We the People (Indian TV series)

We the People
Presented by	Barkha Dutt
Country of origin	India
Production
Production location	New Delhi
Running time	39 to 40 minutes without commercials
Original release
Network	NDTV
Release	2001 – present

We The People is a television talk show in India hosted by Barkha Dutt. The programme is aired every Sunday night at 8 pm on NDTV 24x7.

Show format

It is a debate show on current affairs where about six to eight panellists are invited for every discussion. The panel usually consists of politicians, social scientists, academicians, social workers and celebrities, depending on the topic of discussion. There is also an audience which often poses questions directly to the panellists. Sometimes, they are also asked for a snap poll to weigh an argument.

The show encompasses a wide variety of topics and is not limited to political issues.

Awards and accolades

We The People has recently won the 14th Asian Television Award for Best Talk Show for the year 2008., and Best Talk Show (English) at the "NT Award 2000". Barkha has been awarded as "the most intelligent TV host" by Indian Television Awards, and also as Best Talk Show Anchor.

List of episodes

2013

Date	Title	Topic
January 1	Best of We The People 2012
January 6	Every woman's battle: The enemy within	Rape in India

2012

Date	Title	Topic
January 1	Democracy's midnight mayhem
January 15	Why does India still not have a national military memorial?	Indian Armed Forces
February 12	Age row: Ceasefire or lost battle?
February 18	Minority welfare or maximum politics?
February 26	The state in your bedroom?	Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code
March 8	Women's day: Substance or symbolism?	International Women's Day
March 18	India: No country for working women?	Women in India
March 25	Pornography or erotica: Who decides?
April 1	After the ceasefire: Lessons learnt?
April 15	Should the state negotiate with hostage takers?
April 22	Surrogacy: Outsourcing childbirth?	Commercial surrogacy in India
April 29	Rajya Sabha: House of Elders now House of Glamour?	Rajya Sabha members
May 6	Siachen: Time for a thaw?	Siachen conflict
May 7	Hillary Clinton on FDI, Mamata, Hafiz Saeed and outsourcing (special episode)
May 13	Are single sex institutions outdated?
June 3	The subsidies debate: Pro aam-aadmi or anti-growth?	Subsidies in India
June 10	'Bond'-ing doctors into duty?
June 17	The politics of minority quotas	Reservation in India
June 24	India: The big bazaar of organ trade?	Organ trade in India
July 1	President's pardon: The clemency debate	Pratibha Patil communes death sentences
July 8	Hitting cancer for a six	Interview with Yuvraj Singh
July 29	Mayhem at Manesar	Manesar violence July 2012
August 5	Sedition laws: Essential or archaic?	Sedition laws in India
August 12	India's steel frame: Still standing strong?
August 19	We the Olympians: A distant dream or within reach now?	India at the 2012 Summer Olympics
August 26	Is the government caught in a censorship web?
September 2	Riots and the rule of law
September 9	India-Pakistan: Prisoners of hostility?
September 16	Cellphone towers: India's safety check
September 23	Clinical trials: The India report
October 7	Euthanasia: Mercy killing or murder?	Euthanasia in India
November 11	Are religious traditions tilted against women?	Role of women in religion
November 18	Should the state fund political parties?
November 25	Internet freedom: In danger of being stifled?
December 2	Politics and the 'Great' Indian middle class
December 9	Time to re-think capital punishment? Capital punishment in India
December 16	Moditva: Lessons for India?
December 23	Will capital punishment be a deterrent to rapists?	2012 Delhi gang rape case

2011

Date	Title	Topic
January 2	Best of We The People 2010
January 16	Does India care for its soldiers?
January 23	Will books survive the digital age?	Jaipur Literature Festival
January 26	Army: Overused, under-appreciated?
January 30	Endgame in sight for 'Afghan-Pak' crisis?
February 20	Is the India story endangered by scams?
February 27	Is capital punishment deterrent for rapists?
March 13	The euthanasia debate
March 27	Ticket to India-Pakistan thaw?
April 10	The Tamil Nadu poll blockbuster
April 17	Being gay: The parents' story
April 24	The anatomy of a bribe
May 1	Maharaja in royal mess
May 15	Land wars: Farmers' rights vs industrialisation
May 22	Homecoming possible for pandits in J&K?
May 29	Women and power: Bucking the trend?
June 12	Army an option for Indian youth?
June 26	Viewer's choice: We the People on Gujarat quake
July 3	Neeraj Grover's parents on their son's murder
July 10	Does India need a separate prevention of communal violence bill?
July 17	Has Mumbai been numbed by terror?
July 24	Has spirituality turned into a profit industry?
July 31	Corruption kills the growth story?
August 11	Indian cinema: Hijacked by politics?
August 15	Fasting for change- Satyagraha or theatre?
August 21	Anna and the great Indian middle class
August 28	Anna's movement: The challenges & lessons
September 4	Copycat politics over mercy pleas?
September 11	Has India been numbed by terror?
September 25	Can you live on just ₹ 32 a day?
October 2	Gandhigiri in the age of violence
October 9	Telangan: An idea whose time has come?
October 16	Mayawati's Park: Extravaganza or empowerment?
October 23	Will right to recall make politicians accountable?
October 30	Does the army still need special powers in J&K?
November 6	Is social media changing human equations?
November 13	Love, sex and cinema
November 20	Terror errors: Weakening India's fight?
November 27	From argumentative India to intolerant India?
December 4	Has Parliament become a house of Adjournments?
December 11	The return of Anna Hazare
December 18	From Uphaar AMRI, is it a license to kill?

