Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya are veteran journalists who have years of experience in their field. They have a book out which aims to educate people on facts and narratives in the run up to the 2024 election. In this episode, they talk about -

- How the 2024 election might pan out

- The meaning of secularism in the Indian context

- The ethics and integrity of content creators

# Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

0:30 - The backgrounds of Rahul and Siddhartha

6:45 - Sports you need to be fit for

8:37 - Talking about "Modi and India"

12:31 - Political positions pre-2014

19:14 - The presence of misogyny in Indian laws

23:37 - Have right-wing intellectuals thrived post 2014?

27:53 - Tracing the history of the "Hindutva" movement

32:32 - What makes a controversial figure?

37:24 - How far back do we go while glorifying our past?

41:30 - The concept of religion

44:45 - The Hindu Rajya of the past

49:07 - What minority communities think of these ideas

52:28 - Press conferences are not as free as you think

58:00 - Creating a culture of accountability

59:17 - Understanding the "secular fabric" of India

1:07:14 - Why the Hindu identity is becoming political

1:05:44 - The meaning of secular has changed

1:12:07 - Policing the beliefs of citizens

1:16:49 - Is a Hindu Pakistan an actual possibility?

1:19:43 - Results of the 2024 election

1:28:59 - Does the INDIA alliance pose an actual challenge?

1:31:29 - The hardest part of writing the book

1:36:39 - How the media spotlight affects issues

1:38:39 - What Hindu Rashtra means to the RSS

1:43:24 - Asking Rahul about his controversy

1:47:27 - The opinion of journalists on content creators

1:52:55 - **The question of free speech**

2:00:12 - The place of legacy media

2:06:21 - The ethics of content creators

2:09:32 - Bias is okay, dishonesty is not

2:15:00 - Do TV anchors engage in long conversations?

2:16:30 - Conclusion

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