
ThePrint.in is a news, analysis, opinion & knowledge media company that sharply focuses on politics, policy, government and governance. Start your mornings with our journalists who bring you the big story of the day in ThePrintAM. ThePrintPod offers you our special reports and opinions for when you‘re on the go. End your day with our most popular show ‘Cut The Clutter’ by Editor-in-Chief Shekhar G... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 666 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | PoliticsNews CommentaryNews | |||

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Urban misgovernance is India’s biggest brand destroyer. The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their qu... more
Inflated revenue, no proof of investment in gold mine in Africa, reduction of receivables & supplies of gold, routing of funds via personal accounts— These are some of the findings of SEBI probe into Rajesh Exports Limited. #CutTheClutter with Shekha... more
Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai has officially resigned from the BJP and announced a new political movement, Annamalai Makkal Iyakkam (AMI). Once seen as the BJP's strongest face in Tamil Nadu, the former IPS officer says disagreements wi... more
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Please do not produce 2-9 minutes podcasts. Consolidate the news daily and produce just one every day.
Cut the clutter, National interest and first person second draft are some of the best sources of political knowledge in India. His experience and expertise is way ahead of any other media personnel on any Indian platform.
Such a poor presentation of a great article. You should have edited this audio.
Thanks a lot for the amazing content, Shekhar ji and team.
I would love it if the national interest feed is separated from cut the clutter. I enjoy both but sometimes can’t spare the time for following everything!
Praveen Swami has an immense flair for detailed and interesting storytelling, whereas Shekhar Gupta’s Cut The Clutter is full of clutter and forced metaphors, it is difficult listen.
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