Has political interference undermined police's morale? Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has reportedly recommended the transfer of Mumbai Police commissioner Arup Patnaik after the violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan were 2 people died and 45 policemen were injured. On Face the Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts - Has political interference undermined morale of police force? Sagarika Ghose: Hi there. The Maharashtra Home Minister has reportedly recommended the transfer of Mumbai...  
10:54 AM, Aug 23, 2012

FTN: Has political interference undermined morale of police force?

Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has reportedly recommended the transfer of Mumbai Police commissioner Arup Patnaik after the violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan were 2 people died and 45 policemen were injured. ...
11:59 PM, Aug 22, 2012

FTN: Is it time to regulate social media?

An SMS and social media rumour mongering campaign led to the exodus of almost 50,000 residents of Northeast India from their work places to their home towns. ...
11:58 PM, Aug 21, 2012

Are Muslims being victimised? On Face the Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts - do Muslims continue to suffer from a sense of victimhood? Here is the full transcript of the show: Sagarika Ghose: Hi there, a very warm Eid mubarak to you on the occasion of Eid ul-Fitr. It is Eid and on this Eid we're exploring the dilemmas that the Muslim community faces at the moment as...  
10:34 AM, Aug 21, 2012

FTN: Do Muslims continue to suffer from a sense of victimhood?

An uneasy calm and air of sadness from the relief camps of Assam as people have no other option but to stay there on the day of Eid. ...
11:54 PM, Aug 20, 2012

FTN: Was Ambedkar greater than Nehru and Patel?

Search for the Greatest Indian after Mahatma Gandhi is over. BR Ambedkar, the Father of Indian Constitution, is the overwhelming choice. ...
11:56 PM, Aug 16, 2012

Has Mary Kom broken stereotypes about North East women? Even as India hails the Olympic bronze medal won by Manipur's Mary Kom, one cannot help but wonder whether this win will go some way in breaking stereotypes about the North East region in general and the North Eastern women in particular. CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose posed the question to a panel of experts on her show, Face The Nation. Sagarika Ghose: Hi there. Yes, India has fallen in...  
10:36 AM, Aug 10, 2012

Chetan Bhagat on whether India's youth is selfish After the wild success of his fiction - Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center, The 3 Mistakes of my Life, 2 States and Revolution 2020 - popular author Chetan Bhagat is now trying his hand at non-fiction for the first time with the title 'What Young India Wants'. CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose was in conversation with Chetan Bhagat on her show Face the Nation. The show...  
12:00 PM, Aug 09, 2012

FTN: Is India's youth selfish?

In his new book, 'What Young India Wants', Chetan Bhagat talks about the youth in the present times and what it wants. ...
11:58 PM, Aug 08, 2012

Women victimised in relationships with politicians? In the past few days, two stories of suicides have come to the fore from Haryana, both involving politicians. Twenty-three year old Geetika Sharma committed suicide on Sunday, naming Haryana politician Gopal Kanda in her suicide note and the death of Anuradha Bali alias Fiza second and estranged wife of Haryana politician Chander Mohan, remains a mystery. The question is whether women are victimised in relationships with politicians. CNN-IBN Deputy...  
11:53 AM, Aug 08, 2012

FTN: Are women victimised in relationships with politicians?

Two days after 23-year-old Geetika Sharma's suicide, the Gurgaon police are yet to question Haryana's former deputy home minister Gopal Kanda in the case. ...
11:57 PM, Aug 07, 2012

FTN: Has the farmers' plight failed to register on the national conscience?

Some parts of India are experiencing floods but in other parts the rains have failed badly this year. 2012 is in all likelihood, a drought year. ...
11:56 PM, Aug 06, 2012

FTN: Should exemplary punishment be given to parents who attack their children?

Retired Army Officer Lalit Balhara and his wife Preeti have been convicted by a sessions court of baby battering with intention to kill. ...
11:57 PM, Aug 02, 2012

Anna's reading of corruption is wrong: Amartya Sen Nobel laureate Amartya Sen believes that Team Anna's reading of corruption or what causes corruption or how it can removed is wrong, and that they need to look at how the economic system operates. In an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said that instead of fasting and protesting, one should try and change the systems that provided incentives for corruption. Below is the...  
11:45 PM, Jul 31, 2012

Anna's reading of corruption is wrong: Amartya Sen Nobel laureate Amartya Sen believes that Team Anna's reading of corruption or what causes corruption or how it can removed is wrong, and that they need to look at how the economic system operates. In an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said that instead of fasting and protesting, one should try and change the systems that provided incentives for corruption. Below is the...  
11:45 PM, Jul 31, 2012

Are Railways becoming death traps? 32 passengers were killed after a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. On Face the Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts - Are Railways becoming death traps? Here is the full transcript of the show: Sagarika Ghose: Hi there, yes there's been yet another tragic rail accident. 32 passengers were killed when a coach of the Delhi-Chennai...  
11:46 AM, Jul 31, 2012

FTN: Are Railways becoming death traps?

32 passengers were killed after a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. ...
11:58 PM, Jul 30, 2012

For Indian men, a woman is just a sex object In a horrific incident in Patna, a young girl was gangraped by her boyfriend and his classmates. And what's worse was that the heinous crime was shot on a camera and circulated on MMS. Below is the full transcript of CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose's chat with experts over the issue: Sagarika Ghose: Hi there. Good evening. Everyday seems to bring a new crime against women, rapes, sexual assault and...  
11:04 AM, Jul 27, 2012

FTN: Do Indian men believe they can get away with sexual assault?

Every day seems to bring a new crime against a woman " rapes, sexual assault and molestation. ...
11:56 PM, Jul 26, 2012

Will the ban on gutka curb tobacco use? In a major breakthrough in the battle against tobacco, six states have banned gutka and other tobacco foods. Here is the full transcript of CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose's chat with experts over the issue: Sagarika Ghose: Hi there. Good evening. We are focusing tonight on the tobacco product gutka. Now anti-gutka campaigners say gutka is extremely injurious to health and leads to oral cancer. India is the capital of...  
10:41 AM, Jul 26, 2012