Karan Thapar, the Journalist and Author of many books converses about his Book ‘Sound and Fury’ and his many interviews with Rishabh Shah at DU Lit. Fest. 2024 sponsered by Sarayu Trust Foundation.
He also touches upon his interview of Mr. Modi that couldn’t be completed and furor around it. He truly believes that journalism today suffers from lack of impartiality and the News Channels have needless discussions which in his view is not idea of Good journalism.
About the Speaker:
Karan Thapar is an Indian journalist, news presenter and interviewer working with The Wire. Thapar was associated with CNN-IBN and hosted The Devil’s Advocate and The Last Word. Some of the celebrities he has interviewed include Narendra Modi and Shah Rukh Khan. He has authored many Books, ‘Devil’s Advocate’, ‘Sound and Fury’ and ‘As I like it’ to name a few.
Rishabh Shah is the founder and former president of India’s International Movement to Unite Nations – IIMUN. He writes self help and leadership books basis his personal experiences.
Topics Covered:
0:00 Power Statement
0:45 Modi’s Bharat and Nehru’s India
2:08 The News Channels discussions
4:50 Journalism today suffers from lack of impartiality
6:10 Journalist’s myopic point of view to Govt’s achievements
9:20 Newspapers do not cover the failings of govt.
12:50 Right to dissent
15:00 Polarising by using slandering words
17:40 Secular Nation VS Hindutva
22:30 Interviews and structure of questions
25:54 Introduction to the book explains the pattern of interviews
28:40 Best way to interview a Politician – focus on his specific work
31:30 Interviewing Mr. Modi
33:40 No interviews from BJP leaders
36:10 Lesson on Objectivity – accept mistakes
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