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Not your conventional podcasts, but a straight text-to-audio readout of The Quint's text stories – news, opinion, satire and more.

As the tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot rages on, a quota twist has suddenly deepened the Rajasthan Congress crisis. For years, the state party unit has been split into two warring camps where hostilities flare up on a range of issues – from top leadership to petty posts, and ministerial berths to caste calculations.

Can Rajasthan Congress Fix Its Quota Crisis Ahead of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo?

In this episode, The Quint's Dhananjay is in conversation with Hindi commentator Sushil Doshi about the changes m=being made in the BCCI's selection committee. 

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Why Did The BCCI Decide to Change The Selection Committee?

TM Krishna On Mohan Bhagwat's "Lynching is a Western Construct" Comment

The Quint got in touch with the Additional SP of Balrampur Police who denied saying that the attack was on the Durga puja procession in Balrampur was 'pre-planned'.

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The Quint's Conversation With Balrampur ASP on Durga Puja Procession Violence

How ISRO Tried to Reconnect With Vikram Lander Before Lunar Night

Celebs who started out young and how that affected them.

Miley Cyrus to Justin Bieber, the Grim Reality of Young Stardom

This is a conversation between The Quint's Opinions Editor, Nishtha Gautam, and N Ram, The Hindu Publishing Group's Chairman, on the Press Council's letter on Kashmir that has sparked controversy.

‘Press Council’s Letter Is Undemocratic, Unconstitutional’: N Ram

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, 20 August, agreed to hear Facebook's transfer petition on September 13, on a number of cases across high courts seeking to link Aadhaar with social media accounts.

Facebook is currently a respondent in a PIL seeking Aadhar-social media linkage, which is pending before the Madras High Court.

The apex court also issued a notice to all the parties in the case: WhatsApp, Google, YouTube and others, and sought their response by the date of the next hearing. The Bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bode, however, has not stayed the hearing before the Madras High Court which is scheduled for Wednesday, 21 August.

Aadhaar-Social Media Linking: Supreme Court to Hear Facebook’s Case Transfer Plea

Jaoon Kahan Bata Ae Dil is directed by Aadish Keluskar and stars Khushboo Upadhyay and Rohit Kokate.

Jaoon Kahan Bata Ae Dil is a Disturbing Take on Caustic Relationship

Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari and Nithya Menen – it’s very difficult to waste five successful female actors, but ‘Mission Mangal’ does that with remarkable confidence

Mission Mangal wastes five successful female actors

At Père Lachaise in Paris, lies the final resting place of that remarkable woman, the last queen of Awadh. She was to some Malika Kishwar, while others knew her as Janab-i Aliyah, Her Sublime Excellency, mother to the ruler of ‘Oude’, Wajid Ali Shah. Listen to her story here from an excerpt from "The Courtesan, The Mahatma and The Italian Brahmin" by Manu S. Pillai.

Book Excerpt: Looking for the Last Queen of Awadh in Paris

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