Navin Kumar Singh massacred Vande Mataram when he was asked to sing the national song on a TV debate. Since then it has caught the attention of several primetime debates. TS Sudhir joins the Hafta gang to discuss this issue and the sudden spurt in activity of Rahul Gandhi in social media and politics. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan and Atul Chaurasia speak about the importance of Sanskrit in school. Would it have been better if students were taught other local and regional languages instead of Sanskrit? They talk about a recent advertisement put out by BJP IT cell where they have targeted media and not any political party. Madhu finds it a brilliant advertisement in terms of propaganda. Also, a list was put out by law student Raya Sarkar, who asked other academicians to name their offenders. Abhinandan Sekhri feels this might end up doing nothing. Listen up, there is a song dedication in the end too.
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