Podcasts about pragya singh thakur

In our latest episode, Greeshma discusses the surprising defeat of the BJP by the Congress in the Karnataka elections.  This episode aims to explore the cultural realities of Karnataka, going beyond the usual analyses of voter demographics and factors favoring one party over the other. Our guest, Greeshma, will shed light on why the BJP and RSS lost the election but still maintain influence in the cultural landscape. We delve into the historical context and the power of the Sangh ideology within Karnataka, which even impacts the functioning of Congress. This thought-provoking podcast goes beyond surface-level discussions of electoral victories and losses, examining the intricate dynamics shaping the cultural war in the state. Join us for a stimulating conversation that uncovers unique perspectives and insights, broadening our understanding of Karnataka's cultural fabric. Greeshma Kuthar practised law before transitioning to a career in media. She served as the head of the social media team at Firstpost. During her time there, she authored an 18-part series on the rise of Hindu nationalism in southern Coastal Karnataka and wrote investigative reports on emerging RSS leaders, including Pragya Singh Thakur. Following her tenure at Firstpost, she has been engaged in research and writing about how RSS propagates Cultural Nationalism across southern India. Her most recent work is the cover story for The Caravan titled "All Santhosh's Men: The BJP's re-engineering of Karnataka." I highly recommend reading the article, and the link is provided in the description. This podcast doesn't have any corporate funding or support so the contribution by listeners is very important for its survival. Please support it here: 1. Patreon (Most preferred medium): https://www.patreon.com/anuragminusverma 2. BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Anuragminus 3. InstaMojo:(UPI/Gpay/PayTm) : https://www.instamojo.com/@anuragminusverma/ 4. PayPal ( Subscribers living outside India can pay through it): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/AnuragMinusVerma?locale.x=en_GB Articles by Greeshma:  https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/bl-santosh-and-bjp-reengineered-karnataka-culture-rss-brahminical-vision https://www.firstpost.com/author/greeshma-kuthar Please rate the podcast on Spotify: Greeshma's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeegujja?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Anurag Minus Verma's Twitter: https://twitter.com/confusedvichar Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minusverma/?hl=en The Mixing & Mastering of sound in this episode is done by PostPond Media, a production house based in Mumbai. Credit for the Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker Stream & Download : https://fanlink.to/tmw_way_home Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0

Is the BJP, in effect, saying that it won't act against its loose-tongued members until the furore they kick up goes international? The party should recognise that Thakur is no longer a symbol it can wield – she is a burden that is weighing it down.

In this episode of Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Meghnad S are joined by Sudhir Suryawanshi, the man behind Katta News, the only media outlet that managed to sift through the chaos during the Maharashtra political crisis. The panel discusses the Maharashtra political drama, Pragya Thakur’s recent remark on Nathuram Godse in Lok Sabha, the controversial Transgender Persons Bill, among other things.Uddhav Thackrey was sworn in as chief minister of Maharashtra after a failed attempt by Ajit Pawar to split Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party. Katta News, managed by Suryawanshi had announced Ajit’s coup two days in advance. Suryawanshi gives us insights on Maharashtra political drama and how Maha Vikas Aghadi (Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP alliance) came to power. On the Godse row, Manisha says, “There is genuinely an active push now to turn the narrative on Godse as a patriot and you can see this in the way his supporters have reacted on Twitter to Pragya’s remark .” Meghnad retorts saying, “This is not just about twitter trolls but the way news channels are calling them on panels and normalising whatever they are saying, that is problematic. So, now twitter trolls are not just on twitter anymore.” On the government’s plan to move a Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, Abhinandan says, “I think this is a way to kind of try and get control on digital publications which they have the least control over. They can control satellite channels and newspapers much better than digital. I think it’s going to backfire.”Speaking on the Transgender Persons Bill, Meghnad says, “The whole law-making process is so male-dominated. Like when men make laws about women they’re insensitive, when they make laws about LGBT+ community they are inhuman.”They also discuss the removal of SPG cover for Gandhi family and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Daily Dose, Snigdha brings you the latest updates from Telangana, New Delhi, Maharashtra and Sudan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Daily Dose, Snigdha brings you the latest updates from Telangana, New Delhi, Maharashtra and Sudan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s episode, host Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande, and investigative journalist Josy Joseph.The podcast kicks off with Joseph talking about the ₹1,000-crore civil defamation suit that Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways filed against him after the release of his book, A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India. The book, he says, is a product of 15 years of investigation into government records available in the public domain. In response to Abhinandan’s question about what he thought of the coverage of the Jet Airways crisis, he says, “I think the Jet Airways collapse and Naresh Goyal to me in many ways capture the crisis of Indian democracy...the crisis that we see when you have the Prime Minister of the country on a daily basis assaulting the basic constitutional commitment to scientific temperament.” He also believes that our country is not an imperfect democracy, rather a "democracy in crisis".The panel also discusses Narendra Modi’s interview with The Indian Express. Manisha says, “[It is] one of his best interviews that I have read...you really get a sense of this guy and he has so much disdain for the media, every answer is a potshot at the media...in that one interview you really get an insight into how much he hates the media.” Madhu also speaks of Modi's "shenpa" and why he needs to get over it”.The panel also talks about the centrality of Mani Shankar Aiyar in the political discourse despite his negligible impact on Indian politics. They also deconstruct the implications of Priyanka Sharma’s arrest on free speech. Joseph says the lack of codification of law has to be tackled urgently to prevent a breakdown of institutions. Manisha says, “At least [journalists] should have a standard understanding of what constitutes free speech and we should push back every time a case like this comes."They also talk about a potential rethinking of the BJP’s extremist politics in light of their response to Pragya Singh Thakur’s recent comment on Nathuram Godse.For this and more, tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Was it her personal tale of ‘torture’ or the presidential style elections? Pragya Singh Thakur benefitted from both.

