Farmers Protests and the Media Coverage

In this podcast, Kanchan Gupta shares his views on the Farmers' Bills 2020, the recent farmers' protests in India around Delhi, and the subsequent media coverage of the same. This podcast was inspired by a beautiful Twitter thread by Kanchan Gupta where he explained the way media houses used to operate in the past and then drew a parallel with the current agricultural reforms proposed by the government. Kushal also draws a parallel between the Anti-CAA protests and the Farmers' protests and highlights the failure of the media when it comes to educating the citizens about policies.

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0:00 Intro
0:57 Reason behind this discussion
1:39 How media used to function back in the day?
12:13 Hypocrisy of Socialist media
17:28 Media coverage of the bill and its aftermath
27:17 Eerie similarities between the Anti-CAA protest and this agitation
31:38 Media vs the State
38:00 Motive to start The Cārvāka Podcast
38:19 Are we forgetting global value chain integration?
45:43 Farming Entrepreneurs and a product-based Agri economy
47:41 Advice to citizens on how to stay informed about policies
51:30 Should stupid people have FoE?
51:58 Closing Remarks

Kanchan Gupta is a veteran journalist, writer, columnist, and well-known public intellectual. He started his career with The Telegraph and has held senior positions at The Statesman, The Pioneer, and ABP News. Currently, he is a Distinguished Fellow of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF). He has written many insightful articles. You can read them here: https://www.orfonline.org/people-expert/kanchan-gupta/

Link to the previous discussion with Kanchan Gupta on the Delhi Riots book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dLibICP3AI

Follow Kanchan Gupta:
Twitter: @KanchanGupta

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