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All Indians Matter

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All Indians Matter is a digital home for conversations with and about India on the issues that truly matter. For most of our post-Independence years, this was done by the news media. However, in recent times, the media have been found wanting. As a result, the issues that should be highlighted are sidelined and the voices that should find a megaphone are muffled. This podcast is an effort to engage with everyone who cares about India, its Constitution, its liberal and secular values. All Indians Matter is the creation of Ashraf Engineer, who was a senior journalist with some of India’s leading...

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India's elders can change their reality - Part 2 04.11.2020 19:41

Sailesh Mishra is a highly regarded social activist working for the welfare of senior citizens and is part of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’s working group formulating a national policy for elders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India's elders can change their reality - Part 1 04.11.2020 24:41

Why India’s agriculture sector is in perpetual crisis - Part 2 28.10.2020 22:37

What has held back India's agriculture sector over the decades? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why India urgently needs police reforms 21.10.2020 10:30

India needs police reforms now. Unless that happens, your democratic rights and even the economic progress of the country are in peril. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We need new economic, political thinking 15.10.2020 48:11

Rajesh Jain talks about his journey as a 'political entrepreneur'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happened to the Indian news media? 10.10.2020 44:58

A fair press that asks probing questions to the government is a pillar of democracy. In India, however, there has been a fall in media standards and in many cases an abandonment of journalism altogether in favour of government propaganda. In the late... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why I created All Indians Matter 29.09.2020 5:22

On World Podcasting Day, I wanted to explain why I launched All Indians Matter. I felt that the media wasn’t doing a great job of telling truth to power, though there are still many brave journalists left who are willing to tell the nation what matte... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The agrarian crisis and you 28.09.2020 7:02

India’s farmer has to deal with the vagaries of the weather, rapacious moneylenders, an indifferent government, political violence and now three new farm laws that have sparked fierce protests across the country. Even the rural non-farm economy is si... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How three new farm laws impact you 22.09.2020 6:46

By removing limits on stockholdings, shrinking the essential commodities list, casting a cloud of uncertainty over the minimum support price for food items and pushing the farm sector into the hands of corporations, India’s new farm laws have a direc... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UAPA sword hanging over our freedoms 21.09.2020 7:49

The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or UAPA, is a threat to our most basic freedoms, giving the Indian government the power to designate any person a terrorist without proof and to incarcerate them for 180 days. Dissenters, ranging from a labou... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High-stakes, high-altitude standoff 15.09.2020 7:38

As China attempts to permanently alter the territorial status quo in Ladakh, the Indian government struggles for answers. Earlier, it watched mutely as neighbours like Sri Lanka and Nepal moved closer to China. So, what can India do now? The first st... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unemployment pandemic could be worse than COVID-19 07.09.2020 6:24

As India’s economy shrinks, unemployment expands. Millions of young people enter the workforce every year, but India is losing existing jobs by the millions instead of creating them. This can have far-reaching societal implications and can even burge... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How soaring government debt, inflation, fuel prices affect you 31.08.2020 6:24

Government debt in India is set to reach record levels. This has a direct impact on how you’re taxed, the public services you avail of, whether your business gets access to affordable credit or not, and a variety of other things. When this is coupled... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook allowing hate speech undermines democracy 24.08.2020 6:45

Recently, the Wall Street Journal exposed how Facebook decided not to apply its own rules on hate speech BJP leaders’ posts. Ankhi Das, its top public policy executive, it turned out, has links through her family to the party. Such assistance for, or... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For ‘aatmanirbharta’, a forest under siege 20.08.2020 7:34

While the world moves away from coal towards greener energy, India’s affinity for it seems to be growing. As the government, spurred by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for ‘aatmanirbharta’ (self-sufficiency), looks to open up Chhattisgarh’s ecolo... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prashant Bhushan verdict raises worries for our freedoms 15.08.2020 4:19

The Supreme Court holding advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for tweets commenting on an “undeclared emergency” in India and the role of the court is worrying for our democracy. Why can’t Constitutional institutions be criticised? Why shoul... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices