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- Ethics are not enough, medical sector also needs regulation Ft. Dr. Sanjay Nagral
One of pharmaceutical companies spending 1000 crore to promote its paracetamol, Dolo has currently hit the headline. However, the company claims spending nothing more than 6-10 crore in marketing. However, it is no secret that Pharma companies being aggressive in pushing their products to doctors. From providing incentives, freebies, trips and much more, these pharma companies don't leave any stone unturned to make their product the top selling one.
Joining our host Sidharth Bhatia on The Wire Talks this week is Dr. Sanjay Nagral, serving as Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Dept of Surgical Gastroenterology at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai.
The duo speaks about if these techniques harm or help the patients, massive promotional budgets' effect on the medical segment and the common man and more. Our guest also sheds light on the hospitals emphasizing patients to buy medicines from the hospital itself when a person is undergoing treatment or admitted. In this case how a patient is supposed to vest faith in the doctors?
Don't forget to tune into this episode of The Wire Talks.
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42 min - Only a Small number of marriages are inter religious Ft. Seema Chishti
In this episode of The Wire Talks host, Sidharth Bhatia is joined by Seema Chishti, a journalist-writer for three decades. The duo discusses inter-religious marriage back in time and now, with the help of Seema's new book, Sumitra and Anees: Tales and Recipes from a Khichdi Family.
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40 min - How our Tiranga was born Ft. Prof. Arundhati VirmaniOur National Flag came into existence keeping in mind the resemblance of courage and sacrifice (saffron), honesty, peace and purity (white) and faith & chivalry (green). But there were several controversies behind the emergence of our Indian National Flag.
In this episode of The Wire Talks, let’s dive deep into the birth of our National Flag. Listen to our host Sidharth Bhatia in conversation with Professor Arundhati Virmani. Our guest Arundhati is an Indian historian and teaches at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Marseille. One of her many books is A National Flag for India: Rituals, Nationalism and the Politics of Sentiment published in 2008. The book sheds light on the fact that the Indian flag strongly connects to the ethos of colonialism.
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53 min - Govt cannot be trusted on Data privacy Ft. Apar Gupta
On several instances, people in India are asked to submit their unique identification cards such as PAN cards and Aadhar cards. However, there have been occasions when this private information is leaked into the public domain, thus leading to some misuse of this information.
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In this episode of The Wire Talks, our host Sidharth Bhatia talks to Apar Gupta. Founder of Internet Freedom Foundation, lawyer, activist and writer on technology from India. Apar gives his take on it. The duo talks about the Private Data Information Bill which was targeted to address this issue, however, was later withdrawn.
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42 min - Saffronisation of Indian diplomacy Ft. Kira HujuOn The Wire Talks this week in conversation with Sidharth Bhatia is the Lecturer in International Relations at University of Oxford, Kira Huju. She spoke about her recently released paper, Saffronizing diplomacy: the Indian Foreign Service under Hindu nationalist rule.
Link to the article - https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/98/2/423/6522060
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45 min - In Parliament members should be able to speak freely Ft. P. D. T. AcharyRecently when the Lok Sabha secretariat released a list of words to be banned in parliament, it created headlines in the political world. Words such as Jumlajeevi, drama, corrupt and more were banned from being used in the Parliament. The Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the current ruling party for the same.
On The Wire Talks, our host Sidharth Bhatia talks to P. D. Thankappan Achary. An ex-officio administrative head of the Secretariat of the Lok Sabha, Achary explains the reason behind the ruling party releasing a booklet of the banned words and their pros and cons. So don't forget to tune in to the latest episode of The Wire Talks on IVM Podcasts.Follow Sidharth Bhatia on Twitter and Instagram @bombaywallah and https://instagram.com/bombaywallah
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32 min - Congress problems go back a long way Ft. Manish Tewari
This week on The Wire Talks hosted by Sidharth Bhatia, we have Manish Tewari, MP Sri Anandpur Sahib-Punjab, former Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Government of India and former MP Ludhiana Punjab. In this episode, we have our guest Manish Tewari giving us a round-up of what's happening in his own party (Indian National Congress), his stand on certain things which are distinctive and his take on the current political scenario.
Following his opinion on Agnipath Scheme, when asked if this is a pathway out of the party, he replied, "And my stock answer has been, I will repeat it to you, that after having spend 42 years I consider it to be demeaning to be really be answering this question also."
He shares his opinions about the upcoming organisational election and if Mrs. Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi will contest for it in any capacity. He speaks about the Congress party's journey from the time it ruled till now. Don't miss his answer when asked, "Once a congressman, always a Congressman?"
He also adds about his recently released book, 10 Flashpoints 20 Years: National Security Situations that Impacted India. Tune in to this episode now.
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50 min - Kali controversy is needless Ft. Prof. R. MahalakshmiTune in to listen to our The Wire Talks host Sidharth Bhatia in conversation with professor of History at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, R. Mahalakshmi. The duo decodes and talks about the ongoing Kaali movie poster controversy that has arrested the attention of the nation. Our guest speaks about the what lies behind this outrage and shares the mythological aspect of the deity of the Hindu culture.
For the uninitiated ones, Leena Manimekalai's documentary Kaali's poster has a character portraying Hindu Goddess Kali, smoking a cigarette, holding a trident in one hand and the LGBTQ flag in the other. This poster has created a stir in the society.
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45 min - Authoritarian regimes suppress everyone Ft. Christophe Jaffrelot
Is India inching closer to dictatorship in the current times? or is the country in an emergency without any declaration? This week on The Wire Talks, listen to our host Sidharth Bhatia in conversation with French political scientist and Indologist, Christophe Jaffrelot. Our guest has penned books such as MODIS INDIA: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy and India's First Dictatorship: The Emergency, 1975 -1977 and more. During their conversation, they discuss Christophe's perspective behind penning down these books. He adds how the current political ruling party has massive budgets for promotion, why one should study about politics has goes in between the elections phase and more. Tune in to this episode of The Wire Talks
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43 min - The Trend of nationalist films has still some years to go Ft. Alankrita ShrivastavaIs the economics of the film industry changing? Has the audience become pickier when it comes to consuming films in theatres? Are OTT platforms like Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and others proving to be game-changing factors in the film business. In this episode of The Wire Talks our host Sidharth Bhatia decodes all these during his conversation with international award-winning film director and screenwriter Alankrita Shrivastava.
She has written and directed three feature films - Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, Lipstick Under My Burkha and Turning 30. She has created the series Bombay Begums and written and directed for it. She has also written and directed for the series Made in Heaven.
Most recently she has written and directed a segment for the series Modern Love Mumbai. Tune in to this episode to listen to Alankrita's opinion on the changing movie business.Follow Alankrita Shrivastava on Twitter @alankrita601
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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.