The CEO of Newslaunry, Abhinandan Sekhri, comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the changing narratives on Gandhi and Nehru, why people vote for BJP, News, Disinformation, Propaganda, Technology, and the Financial model of Newslaundry.

On this deep dive podcast, we discuss CAA, BJP, Pakistan, Extremism, Technology, Twitter, Independent News, Democracy, Secularism, Satire, and Speaking your mind!

Abhinandan Sekhri is the co-founder and CEO of Newslaundry. He has also co-founded the production house Small Screen with Prashant Sareen. Before founding Newslaundry, he worked as a producer, director and writer in various television and film projects, including the award-winning food and travel show ‘Highway on my Plate’, and news-satire shows such as ‘Gustaakhi Maaf’ and ‘The Great Indian Tamasha’.

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:30 Anti-India and Anti-Pakistan rhetoric

5:30 Speaking openly and honestly

8:00 Changing narratives on Gandhi

20:30 Changing narratives on Nehru

25:30 Changing India - Congress, AAP and BJP

31:00 Hypocrisy of the Elite and the Liberals

35:30 People are not aware of the divisiveness

39:00 Chronology Samjhay; India’s challenge to Secularism

45:30 CAA

47:00 Will Technology and Economic advancements reduce radicalism?

53:15 Democracy, Information and Awareness and the role of the News

57:30 Information in the Digital Age

1:07:00 Neutrality, Objectivity and Fairness in the News

1:19:30 What is the Newslaundry model

1:28:17 Audience Questions

1:48:40 Abhishek’s Question for Shehzad