R Jagannathan, former Editor-in-Chief at Firstpost, joins us this week as we discuss Aamir Khan’s statements at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards and the media coverage they received. We also talk about people boycotting Snapdeal to protest against Khan’s views. We, then, discuss Smriti Irani’s latest interview to Barkha Dutt.

Jagannathan also opens up about his tenure at Firstpost and tells us why his piece criticising Arun Jaitely was pulled down from the website.

The team also discusses reporting on ISIS and why news organisations around the world are calling it “Daesh”. And, finally, a special song dedicated to Peter Mukerjea and Pahlaj Nihalani.

For Reference:

1. The Smriti Irani interview with Barkha Dutt

2. ET article about Smriti Irani

3. The Smriti Irani interview with Rajdeep Sardesai 

4. Smriti Irani’s interview with Tina Brown

5. Smriti Irani’s Twitter exchange with the ET journalist. 

6. Rahul Gandhi’s Q and A at Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru.

7. The Telegraph, Calcutta article on Rahul Gandhi’s interaction at Mount Carmel College

8. The Newshour debate on Rahul Gandhi’s Q and A with students in Bengaluru. 

9. The Telegraph, Calcutta article on Rahul Gandhi’s interaction at Mount Carmel College

10. An open letter to Rahul Gandhi by a student of Mount Carmel College.

11. HT interview of Narendra Modi

12. Daesh: The new name given to ISIS

13. R Jagannathan’s piece on  the Bihar polls

14. Rahul Pandita’s article on the Aamir Khan controversy

15. The Radiolab podcast: Birth Story
16. The Christopher Hitchens and Tony Blair Debate

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Produced by Mahima Singh