Hafta 187: #BhimaKoregaonRaids, RaGa’s 1984 gaffe & more

In this episode of Hafta, Manoj Mitta, journalist and author, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Raman Kirpal and Manisha Pande to discuss the recent arrests of human rights activists across the country by Maharashtra police and Rahul Gandhi’s attempt to absolve Congress from the anti-Sikh riots that took place in 1984 after Indira Gandhi’s assassination.

The panel also discusses Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi Marlena’s decision to drop her last name. This and a lot more on this episode of Hafta. Listen up!

A Review of NL Hafta by Vedant Bhatia

References: 

Amritsar by Mark Tully and Satish Jacob

Abhinandan’s interview with Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga

Abhinandan’s interview with Vivek Agnihotri

Gen Panag’s article: A history of transgressions

Recommendations: 

Madhu

The Guardian: Is compassion fatigue inevitable in an age of 24-hour news?

Manisha

The New Yorker: Glenn Greenwald, the Bane of Their Resistance

Raman 

Mint: How Johnson and Johnson is scooting from the hip

The Indian Express: ‘Johnson & Johnson buried key facts on faulty hip implant surgeries, kept regulator in dark’

The Hindu BusinessLine: Cost of crippling life – ₹13,350 a month

Abhinandan

Time: Jair Bolsonaro Loves Trump, Hates Gay People and Admires Autocrats. He Could Be Brazil’s Next President

This podcast has been produced by Kartik Nijhawan, recorded by Anil Kumar and audio editing was done by Satish Kumar.

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