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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 no good reason. And they discuss James Ivory’s comment on the lack of full frontal nudity and normal sex scenes in the film.According to Sen, “The film stars a very beautiful man called Armie Hammer whom we’ve seen play the Winklevoss twins in the Facebook film, it also stars Timothée Chalamet, whom we saw in Lady Bird as the rebel boyfriend." She also gives us a sneak peek of the plot, “Timothée Chalamet plays a boy called Elio whose father is a professor. Armie Hammer plays Oliver, is a graduate student of Elio’s father...It’s about the love affair that starts between both of them” and is an “extremely well scripted, beautiful film”. Sekhri and Sen also discuss the significance of the year 1983, which the movie is set in.There’s also talk of why the trailer of Nude was in the news and why it was pulled from the International Film Festival Of India in November. According to our Awesome & Awful duo, the film has a “spectacular trailer”. Sekhri says, "It makes you watch the film. The plot unfolds with a brilliant cast, it’s beautifully shot with perfect lighting. It has a promise to make a political statement but not an in your face sort of political statement.”There’s a little insight about the trailer of the film, Dundee, with Sekhri giving millennials a bit of context about Crocodile Dundee which was a pop culture phenomenon when he was in school (in the Dark Ages). Then, of course, there’s the man for all seasons, Salman Khan’s Being Human summer campaign – Look Good Do Good - where he promotes people who are trying to change the world by doing noble things. Sekhri says, “Salman Khan is ‘looking good’ and others are ‘doing good’”…The purpose of this campaign is to change Salman’s image.”Unsurprisingly, Tetley’s green tea advertisement starring Deepika Padukone is Sekhri’s favourite campaign of the week. There’s an interesting anecdote from Sekhri about Tea and Egypt!There’s also Anurag Kadhyap’s Karta, a short film presented by Kashyap and directed by Randeep Jha – which Sen quite enjoyed. The pièce de résistance though, is a musical rendition of a Punjabi song by Sekhri, while commenting on Punjab government’s proposal to set up a committee to eradicate vulgarity from Punjabi songs. And there’s Sen’s question with an un-Googleable answer (or so she hopes) at the end.  Much to look forward to this time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 to debates. "Ambedkar's critique on Ram and casteism would actually scare the Hindutva forces," he tells the panel.Amit talks about media’s demographic bias, and how newsrooms highlight issues from certain states only. "Jharkand's government has drafted an amendment saving officers accused in the forgery of land sale and conversions...had there been a similar draft in Uttar Pradesh, it would have been covered by national media," he states.Discussions on Dalit agitation has Abhinandan questioning media's sympathetic coverage of the protesters, despite compelling evidence of violence. "Dalit protests are usually not covered by TV channels or newspapers. It was the narrative of this protest that led to such mass coverage," says Amit.Rohin points out how the protests have deepened class differences and talks about Savarna reporters looking at the protest with a biased lens.Cherry shares why I&B ministry’s amendment to journalists’ accreditation guidelines was problematic. The amendment threatens to take away a journalist's accreditation even before the journalist’s guilt is established, she says. She also speaks about the responsibility of verification being given to self-regulatory bodies. “The PCA and NBA have proved to be ineffective in the past...are we really expecting them to look into these cases in fifteen days and tell whether they are fake news or not ?" she asks. She also points out that the guidelines do little to curb the menace created by social media websites, which have widely contributed to the spread of fake news.Abhinandan tells us why Mayawati becoming a chief minister at her time was a bigger deal than Barack Obama, an African-American, becoming the President of the United States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 है. साथ ही उन्होंने राव नवमी के मौके पर हिंदू-मुस्लिम हिंसा पर कहा कि पिछले चार सालों में पहली बार उन्हें यह बात लगने लगी है कि वे मुसलमान हैं.सुनिए निकाह हलाला पर पत्रकारों की बातचीत. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 हमारे साथ जुड़े वरिष्ठ पत्रकार शांतनु गुहा रे. चर्चा का संचालन किया न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के कार्यकारी संपादक अतुल चौरसिया ने. 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 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 also have Abhinandan telling the panel his 'sting' experience. The gang also talks about Cambridge Analytica and the data breach issue. There is also some discussion about how targetted advertisements on the internet can impact our lives. At last, they talk about Anna Hazare's protest and why it wasn't a big deal this time. Also, emails from our subscribers. Listen up, there is a song dedication too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 India" and can't decide whether it's a documentary or a reality show.  There's movie talk with Cobra Kai, Missing and High Jack's trailer and a new radio show on Radio Mirchi with Pooja Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt named Bhatt Naturally. And how could they possibly not discuss Stormy Daniels' and Karen McDougal's interviews with Anderson Cooper. Listen up! 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 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 and definitely not the world of cricket. According to him, this is pretty much as low as cricket can get. Rahul Puri feels the Australian cricket team has absolutely no respect for cricket. He believes the incident must serve as a warning for all young upcoming cricketers. All this and more on this week's Just Sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 the company put on a media trial? Rohin talks about Poonya Prasoon Vajpayee's speech at the Constitution Club and the JNU protests that took place last week. Amit talks about convictions in the Ramgarh lynching case and the limited coverage it received in Big Media. He also speaks about the attack on journalists from Hindustan Times and The Indian Express as well as Cobrapost's documentary. But that's not all. The panel also discusses glorification of Shambhulal Regar at a Ram Navami rally. Regar allegedly murdered a labourer from West Bengal. So, Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 किया. शेहला ने कहा था कि बुर्का उनके लिए अब एक पॉलिटिकल स्टेटमेंट है.इस मसले पर समन कुरैशी का मानना था कि जिस तरह राइट विंग फ़ण्डामेंटालिस्ट नुकसानदेह हैं उसी तरह लिबरल फ़ण्डामेंटालिस्ट भी एक बड़ा ख़तरा हैं जो अपने मुताबिक चीजों को थोपते है. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.