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- NDTV deal not an ordinary business transaction Ft N.Ram
A lot happened after Adani's acquisition of a certain percentage of the stake in NDTV. Our host Sidharth Bhatia of The Wire Talks is back after a short sabbatical with a big question. The question is will the acquisition get news channel to be in favour of the ruling party? Join him as he welcomes Narasimhan Ram, Former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu to discuss the same.
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You can listen to this show on The Wire's website, the IVM Podcasts website, app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS or any other podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
30 min - The Booker Prize Changes a Lot for Me Ft. Shehan KarunatilakaThe Seven Moons of Maali Almeida penned by Srilankan author, Shehan Karunatilaka, made him bag the Booker Prize, 2022. The delightful announcement was made on October 17, 2022, in a ceremony held in London. Thus, making him the second Sri Lankan-born author to take this prestigious award home. His novel as described in the ceremony, as "a searing, mordantly funny satire set amid the murderous mayhem of a Sri Lanka beset by civil war." The author was awarded this award, as our neighbouring healed from soaring prices of commodities that lead to a civil uprising.
Tune into this fresh episodes of The Wire Talks to listen to our host Sidharth Bhatia's conversation with Shehan Karunatilaka here.
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You can listen to this show on The Wire's website, the IVM Podcasts website, app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
31 min - Not One Woman in My Family's Business Group for Over 120 years Dr. Valli ArunachalamToday's episode of The Wire Talks has our host Sidharth Bhatia in conversation with Dr. Valli Arunachalam. The daughter of former Executive Chairman, MV Murugappan, is fighting against patriarchy and gender discrimination.
She is the eldest daughter of the late MV Murugappan and the former Executive Chairman of the Murugappa group. During her conversation she states that for 120 years, the Murugappa Group has been operated by the sons, keeping daughters of the family out of the family business.
The Murugappa group has wings spread in bicycles, sugar, abrasives, fertilisers, financial services, and manufacturing. Tune in to this episode to listen to her perspective and battle to get her seat in the family-operated business.
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You can listen to this show on The Wire's website, the IVM Podcasts website, app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
35 min - Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena is not like the old one Ft. Kumar KetkarShiv Sena was formed by cartoonist Bal Thackeray in 1966. Its initial aim was to get Marathi speaking population in Maharashtra preferential treatment. Though the now late Bal Thackeray's headed party also stuck to the party being a non-Hindutva believer, it was in the 1970s when they began placing on weight Hindutva ideology.
In this episode of The Wire Talks, Sidharth Bhatia talks to the journalist and Congress MP, Kumar Ketkar. Their conversation covers topics ranging from the inception of the political party, its alliances with other parties, Eknath Shinde's massive move in June 2022, leading to Uddhav Thackeray resigning from CM's chair and the party's future.
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51 min - Social Media disinformation has played a role in Leicester violence Ft. Rohit K DasguptaA sudden disturbance was observed in the city of Leicester in the month of September 2022. As per cops following India's win at the Asia Cup 20 tournament against Pakistan, clashes were observed in Hindu & Muslim communities. This led to arrest of people.
In this episode of The Wire Talks joining our host Sidharth Bhatia is Rohit K Dasgupta, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Industries, School of Culture & Creative Arts, University of Glasgow. Rohit interacts with Sidharth decoding these clashes and possible factors that gave rise to them. In addition to this, they also discuss the role of social media, as it spread disinformation regarding the Leicester violence attack.
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46 min - British colonialism was both good and bad Ft. John ZubrzyckiTune in to the latest episode of The Wire Talks as our host Sidharth Bhatia talks to Australian author and researcher, John Zubrzycki.
The duo talks about the latter's recent book, The Shortest History of India. The book covers a wide range of topics right from the earliest humans to Harappan civilisation to the invasion of the country by Mughals and Britishers.
His book is also documentation of the 5000 years of Indian history including mentions of colonisation to the Independence period.
British historian John Keay says, "The Shortest History of India may be a one-day read but it's no small achievement. Nimbly navigating 5000 years of erratic documentation, Zubrzycki's narrative retains its poise, misses little and is a delight to read."Follow Sidharth Bhatia on Twitter and Instagram @bombaywallah and https://instagram.com/bombaywallah
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39 min - Boycott Bollywood campaigns have hardly any impact Ft. Nikkhil Advani
The recently released movie, Brahmastra starring Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor in pivotal roles remained in the news for varied reasons. This week on The Wire Talks Sidharth Bhatia is joined by filmmaker Nikkhil Advani. The director who has carved his niche in the industry with the films such as D Day, Batla House and more, shares his thoughts on movies. He answers how the audience’s taste in the movie is now more specific, 3 must-do for Hindi filmmakers, how the industry remains unorganized and more.
He also shares if the political world has an impact on movie making business, Boycott campaigns and lastly how has COVID-19 pandemic affected the cinematic world overall.
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42 min - Courts should open their eyes to bulldozer governments Ft. Chander Uday Singh
An independent judiciary is a crucial pillar of democracy, however, over the period of time, the perception has grown that institutions lean more towards the political establishments.
In this episode of The Wire Talks, our guest Chander Uday Singh, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court, in conversation with our host Sidharth Bhatia, has spoken about it extensively. The duo discusses delay and procrastination being huge hurdles, and how they affected some of the prominent issues, and pending cases that required immediate attention.
Keep yourself updated with the world happening by tuning into The Wire Talks every Tuesday on the IVM Podcasts networks.Follow Sidharth Bhatia on Twitter and Instagram @bombaywallah and https://instagram.com/bombaywallah
You can listen to this show on The Wire's website, the IVM Podcasts website, app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.
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45 min - The Congress has diminished not vanished Ft. Zoya HasanIndian National Congress formed in 1885, ruled the nation for several years. However, since 2014, they experienced a decline in power with BJP winning the elections.
On this episode of The Wire Talks, Sidharth Bhatia talks to Indian academic and political scientist Zoya Hasan regarding her book, Growing Polarization and the Decline of the Congress Party. The duo discusses the current scenario in the congress party, crises and its ways ahead.
Keep yourself updated with the world happening by tuning into The Wire Talks every Tuesday on the IVM Podcasts networks.
Follow Sidharth Bhatia on Twitter and Instagram @bombaywallah and https://instagram.com/bombaywallahYou can listen to this show on The Wire's website, the IVM Podcasts website, app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
52 min - We track ads that land on hate sites Ft. Nandini JammiIt was noticeable of the right-wing outlet getting advertisements from the big companies and making a big moolah. Our guest today on The Wire Talks Nandini Jammi, co-founder of Sleeping Giants, studied this trend in the industry and came up with steps that left the advertisers stupefied.
Her organisation led the advertisers to distance themselves from the Pro-Trump newsletters after the USA election of that particular year. Following her, Sleeping Giants venture, she now runs Check My Ads- Ad-Tech industry's watchdog.
In this episode, Sidharth and Nandini discuss how the latter has taken this initiative to curtail the promotion of hate ads in the digital space and on television too.Keep yourself updated with the world happening by tuning into The Wire Talks every Tuesday on the IVM Podcasts networks.
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About The Wire Talks
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The Wire Talks is a weekly podcast, in which each week host Sidharth Bhatia, Founder Editor of The Wire, will chat with guests on politics, society and culture. The guests may or may not be in the…
headlines, but they will definitely have a lot of interesting things to say. With a running time of 30 minutes and maybe more, these chats will not be like much of the mainstream media today, or like the instant gratification provided by social media.