Chitra: The Story Behind Bofors
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Chitra Subramaniam tells Madhu Trehan about the pulls & pressures of working on the Bofors exposé. The limitations of journalists & the editorial tussles at The Hindu. And why India still doesn't know the truth about Bofors. N Ram responds.
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This interview suggests Chitra and Madhu know a lot more than they are willing to state on camera. It's always frustrating to read a thriller only to realise the end is missing. Chitra is very guarded in her statements, perhaps for good reason, but one day a journalist can write a non-fiction account of this event to include facts and innuendos.
ikr! I'm trying to read in between the lines
Bofors: The Ambassador's Evidence by B M Oza is a book I wanted to buy but there is a stock out across retail sites and no details are available online regarding purchase or renting. This is a smart way of putting such riveting literature out of people's reach!
Exactly. I have been searching it for a while
The most absorbing interview I have seen. Kudos to 2 great journalists for their superb work.
I had goose-bumps hearing Chitra narrating her story. Salute to you O brave daughter of India!!
so true, some of the journalists have risked thier life so that truth comes out. hatts of to true journalists.
what a brilliant conversation. beautifully paced, transparently honest and riveting. for one like me who followed every word of the investigation as it flowed out, waited with hope as governments changed and finally wilted as quatrocchi faded away, the lingering feeling is one of great sadness for the sorry, flawed people we are as a nation.
I have the pleasure of meeting Chitra, her reporting on my debut film . 💖
So proud of you, Chitra & what you did as a journalist. It was going beyond the call of duty. Salute to your courage & poise.
good interview. worth of watching ... expect every politically aware indian citizen to watch the interview.
Yet all people want to watch is interviews of Mr Modi
Superb interview.. hard hitting. Can't even imagine how Ms Chitra managed to break this story - immense courage was needed. However, where is N Ram's response, as was promised in the description?
Congrats! Madhu and the NL team…you guys have become a brand synonyms with true journalism…this interview was indeed done very tastefully and the most interesting being to able to build the story fact by fact
Awesome interview. So much time has passed but it is a pity we still don't have a closure.
Chitra Subramaniam for Bharat Ratna!
Kudos to the cameraperson for lighting it so well and differently than conventional interviews we see, including other newslaundry interviews
I hope current breed of English language journalist in India, especially who are faces of many news channels learn from their esteemed seniors. I have no hope for regional or hindi journalists ( You have to just think why Vinod Dua started doing Food shows). Keep up NL, you are the oasis in this desert.
Wow! That was one marathon worth every moment of it!
"I thought the delay's were not journalistic" - that about sums it up.
7 years on from the day this great interview took place .... nothing has changed..zero developments , even the modi govt has let the matter be.
11:26
Madhu; Have you any idea which side it was...
Chitra: *awkward laugh*
The World knows that the Bofors Story was first broken by *Chitra Subrahmaniam*. Period.
Hey Madhu .. I see a good plot for a Neeraj Pandey movie set in the late 80's and 90's. This will make an awesome movie and will also reveal the truth to the general public.
there had been in fact a movie 'The New Delhi Times' starring SHASHI KAPOOR, and Sharma Tagore...based almost on the criminal underbelly of politics in India...and how journalism was at the receiving end of this phenomenon.
Amazing discussion.
This should be watched by everyone
Brilliant Stuff!
Congress needs you and you need congress so no point of saying BJP crook because it is the problem OF RELIGEOUS BIAS MIND but millions of scams of congress will out some day.
81000 views and just 862 likes. Reason why we don't deserve a good and serious journalism.
Someone depositing money into your bank account does not amount to it being "broken into". Anyone can deposit money into anyone's account... it is up to the recipient to keep track, and if needed (as a mysterious or undue payment), reject the same. Isn't it? Just a minor matter of detail.
Chitra was doing responsible journalism. But the inner conflict of this profession made her work harder. However, she showed courage to find wonderful investigating stories which created storm in Indian politics. It’s unfortunate that Indian government could not get anything out of the investigation till today.
This is right if everybody does wrong, that means everything is right. Kudos for this investigating story.
i was just 3 years old when all dis happened.it would have been better if Newslaundry would have given a basic information on events which happened during those days.so people of my generation would have understood better what Chitra S. is sayin in dis interview.
The saving grace of Bofors is that money changed hands but India received an excellent product that proved its worth in Kargil. What matters is a) the Indian Army made a GOOD CHOICE in choosing the BOFORS gun; 2) that the BOFORS gun delivered the goods. Had the gun underperformed, that would be unforgivable. Compared to the billions wasted by the DRDO over decades over failed research, and other wastage in GOI, the Bofors bribe is minor change. Buy more Bofors weapons, not blacklist it!!
Barkha is not a dumbo. She is by far one of the most intelligent journalists.
buqa is dumbasss
I met chitra and her mother in rishikesh at that time.
Yes, the credit is to your name, Chitra madam!
@NewsLaundy - I think it would be rather tragic if this video dies down on this channel with maybe a coupld of thousand views and a handful of Shared Buttons being pressed. Please take this video to the most influencial people in the Indian Social Media space and request them to share this. As a law abiding citizen, its almost like a national call of duty to Share this video and make more & more people aware of this. Like as Chitra said - "This story must come to a closure"
Why don't you do this sir?
Madhu Trehan- Ur awesome!
CONSPICUOUSLY, WHY AJITAV BACHHAN BROTHER OF AMITAV BACHHAN WAS GIVEN SWEDES RESIDENCE VISA.
