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Can the Bharat Jodo Yatra revive the Congress and Brand Rahul?
by admin|01 October 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer October 1, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Gandhi undertook the Dandi March as part of the Salt Satyagraha more than 90 years ago to energise the freedom struggle and...
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World’s largest democracy is among the worst for journalists
by admin|20 August 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer August 20, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. On Independence Day, a little girl stood on her school stage and said: “I am Mehnaz Kappan. Daughter of journalist Siddique Kappan,...
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‘Hate content on FB so toxic, it was like PTSD hit us when we studied it’
by admin|03 August 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer August 3, 2022 Recently, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, released its first annual human rights report that covers the use of its platform for hate speech – especially in India – and the action taken to curb it. However,...
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Scrap the useless Anti-Defection Law, overhaul electoral process
by admin|12 July 2022|All Indians Matter
Tushar Gandhi July 12, 2022 Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram, the phrase that came to be identified with political defections, or as it is more appropriately expressed in Hindi, Dal badlu, originated from a real-life incident. A Congress MLA in Haryana,...
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Why the Arab backlash against Prophet comments rattled Modi
by admin|11 June 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer June 11, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Normally, the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, shows no remorse when its leaders indulge in Islamophobia, minority bashing and hate politics. In...
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Audio podcast: Election done, winners will now have to deliver
by admin|19 March 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer March 19, 2022 Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. The Bharatiya Janata Party, or the BJP, emerged as the big winner in the recent Assembly elections. Retaining a majority in Uttar Pradesh, even...
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Audio podcast: Manipur state poll – AFSPA, insurgency, jobs dominated the campaign
by admin|26 February 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer February 26, 2022 Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Last week, we talked about the state elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa. Manipur is the fifth state holding Assembly elections and...
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Audio podcast: ‘My name was listed on Bulli Bai; I feel dehumanised’
by admin|19 January 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer January 19, 2022 All Indians Matter speaks to Sadaf Jafar, who was among the Muslim women targeted through the Bulli Bai app - she and several others were 'listed' for auction. The posts were clearly meant to harass...
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Audio podcast: Attacks against Christians on the rise in India
by admin|18 December 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer December 18, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. A few days ago, members of Hindutva organisations attacked a church in Haryana’s Rohtak district, alleging that it was the site of...
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Audio podcast: Why are right wingers so afraid of stand-up comedians?
by admin|04 December 2021|All Indians Matter
By Ashraf Engineer December 4, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. What is it about comedy and stand-up comedians that gets the Sangh Parivar and right-wingers so wound up? Recently, several shows...
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