'India called upon Acting US Deputy Ambassador Gloria Berbena to discuss concerns regarding remarks made by the State Department regarding the recent arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed "strong displeasure," emphasizing that states should respect the sovereignty of others and that criticizing another country's legal process is unjustified.' Read more
'Supriya Shrinate's name has recently been mired in controversy following comments about Kangana Ranaut. Amidst BJP's criticism of the Congress leader, let's look closely at her life. This interview, conducted in 2023 by Mojo Story's Editor-in-Chief Barkha Dutt, offers insight into Shrinate's life journey. Once a journalist, now the head of Congress social media, Supriya Shrinate speaks to Barkha Dutt in the 31st episode of our podcast 'Inside Out.' Supriya appears in TV news debates as a national spokesperson for the Congress party. She was recently appointed as a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). In 2022, she was appointed chairperson of the social media and digital platforms in the party's communications department. She quit journalism after an 18-year-long career in print and electronic media to join politics. She goes on to talk about how Priyanka Gandhi played a major role in her job switch. Her father- Harsh Vardhan- was a Congress MP from Uttar Pradesh. She also contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from UP's Maharajganj constituency. Supriya talks about her journalistic career, why she joined politics, how the Congress prepares for the 2024 polls, the boycott of 14 TV news anchors, and how she prepares herself for a TV debate. Also, she shares inside stories of the Congress party.' Read more
'As details of political funding of major parties have been published by the SBI, new revelations about the donors, their companies and links to political parties are making waves. Witness the petitioner, who challenged the use of electoral bonds, go head-to-head with the former secretary responsible for their implementation. Barkha Dutt speaks to Subhash Garg I Former Finance Secretary Jagdeep Chhokar I Lawyer and activist' Read more
'From Rahul Gandhi's approach to Congress leaders leaving the party to where Arvind Kejriwal fares better than PM Narendra Modi, the acerbic Sanjay Jha - often referring to himself as the suspended Congress spokesperson - on all things political in India.' Read more
'More than 237 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the CAA or the Citizenship Amendment Act notified recently by the Modi government. The law that allows illegal migrants from six religious communities and three countries to be naturalized as Indian citizens on a fast track, has been challenged on the grounds of religious discrimination. The petitions are being heard by a bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. Is the CAA 'unconstitutional' as alleged by the petitioners and its critics? We speak to Justice Deepak Gupta who served on the Supreme Court Bench.' Read more
'Vikram Sampath has authored four acclaimed books, Splendours of Royal Mysore: the Untold Story of The Wodeyars, My Name Is Gauhar Jaan: The Life and Times of a Musician and Voice of the Veena, S. Balachander: A Biography and Savarkar: Echoes From A Forgotten Past, 1883-1924. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi's first Yuva Puraskar in English literature and the ARSC International Award for Excellence in Historical Research in New York for his book on Gauhar Jaan. The book has also been adapted as a play, 'Gauhar', by Lillete Dubey and is being adapted to a Hindi movie by Ashutosh Gowariker. Besides being a former senior fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, he is also a trained Carnatic vocalist. He has established the Archive of Indian Music, India's first digital sound archive for vintage recordings. He is the founder-director of the Bangalore Literature Festival, Indic Thoughts Festival and the ZEE Group's ARTH: A Culture Fest. Watch him take us through the idea of reclamation with his new book, Waiting for Shiva: Unearthing the Truth of Kashi’s Gyan Vapi.' Read more
'Saba Naqvi is one of India's best-known journalists. The former political editor of Outlook magazine, she now writes columns in leading Indian dailies, including the Times of India, The Tribune, and several websites. Saba Naqvi has spent two decades covering the BJP and authored four books. In her very latest, 'The Saffron Storm', Naqvi tells the story of the party’s journey under two very different prime ministers drawn from the same ideological family. In 1998, tasked with covering the BJP, the author would attend the very modest swearing-in ceremony of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the courtyard of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. In 2014, she would be at the much larger mega-event at the same venue when Narendra Modi would be sworn in. Watch her unravel it all with Barkha Dutt on our latest podcast.' Read more
'Barkha Dutt speaks Film Writer - Lyricist - Poet, Javed Akhtar in the 47th episode of our podcast, 'Inside Out'. Javed Akhtar is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, and poet. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India's highest civilian honors. Akhtar gained recognition as part of the duo Salim–Javed, and achieved breakthrough success as a screenwriter with 1973's Zanjeer. He went on to write the films Deewaar and Sholay, both released in 1975. Later, he garnered praise for his work as a lyricist, winning the National Film Award for Best Lyrics five times and the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist eight times. Notably, Akhtar campaigned for the Communist Party of India (CPI) and their candidate in the 2019 Indian general election and served as a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha. In recognition of his contributions, he was honored with the Richard Dawkins Award in 2020. Catch him in candid and most heartfelt conversation with Barkha Dutt. From dealing with the critics from both left and right to his identity as an "atheist muslim" , he takes you on a personal journey which reminds him of his young days when he had no food to eat for three days straight. You don't want to miss this conversation.' Read more
'Barkha Dutt speaks senior journalist Rasheed Kidwai in the 46th episode of our podcast, 'Inside Out'. Rasheed Kidwai, an author and political analyst, specializes in tracking politics and governance in India, particularly within the Congress party. With four authored books to his credit, including '24 Akbar Road' and 'Sonia — A Biography', Kidwai offers unparalleled insights into decoding the intricacies of Congress politics. Can Congress rejuvenate itself as a formidable opposition? Is Rahul Gandhi the first "Nehru-Gandhi" political failure? Tune in to the full podcast to explore these questions and more because when it comes to politics, this is where you park.' Read more
'The Supreme Court firmly declined the State Bank of India's (SBI) plea for more time to disclose the specifics of the electoral bonds program, emphasizing the need for expediency. SBI was instructed to furnish the necessary details to the Election Commission of India (ECI) by the following day, with a clear mandate for the ECI to promptly publish the information on its website by 5 pm on Friday. The court issued a stern warning, indicating that failure to adhere to this directive would result in contempt proceedings against SBI. This decision came in the wake of the court's landmark ruling on February 15, which nullified the electoral bonds program and instructed the ECI to unveil donation details by March 13. Despite SBI's request for an extension, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a petitioner opposing the program initiated by the Narendra Modi government in 2017, voiced its dissent. Senior Advocate Harish Salve, representing SBI, cited logistical challenges, explaining that the bank followed a prescribed protocol for storing program-related data outside its core banking system. Nevertheless, the court underscored the imperative of transparency in the electoral process, urging SBI to promptly disclose the information.' Read more
'The State Bank of India (SBI) is facing a contempt petition in the Supreme Court filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The petition is in response to SBI's request for an extension until June 30 to reveal the specifics of each electoral bond encashed by various political parties. The Supreme Court had set March 6th as the deadline. Barkha Dutt speaks to Subhash Garg, Former Finance Secretary Maj Gen Anil Verma, Head Of ADR' Read more
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