Awful and Awesome Ep 383: Emergency, Adolescence, Kunal Kamra controversy While discussing Emergency: Newslaundry · Mar 28, 2025
Hafta 529: US campus crackdown, defining patriotism, English media dominance This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande are joined by The News Minute’s Dhanya Rajendran and The Wire’s Seema Chishti. Newslaundry · Mar 22, 2025
Hafta 528: Trump’s tariff wars, cricket controversies, the communal shades of Holi This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by writer and podcaster Amit Varma. Newslaundry · Mar 15, 2025
Hafta 527: Return of Aurangzeb, Mayawati’s ‘mistakes’ and the future of BSP This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Dr Sumeet Mhaskar, professor of sociology at Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, and Ajoy Bose, veteran journalist and author of Behenji: The Rise and Fall of Mayawati. Newslaundry · Mar 8, 2025
Hafta 525: USAID controversy, new CEC’s appointment, Vikatan website blocked This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan are joined by former Chief Election Commissioner Dr SY Quraishi and cartoonist Rachita Taneja. Newslaundry · Feb 22, 2025
Hafta 524: Modi meets Trump, Delhi election results, UGC’s new guidelines This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by The Caravan’s Hartosh Singh Bal and Delhi University professor Tanvir Aeijaz. Newslaundry · Feb 15, 2025
Hafta 523: Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand, Budget 2025, rupee’s ‘dollar’ problem This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by Supreme Court advocate Mihira Sood and journalist Govindraj Ethiraj. Newslaundry · Feb 8, 2025
Another Election Show: Can new parties and candidates make any difference? In this episode of Another Election Show, Atul Chaurasia and Manisha Pande speak to young voters to understand their issues and the changes they would like to see in Indian politics. They are joined by Meghnad S, their former Newslaundry colleague who is now a YouTube creator and also an… Newslaundry · Feb 3, 2025
Hafta 522: Stampede at Kumbh, The Reporters’ Collective loses non-profit status This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Shardool Katyayan are joined by senior advocate Indira Jaising and independent journalist Saurabh Sharma. Newslaundry · Feb 1, 2025
Hafta 521: Donald Trump returns, RG Kar conviction, death penalty This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by author and political analyst Sanjaya Baru. The discussion begins with Donald Trump being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States of America. The panel analyses the fears of a second… Newslaundry · Jan 25, 2025
Hafta 519: Meta and fact-checking, the role of journaling, social media as source of news This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Manisha Pande are joined by author Amitava Kumar and academic Joyojeet Pal. Newslaundry · Jan 11, 2025
Hafta 517: Media and judicial accountability, highs and lows of 2024, remembering Manmohan Singh This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal were joined by former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan Lokur and political journalist Neerja Choudhury. Newslaundry · Dec 28, 2024
Hafta 515: Soros vs Adani, dowry law misuse, Bollywood-Modi moment This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan were joined by journalist Faye D’Souza. Newslaundry · Dec 14, 2024
Reporters Without Orders Ep 339: Kashmir’s media crisis, Adani’s violation of NGT orders This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande and Shivnarayan Rajpurohit. Newslaundry · Sep 28, 2024
Newslaundry · Sep 28, 2024 Hafta 504: MUDA scam, Modi in USA, Trump vs Harris In this week’s special free episode, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam, are joined by The News Minute’s Pooja Prasanna and University of Michigan associate professor and author Joyojeet Pal.
Newslaundry · Sep 27, 2024 What’s the electoral mood in Jammu? Journalists on revival of ‘nationalism’ in politics The politics of Jammu have been distinct from that of Kashmir. To grasp the nuances of this difference and the issues in Jammu, Manisha Pande and Atul Chaurasia spoke to the region’s senior journalists – Mohit Kandhari of The Pioneer and Nishikant Khajuria of Daily Excelsio.
Newslaundry · Sep 26, 2024 Jobs, Article 370, or reservation: What does Jammu’s youth want? In this episode of Another Election Show, Manisha Pande and Atul Chaurasia reached Jammu to understand the issues of the locals, particularly the youth, ahead of the third phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir.
Newslaundry · Sep 14, 2024 Exclusive: Iltija Mufti on the struggles of politics, identity and youth in Kashmir Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande sits down with Iltija Mufti, PDP’s candidate from Bijbehara, ahead of the first Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections in 10 years.
Newslaundry · Aug 31, 2024 Hafta 500: Revenue models for news, content creators vs journalists This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by The News Minute’s Dhanya Rajendran and digital creator Akash Banerjee aka TheDeshbhakt.
Newslaundry · Jul 13, 2024 Hafta 493: UK and France elections, Modi in Russia This week, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Shardool Katyayan were joined by The Hindu’s foreign correspondent Sriram Lakshman and its diplomatic affairs editor Suhasini Haidar.
Newslaundry · May 18, 2024 Hafta 485: Political ads, Amethi-Rae Bareli fight, Kejriwal’s return This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by advertising guru and columnist Santosh Desai and multimedia artist Anurag Minus Verma.
Newslaundry · May 4, 2024 Hafta 483: Prajwal Revanna controversy, Modi’s speeches, Bihar politics This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan are joined by in-house reporter Tanishka Sodhi and The News Minute’s Anisha Sheth.
Newslaundry · Apr 23, 2024 Who’s the real ‘B-team’? With Annie Raja and K Surendran on the battle for Wayanad Do the people of Wayanad look at Rahul Gandhi as their PM candidate? Is their anger that he doesn’t visit the Lok Sabha constituency enough? Will be as easy a win for Gandhi as 2019 or can this constituency also go the Amethi way?
Newslaundry · Apr 22, 2024 Another Election Show: Why BJP’s politics doesn’t work in Kerala The BJP has continued to reach out to Kerala but has managed to gain little foothold. The state, which will go to the polls on April 26, has seen a rise in the BJP’s vote share, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party hopes to register its first Lok Sabha election…
Newslaundry · Apr 20, 2024 Hafta 481: Trust deficit in EVMs, BJP manifesto This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan are joined by political analyst Suhas Palshikar, tech expert Madhav Deshpande, and professor Shruti Kapila.