Published On Premiered Nov 28, 2023
Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya are veteran journalists who have years of experience in their field. They have a book out which aims to educate people on facts and narratives in the run up to the 2024 election. In this episode, they talk about -
- How the 2024 election might pan out
- The meaning of secularism in the Indian context
- The ethics and integrity of content creators
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - The backgrounds of Rahul and Siddhartha
6:45 - Sports you need to be fit for
8:37 - Talking about "Modi and India"
12:31 - Political positions pre-2014
19:14 - The presence of misogyny in Indian laws
23:37 - Have right-wing intellectuals thrived post 2014?
27:53 - Tracing the history of the "Hindutva" movement
32:32 - What makes a controversial figure?
37:24 - How far back do we go while glorifying our past?
41:30 - The concept of religion
44:45 - The Hindu Rajya of the past
49:07 - What minority communities think of these ideas
52:28 - Press conferences are not as free as you think
58:00 - Creating a culture of accountability
59:17 - Understanding the "secular fabric" of India
1:07:14 - Why the Hindu identity is becoming political
1:05:44 - The meaning of secular has changed
1:12:07 - Policing the beliefs of citizens
1:16:49 - Is a Hindu Pakistan an actual possibility?
1:19:43 - Results of the 2024 election
1:28:59 - Does the INDIA alliance pose an actual challenge?
1:31:29 - The hardest part of writing the book
1:36:39 - How the media spotlight affects issues
1:38:39 - What Hindu Rashtra means to the RSS
1:43:24 - Asking Rahul about his controversy
1:47:27 - The opinion of journalists on content creators
1:52:55 - *The question of free speech*
2:00:12 - The place of legacy media
2:06:21 - The ethics of content creators
2:09:32 - Bias is okay, dishonesty is not
2:15:00 - Do TV anchors engage in long conversations?
2:16:30 - Conclusion
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