Hafta 91: From Mistry vs Tata to ADHM vs MNS

The battle between Cyrus Mistry and Ratan Tata is getting uglier, with both sides airing laundry lists of accusations. Now that we’ve got Mistry’s letter to Tata’s trustees floating all over media, it’s worth asking why no business journalists scooped Mistry’s removal. To shed more light on the news of the week, R Jagannathan, Editorial Director of Swarajya and our regular panel are back in attendance: Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Deepanjana Pal, Manisha Pande and Anand Ranganathan. We discuss intolerance and what politicians like Yogi Adityanath and Sakshi Maharaj contribute to public discourse. Also, the Samajwadi Party’s internal feud gets our panel talking, especially Amar Singh’s role. Find out what they think of the Rs 5 crore- deal brokered by Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis between Karan Johar and Raj Thackeray. And we discuss why Mumbaikars are more keen to adjust while Delhites are all about fisticuffs? All this and a lot more on this episode of NL Hafta.

For reference:

1. The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Podcast: Episode 15
2. A Review of #NLhafta from Jaspreet Oberoi, Dheeraj Kalgutkar and Binoy Lewis
3. Youtube: ‘Hegemony of Western media has to end’ – Arnab Goswami at RT conference
4. #JustSports 7: José Mourinho, ODI – its fading relevance & Kabaddi
5. Open: Its Cosmopolitanism is a Veneer
6. Newslaundry: Bombay Through Its Film Songs
7. The Washington Post: Man’s persistent rash seemed ordinary, but it was actually ominous
8. Planet Money: How Venezuela Imploded
9. Caravan: Naked Truths
10. Newslaundry: Why did Karan Johar Surrender to the Right Wing?
11. The Huffington Post: 12 Habits That Distinguish The Modern Indian Patriot
12. New Scientist: Superfast therapy cracks multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

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