Society & Public Issues

19 May 2021

Is India’s new Parliament vision or vanity? AGK Menon on Central Vista Controversy

Conservation architect, AGK Menon makes a passionate plea for due process. Menon explains why PM Modi's project is an affront to India's democratic values and the consequences it would have on artefacts, cultural heritage, and the politics of space.

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11 May 2021

Second Wave: how NHS saved UK, lessons for India in a viral war: Sir Malcolm Grant

The founding Chair of the NHS lays down Britain's key learnings from tackling the second wave. Tune in for Sir Malcolm Grant's insights on public healthcare systems, scientific models, and crucial questions pertinent to both UK and India

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4 May 2021

The army can sort this out: Gen DS Hooda on India’s horrible oxygen crisis

While the government has turned a blind eye towards the collapsing healthcare system, Gen Hooda explains how the army, an under-utilised resource, can rise to the occasion.

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20 March 2021

Has the pandemic changed cinema? Ajay Bijli on stars & storytelling

Ajay Bijli, the owner of PVR cinemas and an insider of the film industry, explains what draws him and the Indian audience magnetically to the theatres. Watch him throw light on the magic of the movie machinery, the blows it has braved, and what makes him optimistic about its future.

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12 March 2021

Is ‘nationalism’ eroding democracy? RSS’s Ram Madhav on the freedom debate

Catch Ram Madhav, RSS ideologue and former BJP general secretary, address the political anxieties of our time. From CAA to social media surveillance, he takes on crucial questions, toes some hard lines, but also concedes to some lapses.

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6 March 2021

“Why it’s time to be hopeful”: famous climate alarmist David Wallace-Wells

Every aspect of our civilisation was developed under climate conditions that are long gone. Author of The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells, says it's time for the new. Catch him in a conversation about the future of our society and how the climate crisis impacts everything.

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26 February 2021

Why protestors are not parasites I Rights activist Anjali Bhardwaj

A democracy is the only form of government where the people can ask questions and the governmnet has to respond, highlights transparency champion Anjali Bhardwaj. Watch her inspiring and passionate defence of protest, activism and an alternate definition of nationalism.

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13 February 2021

#TwitterVsGovt​ I Tech experts Raheel Khursheed, Apar Gupta on free speech

What happens when a private company takes on the law, in defence of free speech? What if their defence is selective, but the laws too are flawed? Hear Apar Gupta & Raheel Khursheed declutter the noise around provocative hashtags, government clampdowns and more.

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2 February 2021

Are the farm laws needed at all? Mekhala Krishnamurthy on fears, facts & myths

Anthropologist & farm expert, Mekhala Krishnamurthy, breaks down the multi-faceted and complex nature of agriculture in India. She tells us why the government’s new farm laws are inadequate and don’t address the issues facing the farming community.

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30 December 2020

Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, ICCR chief, on what liberals get wrong on Hindutva

In an animated interview, BJP veteran Vinay Sahasrabuddhe talks about Hindutva, the philosophy of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikaas’, and the party’s “deliverance of democracy.”

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