{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"NL Hafta - Episode 36","description":"Sachin Kalbag, former editor of Mid Day and currently working on launching The Hindus’s Mumbai edition, joins us for this episode of NL Hafta. Kalbag tells us his plans to customise the newspaper to cater to Mubai’s voracious appetite for “entertainment” and yet stay true to The Hindu’s core values of good journalism. We also debate whether Svetlana Alexievich, the first person to be awarded the Nobel for literature, got the award for her body of work or for her politics. Then we discuss why politicians would never say anything that would antagonize their core support base. Also: the never-ending Delhi versus Mumbai debate, spokespersons going against their party positions and more.\n \nLinks:\n \nRajyasree Sen’s column in The Economic Times: http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-commentary/je-suis-beefeater-why-public-declaration-of-beef-love-is-also-deeply-polarising/\n \nMayank Jain’s account of being detained by Delhi Police: http://scroll.in/article/759920/law-wont-protect-sinners-like-you-scroll-in-reporter-covering-beef-protest-detained-for-seven-hours\n \nMohan Guruswamy’s piece on Asaduddin Owaisi: http://www.dailyo.in/politics/asaduddin-owaisi-azam-khan-secularism-un-muslims-in-india-aimim-bahadur-yar-jung-clerics-and-maulvis-hyderabad/story/1/6683.html\n \nKhurshid Kasuri’s interview with Karan Thapar: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/programme/when-we-tried-to-reduce-violence-india-gave-us-no-credit-khurshid-kasuri/1/490994.html\n \nKhurshid Kasuri’s book launch moderated by Nidhi Razdan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1YYu7YCVg\n \nMid Day being the first Indian publication to publish a gay matrimonial ad: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/11617182/Indias-first-gay-marriage-ad-Mumbai-mother-seeks-vegetarian-groom-for-my-son.html\n \nNewslaundry story on Mid Day rejecting a gay matrimonial ad: http://www.newslaundry.com/2015/09/29/mid-day-rejects-a-gay-matrimonial-ad-what-explains-its-u-turn-on-lgbt-rights\n\nProduced by Arunabh Saikia","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}