The Bangladesh general election is set for February 12, 2026. The Bangladesh National Party (BNP) leader, Tarique Rahman, who is said to have been in exile for 17 years, is back in Dhaka. A number of alliances are being formed for the 300-member Jatiya Sa... See more
Newly-retired professor Nivedita Menon from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is an academic, feminist scholar, activist, as well as a much-loved teacher. In the latest episode of SpeakEasy, independent journalist Amit Baruah joins her to discuss JNU’s on... See more
Fifteen years after the searing socio-political satire of Peepli Live , filmmaker Anusha Rizvi returns with a more intimate exploration of anxiety in The Great Shamsuddin Family . In conversation with Amit Baruah, Rizvi talks about a change that many arti... See more
In the third episode of Frontline ’s SpeakEasy, independent journalist Amit Baruah is in conversation with Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, journalist and author who has closely tracked the BJP and the Sangh Parivar for decades, to unpack the political meaning behi... See more
In the second episode of Frontline ’s SpeakEasy, independent journalist Amit Baruah speaks with political scientist Pratap Bhanu Mehta about the future of Indian democracy and the global turn towards strongman politics. Mehta examines whether India is dri... See more