2010

Date	Title	Topic
January 3	Best of We The People 2009
January 10	Is India soft on sexual misconduct?	Rape in India
January 17	Get a picture or save a life?
January 24	Is TV exploiting young children?
January 31	Mukesh Ambani, Montek at LSE debate
February 7	Mumbai and the idea of India
February 28	MF Husain: Let down by India?
March 7	Being Muslim in today's India?
March 14	Re-branding Modi?
March 28	"Salaam Namaste" to pre-marital sex?
April 4	Right to education: Quantity over quality?
April 11	Maoists vs the state
April 18	IPL: Indian Political League
May 16	Is globalisation a bad word?
May 23	Young politicians, old ideas?
May 30	India's maoist challenge
June 6	The death penalty debate
June 20	Is Twitter here to stay?
June 27	Office relationships: Harassment or consensual?
July 4	Government vs Army on the Armed Forces Act?
July 11	India's population: Boon or bane?
July 18	The language wars
July 25	Surrogacy: Exploiting the poor?
August 1	Commonwealth games: National shame?
August 8	India: The Twitter republic
August 15	Superbug: Bias against India?	New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1
August 22	Is the 'real India' forgotten?
September 12	Pension for ex-Army men: A question of equality?
September 19	Ayodhya verdict: Time for closure?
September 26	Ayodhya: Is 'reconciliation' realistic?
October 24	India: Game for corruption?
October 31	Alimony and the modern woman
November 14	Is corruption in our roots?
November 21	Government show who is "The Big Boss"?
November 28	The new-age neta
December 5	The art of giving
December 19	Will WikiLeaks change diplomacy world over?
December 26	Binayak Sen: Targeted by the state?

2009

Date	Title	Topic
January 11	No war, no peace: India's Pakistan problem?
January 18	Should Satyam be saved?
January 25	The Slumdog phenomenon
February 2	Is peace possible between India and Pakistan?
February 8	The Advertising debate
February 15	The culture wars
March 1	Jai Ho: From Dharavi to LA and back
March 8	Should IPL and elections be held together?
March 15	Regional parties: The Kings makers?
March 22	Death, love, life on TV
March 29	New middle-class political activism
April 6	Politics in the age of TV
April 12	Small parties: big ambitions
April 19	Should godmen stay out of politics?
April 26	How safe are our schools and colleges?
May 3	Who's afraid of Mayawati?
May 10	Who is India's Obama?
May 24	Will Indian polity get a younger soul?
May 31	Ragging: From tradition to abuse
June 7	Racism: Indians as targets
June 14	Women and Affirmative Action
June 21	Royalty in the age of democracy
June 28	One nation, one Board: Is India ready?
July 5	The right to be gay
July 12	Royalty and Indian politics
August 2	Right to motherhood
August 16	Has India over-reacted to the swine-flu?
August 23	Political parties scared of history?
August 30	Religious symbols in a secular society
September 6	Is politics killing history and literature?
September 13	Austerity, Congress style?
September 20	Should everyone in India know Hindi?
September 27	Women in Army: Time for a greater role?
October 4	Gandhi's legacy: Are we too politically correct?
October 11	Is Mumbai no longer cosmopolitan?
October 25	The Maoist Muddle
October 25	Is a peace initiative with the Maoists possible
November 1	The Indira Gandhi legacy
November 8	Vande Mataram and Fatwa politics
November 15	National language: What's that?
November 22	26/11: Lessons learnt?
December 6	India's skin deep prejudice
December 13	Nation vs regionalism
December 20	Private lives, public gaze
December 27	Ruchika's case: Mockery of justice?

2008

Date	Title	Topic
January 13	Should blogs be regulated?
January 20	Should politicians be considered for Bharat Ratna?
January 27	Does India take its national symbols too seriously?
February 3	Does India overplay the race card?
February 10	Is 18 old enough for marriage?
February 17	Pakistan: Democracy or dictatorship?
March 2	Should history be determined by popular sentiment?
March 9	Is India a fair field for men and women?
March 16	Scarlett Keeling case: Goa's dark side?
March 23	Would you go under the knife to look better?
March 30	Will higher salaries for bureaucrats improve performance?
April 6	Can politics and sports be kept separate?
April 13	Will quotas create equity or end excellence?
April 20	Can non-violence still be effective?
April 27	Does materialism define the New India?
May 4	Should smoking and drinking be banned on-screen?
May 11	Do women need political reservation?
May 18	Has India become indifferent to terror attacks?
June 1	'Police'ing the media?
June 15	Are India and America finally equal partners?
June 22	Amitav Ghosh's sentiments behind Sea of Poppies
August 3	Should the sex trade be legalised?
August 10	Jammu & Kashmir: The siege within
August 24	How should India deal with 'azaadi' demands?
August 31	Mamata, a roadblock for Nano dream?
September 7	Made-to-order babies?
September 14	Not just skin-deep prejudice
September 14	Is India losing the war against terror?
September 21	Can SIMI and Bajrang Dal be equated?
September 28	Why are Indians obsessed with fairness?
October 5	Is it time to decriminalise homosexuality?
October 12	Have the attacks on Christians destroyed India's image?
October 19	Will the financial crisis change India's attitude to money?
October 26	Is India's city of dreams getting destroyed by regionalism?
November 2	Obama or McCain: Who is better for India?
November 9	Can India's political establishment create an Obama like inspiration?
November 16	'Hindu' terror: Myth or fact?
November 23	Is the Indian dream in danger after the global financial crisis?
November 30	Enough is enough: India's 9/11
December 7	Anger into action: What can India do next?
December 14	Anatomy of anger
December 21	Has the Minority Affairs Minister embarrassed India's Muslims?
December 28	J&K verdict: End of separatism?

