Sam Stevenson appears on Republic TV
The Daily Express came to India with one goal: to report from the ground on the biggest election in the world.
As mentioned in our launch video at the Taj St James’s, Daily Express Assistant Editor Sam Stevenson came to witness India’s vibrant and colourful democracy — and to “level up” the British media’s coverage of it.
Our man on the ground in Delhi wanted to challenge some of the negative stereotypes and misconceptions about India that exist in the UK and across the West.
He also wanted to get to the bottom of some of the prevailing Western narratives concerning democracy being in danger there.
While in India he found a celebration of democracy unlike anything seen in the UK.
And he reported on it as such.
In the Republic’s global studio with Sam Stevenson, Aman Bhogal and Abhishek Kapoor (Image: EXPRESS )
Sam in the studio (Image: REPUBLIC TV )
But these stories were like nothing ever seen here before — and the people were stunned.
His reports focused on the positive aspects of India, something Indians feel the West is not doing enough of.
As a result of his stories, Sam was asked to appear on national television news on a prime-time Sunday evening slot, within just seven days of being in India, to communicate his message to 80 million viewers.
That’s more than the entire population of Britain.
It was a testament to the fact his work was resonating with millions of Indians.
Republic TV is India’s most popular news channel, making it one of the most watched English language outputs in the world.
Indians are a proud people.
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Republic anchor Shawan Sen behind the scenes of his show (Image: EXPRESS)
They are not so much angry about the way the West portrays them but “sad,” Republic TV anchor Shawan Sen said.
Speaking on a panel discussion with host Abhishek Kapoor and fellow guest from the Global Britain Centre Aman Bhogal, Sam argued what he was seeing was at odds with what he expected.
He said: “Look, I can’t speak for individual media organisations but I can tell you this: the reality I am seeing on the ground does not appear to match with some of the stories we are seeing.
“What we are seeing is a vibrant, free open democracy.
“People are celebrating this democracy. We are seeing people out on the streets.
“It’s a festival. It’s a carnival atmosphere. It’s exciting! We need to put across the vibrancy of this place.”
Also on the panel was Aman Bhogal, who is a British-Indian passionate about both nations (Image: REPUBLIC)
He added: “I would gently urge other reporters to join me on the ground and let’s report what we see.”
Also on the panel was Mr Bhogal, who is a British-Indian passionate about talking up the relationship between the two countries.
He argued, quoting Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, that India is going to be our most important partner over the next few decades, even more so than the US, so it was in both our interests to make the relationship work.
Closing the discussion, he said: “India matters to Britain because Modi matters to India.”
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