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Panga is a film about a woman trying to live her dream. A dream she put in abeyance because life took an unexpected turn. It would be reductive to call Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s latest film just a sports drama. A kabaddi player trying to be back in the team is one thread that holds it together. However, unlike other such movies where everything is a lead up to that big athletic moment of adrenaline rush, Panga ‘s beauty lies in its soft, almost non-confrontational resistance against all odds to fulfill one’s desire.
Tune in to the podcast for the full movie review!

Subhash Chandra Bose’s Azad Hind Fauj – or Indian National Army (INA) – is a crucial chapter in India’s freedom struggle. How did an army comprising prisoners of war and formed on foreign soil fight for India’s freedom?
On Bose’s 124th birth anniversary on 23 January, we charted how the Azad Hind Fauj came into being, the war campaigns it fought, and the role it played in India’s Independence.
Host: Maanvi
Editor: Vishnu Gopinath
Watch the video explainer here (https://www.thequint.com/explainers/explained-how-netaji-subhash-chandra-bose-azad-hind-fauj-changed-india-freedom-struggle) .
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On the night of 19 January 1990, lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits were driven out of the Valley in the wake of the rising insurgency. Most of them were forced to leave without any belongings. 
The Quint spoke with some Kashmiri migrants who have been living outside the Valley for the last 30 years. They talk about how their lives changed after they were exiled from their homeland.
Host: Garvita Khybri 
Reporters: Garvita Khybri & Yogesh Sagotra
Editor: Shelly Walia

Dr Ali Madeeh Hashmi is a psychiatrist by profession even as poetry runs in his genes. Being Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s grandson, it’s only laazim that Dr Hashmi is also an author of two books and numerous articles, including an authoritative biography of the poet. Amidst the storm around Faiz’s poem ‘Hum Dekhenge’ in India, complete with the constitution of an IIT committee to judge the verse, The Quint's Nishtha Gautam spoke to Dr Hashmi about Faiz’s life, poetry, and wit.
Host: Nishtha Gautam
Sound Design: Fabeha Syed
Editor: Shelly Walia

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram spoke to The Quint's Editorial Director Sanjay Pugalia in an exclusive interview on Wednesday, 15 January.
Mr Chidambaram talks about the economy, the BJP's policies, and how it's "too late" for the Centre to remedy the economy before the end of another financial year.
Host: Sanjay Pugalia
Guest: P Chidambaram, Former Union Minister

“How are we making Indian citizenship so ridiculously cheap?”
I know what you’re thinking. Another story on what a politician thinks about citizenship in India. Except, this is not an argument made in 2020. Or even 2019. This is from 1949, when PS Deshmukh, India’s first Agriculture Minister, was debating citizenship in the Constituent Assembly.
Who is an Indian citizen, who isn’t and who can be — this is a question which has been debated in India since Independence.
Now, as we discuss Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019; the National Register of Citizens, and the aftermath of India’s partition again, let’s see how this debate has changed.
Host: Maanvi
Editor: Mohammad Ibrahim & Vishal Kumar