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Hafta letters: NL interview problems, Adani coverage, Ravish job offer

Raman sir and Abhinandan, you asked if any country is capitalist/socialist? Well, socialism and capitalism are not mere labels that can be put on countries and then be defended or ridiculed. They are policy frameworks. A policy is as capitalist as it fits in that framework and the laws as…

Newslaundry · Feb 18, 2023

Hafta letters: Karnataka coverage, YouTube super chat, food preferences

Hello NL team, 

Newslaundry · Feb 4, 2023

Hafta letters: Past NL content, questions on NL Sena, Abhinandan’s critics

Hi NL team,

Newslaundry · Jan 28, 2023

Hafta letters: Gujarat election, science desk, nuclear energy

1) Did voter turnout matter at all in the Gujarat election? Like in the US, while Trump got a lot more votes in 2020 than in 2016, he lost because of a higher voter turnout benefiting the Democrats. Did that matter at all? Were AAP voters a new set of…

Newslaundry · Dec 17, 2022

Hafta letters: Nuclear energy, Gujarat election, Club Q shooting

Thank you for the episode on COP, I enjoyed it very much. However, I was looking forward to hearing more about India's specific strategy and what it means for us as citizens. I read some pieces on the internet, but there were so many ifs and buts with each commitment…

Newslaundry · Dec 10, 2022

Hafta letters: Climate change, free market ideas, average news consumers

I just have one question to those backing the "we are the poor countries, let the right countries do it first" theorists, and the "per capita emissions" theorists.

Newslaundry · Nov 26, 2022

Hafta letters: Against labels, language chauvinism, communist propaganda

In Hafta 405, I loved Abhinandan’s exasperation at how Bongs at a workplace start chatting in Bengali. I guess this is the common experience of non-Hindi speakers at all workplaces where Hindi speakers expect everyone else to join in Hindi. Then, even if you try, they will crack a joke…

Newslaundry · Nov 19, 2022

Hafta letters: Ideas for opinion pieces, the problem with looking for trends

I'll be anonymous. Thanks for having the student subscription and thanks to the kind person who sponsored it for me. Hope to pass it on someday.

Newslaundry · Nov 12, 2022

Hafta letters: Link languages, Sardar Patel, Abhinandan on AAP

Hi there,

Newslaundry · Nov 5, 2022

Hafta letters: Malayalam movies, hijab verdict, digital media subscriptions

I am a South Indian who can speak Hindi well and read it with some difficulty – this to say that I am not opposed to learning the language.

Newslaundry · Oct 22, 2022