NL Hafta

Who are trolls? What motivates them and why do they hate journalists so much. Author and journalist Swati Chaturvedi speaks to Manisha Pande about her bestselling book I Am A Troll, her encounters with over 30 trolls who said they worked for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s social media cell, and more. Watch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss whether Sansui Stardust Awards compare to the Golden Globes. If you thought that everyone in Bollywood had copped out of making a statement, let Sen tell you how Riteish Deshmukh and Abhishek Bachchan did their bit. Sen and Pal are excited about Rangoon -- listen and find out why. Karan Johar’s new book An Unsuitable Boy is out, but has the media...

The year's first episode and Samar and Rahul discuss all the things to look forward to in 2017--From what looks like the beginning of the Virat Kohli era , to the Djokovic and Murray rivalry. The year is filled with possibilities. The duo discuss their top four English Premier League predictions and much more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Columnist and author Arnab Ray, better known as Greatbong, joins us for this episode of Hafta. Samajwadi Party made headlines thanks to Mulayam and Akhilesh keeping feuds in the family. Is all this staged and if it is, who benefits from it? There are many differing points of view on the case of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vs Supreme Court. Ray has some insights to offer, along...

The new year is here, and so are our culture vultures, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen. Can Raees do what Dangal did? Also, what's this new avatar that Ranveer Singh has in the new Thumbs Up ad? And if you've been wondering why Hrithik Roshan is dancing in a detergent ad, Sen has an explanation. There's also a dissection of Aaj Tak anchor Shweta Singh's appearance on The Kapil Sharma Show and a d...

So it’s ​the ​centenary episode of NL Hafta​ and i​t had to be special right? ​Well, it was all that and more. Six of our subscribers from different parts of the world​ joined our regular panel​.​ Listen to how they took the floor and took our panel to​ the​ cleaners,​ elegantly. Our usual suspects Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Deepanjana Pal ​and​ Manisha Pande​ were all ear...

This week,​Abhinandan Sekhri ​joins Deepanjana Pal on the podcast, which means we need to preface this with an advisory: some of the language this time is, ummm, strictly PG-16. ​Find out what Pal has to say about the criticism that some feminists had for Dangal​ ​and Sekhri's favourite film of the year. ​Find out which was the greatest movie of 2016​, according to our duo.​ ​Sekhri has a lot to s...

​It's that time again when we look back fondly at the year that's almost past. This week​,​ Samar Khan and Rahul Puri recall ​the wins, the fails, the highs and the lows of 2016​'s sporting scene. ​From ​BCCI ​and Supreme Court ​going head to head at home, to Leicester City ​premier league ​on foreign shores, ​listen up as our sport-obsessed duo gear up for the new year​ by getting just a little n...

Josy Joseph, National Security Editor of The Hindu, joins us on this episode of NL Hafta to talk about the state of the nation, his book A feast of Vultures and the defamation suit that Jet Airways has filed against Joseph. He's got some great advice for journalists as well as sharp insights into how successive governments in India have mishandled insurgencies. We've also got consulting editors An...

What's in a movie trailer? When it comes to Subhash Kapoor’s Jolly LLB 2 and Anurag Basu’s Jagga Jassoos, a lot. Rajyasree Sen and Deepanjana Pal talk about moustaches and other curiosities as they dissect these newly-released trailers. Both of them are fans of Madonna’s speech, delivered after the pop icon won BillBoard’s Woman of The Year award. They're less impressed by Bindass’ web series, The...

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round-up. This week they discuss football matches over the last weekend, January transfer window: is it even relevant? Indian Premier League and players who were let go. Finally, a little on the state of hockey in India, and why it needs more attention and resources. All this and more, discussed and dissected on this episode of Just Sports. Host...

Why have journalists become punching bags for politicians? And why are some scribes choosing to remain silent on this? Ravish Kumar of NDTV India joins us on Hafta this week. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande and our guest talk about Rahul Gandhi’s claim of evidence against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “personal corruption”. Should news media take him seriously...

This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen start off with Aditya Chopra’s Befikre, the bizarre characterisation & whether Ranveer Singh & Vaani Kapoor have done a good job. Also, Ok Jaanu’s trailer about yet another couple having premarital sex, Shah Rukh Khan telling us to be his guest in Dubai in a new ad film, La La Land and finally William Dalrymple & Anita Anand’s new book on the Kohinoor. A...

