Q & A: Nov 18

The line up for next Monday’s Q&A India special has been confirmed.

Host Tony Jones will be joined live in Gurgaon, the business and commercial hub just south of the Indian capital New Delhi, by:

India’s Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor;
Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill;
Australian-born Bollywood star Pallavi Sharda;
Outspoken conservative commentator Swapan Dasgupta;
Editor of investigative news magazine Tehelka Shoma Chaudhury; and
Award-winning TV host and journalist Karan Thapar.

Q&A India will be filmed at the Kingdom of Dreams entertainment centre (pictured).

Executive Producer Peter McEvoy said: “We’re thrilled to be taking Q&A to India and to have the opportunity to bring Australian viewers an insight into India’s vibrant political culture.”

This Q&A special has arisen out of a new partnership between ABC International and DD Direct, a direct-to-home satellite television service operated by India’s public broadcaster, Prasar Bharati. From mid-November, Australia Network will be available to approximately 25 million additional viewers across the Indian sub-continent. Next week, ABC International will also be launching a new website for India, AustraliaPlus.com/India – the new digital home of the best of Australian content covering arts and culture, business, education, health, lifestyle, news and current affairs, science, sports, technology and travel. The website will be offering content in both English and Hindi, as well as an Indian news feed from Doordashan.

It will air live on ABC1 and ABC News 24 – as well as on India’s national public broadcaster, Doordarshan – on Monday 18th November at 9.35pm AEDT.