then speaks on how cow protection became a political process. "I think it is the result of a very fragile social contract between a community which considers cow as a food and a community which considers it as a bovine resource and a religious deity also. “I think lynching is mainstream, and it has nothing to do with the numbers. It has to do with its approval on primetime by party spokespersons”, comments Abhinandan.“There’s only a specific kind of crime that gets state sanction that has people like Yogi Adityanath say that cows are important, but humans are also important. N number of statements have come out saying that this will keep happening until you don’t protect cows,” says Manisha.The panel then discusses the motivations behind the No Confidence Motion that was raised in Parliament last week. “It’s such an obviously defeatable motion, that one has to think of conspiracies…did the BJP tell them to do it to reinforce their hold over Parliament and the country?” wonders Madhu. On why the motion was admitted, Anand remarks, “The ruling dispensation wanted the motion to be defeated, and the general perception is that it provided a kind of political messaging platform in the penultimate year of the general elections, from which the BJP could orchestrate or generalize the oratory skills of the PM."The panel then discusses the rift between the Shiv Sena and the BJP, Karan Thapar, Rahul Gandhi’s Q/A session with 100 women journalists, and the Maratha reservation protests.For more, listen in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 2020' organised by Sikhs for Justice. He also speaks about the challenges faced by regional journalists, especially those reporting from Punjab. In addition, Amandeep talks about the relationship between the mainstream media's and regional media's news cycle. Speaking about the protests in Nehru Vihar, Rohin speaks of the challenges faced by UPSC aspirants residing in the area. He also shares his experience of being a tenant in Delhi. Amit weighs in on the Delhi Rent Control Act and adds that there is less of regulation and more of exploitation. The panel also discusses media's coverage of the attack on Umar Khalid, Pallavi Joshi's video on Rafale deal, ABP News and C-Voter's survey predicting BJP's loss in three states and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.