Text Body: Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty roundup. This week they discuss the UEFA Champions League match lineup--Arsenal are to go up against Bayern Munich; is Arsenal just jinxed? The two also ponder why only goal scorers are awarded the FIFA Ballon d'Or; does the rest of the team not count? What does the recent Manchester United game say about Pep Guardiola? And, most impo...

On this week's Hafta, our columnist TS Sudhir joins the regular panel of Madhu Trehan, Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan and Deepanjana Pal. Sudhir has been providing some of the best updates and reports on how Jayalalithaa's final days unfolded and he gives us all the news from the Southern front. Did Jayalalithaa really pass away at 5pm, as some news channels reported? Why were all the MLAs c...

It's NSFW time on our pop culture podcast, courtesy DJ and producer Nanok's Lay You Down. Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen have a few questions and a little disagreement about the video that shows Monica Dogra and Anushka Manchanda making out in proud, gay abandon. Also on the podcast, our two culture vultures discuss whether the new Pirelli calendar deserves as much applause as it has got. Find o...

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty roundup. This week on Just Sports, they discuss the English Premier League, the latest El Clásico, governance issues in football and why politicians run sports all over the world. Also, Tiger Woods is back! But can the legendary golfer keep his performance consistent? Within a week of becoming the Formula one racing champion, Nico Rosberg announ...

Deepanjana Pal And Rajyasree Sen watched Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani 2 for you and the film, unlike its predecessor, hasn't really scored highly for either of them. Find out all the twist and tales in the plot, whether no make-up is equal to great acting and whether Arjun Rampal's handsome face saves the day. There are loads of spoilers in this so don't say we didn't warn you. Listen up and let us know...

The year is winding down, but the pace of news isn't slowing down any. Join Abhinandan Sekhri, Madu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Deepanjana Pal as they discuss this week's headline makers. Six prisoners broke out of Nabha Central Jail, a maximum security facility that magnanimously allows its prisoners to update their Facebook status (it's hard out there for convicts). While the ru...

The aliens have landed, Shah Rukh Khan has redefined therapy, Pakistani women are saying "Beat Me" -- so much to dissect, so little time. This week, Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen discuss Gauri Shinde’s Dear Zindagi, the trailer of Martin Scorsese’s Silence and two short films. Tisca Chopra is the star of Chutney, according to Sen and Pal. Find out what they thought of Wes Anderson's ad for H&M,...

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round up. This week on Just Sports, they discuss who was the greater midfielder--Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard or Paul Scholes? José Mourinho's latest meltdown; aren't they occurring a little too often? And finally, we have a new Formula 1 racing champion, Nico Rosberg. Talking about F1, is it fair that it's a team and individual sport? Can both...

The Indore Patna Express train tragedy is one of the worst rail accidents India has suffered, with 146 lives lost and many injured. Should there have been more news on this rather than demonetisation? Should the Indian Railways not face more heat from the media? Kanchan Gupta, Commissioning Editor & Commentator, ABP News, joins us for this episode of Hafta, with Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, De...

Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen are back with their weekly entertainment roundup. This week, Pal and Sen go from concert to movie to a ​N​etflix series​,​ to a cooking show​ with Zarine Khan​ and finally to ads​ that make them go hmm​. Amit Gurbaxani, co-founder and chief editor of​ The Daily Pao​, ​is a special guest on the show and he's got all the details of how Global Citizen​s Festival India...

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their sporty round up. This week on Just Sports, they discuss how sportsmen are held to a different standard of behaviour given the hue and cry after Wayne Rooney gatecrashed a wedding. Does Andy Murray deserve to be the number one after his most recent win? And finally PV Sindhu has become the new poster girl for badminton, leaving Saina Nehwal behind. All...

This week we are joined by journalist Vivek Kaul who is also the author of the three-part series Easy Money. We discuss demonetisation, and Sekhri seems convinced that Modi's mother standing in a queue of a bank, was a photo-op. We also talk about Vijay Mallya's loan being written off; Mamta and Kejriwal's rally against demonetisation and the big fat wedding of Janardhan Reddy's daughter. And look...