Hafta 117: Sukma attack, gau rakhsha and the liberal vs conservative debate

This week on Hafta, we have Deepanjana Pal joining us on special demand along with Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan and Manisha Pande. The Hafta gang discusses the Sukma attack where 25 CRPF personnel were killed by Maoists. The team reviews the media coverage this received and the lack of reportage from Sukma. We also talk about cow vigilantism in Delhi, Mission Bengal launched by Amit Shah and the Delhi civic polls. India slips three places on the World Press Freedom Index and that gets the team talking about censorship in the media. Listen up! As a bonus, we have two song dedications this time.

For reference:

1. A review of #NLHafta from Dikshant, Nishant and Swati
2. Indian Express:25 CRPF personnel killed in Sukma: Day after, ground Zero; ‘intel failure, human shields and huge arms loot’
3. Newslaundry: India slips three places in World Press Freedom Index
4. Planet Money: Episode 766: Georgetown, Louisiana, Part One
5. Planet Money: Episode 767: Georgetown, Louisiana, Part Two
6. The Atlantic: How Poverty Changes the Brain
7. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
8. Slate: The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes
9. The Wire: A Personal Rejoinder to British Raj-Haters Masquerading as Historians
10. French Elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
11. Ivanka & Jared: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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