Abhinandan Sekhri says he used to be cynical about the “Instagram generation.”
Then he watched young people protest at Jantar Mantar.
He was impressed by their willingness to take risks.
He also noticed how many different economic backgrounds were represented.
Sanjay Rajoura saw a protest where people were having fun.
He argues that the government does not know how to respond to that.
Sheeba Aslam Fehmi asks whether young people can reclaim their democracy.
The conversation starts with CJP, the Cockroach Janta Party.
It moves through jobs, caste, class, hunger, elections and money in politics.
They also discuss independent media and what happens when politics becomes a performance.
They ask how much a protest can change beyond the day itself.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 – Opening trailer
02:37 – Can young people reclaim democracy?
06:45 – Inside the Jantar Mantar protest
09:39 – Humour, anger and the generation gap
12:26 – Gen Z and political risk
16:46 – Solidarity across class and caste
19:18 – Electoral trust and political fear
21:11 – Can elections still bring change?
24:03 – Jobs and political incentives
28:06 – Hunger, inequality and the vote
29:37 – Culture, status and holding power
33:31 – Resistance from unexpected places
36:12 – Punching down and food politics
41:36 – The global turn right
44:51 – Democracy’s unfulfilled promise
47:20 – Welfare and generational hypocrisy
49:04 – Markets, greed and inequality
53:56 – Money and political power
56:10 – AI and democratic pessimism
59:41 – Votes, numbers and representation
1:02:33 – Decentralisation and long-term hope
1:06:31 – Loyalty, competence and CJP’s organisation
1:10:29 – Youth power and campus elections
1:13:44 – Independent media and democratic space
1:15:15 – Debating the Hindu Rashtra idea
1:18:41 – Political image and double standards
1:20:46 – When everything becomes performance
1:24:43 – Hatred as a career
1:26:22 – Selling relief from misery
1:30:23 – Is there still room for hope?
1:31:28 – Instagram, protest humour and fear
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The interviewer reminds me of Tabassum ❤
Human beings have ruled the world for over 5000 years because we had brains and were the most intelligent specimens in the world. Now AI Roberts are coming they are 1000 times more intelligent in the world. They will make humans dinosaurs.
China has proved their political system is better than democracy. Chinese civilization has been the leading economy in the world till 1820. And now again they are fast becoming the leading economy in the world. These podcasters are influenced by Anglo-Saxon propaganda.
The problem is that Manusmriti-believing Hindus do not believe that all men are born equal. And women are property of men with no legal rights. I am sure all these 3 persons followed the social norms and laws of Manusmriti. Ambadkar and Nehru tried to dump Manusmriti while the RSS and BJP propagate Manusmriti.
A debate on the influence of Manusmriti in our society is more than on capitalism and communism.
This is what came to my mind when i saw the interview , cant beleive someone actually made this lol
Thanks!
Agree totally with Sanjay, we rational and logical thinking people have become a minority
Abhinandan is so hopeful that it is annoying to the core. I'm so with Sanjay, I'm cynical and have no false hope!!
All three are doing meaningless discussio and not correct discussion
I call on the army to please come and protect p INDIAN YOUTH, SAVE INDIA,🇮🇳 and the people of India against the BJP government ,RSS goons, Modi , Amit Shan, Doval etc who are using the law enforcement agencies to heap attrocites on the youth and citizens of this country….
CORRECTION:
ye sab CJP ki wajah se nahi hua… things changes slowly, ye sab RaGa ki wajah se hua hai..
aaj se 1-2 saal pahle ye sab possible nahi tha kyuki india despair me tha, aur usse change chahiye tha., RaGa ki bharat jodo yatra ke baad ek culture change hua, logo ko hope milli aur log bolne lge… chije ek dum se nahi hoti.. AISA/Left bhi aawaj uta rahe wo sab ek hope se aaya
NO SOCIETY CHANGES BEFORE OR UNLESS ITS CULTURE CHANGE.
SOCIAL REVOLUTION HAMESA CULTURE REVOLUTION KE BAAD AATI HAI, Its basic principle in all around world.
Culture change bina hope ke possible nahi… hope create hui RaGa ki wajah se. slowly and clearly chije change hui…
Congress ki jo pahal hai jo intensity ho gyi thi usse dilute karne ke liye CJP ki formation hui, inn logo ko vivekanada foundation se funding mill rahi jise ajit dobhal chala raha, check your facts…
CJP ki press confrences dekho wo zaydatar past se comprare karke waha sawal karte hai jiska koi khass relevance nahi hai aaj lakin conv shift and blame shift aur congress ki value low jarur hoti hai.. jaise ye bar bar 1975 ki emergency se compare karte hai, without talking about why that happen, inko present ki responsility se kuch zayda frk nahi, ye bss congress ko demean karne me lge hai issliye inke saare protest congress ke protest ke aas-paas hote hai taki unki intensity ko cash-in kr sake… lakin unke saath nahi..
inki koi khass philosphy ya streatgy nahi hai na hi ye road pe dikhte hai, aur na hi dikhenge… har bar ye streatgic tarike se protest se gyab hote hai, baki sab lathi khate rahe ye aaram se rahte hai, media wo bhi ANI ko airplane me saath le ke chal rahe ye.. how?? ANI ko modi ka but- licker hai, inka but kaise chat rahe we…
BEAWARE OF CJP, ye SAB IAC 2012-13 ki script chal rahi, logo baad me thage jaoge… inpe bharosa kiya to….
Luxury product use krte…..gold silver iron mining se atta…. lakho animals k ghar ujaad jate tab daya kaha jata
Make everyone poor again.
great conversation. Listening to Abhinandan probably after a decade or so.
नेपाल, बांग्लादेश तो बहाना था इनको असली खेल तो भारत में खेलना था
Very soon you will see ground reality of what’s happening. Modi is here to stay, Jai Hind! Jai Bharat!
Jo vote h nahi denge unse kya darna
HISTORY DELETES PEOPLE WHO ARE RIGID ORTHODOX AND BARBARIC (ROB ERASURE POLICY)
IT'S A UNIVERSAL STATEMENT IRRESPECTIVE OF TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATIONS
No GenZ. Chanchas of Kangress and Leftists
Loved when Sheeba ji says ‘Yaar yeh koi foreign office mein koi unko samjhata kyun nahi hai ki behaviour kya hona chahiye?’
It took me three times to digest what they were saying! I had to check and recheck what they were saying! I am impressed!
That was such an intellectual conversation. Loved listening to abhinandan speak. Newslaundry has definetly gained a new subscriber.
Most of the conversation was based on great man theory, which doesn't result in the proper and complete explanation and more deeper analysis is needed to explain the modern Indian phenomena inside the modern world.