Hafta 154: The Quint, Jadhav, Yuva Hunkar, Shekhar Gupta and more

Rachna Khaira from The Tribune joins the regular Hafta gang to discuss her Aadhaar data breach story and the FIR the UIDAI filed against her. Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal discuss the Yuva Hunkar Rally that took place in Delhi. Why did it make the prime-time shows in TV debates? The Hafta gang also dissects the latest article by Shekhar Gupta on Aadhaar. Madhu talks about Michael Wolff’s controversial new book Fire and Fury, an account of the first nine months of the Trump presidency. They talk about The Quint‘s story on Kulbhushan Jadhav as well. Was it anti-national? Abhinandan asks the panel interesting questions regarding this issue. They also discuss the national anthem as the Supreme Court has ruled it is not mandatory to play it in cinema halls. Also, a lot of emails from our beloved subscribers. Listen up, there is a song dedication too.

References links:

1. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

2. Thank Authorities for Instilling Media Solidarity: Tribune Editor

3. What The Quint’s recent fiasco tells us about digital journalism 

4. The Imposter

5. The Life And Death Of A Dalit Journalist

6. Regarding the Em Dash

7. AR Rahman

8. Goodreads: AR Rahman: The Spirit Of Music

9. Mark Blyth’s State of the Union

10. Managing My Life: My Autobiography

11. Welcome To The Surveillance State: China’s AI Cameras See All

12. Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens

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