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Credible News And Views: Some Passionate YouTube Content Creators To Watch Out For In 2023
Jambavan TV has 83,500 subscribers.
They are fiery. They are fearless. They say it like it is.
Be it the lesser-known contributions of the east in pushing back invaders or the nuances of Dravidian politics, or calling out double standards in mainstream reporting, YouTube content creators are emerging as a credible alternative source of news and views for the engaged public.
Started by Piyush Rai to raise a voice against anti-Hindu and anti-Bharat forces, The QuestionHour Bharat has 20,800 subscribers.
The New Indian, started by veteran journalists Rohan Dua and Aarti Tikoo, has an impressive library of 1,338 videos in a short span of two years.
Focussing on news from the ground, the channel has shorts, livestream videos and curated play lists.
With 83,500 subscribers, Jambavan TV aims to be a broad-spectrum news and entertainment channel.
With tongue-in-cheek humour in colloquial Tamil, most videos are news analysis by anchor Arun, with interesting analogies from movies to cricket.
Spanning the range from nationalism, security and politics to spirituality, Yaatrigan is a Tamil YouTube channel with 30,700 subscribers.
The Shorts cover current events with humour, including missionary messages in films and political doublespeak.
Videos cover news and analysis like this interview with Ravindran Duraiswamy on the Tamil Nadu political scene.
It is difficult to believe that this channel is Satya Tiwari’s passion project and not day job.
The Hindi channel aims to focus on shining a light on the real history of the country, and uses movie reviews to tell that story.
With about 15,700 subscribers, his top videos have more than several hundred thousand views. He also makes some interesting ‘historicals’ on lesser-known events like this one on the Royal Indian Navy Revolt.
This small but hard-hitting Hindi-English bilingual presents news analysis on a broad range of topics including politics, entertainment and foreign affairs in the form of expert interviews.
The anchor, Mini, brings analysts, scholars, journalists and public intellectuals to the show and engages them in interesting conversation to bring out key issues.
Focussing on the Universe of Bharat including politics, history, entertainment and sports, the channel by Saurabh Ojha also presents roasts, reviews and well-researched exposes.
This little treasure of a channel shines a light on the obscured history of the east of India – including the ancient civilisation, dynasties, culture and religion of Bengal.
The videos are well-researched and presented as slides.
This channel in Hindi is an important voice from the North East.
Assamese Janpeace Live covers a wide range of news and social events, including hate speech by politicians, religious violence, legal system, temple administration from UP to Tamil Nadu and Nepal to the UK.
With 41,800 subscribers, Mediyaan is a full-fledged news and entertainment channel in Tamil focussing mainly on Tamil politics.
