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Made in China is a film that till it’s last scene doesn’t know what it wants to be . It starts off as a thriller when a Chinese diplomat on a trip to Gujarat dies mysteriously overdosing on what appears to be a killer aphrodisiac. Then one character speaks about how Indians might want better roads but what they really need is better sex!

Raghu aka Rajkumar Rao is a harmless young man who spends time watching motivational videos by a certain “Chopra” (Gajraj Rao) on TV and trying to navigate the losses from his various entrepreneurial misadventures. When he decides to venture into an Indo-Chinese business of a sex potion that claims to be the cure for all kinds of disappointments in bed one is bound to believe that a sex comedy is what the makers are after!

Listen to the podcast for the rest of the review!

Host: Stutee Ghosh

Happy Diwali! The year’s almost over and Diwali is here again.

I don’t burst crackers but what I do is talk a lot, so on Diwali I went around asking people some IMPORTANT questions.

What does Diwali mean to you? What do you LIKE about Diwali? What do you dislike about Diwali?

Spoiler alert: Most people don’t like the pollution.

Anyway that’s the basic premise here, so listen to the podcast for the whole, FUN story!

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Happy Diwali! The year’s almost over and Diwali is here again.

I don’t burst crackers but what I do is talk a lot, so on Diwali I went around asking people some IMPORTANT questions.

What does Diwali mean to you? What do you LIKE about Diwali? What do you dislike about Diwali?

Spoiler alert: Most people don’t like the pollution.

Anyway that’s the basic premise here, so listen to the podcast for the whole, FUN story!

Saand ki Aankh literally translates to “bull’s eye”, and this comes naturally to Chandro and Prakashi Tomar. Having discovered their flair for shooting and hitting the bull’s eye well past their prime, these dupatta-clad grandmothers earned themselves the sobriquet of “shooter daadis”!

Debutant director Tushar Hiranandani’s film Saand ki Aankh draws inspiration from their lives.

The film begins in the year 1999. It’s in the Johri village of Bagpat that we first meet the spirited women.

In hushed tones and shared moments of joy they somehow manage to create a safe zone in the minefield of archaic rules that the resident patriarch shoves down their throats.

The women must cover their heads with ghunghat (veil). So much so that the women are identified actually by the colour of their dupattas. They can’t leave the house without a male companion. The only thing that awaits them is marriage and pati ki seva (taking care of the husband). 

For the FULL review, listen to the podcast!

Host: Stutee Ghosh

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Saand ki Aankh literally translates to “bull’s eye”, and this comes naturally to Chandro and Prakashi Tomar. Having discovered their flair for shooting and hitting the bull’s eye well past their prime, these dupatta-clad grandmothers earned themselves the sobriquet of “shooter daadis”!

Debutant director Tushar Hiranandani’s film Saand ki Aankh draws inspiration from their lives.

The film begins in the year 1999. It’s in the Johri village of Bagpat that we first meet the spirited women.

In hushed tones and shared moments of joy they somehow manage to create a safe zone in the minefield of archaic rules that the resident patriarch shoves down their throats.

The women must cover their heads with ghunghat (veil). So much so that the women are identified actually by the colour of their dupattas. They can’t leave the house without a male companion. The only thing that awaits them is marriage and pati ki seva (taking care of the husband). 

For the FULL review, listen to the podcast!

Host: Stutee Ghosh

More than 19 lakh people have been excluded from Assam's National Register of Citizens.

So what happens to them? Can they prove they are Indians or they will end up as "illegal foreigners" and be sent to a detention camp? 

We travelled to Assam to understand the fate of the ones left behind.

Listen to the podcast or you can click here to watch the full documentary.

Host and Reporter: Tridip K Mandal

Podcast Producer: Shorbori Purkayastha

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More than 19 lakh people have been excluded from Assam's National Register of Citizens.

So what happens to them? Can they prove they are Indians or they will end up as "illegal foreigners" and be sent to a detention camp? 

We travelled to Assam to understand the fate of the ones left behind.

Listen to the podcast or you can click here to watch the full documentary.

Host and Reporter: Tridip K Mandal

Podcast Producer: Shorbori Purkayastha

24 October marks United Nations Day, the day the UN was founded, in 1945. The UN Charter came into effect in 1945, with United Nations Day being celebrated from 1948 onwards.

And nearly 75 years since the United Nations was founded, the world body is desperately in need of some reform. The structure of the UN of 2019, still reflects the situation in the 1940s.

Clearly, it’s time for the UN Security Council to change - and add new members to its fold.

This podcast is based on an opinion piece by Shashi Tharoor and explains why the UN needs to catch up with the times, or risk becoming irrelevant.

Hosts: Vishnu Gopinath and Viraj Gaur

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24 October marks United Nations Day, the day the UN was founded, in 1945. The UN Charter came into effect in 1945, with United Nations Day being celebrated from 1948 onwards.

And nearly 75 years since the United Nations was founded, the world body is desperately in need of some reform. The structure of the UN of 2019, still reflects the situation in the 1940s.

Clearly, it’s time for the UN Security Council to change - and add new members to its fold.

This podcast is based on an opinion piece by Shashi Tharoor and explains why the UN needs to catch up with the times, or risk becoming irrelevant.

Hosts: Vishnu Gopinath and Viraj Gaur

Days after winning the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Abhijit Banerjee spoke to The Quint about the state of Indian economy, what can be done to fix it and his latest book Good Economics for Hard Times.

Banerjee’s economic views have drawn criticism from some BJP leaders. Responding to the criticism, Banerjee said he is “neither able nor willing to be involved in slanging matches.”

Listen to the podcast with The Quint's Aditya Menon.

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