Reporters Without Orders

Snigdha Sharma is joined by Hameeda Syed, Basant Kumar and Ayan Sharma of Newslaundry. They discuss Hameeda’s report on how a peaceful protest against the citizenship law at Khureji, one of the “other Shaheen Baghs of Delhi”, was shut down by the police after the Delhi riots started. They also talk about Basant’s report on how residents of a slum in Ganga Vihar, which was burnt down during the vio...

Host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Ayush Tiwari, Basant Kumar, and Anusuya Som of Newslaundry. The panel begins the podcast with Basant’s report on the life of riot victims in New Mustafabad’s Eidghah relief camp followed by Anusuya’s report on what the Aam Aadmi Party is doing to help Delhi carnage victims. Ayush shares details of his article on how no one is holding Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath a...

Host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Ayush Tiwari and Basant Kumar of Newslaundry. They discuss the situation in Delhi in the wake of last week’s communal violence. They also talk about their experience reporting from the ground and documenting the sheer scale and horror of the tragedy. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have. Tune in! Hosted on Acas...

In this special episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Aishwarya S Iyer from The Quint and Newslaundry’s Ayan Sharma, Anusuya Som and Veena Nair—all of whom covered the violence that broke out in Northeast Delhi last week. From sharing their first-hand experiences on the ground to the emotional toll of reporting such horrific events, the reporters talk about it all in this candid conversation....

A reporters’ podcast about what made news and what shouldn’t have. In this episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Ayush Tiwari, Ayan Sharma and Veena Nair of Newslaundry. Ayan shares his experience covering Arvind Kejriwal’s swearing-in ceremony. He met tens of AAP supporters at the event who told him what they expect from the new government. Veena discusses her interview with Congress leader S...

A reporters’ podcast about what made news and what shouldn’t have. In this episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Basant Kumar, Ayan Sharma and Prateek Goyal of Newslaundry. While Basant and Ayan discuss the Delhi election, Prateek talks about his series on the status of the Koregaon Bhima controversy. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have....

In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Basant Kumar, Ayush Tiwari and Ayan Sharma of Newlaundry. Ayush and Basant discuss their report from the village of Kapil Gujjar, the Shaheen Bagh shooter. Ayan talks about his experience reporting from Jewar, hometown of the juvenile who shot at protesters outside Jamia Millia Islamia University. The panel also talk about Ayush’s factcheck...

For the 100th episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Basant Kumar, Ayush Tiwari, Veena Nair and Ayan Sharma of Newslaundry, and the former host of this podcast, Cherry Agarwal. They begin with some bizarre news stories and briefly talk about the impending Delhi assembly election. And in a special segment, they discuss their most memorable ground reports. Ayush’s pick...

In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Basant Kumar and Ayan Sharma of Newslaundry, and Vijayta Lalwani from Scroll. The panel talks about the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, the star campaigners, how the Congress is losing relevance, the significance of Purvanchali voters, and the social media tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party. This and a lot m...

In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Newslaundry’s Ayush Tiwari, Meghnad, Anukriti Malik, and campus reporter, Ismat Ara. After sharing a few laughs over some bizarre news they read, the panel begins the discussion with the Shaheen Bagh protests. Ismat shares her experience of covering Shashi Tharoor’s Jamia Millia Islamia visit. Then comes India Today’s JNU Confession Tapes. A...

In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by our correspondents Ayush Tiwari, Basant Kumar, Veena Nair, and Ayan Sharma, who were on the ground reporting on the mob attack at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University on January 5. They talk about what they witnessed. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what absolutely shouldn’t have. Tune in. Hosted on Aca...

In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by our reporters Basant Kumar, Ayush Tiwari and Ayan Sharma who have just returned from covering the protests against the citizenship law in Uttar Pradesh and Assam, and the police brutality against the protesters. Ayush and Basant talk about how the Uttar Pradesh police are getting away with murder; they are refusing to file FIRs and making co...

In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Meghnad S and Veena Nair of Newlaundry and Amit Bharadwaj, an independent journalist. Snigdha, Veena, Meghnad, and Amit discuss the future of CAA protests, who gets to lead a movement, and deaths due to the violence in Uttar Pradesh. Meghnad elaborates on the discrepancies in PM Modi’s previous statements on NRC. He also breaks down the comp...