God save my country....
Madh Trehan, wake up- you state " Rajiv Gandhi was a plant" and Chitra respons " Rajiv Gandhi was never a plant". One should never have an agenda- to give certificates of honesty- go where the facts lead you.
Thus N Ram is a Congress pawn
Who is the Q they are referring to .. Quattrocchi ?
Is not it obvious to you?
yes
'In India today it is almost subversive to be honest'.....what a video to watch on the 15 august...wonder where is our democracy heading to. to see 'satyameva jayate' written on all the official proceedings and still no attempt to find the truth...dragging it 25 years and counting more to come.
In the middle of 'incredible india' and 'gods own country' this video is an official eye opener.
Edge of the seat interview. When 2 women believe in truth, they will unmask the theif in king. Rajiv Gandhi caught red-handed. Gandhi family likes the scent of money. They again did it in Augusta West, same blue print. This time India brought home Christian Mitchel the man instead of a diary.
Found the response! (I thought it was supposed to be in this video itself, sorry :P )
Can anyone please tell me the name o the book she is reffering to in the interview, i am sure that one is going to be worth reading..
+shridhar vishwakarma www.amazon.in/Bofors-Ambassadors-Evidence-B-Oza/dp/8122004946
Chitra should stay back and follow the 2G Scam,Coalgate scam,CWG and the ones coming Thorium scam,Bauxite scam ...be a leader in honest journalism.
Madhu and Chitra should open a school of journalism on the long run.
@Saffron All Were Fake Scam Projected By Pigs Of BJP To Malign Manmohan Singh.
Chitra Iyyer and Madhu Thehan to Barkha Dutt, its really a shameful degeneration of indian Jurnos.
Epic last sentence.
Chitra Ji, Sorry to see that every political party in India is less than truthful and mostly corrupt. However, you seem to be honest and burdened with the knowledge of Bofors scandal. Why not write a detailed book on this matter with all your understanding with facts on one side and what you suspect to be the full truth? Regards
Ravindra Harsoor couldn't agree more.
Journalists can talk of general corruption.
Be careful about defence deals which are needed to save the lives of Indian soldiers.
Bofors helped win the Kargil war. That is what matters.
If you want your son to get MBBS first try a Govt college like AIIMS etc ,then a private one for 50 lakhs.Then a foreign one 25 lakhs.
Aim is to get MBBS
Wow when history is being born things are ordinary honest hard work. Chitra must have been very young and dedicated as she us it must have started rolling then with tons of mess(not moss) OMG frightening . With the bank transfer they would have implicated her in a monetary fraud
Corruption in India started with Bofors. Political parties use this as an example how they can corrupt and not get cough. Neater the Govt nor media can solve this as everyone's sucked in by the system. But, people should know the TRUTH.
apreciable
30:33 , 33:30 , ( 36:00 onwards )
Madhav singh solanki...the post man...
Thanks to exposing those who poses themselves as highly moralistic.
The two problems with your argument are that the country did not get to see the other competing guns which could have done a better job than the bofors gun ( if i remember correctly after all these years the french guns were better). the fact that corruption occurred at the highest echelons of the democracy and the fact that there was a no bribe clause in the contract and that everyone went unpunshed is a sad state of affairs.
Chitra....this woman man! This is some real shit! Makes me curious about the other crap that goes on around the world. But how does she end up working with Arnab?
why does madhus face shine so much?
its the purity of her heart and the passion to take out the truth thats glowing.
Arun wtf
I know....
All plastic surgeries or botox probably 😂
wow chitra S is brave women
Good god !! Bofors Files would give a run for money to Kashmir Files.
it'd have been great if Madhu would focus a bit more on how Non-Congress governments didn't care to pursue this to closure.
Surprised that The Hindu did not do anything.
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Who is that one man?
google gives too much info plus i dont know which info is authentic n which is propoganda.
why didnt Atal ji go after this.:(
vikas bj cause Atal g don’t support hate politics or punishing politics
Atalji was pretty diplomatic even though then defence minister George Fernandez wanted a proper investigation done.
who was gandhi trustee lawyer 36:40
Did madhu also get a lip job,? Something is strange!
Bofors dont justify corruption ..nothing does
What happened to guilty people? Nothing
I am amazed at the timing of this interview when you should have interviewed Modi and shown the world how much of self centered egoistic bad leader he was.. Rather u went for politicking !
I still do like the interview and revealed a lot about Past Congress who has inspired Modi Ji now. Probably u will be doing an interview with some worthy journalist about how Rafale deal was done to favour Reliance Industries by probably June 1, 2035 when it will be of no use ! Kudos to your Journalism, Trehan !
Are you left hand of Gandhis. This is very as Chitra put it very Indian argument.
There is no scam in Rafael.. Raga fan boi
Only 64 crores! Inflation I think. Peanuts by today's STDs.
or u can google :)
No different from b.j..p govt.
Madhu and your filler lips
gud joke :)
Bofors and all is fine but this Chitra person has the looks of a man and that's so disturbing 😭
What are you talking about? Talk, respectively ! Looks matter not.
I ask a question.. man or a woman 😮
@suyog70 what matters!!! Here you come to know the facts.
@@KeerthyYalapalli but i am talking about the figure! 🍑 or 🥕
@suyog70 can you get your nonsense before I ask you the same....blood, she did a great job as a journalist, what did you, dude?
just chit chat, that anchor Madhu is useless!
who was gandhi trustee lawyer 36:40