We The People

As the Kerala government moves to ban alcohol in the state, a debate on whether prohibition is an idea that should be supported or is it an archaic relic of the past?

On We The People, a discussion on the forgotten tragedy of Kashmiri Pandits. Will their rehabilitation remain a political slogan? Militancy has gone down by 80 per cent, but why have Pandits not been able to go home. Is the demand for separate enclaves valid or promotes ghettoisation?

The government proposes that in heinous crimes the Juvenile Board will decide if an under 18 can be tried under adult law. On We The People, we debate the proposed government amendments to the Juvenile Law. Also, a boy who first killed when he was 13, says he is a reformed adult. Should juvenile law be about retribution or reform?

From stem cell science in the Mahabharata to Lord Ram's Pushpak Viman as the first aeroplane - are these flight of fancy or "Indianisation" of education? Are Dinanath Batra's books equating mythology with science? And where is the middle space between de-colonising and saffronising education? Dinanath Batra joins the debate with writer and columnist Pushpesh Pant, AAP leader and former UGC member Yogendra Yadav, scientist Gauhar Raza, BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli, professor of History at JNU Aditya Mukherjee, Kamal Sandesh executive editor Shiv Shakti Bakshi and professor of education at IGNOU Chandra B Sharma.

Param Vir Chakra winners join families of martyrs for this special broadcast from Kargil.

The Hindi vs English row recently hit the civil services exams as aspirants said the UPSC is biased against Hindi-medium students. On We The People, we debate: Is English a must-know language to be a bureaucrat? And is English the language of elitism or economic mobility?

The BJP government says no to making public the 1962 war report citing national security. From 1948 to 1984, several official documents still remain "classified". On We The People, we debate: Is India's contemporary history buried in secrecy? Should the military have final say on declassifying war histories? And why hasn't India followed the global example of mandatory declassification of secrets after a safe cut-off period?

On We The People, we discuss what does the 'have it all' debate mean for women in India. Are women more trapped in the work-life balance debate than men? Does the home pull back women from professional rise? And why the guilt syndrome? Actor and BJP MP Kirron Kher, Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Sangita Reddy, Former Chairperson of Royal Bank of Scotland Meera Sanyal, Director of Department of Assisted Reproduction & Genetics at Jaslok Hospital Dr Firuza Parikh, Managing Director of Ortel Communications Jagi Mangat Panda, Managing Partner of Counselage Suhel Seth and Economist Dr Surjit Bhalla, along with an engaging audience, debate whether women can have it all.

Is communication changing the rules of politics? In an age of hyper-communication can our politicians ignore the power of social media anymore? We debate on We The People.

On We The People tonight, we debate if Article 370 is a bridge between Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of the country or is it proving to be a barrier in its development?