Check out my Meditation app: Level SuperMind Android - https://lvl.fit/androiddownload Ios - https://lvl.fit/iosdownload Join the Level Community Here: https://linktr.ee/levelsupermindcommunity Use my referral code RANVEER to get 1 week of free premium access. In this episode of The Ranveer Show, we welcome Smita Prakash, journalist and podcaster as our guest. Smita Ma'am has been active in the field of Journalism for over two decades now and she is known for her brilliant and fearless journalism. She has reported on various events including elections, Political developments, conflicts, international events, and more. This episode consists of a wide discussion over many topics related to Journalism, Indian Government, and Podcasts. Smita Prakash shares her views on how digital journalism and podcasts are the future of Indian journalism, breaking down the overall election system of India, PR & Marketing in terms of politicians, the hard truths about Rural India, and much more. This has been an exhilarating conversation for me as I got to have a chat with another podcaster and get her views on multiple topics. If you're interested in Journalism, politics, and India in general, you're going to love this conversation. I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to share your views in the comments. (0:00) - Smita Prakash x Ranveer Allahbadia Begins (2:00) - Television Journalist vs Podcast Journalists (4:37) - Digital Journalism as Our Future (7:58) - Gap between Journalists and Content Creators (11:39) - Interviewing Cabinet Ministers (14:33) - Most Intense Ground Reporting Experience (17:19) - Death of traditional debating Journalism (20:47) - Need to shift to Digital Journalism (23:40) - Why are State Elections important? (28:02) - Breakdown of Voter's Education (31:57) - State vs Center (37:33) - How did the Vajpayee Government lose elections in 2004? (39:58) - Personality Driven Elections (43:29) - PR & Marketing (51:14) - Dark Reality of Rural India (1:02:56) - Drawbacks of having friendships with powerful people (1:06:57) - Unpleasant realities of India (1:11:40) - Advertising (1:14:28) - Internet Access to Indian people (1:21:35) - PM Narendra Modi (1:27:49) - Foreign Policy of India (Then & Now) (1:31:02) - Flaws of India (1:36:45) - All about Religion (1:48:01) - Thank you for Watching