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Hafta letters: First family of Bollywood, LTA Punjab, populist schemes

AnonymousIn last week’s Hafta, Chetan Bhagat was spot on when he described how minuscule the demands of a typical Indian are and how not only have they adopted a practice of just being submissive to what's happening in terms of poor services, but religion has been at the core of…

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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.

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Hafta letters: Shehla Rashid interview, geopolitics, Hafta guests, standup comedy

NiranjanFirst-time writer sick of the tirade against Anand, just voicing some support (not that Judge Saab needs it). Modi and government bashing is easy and we have Abhi to do it in very colourful words. I don’t expect Anand to participate in it. Rather than pass black and white judgements…

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Hafta 514: Return of George Soros, BJP’s Maharashtra play, Manipur crisis

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by author Chetan Bhagat, academic Sarthak Bagchi, and journalist Dhiren A Sadokpam to discuss the Maharashtra government formation, the increased violence in Manipur, and the ‘foreign hand’ allegations against OCCRP.

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Hafta letters: Minorities in Bangladesh, Shehla Rashid interview, dealing with smog

Raman sir, I've always appreciated your presence and perspective on Hafta. Finding out you're a Liverpool fan made me a bigger fan of you. YNWA.

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Hafta letters: NL Senas, future of India, partisan media

In the last episode of Hafta, in the section about US elections, I did not hear anything about one very important issue because of which Trump might have won and that was the damage done by woke. Damaging artwork, blocking highways, inventing pronouns and all the other self-damage done by…

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Hafta letters: Trump’s win, questions on migration, organic farming in India

In Hafta 508, the discussion of hypocrisy came up with regard to US actions in the international arena. Actually, I don’t think they are as hypocritical as it looks. They are remarkably consistent in their actions. We should be clear in understanding that when the US says they want the…

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Hafta letters: US elections, fascism, democracy

Great work on Hafta, NL team! I’ve been going through several of the archives that are available on video.

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Hafta letters: Canada-India standoff, Khalistan, and US elections

Thanks for the fantastic report on government expenditure on PM’s visits. Can you do an investigation report on the bouquets presented to dignitaries by politicians from government funds? Also, what happens to them after the presentation?

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Hafta letters: Bad corporate culture, swearing on Hafta, India’s youth and future

I saw NL’s video on the protest in support of Nasrallah. I felt very odd as many Muslims looked up to Nasrallah and called him innocent.

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Hafta letters: Israel, Gaza series, journalists

Hello to all,I have a few suggestions for the new title for Jayashree:EXPERT – Executive Extraordinaire for Promos, Editorials, Recordings, and Tales.EDITOR – Executive Director of Integrated Tales, Output, and Recordings.CREATOR – Chief of Recordings, Editorials, and Tales across the online realm.LEADER – Longform, Editorial, and Audio Director of Exceptional…

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Hafta letters: EY employee’s death, toxic work culture, journalism

Hello Abhinandan,I have been a big supporter of you and Newslaundry for the past two or three years. I especially love the collaboration with The News Minute and I am excitedly looking forward to the collaboration with East Mojo. I also have feedback. It may sting personally, but I hope…

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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.

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Hafta letters: CJI-Modi’s Ganesh pooja, arguments on nuqta, work-life balance

Regarding the CJI-PM pooja meet, I disagree with Shardool. In this case perceptions really matter. It is not the question about freedom to practise religion but rather it is about the public perception that there is a separation between the judiciary and the executive. In a time of growing mistrust…

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Hafta letters: First Amendment, India as single entity, NL-TNM alliance

Well this one is a kudos for Mr Anand, the voice of the weak on Hafta:

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Hafta letters: Creators vs journalists, NL-TNM subscriptions, Ravish Kumar

On the blurring between YouTube creators and journalists, it is surprising that the Hafta missed two important distinctions – the social media news creators who hold a journalism degree versus those who don’t.

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Hafta letters: NL app, Olympics, scam calls

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Hafta letters: Vinesh, Paris Olympics, French politics

The sad reality of Vinesh getting disqualified is that everyone shouting in the fish market (newsrooms) doesn’t know jack about weight cutting. When she was above the limit, she wasn’t eligible and the reason behind that is not because 0.1 kg is nothing. It’s huge!

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Hafta letters: Karnataka jobs quota, Indian cities, Trump

I have a question for the future Chief Justice of India, Anand. If you haven't watched the Sansad speech of RG or PM, how do you have such strong opinions of RG’s speech and an acceptable vision of PM’s speech? You have the right to have your bias, but if…

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Hafta letters: Protocols, NEET ‘scam’, Ambani wedding

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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.

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Hafta letters: Delhi, Khalistan, competitive exams

Following the media stories from Delhi, it seems every year is Groundhog Day. May-June bring stories of water shortages; July will bring stories of flooding and waterlogging, soon followed by dengue. Then, after a brief respite, we will get pollution from farm fires and Diwali in the winter months, and…

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Hafta letters: Punjabi voters, Elon Musk, VODCAST

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Hafta letters: Faizabad voters, Prashant Kishor analysis, south Hafta

The Urban Heat Island effect is real and most of it is because of heat from fuels on roads and electricity. A policy change that could have impacted this would have been to encourage taller residential buildings rather than smaller independent houses. Taller buildings would provide similar residential space with…

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Hafta letters: Hafta on YouTube, accountability, election coverage

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