The Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking a probe into the Sahara and Birla diary entries, and Madhu Trehan has the mother of all conspiracy theories about them. Why didn’t the apex court find these diaries worth investigating? Speaking of investigations, Tej Bahadur Yadav, a Border Security Force’s (BSF) jawan put up a video showing how badly jawans are treated, and it’s led to an enquiry into the matter. Similar videos have been popping up all week and we discuss why some news channels picked up Yadav’s story while others didn’t. Anand Ranganathan has some strong thoughts on Sushma Swaraj’s threat to Amazon as well as the demand that the ban on Jallikattu be lifted. Donald Trump’s first press conference took place this week, which made Deepanjana Pal wonder about where the American media is headed and Abhinandan Sekhri has a song that Rahul Gandhi can dedicate to Mulayam Singh Yadav. We also have some important announcements about the paywall, so listen closely and enjoy!
For references:
- A Review of #NLHafta from Nishant Jayaram, Ashu and Ayush Datta
- Our first NL Sena story: How a suicide exposed the rot in Karnataka
- Newslaundry: Is The ‘Nationalist Media’ Listening To This Soldier At The Border?
- The Guardian: Who killed the great British curry house?
- Newslaundry: Arun Shourie: ‘Modi falls in the category of something called the dark triad’
- Scroll.in: A rare gem from Pakistan: A lifetime on tiptoes
- The Hindu: ‘My daughter is dying, save her‘
- Swarajya: “Rs 100 Crore From The Govt If You Get The Nobel Prize” Is Not How You Get One
- New Scientist: Carbon seen bonding with six other atoms for the first time
- Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa
- Hindustan Times: Minor gang rape victim’s baby to be sent to orphanage
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