Consti-tuition Ep. 03: Speakers

In this episode of Consti-tuition, Meghnad talks about which tools Members of Parliament use to participate in parliament. The Speakers in Parliament have to be clever while putting their observations & opinions forward, all with the aim of getting the attention of the Government and their voters.

Catch new episodes of this series every Friday at 7 pm as we go on a journey to understand the Great Indian Democracy. Oh and don't forget to do your homework!

(Episode mention: Check out Shivam Singh's article on gaming the Parliamentary questions: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/shivam-singh/is-parliaments-questions-_b_9458614.html)

Homework for this week!

1) Find a speech given in Parliament that you like and share it with everyone using #SpeechILike. It doesn't have to be a speech from the current Lok Sabha & can be from the past as well.

2) Check out the "Must Watch speeches in Parliament" playlist we've created. We will keeping adding to this playlist based on suggestions from #SpeechILike: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoCe3YxZTxRRAoNSH5eJszo1S4COp7xq6

3) Recommended Watch - Samvhidhan series (Directed by Shyam Benegal, Produced by Rajya Sabha TV): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVOgwA_DiGzoFR3j1mSGn5Z_OQLxgodQi

Join us for a Homework Review on Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 7 pm on Newslaundry's Facebook page where we go live to read out your responses, discuss some speeches which you recommend & hear from our special guest on what she thinks about participation in Parliament.

Hindi Subtitles by Palash Patel.