This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by independent journalist Angad Singh.

Formerly with Vice News, Angad was “blacklisted” by the Indian government over a documentary called India Burning, which he worked on as a production assistant. He talks about dealing with court cases after being accused by the central government of portraying India in a “negative” light. He says his OCI card was taken anyway and talks about the sorrow of not being able to return to India anymore.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:03:01 - Angad’s story

00:30:29 - Recommendations

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Angad

Sumedha

Time Is Running Out for Rahul Gandhi’s Vision for India

Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by independent journalist Astha Savyasachi and The Mooknayak’s Arun Kumar Verma.

Arun reported on the rise and fall of the Bahujan Samaj Party. He delves into the ups and downs of Mayawati’s political career and explains how the BSP became sidelined. He also talks about the new leadership with Mayawati's nephew Akash Anand and what changes are expected from him to revive the party.

Astha reported on how most Sainik schools across India are run by people with direct or indirect connections to the BJP or RSS. She explains how the central government essentially handed over 62 percent of new military schools to the Sangh Parivar, BJP politicians, and allies, bypassing eligibility criteria in the process.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:28 - BSP’s rise and fall

00:10:41 - Sainik schools

00:38:08 - Recommendations

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Arun

Amar Singh Chamkila

Astha

Centre hands over 62% of new Sainik Schools to Sangh Parivar, BJP politicians and allies.

Shivnarayan

How BJP ‘won’ in Surat: Unravelling 24 hours of peculiarities

Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by independent journalist Rahul Singh.

Rahul talks about his report on the shortcomings of the public distribution system in Jharkhand. He says despite the online mechanism, food security is poor in rural areas, and instead of helping, the system “is emerging as a hurdle” for the Adivasis.

Basant reported on people falsely named as beneficiaries of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra in a report by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, which also claimed their farm incomes doubled in 2022. He shares how he found out the factual errors in the government body’s book.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:14 - Lok Sabha Election

00:07:57 - Issues in getting Ration in Jharkhand

00:25:21 - Farmers’ income

00:36:45 - Recommendations

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Rahul

Jawan

Basant

Scoop

Media Ka Loktantra

Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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