In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Subhi Vishwakarma and Tushar Gupta about two protests. Tushar attended the protests at Jantar Mantar in his personal capacity, and Subhi covered Jharkhand as a journalist. What was common between the two? What was different? What lessons can we learn from both of them?

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#jharkhandprotest #cockroachjantaparty #socialmedia #genz #jantarmantar

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In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Aadit Kapadia and Nikhil Mehra about the upcoming two-match Test series between India and Sri Lanka. They also discuss the ongoing Test match between Australia and Bangladesh in Darwin.

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#gautamgambhir #rohitsharma #viratkohli #indiavssrilanka #teamindia #bcci

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In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Tushar Gupta about the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 (FCRA). What is the amendment all about? Why is it necessary? Why is the opposition up in arms about it?

PRS Bill Highlights: https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-foreign-contribution-regulation-amendment-bill-2026

PIB Bill fact sheet: https://www.pib.gov.in/FactsheetDetails.aspx?Id=150789®=48&lang=2

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In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Darshan Maharaja about the ongoing protests by international students, largely from the Indian community, in Calgary and Edmonton. They also talk about the PR campaign run for Maninder Bual, a known Khalistani extremist in Canada, and other news from the last three weeks.

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#markcarney #narendramodi #khalistan #canadianpoli #donaldtrump #racism #remigration #massimmigration #operationhardball

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In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Kushan Mitra and Shivangi Deshwal about the rising incel culture of India. The internet has given a false sense of comfort to all sorts of behaviours, and the Indian incel has found his home on Reddit threads and other platforms. What are the potential harms and solutions to this rising trend?

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#incelculture #incels #socialmedia #instagram #doomscrolling #arrangedmarriages

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In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Ramprasad about the potential harms of social media on children. Is it time to have an honest discussion about doomscrolling in India? Can we do something about this issue? Is there a sensible way to regulate these companies while people get to use these platforms and get a statutory warning?

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Link to Studies:

1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35999665/

2. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6069268

3. https://www.spiralytics.com/blog/content-creator-statistics-2025/

4. https://share.google/xzX1V6AnNDU3CgJLg

#socialmedia #instagram #doomscrolling

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In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Tushar about a claim being made constantly by folks on social media, especially YouTubers and Instagram content creators, along with their PR agencies. All of them claim that mainstream media is dead and that people, especially the youth, do not go to them for their news. What do the numbers say? Also, is mainstream media dead, or are they actually in their best phase thanks to the internet and independent content creators using them to create their content?

I also want to thank Sougat Chakraborty, who helped me dig up the numbers for these channels/handles online.

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#mainstreammedia #socialmedia #genz #dhruvrathi #newslaundry

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In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Sushant Sareen about the ongoing protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and the subsequent crackdown on innocent protestors by the Pakistani army. Reports on social media and other media indicate multiple casualties.

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#pok #pojk #islamism #pakistanarmy #kashmir

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In this monologue, Kushal shares his views on both Godi (mainstream) media and Chodi (YouTube and Instagram) media. There is a lot of chatter about how mainstream media is a lapdog and the new-age media is truly independent, but what is the truth? Is there any such thing as independent media?

Links:

1. https://x.com/KutnitiFNDTN/status/2082062313193087053?s=20

2. https://x.com/apurv_shaurya/status/2082359085316378965?s=20

3. https://x.com/BeingPolitical1/status/2082133681452519630?s=20

4. https://x.com/Indian_Analyzer/status/2081659103307243645?s=20

5. https://x.com/FabulasGuy/status/2081619616456188033?s=20

6. https://x.com/wokeflix/status/2081741923010973891?s=20

7. https://x.com/vishalPosts/status/2066851094173733051?s=20

8. https://www.meltwater.com/en/blog/social-media-statistics-india

9. https://acumen.education/digital-and-social-media-landscape-in-india/

#cockroachjantaparty #socialmedia #genz

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In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Tushar Gupta and Kushan Mitra about the dramatic end of the CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, when Dharmendra Pradhan resigned. The cockroaches have won! But is this the end of the BJP? What is the future of education reforms in India?

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#cockroachjantaparty #socialmedia #genz

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