Can comedy and satire be tools of social change? How does this ecosystem interact with a large democracy like ours? When the perception of what is offensive changes from person to person, how do we define an ‘offence’? Are Indians too easily offended? To discuss these themes, Roli Pulse, in association with Newslaundry, brings together comedians Vir Das and Aditi Mittal, and Newslaundry co-founder, Abhinandan Sekhri, in the sixth and final episode of this specially curated podcast series on the media landscape.

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Media Bites: Episode 6 - Are Indians too Easily Offended? - Vir Das, Aditi Mittal and Abhinandan Sekhri

In this age of the internet, there’s little that doesn’t go viral, including the news. But there’s some confusion as to what is meant by ‘viral news’ and what constitutes ‘viral content’. More to the point, is there a difference between ‘news’ and ‘content’? Or are they synonymous? To discuss the finer points of this question, Roli Pulse, in association with Newslaundry, brings together Sattvik Mishra, CEO of ScoopWhoop; Pragya Tiwari, journalist and policy consultant; Andre Borges, content creator at Pocket Aces; and Abhinandan Sekhri, co-founder of Newslaundry.

Media Bites: Episode 5 - Is Print Ready for the Web? - Sattvik Mishra, Andre Borges, Pragya Tiwari and Abhinandan Sekhri

On the Global Press Freedom Index, India ranks 142 out of 180 countries. To make sense of why a country that prides itself on being the world’s largest democracy fares so abysmally on press freedom, it’s imperative to locate and speak about the different pressures that journalists are under. To this end, Roli Pulse, in association with Newslaundry, brings you this podcast with Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of the Wire; Naresh Fernandes, editor of Scroll; Dhanya Rajendran, chief editor of the News Minute; and Abhinandan Sekhri, co-founder of Newslaundry. They discuss the pressures the Indian media faced in the past and how they are different from what it must deal with today.

Media Bites: Episode 4 - Is the Press Free in India? - Naresh Fernandes, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dhanya Rajendran and Abhinandan Sekhri

To sink or to float is the question. In India, as elsewhere, the internet revolution has compelled newspapers and magazines to transition to digital. The transition has been slow, however, and most newspapers and magazines are still primarily in the print space. Will the pandemic hasten it? To discuss this, Roli Pulse, in association with Newslaundry, brings you this podcast with Anant Goenka, executive director of the daily Indian Express; Anant Nath, editor of the Caravan magazine; and Abhinandan Sekhri, co-founder of Newslaundry.

Media Bites: Episode 3 - Is Print Ready for the Web? - Anant Goenka, Anant Nath and Abhinandan Sekhri

Following up on our last podcast, ‘Is TV News Dead?’, we bring together another panel to debate the other aspect of the topic, ‘Television News: Relevance and Credibility in Today’s India’. Abhinandan Sekhri, co-founder of Newslaundry, is joined by Nidhi Razdan, former executive editor of NDTV, and Saahil Menghani, news reporter and anchor.

Media Bites: Episode 2 - Television News: Relevance and Credibility in Today's India - Nidhi Razdan, Saahil Menghani and Abhinandan Sekhri

Indian television news has acquired an unsavory reputation over the past few years owing to the bombastic anchors and their prime-time rants peddling bigotry. Now, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, as advertising revenues, the chief source of income for mainstream media, dwindle, can TV news survive in its current form? To discuss this and much more, Roli Pulse, the digital arm of Roli Books, brings you this panel with three of India’s most prominent news professionals: Barkha Dutt, Faye D’Souza and Abhinandan Sekhri.

Media Bites: Episode 1 - Is TV News Dead? - Barkha Dutt, Faye D’Souza and Abhinandan Sekhri

Roli Pulse, the digital arm of Roli Books, in association with Newslaundry, presents Media Bites, a specially curated series on the media landscape.

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