Newslaundry Interviews

In at least two cases they have applied it retrospectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Hindutva group plans to ‘monitor’ Muslim areas and encourage Hindus to buy guns for their ‘security’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rashid and Muskan are the first interfaith couple to be held under Uttar Pradesh’s ‘love jihad law’. He spent two weeks in jail, she miscarried in a women’s shelter home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The farmers feel the Modi government is trying to ‘tear them apart’ by sowing discord. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In spite of all odds, they are determined to stay put until their demand to repeal the new farm laws is met. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

बिहार के जाने माने लेखक और कई बड़े अखबारों में रिपोर्टिंग कर चुके पुष्यमित्र जिनकी हाल ही में 'रुकतापुर' बिहार जहां थम जाता है पहिया बदलाव की हर गाड़ी का, किताब राजकाल द्वारा प्रकाशित की गई है. यह किताब बिहार के अलग-अलग चेहरे, किस्सों तथा इसके समकालीन इतिहास से लबरेज़ है. इस किताब में बिहार की समस्याओं का विस्तार से विवरण है. न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री... चित्रांशु तिवारी ने पुष्यमित्र से खास बातचीत की है. Hoste...

Mihir Srivastava is a journalist and writer. Formerly with  Open  and  Tehelka , he currently works with the  Patriot  as a senior associate editor. In this interview with Chitranshu Tewari of  Newslaundry , Mihir talks about his latest book,  Love Jihadis , written with photojournalist Raul Irani, which breaks down the “love jihad” bogey in the context of wester...

The Modi government maintains it has no intention of doing away with MSP for crops. Farmers say the new laws are designed to achieve precisely that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Some powerful media houses have made things worse. It would have been better if they hadn’t bothered covering us.’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s driving them? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ग्रामीण अर्थव्यवस्था पर हो रही रिपोर्टिंग में सबसे महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा है डाटा. यह डाटा, अलग-अलग विषयों पर उपलब्ध है जो रिपोर्ट में सभी तथ्यों को पूरा करता है. इसी विषय पर न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री ने यह वेबिनार आयोजित की, जिसमें विस्तृत रूप से इस मुद्दे पर बात की गई.  इस वेबिनार में मेहमान के तौर पर आईआईटी दिल्ली की एसोसिएट प्रोफेसर और लेखक रीतिका खेड़ा, गांव कनेक्शन के एसोसिएट एडिटर अरविन्द शुक्ला, स्वत...

Newslaundry, in collaboration with the India Data Portal project of the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, is organising a series of monthly webinars on specific datasets created by the platform, which is a one-stop open-access portal for journalists to use, interact with and visualise information, data and knowledge on agriculture and financial inclusion. The second webinar, titled “A data-l...

Tired of loud frothy-mouth, potty-mouth debates on primetime TV? Tired of sad character-limited fights on Twitter where you don't really learn anything?  We have something that might excite you. Newslaundry presents a new podcast: NL vs NL.  Let's make debates great again! In this episode of NL vs NL, Newslaundry subscribers Atif Adam and Aprajita Singh debate whether the development of...

Max Abrahms is an author, associate professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University in the United States, and non-resident scholar at the Quincy Institute.  In this interview with Shubh Soni, Max discusses the impending American presidential election, especially in the context of foreign policy, and the influence wielded over it by the news media. Watch the full vi...

Omar Abdullah has served as the chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, as a member of parliament, and as India’s junior foreign minister. He spent months in detention after the Narendra Modi government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of the last vestiges of its autonomy and split it into two territories ruled directly by New Delhi. Over a year on, Abdullah speaks with Abhinandan Se...

Anwar Maqsood पाकिस्तानी पॉपुलर कल्चर का सबसे अज़ीम और प्रतिष्ठित नाम हैं. टेलीविज़न की दुनिया में उनके शो व्यंग्य और खासकर सियासी व्यंग्य की उत्कृष्टता का पैमाना माने जाते हैं. जब उनके तंजिया शो की बात हो तो उनके बेहद लोकप्रिय शो Loose Talk की बात करना लाजिमी हो जाता है. पाकिस्तान के मशहूर अदाकार Marhum Moin Akhtar के साथ उनका यह शो सैटायर विधा में शायद सबसे लोकप्रिय और सबसे रचनात्मक शो कहा जाएगा...

Newslaundry , in collaboration with the India Data Portal project of the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, is organising a series of monthly webinars on specific datasets created by the platform, which is a one-stop open-access portal for journalists to access, interact with and visualise information, data and knowledge on agriculture and financial inclusion. The first webinar, titled “ Indi...

In this interview, former Republic TV journalist Tejinder Singh Sodhi sits down with Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande to discuss the events surrounding his resignation letter, which has now become viral on social media. Tejinder Sodhi has been a journalist for about 18 years and prior to joining Republic TV he had worked for organisations like PTI, Hindustan Times and The Tribune. He is also the only I...

Dr Suraj Yengde is a scholar, writer, and the author of Caste Matters. He’s a Shorenstein Centre inaugural postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability, Harvard Kennedy School, and the editor of Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion. In this conversation with Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Suraj says the response to his book has been “interesting”....

Barkha Dutt is one of India’s most prominent journalists. Currently, she helms her own news outlet,  Mojo Story . She speaks with Abhinandan Sekhri of  Newslaundry  to talk about her experiences driving across India to cover the coronavirus crisis and the resultant migrant exodus. She also talks about the challenges of donning the hats of journalist and entrepreneur at the same time...

Tired of loud frothy-mouth, potty-mouth debates on primetime TV? Tired of sad character-limited fights on Twitter where you don't really learn anything?  We have something that might excite you. Newslaundry presents a new podcast: NL vs NL.  Let's make debates great again! In this episode of NL vs NL, Newslaundry ’s Basant Kumar and Lipi Vats debate whether India is a secular country or...

Professor Apoorvanand teaches Hindi at Delhi University, commentates on sociopolitical issues, produces literary and cultural critiques, and frequently lends his voices to progressive causes. For his activism, he has sometimes faced heat from the authorities. Early this month, his phone was seized and he was questioned by the Delhi Police about his role in the protests against the Citizenship law...

Tired of loud frothy-mouth, potty-mouth debates on primetime TV? Tired of sad character-limited fights on Twitter where you don't really learn anything?  We have something that might excite you. Newslaundry presents a new podcast: NL vs NL.  Let's make debates great again! In this episode of NL vs NL, Manisha Pande and Newslaundry subscriber Aishwarya Mahesh debate whether workplaces sho...

Can comedy and satire be tools of social change? How does this ecosystem interact with a large democracy like ours? When the perception of what is offensive changes from person to person, how do we define an “offence”? Are Indians too easily offended? To discuss these themes, Roli Pulse, the digital arm of Roli Books , in association with Newslaundry , brought together comedians Vir Das and Aditi...

Tired of loud frothy-mouth, potty-mouth debates on primetime TV? Tired of sad character-limited fights on Twitter where you don't really learn anything?  We have something that might excite you. Newslaundry presents a new podcast: NL vs NL.  Let's make debates great again! In this episode of NL vs NL, Meghnad S and Newslaundry subscriber Abhishek Bagga debate on whether safetyism contrad...