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Weekly wrap of events of the week peppered with context, commentary and opinion by a superstar panel. Click here to support Newslaundry: http://bit.ly/paytokeepnewsfree

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2419 - Hafta 480: Indian think tanks, Congress’s inevitability, ‘Ram’ in election campaigns
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  • 2419 - Hafta 480: Indian think tanks, Congress’s inevitability, ‘Ram’ in election campaigns


    This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by policy researcher Yamini Aiyar and senior journalist Rasheed Kidwai. 


    On the challenges facing think tanks in India, Yamini says working in policy has “moved from jholawala inputs to suit-boot inputs” over the years, referring to the increased corporatisation.  


    The panel then discusses the Congress manifesto, and the party’s relevance in the upcoming elections. Abhinandan asks, “Is the Congress inevitable?” Rasheed says the grand old party is “not a dead body. It is very much alive and kicking.” 


    The conversation then moves on to the controversy around Ramayana fame actor Arun Govil campaigning in Meerut with a photograph of the deity Ram. On the use of religion for votes, Rasheed says it’s “not an issue” for voters in India. 


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    00:07:09 - Policy research in India 

    00: 17:41 - Headlines

    00:27:09 - Think tanks in India 

    00:38:13 - Is the Congress inevitable?

    00:59:50 - Use of religion in election campaign 

    01:22:31 - Letters

    01:55:19 - Recommendations 


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    Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra, edited by Samarendra K Dash and Umrav Singh. 

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    Sat, 13 Apr 2024 - 2h 03min
  • 2418 - Hafta 479: Katchatheevu controversy, the role of India’s Election Commission

    This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Manisha Pande are joined by ex-Chief Election Commissioner Dr SY Quraishi, and academic Professor R Manivannan.


    Dr Quraishi says that ensuring a level-playing field is the Election Commission’s “dharma”. He says it is necessary for conducting free and fair elections which are “a basic structure of the Constitution”. He adds that the EC follows the principle of “what can wait must wait”, and asks whether the arrest of opposition leaders could have waited.


    On the Katchatheevu island issue, Prof. Manivannan says the island was historically “within the revenue region of the king of Ramanathapuram”, adding that by 1976, the fishing rights of  Tamil fishermen had been taken away in the region. “What happens to the population that relies on fishing in the region?” he asks.


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    00: 02:41 - Headlines

    00:10:53 - Role of Election Commission

    41:01:30- Katchatheevu 

    01:22:01 - Letters

    01:46:48 - Recommendations


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    Produced and recorded by Aryan Mahtta and Priyali Dhingra, edited by Hassan Bilal and Umrav Singh.


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    Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 1h 53min
  • 2417 - Hafta 478: TM Krishna awards row, Kejriwal’s arrest

    This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardan are joined by music producer and public health consultant Dr Aiswarya Rao.


    On the controversy around TM Krishna being conferred the Sangita Kalanidhi award by the Madras Music Academy and the Carnatic music fraternity’s response, Rao says it is an “intra-Brahmin musician dispute”. One faction wants to “take Carnatic music to the masses”, while the other wants to maintain its “hegemony”.  


    On Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest, Manisha says the PMLA Act is “scary”. “You cannot get bail in PMLA till the court is satisfied that there is prima facieno case.” 


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    Timecodes


    00:05:40 - Headlines

    00:12:20 - TM Krishna’s Sangita Kalanidhi award controversy

    00:31:32 - Arvind Kejriwal arrest

    00:59:57 - Letters

    01:16:13  - Recommendations


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    Produced and recorded by Aryan Mahtta, edited by Hassan Bilal.


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    Sat, 30 Mar 2024 - 1h 26min
  • 2416 - Hafta 477: Electoral bonds, seat-sharing for Lok Sabha, Ramnath Goenka awards

    This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardan are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, co-founder of The News Minute.


    On electoral bonds, and the Trinamool Congress being its second-largest recipient, Anand says, “One factor [which determines this] is which party is seen as remaining in power for more time. Power magnets in a region.”


    The conversation moves on to the seat-sharing arrangements for the Lok Sabha polls. Talking about Tamil Nadu, Dhanya says the BJP has “almost sidelined the AIADMK” and has become “confident of forming an alliance in Tamil Nadu without the party, which was not possible five or 10 years ago”.


    On the Adani group funding the Ramnath Goenka Awards, Abhinandan says, “It’s complicated. For new journalists, it is a motivating factor, it builds morale.” Raman says it’s okay to receive awards funded by conglomerates as long as they do not interfere in the outlet’s coverage. He adds that The Indian Express’s coverage of the Hindenburg Research report accusing Adani group of stock manipulation was “relentless”.


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    General elections are around the corner, and Newslaundry and The News Minute have ambitious plans.Click here to support us.


    Timecodes


    00:05:20 - Headlines

    00:17:02  - Electoral bonds

    00:38:28 - Tamil Nadu, Bihar seat-sharing

    00:53:15  - Adani sponsoring Ramnath Goenka Awards

    01:13:55   - Letters

    01:35:11   - Recommendations


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    Produced and recorded by Aryan Mahtta, edited by Umrav Singh.




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    Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 1h 47min
  • 2415 - Hafta 476: Electoral bonds, BJP candidates, CAA implementation

    This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Shardool Katyayan and JayashreeArunachalam are joined by Jagdeep Chhokar, founder and member of the Association for Democratic Reforms.


    On electoral bonds, Jagdeep says the exercise of matching the bonds data can never be conclusive, but “we should remember that the window between a bond being purchased and it being redeemed is 15 days”.


    The panel then discusses the BJP’s second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. Abhinandan asks if the party is trying to change its image by dropping names of sitting MPs with a history of hate speech. Jayashree says it is fielding new faces only to strengthen the central leadership’s grip on state units.


    On the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, Shardool says the law is “practically useless”. He explains that the naturalisation process requires 11 years of residency in the country, whereas the deadline for granting citizenship under the CAA is December 2014, and the law is being notified almost after a decade.


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    We have a page for subscribers to send letters to our shows. If you want to write to Hafta,click here. 


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    General elections are around the corner, and Newslaundry and The News Minute have ambitious plans.Click here to support us.


    Timecodes


    00:02:31 - Headlines

    00:19:19 - Electoral bonds

    00:38:15 - BJP’s second list of candidates 

    00:48:33 - Notifying of CAA rules

    01:02:49 - Letters

    01:34:48 - Recommendations


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    Check out ourprevious Haftairecommendations.


    Produced and recorded by Aryan Mahtta, edited by Satish Kumar and Samarendra Dash.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 1h 46min
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