NL Hafta

This week Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss The Zookeeper's Wifeand Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Noor, which is based on Saba Imtiaz's novel Karachi, You're Killing Me!The two also discuss Deepika Padukone's new coke ad, Netflix's 13 Reasons Why and Prayaag Akbar's book, Leila. All this and more discussed and dissected in this episode of the Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Chhattisgarh police picked up Bastar-based journalist Santosh Yadav on September 29, 2015, when his youngest daughter was a month old. With tears in his eyes, Yadav says, “My daughter doesn’t even recognise me.” His bail plea was rejected twice by the Jagdalpur Court and Bilaspur High Court. Reportedly, the court denied him bail on the basis of a statement given by a Special Task Force (STF) commander and items seized from him at the time of his arrest, which were – a mobile phone receipt, a mobile phone, a wallet with Rs 220, a Permanent Account Number (PAN) card and a voter identity card. On February 27, 2017, seventeen months after his arrest, Yadav was granted bail by the Supreme Court of India. Yadav spoke to Amit Bhardwaj about the situation in Darbha block and the risk of reporting from the Bastar region, his ordeal in jail, and more. He says, “Both police and Naxals take us for informers, we are under attack from both ends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NDTV anchor Sunetra Choudhury speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri about her book Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India's Most Famous. Featuring the stories of Peter Mukerjea, Amar Singh, Pappu Yadav, A Raja and many others. Choudhury discusses the emotional cost of being a journalist, how to remain hopeful and the difference in life behind bars between the wealthy and poor. All this and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prayaag Akbar speaks to Madhu Trehan about his book Leila. Is Leila Muslim or Hindu? He cracks open the economic divide that creates psyche separations. Do we now have to live in the shadow of vigilantism? Is there any place in the world that is safe? Divisiveness is now official all over the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Retired Lieutenant General HS Panag speaks to Abhinandan Sekhri on several issues including that of the 'stone pelter' tied as a human shield on a military vehicle in Kashmir. They discuss how the incident, and Panag's tweet, referring to it as haunting both the Army and the nation forever, sparked much controversy. They speak about One Rank One Pension (OROP), whatever happened to it. Panag weighs in on the relation between the Army and the police in conflict areas and a possible solution to the Kashmir problem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of this week’s most significant stories was pertaining to the Babri Masjid demolition case. LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti will now be tried for criminal conspiracy and the Hafta team discusses what bearings this would have on the BJP and 2019 General Elections. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, editor of Economic and Political Weekly, joins the regular Hafta gang, that is, Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan to discuss this and the ongoing debate on the use of human shields in conflict areas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of this week’s most significant stories was pertaining to the Babri Masjid demolition case. LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti will now be tried for criminal conspiracy and the Hafta team discusses what bearings this would have on the BJP and 2019 General Elections. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, editor of Economic and Political Weekly, joins the regular Hafta gang, that is, Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan to discuss this and the ongoing debate on the use of human shields in conflict areas. We also discuss Vijay Mallya's arrest and bail and former High Court judge AP Shah's speech criticising the imposition of nationalism. Sekhri and Ranganathan get into a debate on text, context and Ambedkar. All this and a lot more on this week’s Hafta. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss Vidya Balan's Begum Jaan and what went wrong with the film. The duo also discusses a short film produced by the India Today Group, This Bloody Line, Raveena Tandon's Maatr woes, Asha Parekh's autobiography, The Hit Girl with a forward written by Salman Khan. And of course the most anticipated trailer of the year--the Sachin Tendulkar biopic, Sachin A Billion Drea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After 22 long years, Chelsea and John Terry decided to part times. Rahul and Samar pay tribute to the former captain in this special football episode. The two also pick their winners from the Champions League matches and ruminate if Chelsea is choking in their run to the title. Listen up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There have been few things as hotly debated as Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs). Science has been circling the subject for years. Shruti Muralidhar, Abhishek Chari and Navneet Vasistha give you the lowdown on GMOs-the science, the laws, the regulations and why they can't be dismissed outright. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.