NL Hafta

Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan, Rinchen Norbu, Abhinandan Sekhri

newslaundry@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

NL Hafta is a weekly panel show that wraps major news with context, commentary, and opinion, featuring a rotating guest for select episodes. It’s a strong outlet for PR targeting Indian politics, governance, and public-policy analysis—especially authors and respected experts who can add historical or institutional perspective.

Metrics

Episodes: 1269

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.4M subscribers

Instagram: 764.0k followers

Contact Information

newslaundry@gmail.com

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Host

Manisha Pande - Host on NL Hafta (appears as part of the panel).

Raman Kirpal - Host on NL Hafta (appears as part of the panel).

Anand Vardhan - Host on NL Hafta (appears as part of the panel).

Rinchen Norbu - Host on NL Hafta (appears as part of the panel).

Abhinandan Sekhri - Host on NL Hafta (appears as part of the panel).

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Subject-matter experts (e.g., historians/public intellectuals) and credible commentators with strong knowledge of Indian politics, governance, institutions, and related investigations.
Required Achievements:  
published books/major scholarly work (implied for historian guests), recognized public expertise in politics/governance

Recent Guest Discussions

Ramachandra Guha - Coalition Governments And Democratic Resilience

Jayashree Arunachalam - Not Specified In Provided Snippet

Recent Topics

Politics, Governance, History, Institutions, Elections

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
NL Hafta
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NL Hafta Snippet : Do Coalition Governments Make Democracies More Resilient?

July 04, 2026

This week on Hafta, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Anand Vardhan and Rinchen Norbu are joined by historian Ramachandra Guha. Check out previous Hafta recommendations, references, songs and letters. Produced by Amit Pandey with production assistance from Sourav.Sound by Anil Kumar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NL Hafta Snippet : Who Stole From the Ram Mandir?

June 27, 2026

The alleged theft of donations from the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya has opened a window into the opaque finances of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. Our Hafta panel discusses the SIT investigation into missing funds from donation boxes, the unanswered questions around the crores collected during the temple construction drive, and the land purchase controversy that implicated trustee Anil Mishra – with no consequences.The panel examines who Champat Rai (the general secretary of th...

NL Hafta 594 Snippet

June 20, 2026

This week on Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Rinchen Norbu are joined by a very special guest – our former colleague Jayashree Arunachalam. Produced by Amit Pandey with production assistance from Sourav. Research inter Manya Garg .Sound by Anil Kumar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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