Hafta 84: Mother Teresa: Saint or Sinner?

We move our focus to the South of the Vindhyas this week as columnist T S Sudhir, Hyderabad-based journalist and author, joins us on this episode of NL Hafta. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are at it again — the Cauvery dispute has escalated again, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu accepted a special package instead of a special status from the Centre, while in Kerala, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Communists are at loggerheads. We also discuss mixed reactions to Mother Teresa’s canonisation in India, ABP News plunging to new depths with #MinisterSexScandal (while targeting Newslaundry), separatists refusing to meet the all-party delegation and Navjot Singh Sidhu’s new front in Punjab — it’s a packed episode this week. Listen up as Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan and Deepanjana Pal discuss and dissect the week’s news. And we have a song dedicated to Rahul baba this time. Enjoy!

For references:

1. A review of NL Hafta from Raghu Sharma, Tabiz Imtiaz & Prakash Iyer
2. The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap: Episode 9
3. Newslaundry: Will the Cauvery be a watery political grave for Congress?
4. The Slate: What White Catholics Owe Black Americans
5. Newslaundry: Hail ABP News, for plunging to depths no one else would
6. The Guardian:  The Pigeon Tunnel by John le Carré review – what made him write a memoir?
7. Newslaundry: Are there no women worth mentioning in the Bachchan-Nanda lineage?
8. The Atlantic: Drew Berry’s Beautiful Animations of Our Biological Processes
9. Newslaundry: Indian Railways are getting unsafer by the year
10. The Economic Times: St Teresa and the miracle of kindness
11. Press Reader: How an American footballer took a stand by sitting

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