NL Hafta

Union minister Anantkumar Hegde apologised in Parliament amid protests over his comment that his party, the BJP, will "soon change the Constitution". Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, Atul Chaurasia and Raman Kirpal dissect his comment and also address the ongoing tension between Islamabad and New Delhi over the meeting of Kulbhushan Jadhav with his family. Abhinandan tries to find some similarities between the Pakistani and Indian media, while Raman sheds some light on the 2G scam and shares his experience when he went to cover the fodder scam case of Lalu Prasad Yadav. They also talk about the Adarsh scam and Maharashtra's former CM Ashok Chavan. Lastly, they talk about south Indian politics and how Jayalalitha’s video triggered a controversy just before the RK Nagar bypoll. Listen up, there are two song dedications in the end too - one for our dear subscriber “Womaniya” and the other is a tribute to Mirza Ghalib.

Newslaundry reporter Amit Bhardwaj is back from covering the Gujarat elections. He shares his experience covering the results and how the BJP delayed celebrations as the contest turned out to be tougher than previous elections. Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Ranganathan and Newslaundry executive editor Vikram Kilpady discuss the #2GVerdict and how it has changed the body language of people like A. Raja and Kapil Sibal. The panel also talks about how the verdict may impact the politics in the future. Abhinandan Sekhri speaks on NDTV layoffs and slams people who evince happiness when people who they dislike, lose their jobs. He links it to the psychology that when hate takes over a person's mind, he/she becomes heartless. Anand Ranganathan has an interesting counter to that perspective. Manisha jumps in the discussion targeting the meaninglessness of Left media on this issue. At last, Amit talks about PM Modi's Vikas slogan during the Gujarat election and an interesting conversation he had with a senior journalist when he went to the ground. Listen up, there is a song dedication for acquitted A. Raja in the end too.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little snippet of the complete episode where we discuss the standoff between Jignesh Mevani and RepublicTV,  the on-going tussle within the judiciary, Justice Loya's son's presser, Aadhaar hearing in the Supreme Court, Delhi government's plan to install CCTV cameras in schools & more. Listen up!

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They start with the Australian Open, as it seems like it will again be the year of Nadal, Federer and Djokovic. Other than that, Samar does not see any young player challenging them. In cricket, they talk about South Africa and the not-so-great way Indians are playing out there. In the world of football, they discuss Liverpool and Manchester City. Samar feels that Manchester City will not be The Invincibles this year. All this and more on this week's Just Sports.

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They start with the Australian Open, as it seems like it will again be the year of Nadal, Federer and Djokovic. Other than that, Samar does not see any young player challenging them. In cricket, they talk about South Africa and the not-so-great way Indians are playing out there. In the world of football, they discuss Liverpool and Manchester City. Samar feels that Manchester City will not be The Invincibles this year. All this and more on this week's Just Sports.

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In the second podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate surrounding the agricultural distress, law and order situation in New Delhi, Dhanyashree suicide in Karnataka as well as encounters in Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh. The panel also weighs in on the sexual harassment allegations against American actor-comedian Aziz Ansari -- can the allegation be clubbed with the #MeToo movement or is there a need to draw a distinction? Also on the podcast are stories that our reporters would like to cover -- from Panchayat elections in Kashmir to an investigation into Islamic groups such as Popular Front of India and Social Democratic Party of India. This, and more. Listen up!

Samar Khan and Rahul Puri are back with their weekly round-up of sports. They start with the Australian Open, as it seems like it will again be the year of Nadal, Federer and Djokovic. Other than that, Samar does not see any young player challenging them. In cricket, they talk about South Africa and the not-so-great way Indians are playing out there. In the world of football, they discuss Liverpool and Manchester City. Samar feels that Manchester City will not be The Invincibles this year. All this and more on this week's Just Sports.

In the second podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate surrounding the agricultural distress, law and order situation in New Delhi, Dhanyashree suicide in Karnataka as well as encounters in Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh. The panel also weighs in on the sexual harassment allegations against American actor-comedian Aziz Ansari -- can the allegation be clubbed with the #MeToo movement or is there a need to draw a distinction? Also on the podcast are stories that our reporters would like to cover -- from Panchayat elections in Kashmir to an investigation into Islamic groups such as Popular Front of India and Social Democratic Party of India. This, and more. Listen up!

In the second podcast of Reporters Without Orders, the panel discusses the limited debate surrounding the agricultural distress, law and order situation in New Delhi, Dhanyashree suicide in Karnataka as well as encounters in Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh. The panel also weighs in on the sexual harassment allegations against American actor-comedian Aziz Ansari -- can the allegation be clubbed with the #MeToo movement or is there a need to draw a distinction? Also on the podcast are stories that our reporters would like to cover -- from Panchayat elections in Kashmir to an investigation into Islamic groups such as Popular Front of India and Social Democratic Party of India. This, and more. Listen up!

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In this episode of Awful and Awesome, Rajyasree Sen joins Abhinandan Sekhri to review Anurag Kashyap's Mukkabaaz and Steven Spielberg's The Post. They also discuss Karan Johar's show, Calling Karan. Apart from this, Rajyasree talks about Black Mirror, David Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction and Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Drinking Coffee. Abhinandan and Rajyasree also discuss Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming movie, Padmavat.