India's month-long Lok Sabha elections come to an end on May 23, when the winners will be announced. This election season hasn't been without its share of drama and mayhem. BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, recently called Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, Nathuram Godse, a patriot. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the first press conference of his premiership, but chose to defer all questions to his party leader, Amit Shah. But in a 'non-political' conversation with actor Akshay Kumar, he talked about his love for mangoes, among other things. Not to forget the social media storm caused by the PM's "Main bhi Chowkidar" campaign ("I am a watchman"), positioning himself as a guardian and protector of the country. We speak with Prathap Nair, a Germany-based freelance writer and the son of a former chowkidar about his Huffington Post essay where he calls the campaign a misappropriation that pays little heed to the real experience of chowkidars across India. Then there are all the controversies surrounding the Election Commission and its role as guarantor of free and fair elections in India. We chip away at the complex topic with the help of Sushovan Sircar, Senior Correspondent at The Quint, who has written about the topic extensively in his work. And finally, what are people looking for in these elections, and how can we look past our own echochambers of ideology? And can we look at a framework of discussion that looks beyond the legacy family Congress party vs right-leaning BJP split? Music Credits: Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Whimsy Groove" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) "Silver Frame" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "Me In Your Life" Music By The Passion HiFi www.thepassionhifi.com "The Great Battle" by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com; "Sparking Eyes" by Glitch | https://soundcloud.com/glitch; "Banjos, Unite!" by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com; "The Impossible" by Savfk | https://www.youtube.com/savfkmusic; "Stories" by INOSSI | https://soundcloud.com/inossi. Promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution: 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Our logo is designed by @aparna_ramanujam. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creating-life/support

Former Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Friday, 17 May, said that his grandfather Mahatma Gandhi would have forgiven BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur for hailing his assassin Nathuram Godse as “deshbhakt.”

* In a first, the Election Commission invoked article 324 and announced that campaigning for the last 9 seats in West Bengal will end on 16 May, 10 pm, a day before the scheduled deadline. The state is set to go to polls on 19 May, the seventh and last phase of elections. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee called the decision “unethical” and accused the EC of working for Modi. She said the timing of the ban allows PM Modi to deliver his two scheduled election rallies in Bengal on 16 May. * The decision came after the entire fiasco at Amit Shah’s rally resulting in violence and vandalism of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s statue. Playing the blame-game over the broken statue, Didi called out the BJP goons while Modi blamed the TMC workers, stating that BJP will rebuild Vidyasagar statue. * In yet another controversial remark, BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur called Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, a “patriot” and said those calling him a “terrorist” will be given a befitting reply when the election results are announced. Her remarks come in the wake of Kamal Haasan’s comment that Godse was India’s first terrorist. The BJP, however, scrambled to control the damage and condemned her remarks asking her to publicly apologize. * Gearing up for the election results, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi took charge of hosting the opposition parties for a meeting which is set to be held on 23rd May, the day the results would be announced. * And your last update for the day, the Haryana Police booked state minister Manish Grover and former Congress MLA B B Batra for allegedly entering a polling booth without permission and disorderly conduct. * That was your quick 2019 My Vote Elections wrap for the day. You can subscribe to The Quint's podcasts on Spotify, Apple or Google podcasts. You can also log on to The Quint’s website and check out our podcast section!

Pragya Singh Thakur avoided questions when The Quint’s reporter went on a campaign trail with the leader.

On April 26th 2019, as part of Indian Express' Idea Exchange, our Journalists and Editors spoke to BJP general secretary Ram Madhav.  In this episode you’ll hear him talk about the BJP campaign, expectations for the next phases of the election, Pragya Singh Thakur, Jobs, the Citizenship Amendment Bill and Kashmir. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @expresspodcasts, or send us an email at podcasts@indianexpress.com. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on www.indianexpress.com/audio. .