In this week’s special episode, host Snigdha is joined by Ismat Ara, Basant Kumar, Ayush Tiwari, Anusuya Som and Veena Nair--all of whom were on the ground covering the protests in Delhi and elsewhere. Beginning with a reconstruction of the events that occured on the fateful night on Sunday, each of them talk about what they saw first hand. Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

In this week’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Meghnad S, Basant Kumar, and Veena Nair. While Meghnad explains the nitty-gritty of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Veena updates everyone about the JNU students’ protest march to Rashtrapati Bhawan. Basant talks about the pathetic living conditions of migrant labourers in Delhi as he recounts his visit to the Anaj Mandi that was gutted by a...

In this week’s episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Snigdha is joined by Ayush Tiwari, Basant Kumar and The Quint’s Aishwarya S Iyer. While Aishwarya talks about the Hyderabad rape case and her experience of reporting on the same, Ayush gives us a break down of everything that was wrong with the maps depicting BJP’s supposed electoral decline across states. This and a lot more, as they talk a...

In this week’s episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Snigdha is joined by Newslaundry correspondents Ayush Tiwari, Prateek Goyal, Chahak Gupta and Basant Kumar. While Prateek clears the air about the entire Maharashtra madness, Chehek talks in detail about the JNU protests and the situation that persists. This and a lot more, as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and somethings that...

In this week’s episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Snigdha is joined by Newslaundry correspondents Ayush Tiwari and Basant Kumar. Also joining the podcast is Mid-day's Gaurav Sarkar. They discuss at length the post-election drama in Maharashtra, electoral bonds, media's coverage of JNU protests, the EU Disinfo Lab’s report on fake local media outlets serving Indian interests and some very mo...

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Snigdha is joined by Omar Rashid, Uttar Pradesh Correspondent for The Hindu and Newslaundry reporters Basant Kumar and Ayush Tiwari to talk about the politics of Ayodhya and the drama in Maharashtra among other things. The podcast begins with the usual bits of bizarre news stories. The discussion quickly moves to Ayodhya with Omar who shares his ex...

For this episode of Reporters without Orders, host Snigdha Sharma is joined by Newslaundry correspondents Basant Kumar and Veena Nair to talk about important, and bizarre, news stories of the week, and media activism in India. Basant talks about the Haryana Assembly election, “Kingmaker” Dushyant Chautala, and the erosion in the support of the once formidable Indian National Lok Dal. Veena analyse...

Host Snigdha Sharma and Newslaundry correspondents Ayush Tiwari and Basant Kumar are joined by Siddharth Singh, an energy, mobility and climate policy expert and author of the book The Great Smog of India for this episode of Reporters Without Orders. The panel extensively discusses the persistent matter of air pollution. Snigdha thinks the issue does not get its fair share of coverage by the India...

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Snigdha Sharma and Newslaundry correspondents Meghnad S and Basant Kumar decode the PMC Bank crisis, the “real issues” in the upcoming Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plogging on the Mamallapuram beach on October 12. They start off by discussing the news that rightfully made news. Meghnad explains how...

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, host Ayush Tiwari and Newslaundry correspondents Meghnad S and Basant Kumar discuss the shastra puja “Hindu spin” to the delivery of the first Rafale fighter aircraft, the incendiary speech by a CRPF constable and its controversial broadcast by India Today, and the morbid murders that shook a small Kerala town. Speaking about the viral speech of the CRP...

This week on Reporters Without Orders, Snigdha Sharma hosts Newslaundry correspondent Ayush Tiwari and Bibek Bhattacharya, deputy editor at Mint Lounge. They discuss whether the climate strike protests around the world could prove effective in changing government policy, the Uttar Pradesh government’s inquiry clearing Kafeel Khan of wrongdoing in the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy, among other subject...

In this episode of Reporters Without Orders, Snigdha Sharma hosts Gaurav Sarkar, Ayush Tiwari and Basant Kumar to reflect on the extravaganza that was Narendra Modi’s ‘Howdy, Modi’ rally in Houston, United States, and its wall-to-wall coverage by the Indian media. Why would the media think the rally warranted such fawning coverage? And why were the same channels that had labelled Donald Trump a se...