2007

Date	Title	Topic
January 7	Are Noida killings India's shame?
January 14	Policing the internet: Possible or desirable?
January 28	Have Indians lost faith in the judicial process?
February 4	Death debate: Should euthanasia be legalised?
February 12	Who should decide what we watch?
February 25	Will Samjhauta blasts be a turning point in Indo-Pak relations?
March 11	Do Indian women still need feminism?
March 18	Is there a conflict between farms and WB factories?
March 26	Will you go under the knife to look better?
April 1	Is Team India being unfairly targeted?
April 8	Muslims: Pushed into a stereotype?
April 15	Flag & Anthem: Are Indians over-sensitive?
April 22	Has tabloid journalism become a norm?
April 30	Has judicial activism crossed the line?
May 6	Does popular opinion sanction encounter killings?
May 13	Has art been hijacked by moral police?
May 19	Do temples have a right to restrict entry?
May 20	Are extremists defining Sikh identity again?
June 17	Is politics a man's world?
June 24	Drugs: Why can't India say no?
July 9	Are Indians obsessed with weight?
July 22	Should it be legal to select the sex of your child?
August 5	Is sympathy for Sanjay justified?
August 12	Single Men = Good fathers?
August 26	Is anti-Americanism outdated?
September 2	Should the sex trade be legalised?
September 16	Should faith influence government policy?
September 23	Are sting operations unethical?
September 29	Do people have the right to die with dignity?
September 30	Indian Military Academy: Soldiering on
October 7	Why is modern India intolerant?
October 15	Can single men make good fathers?
October 28	N-deal rollback: UPA's image hurt?
November 11	Is the ban on child labour unrealistic?
November 19	Nandigram: Can the CPM recover?
November 25	Can creative freedom be absolute?
December 9	Has Gujarat progressed under Modi?

2006

Date	Title	Topic
January 1	Best of 2005
January 8	Do public figures have the right to private life?
January 15	Should IIMs be allowed to go global?
January 29	Is Chennai India's most conservative city?
February 5	Demolition: Is the capital headed for chaos?
February 26	Minority report: Will a religious survey harm the Indian Army?
March 5	Will quotas in private schools make education more accessible?
March 12	Is Islam's moderate voice silent?
March 19	Should there be regulations for sting operations?
March 26	Office of profit: Is the law irrational?
April 2	Should we take beauty pageants seriously?
April 10	Will the OBC quota create equality?
April 16	Rape cases: Should we have stricter laws?
April 30	Should the quota system be scrapped?
May 14	Budhia: Are we helping or hurting him?
May 21	Is religion hijacking creativity?
June 4	Is celebrity activism meaningful?
June 11	Is society to harsh with drug users?
June 18	Indo-Pak debate: A generation gap?
June 25	Is India's military still biased against women?
July 2	Is 90 percent not enough for college admissions anymore?
July 9	Are religious traditions fair to women?
July 14	Mumbai blasts: Time to get tough on terrorism
July 30	Does India really honour its soldiers?
August 6	Cola row: Is there too much fuss over fizz?
August 13	Is India still in awe of royalty?
August 18	Have the rules of marriage changed?
August 27	Should Vande Mataram be mandatory?
September 10	Are teachers undervalued and underpaid?
September 25	Is there any point in banning smoking in films?
October 1	Gandhigiri: Is it realistic?
October 22	The fight for gay rights
October 29	Behind the veil
November 5	Do media campaigns help or hurt justice?
November 12	Medical tourism: Have hospitals become hotels?
November 19	Do we need stricter alcohol laws?
December 3	Godmen & Politics: Unholy alliance?
December 3	Do spiritual leaders encourage blind faith?
December 10	Freedom vs faith: Has India forced MF Husain into exile?
December 17	Has the Afzal debate been politicised?
December 31	Trapped by nature: India's sex change phenomena

2005

Date	Title	Topic
December 18	Sex change: Breaking free
December 25	Divided by borders, united in grief

2001

Date	Title	Topic
February 4	Gujarat earthquake: The aftershock
October 21	The Indian Muslim voice

External links

• Barkha Dutt's website
• Official website
• We the People at Facebook