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Chota Hafta 390 23.07.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by journalist Krishn Kaushik.  To listen to the full Episode, subscribe to Newslaundry. Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Saif Ali Ekram & Hasan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 389 16.07.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by the Indian Express executive editor Ritu Sarin.  To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Download the Newslaundry app .   Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hasan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Chhota Hafta 388: Religious intolerance in India, SC on Nupur Sharma 09.07.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Mehraj D Lone, and Anand Vardhan are joined by author Hilal Ahmed.  They discuss rising religious intolerance and visible polarisation in India. “India is a highly diverse country to lead to such a situation,” says Hilal, responding to Abhinandan's question about whether the country was hurtling towards geno...

Chota Hafta 387 02.07.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by editor of EastMojo Amit Kumar and Rajasthan-based journalist Tabeenah Anjum.   To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan. Edited by Saif Ali Ekram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Chota Hafta 386 25.06.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Anand Vardhan are joined by Sudhir Suryawanshi, author and journalist at the New Indian Express .  To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan. Edited by Saif Ali Ekram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 385 18.06.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande,  Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist Ajai Shukla.  To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan; edited by Saif Ali Ekram and Samrendra K Dash.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 384 11.06.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande,  Mehraj D Lone and Raman Kirpal are joined by journalist Seema Guha. To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 383 04.06.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, Mehraj D Lone and Raman Kirpal are joined by journalist and author Aarish Chhabra.  To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 382 28.05.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Raman Kirpal are joined by author and professor Jabin Thomas Jacob. To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 381 21.05.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Raman Kirpal of Newslaundry are joined by Fahad Zuberi, researcher in architecture and city studies.  To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 380 14.05.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Anand Vardhan are joined by Lubhyathi Rangarajan, a lawyer and researcher, and Nikhila Henry, head of the Quint ’s South India bureau. To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chhota Hafta 379: India’s heatwave, Prashant Kishor’s ‘padyatra’, US abortion law 07.05.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam, are joined by Lou Del Bello, an energy and climate change journalist. The panel discusses the ongoing heatwave in India and how climate change is missing from mainstream media headlines or prime time debates. “Every single decision in the newsroom has to be very intentional when it comes...

Chota Hafta 378 30.04.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, editor in chief of the News Minute , and Abhishek Baxi, a freelance tech journalist. To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 377 23.04.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Himanshu, an associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University. To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 376 16.04.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by journalist Abhilash Khandekar and South Asia expert Michael Kugelman. To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 375 09.04.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Meghnad S are joined by journalist Saqib Tanveer from the Independent Urdu . To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chota Hafta 374 02.04.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by professor, writer and economist R Ramakumar and journalist Puja Mehra. To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hafta 373: The Kashmir Files, reportage on the Kashmiri Pandits, Congress party’s survival 26.03.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist and writer Alpana Kishore. The panel delves into the chaos surrounding The Kashmir Files and what it means in terms of propaganda. may never exist.”The panel also discusses what ails the Congress party in India and how long it can survive. Listen. Hafta letters: Abhinandan o...

Chhota Hafta 372: Sanctions against Russia, Karnataka High Court on hijab, future of Congress party 19.03.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Suhasini Haidar, diplomatic affairs editor of the Hindu . The discussion starts with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, India’s stance, and responses in terms of foreign policy. Suhasini explains the various sanctions being imposed on Russia and suggests that the world may “be di...

Chhota Hafta 371: Dissecting the BJP triumph, Cong rout and AAP wave 12.03.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by Jatinder Kaur Tur, journalist at the Caravan ,  and Sandesh Prabudesai, editor of Goa News and author of Ajeeb Goa’s Gajab Politics - Goa Elections: A Perspective . Discussing the election results, Jatinder Kaur Tur says that people in Punjab were disillusioned with Captain Amarinder Singh f...

Chota Hafta 370 05.03.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Happymon Jacob, writer and JNU professor, and Rahul Verma, fellow at the Centre for Policy Research. The panel talks about the Indian government’s delayed evacuation of Indian students in Ukraine. Anand says dispatching ministers at a time like this “is not always a bad move depending on the person’s...

Chota Hafta 369 26.02.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by Nishtha Gautam, senior editor at the Quint , and Scroll.in journalist  Arunabh Saikia. The discussion starts with the invasion of Ukraine which has been termed as a “special military operation” by Russia. The panel talks about US president Joe Biden’s recent speech and threats of sanctions against the Russi...

Chota Hafta 368 18.02.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of the Caravan . The discussion starts with senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar quitting the party and whether this will impact the Congress’s future prospects. Abhinandan calls it “one of the best things that could have happened to the C...

Chhota Hafta 367 12.02.2022

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by part of the team covering the elections for NL: Nidhi Suresh from Goa, Ayush Tiwari from Punjab, Basant Kumar from Uttar Pradesh, and Hridayesh Joshi from Uttarakhand. To listen to the full episode , subscribe to Newslaundry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hafta 366: Ten years of Newslaundry, Rahul Gandhi’s speech in Parliament, Karnataka hijab row 05.02.2022

This week on NL Hafta, it’s an all- Newslaundry panel with Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan, Jayashree Arunachalam and Mehraj D Lone. The discussion starts with Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the Parliament The panel talks about the hijab row in Karnataka. Since it’s 10 years of Newslaundry , the panelists also talk about the journey so far and what to look forward to in the...

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