Seema Says

Is the US president dictating what happens at the football World Cup? Why did Zee5 release Satluj and why is it no longer available? And what’s interesting about the Bankipur by-poll in Bihar? The Wire’s Editor Seema Chishti answers.

The Wire’s Editor Seema Chishti speaks to Jahnavi Sen on what the Iran-US MoU means, Kier Starmer’s resignation, why so many political leaders are changing sides and allegations of financial irregularities and theft at the Ayodhya Ram Temple. Seema’s recommendations: 1. The brilliant goalkeeper of the Iranian football team, Alireza Beiranvand - watch this 22 second-long save. • Alireza Beiranvand...

Why is Seema reading a book on camera? Why is everyone asking Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign? Why are football fans so upset about this World Cup? And what's the BJP's plan in Punjab? The Wire's Editor Seema Chishti fields these questions from Jahnavi Sen in this episode of Seema Says. Seema's recommendations: 1. Gore gore, o baanke chhore • Gore Gore O Banke Chhore - Old Hi...

n this episode of Seema Says, The Wire’s Editor Seema Chishti speaks to Managing Editor, Jahnavi Sen about why the Bengal elections are so concerning, whether India has given away its energy sovereignty, the Palantir CEO saying the quiet parts out loud, and the fact that no Indian broadcaster has bid to screen the 2026 FIFA World Cup.  Seema’s recommendations: 1.⁠ ⁠Diljit Dosanjh on The Tonight Sh...

The Wire’s Editor, Seema Chishti talks to Minal Saeed, The Wire’s Multimedia Head on why voters in Hungary have shaken up the world, not just Orban. Simplifying SIR and why media monopolies like that of Jio or Warner Brothers-Paramount are not good for consumers. Seema’s recommendations: 1. Architecture and genocide: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n... terrific piece 2. ⁠The Missing Voices: C...

The Wire’s Editor, Seema Chishti sits down with The Wire’s Multimedia Head, Minal Saeed Khan to answer questions about the illegal war on Iran, Pakistan’s mediation role and the war propaganda coming from Iran and the US. Also, they discuss the noose of online censorship being tightened rapidly in India. Why are Indian celebrities just ‘brands’ and close to power, neither heroes nor gutsy like cou...

The Wire’s Multimedia Head, Minal Saeed Khan asks The Wire’s Editor, Seema Chishti on the significance of the timing of PM Modi’s visit to Israel this week, why are the statements of JNU VC, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit casteist, why has Lutyen’s bust been outed from Rashtrapati Bhawan and how the exclusion of Pakistani players from IPL-owner linked clubs in the UK and Australia is exposing the str...

The Multimedia Head of The Wire, Minal Saeed Khan quizzes Seema Chishti, Editor, The Wire on goings on this week, what the censoring of the scoop by Caravan magazine on an ex army chief memoirs tells us, what is the India-US deal. One man standing for amity in Uttarakhand teaches us a lesson and is India in ICC furthering cricket’s cause or damning it? Seema’s recommendations: 1. Absolute Jafar -...

In Seema Says, The Wire’s Multimedia Head, Minal Saeed Khan talks to Seema Chishti, The Wire’s Editor about key events these last few days that we need to note. The discussion ranges from debate over UGC’s new guidelines to the killings die to ICE actions in the US and the vandalisation of a Baba Bulle Shah shrine in Uttarakhand

In Seema Says, The Wire’s Editor Seema Chishti answers questions from The Wire’s Multimedia Head Minal Saeed Khan’s questions about events over this past week. What is happening in Iran? How should one read the US Holocaust Museum Report where India figures at number four among the list of nations at risk of mass violence? And how much of a threat to democracy is the SIR? Or is it just ‘procedural...

In this episode, The Wire’s Editor Seema Chishti talks about the new Bills introduced in parliament just before its close, the context behind the 14-year sentence to former ISI chief Faiz Hameed in Pakistan, what it means for the rupee to hit low after low, and the Netflix vs Paramount bidding on Warner Bros. Seema’s recommendations: 1. A terrifying (and terrific) read on a nuclear device put in t...

The Wire’s Editor Seema Chishti breaks down some of the big recent headlines - why we should be concerned about monopolies like Indigo, the importance of Karnataka’s hate speech Bill and what FIFA giving a ‘peace prize’ to Donald Trump says about the world.  Seema’s recommendation: It is the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’. But is Vivaldi Still the Soundtrack of the Seasons? A conver...

Minal Saeed Khan asks and Seema speaks about the Indian dilemmas around Russian President Putin’s visit to New Delhi, why the government should not be snooping on your phone. Also why Indian stats being designated C-grade by the IMF matters to ordinary Indians + the picture painted by the fact that one of the world’s finest artists, MF Husain’s museum has opened in Qatar.

The Wire's Editor Seema Chishti talks about the Zohran Mamdani-Donald Trump meeting in the White House Oval Office, the four labour codes recently notified by the Union government and the questions they raise, and why independent filmmakers had to resort to a public plea regarding showings at multiplexes and film distribution. Seema's recommendations: 1.⁠ ⁠A review of the just-retired Chief Justic...

The Wire's Editor Seema Chishti takes on this week's big news in a new episode of Seema Says: a Bangladesh tribunal has given former PM Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal the death sentence for 'crimes against humanity' during last year's protests; the NDA has swept Bihar; and India's football management is in chaos, with matches on hold. Seema's recommendations: A revie...