NL Hafta – Episode 72: Who’s a liberal?

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Who is a liberal? Was Gandhi a liberal? What is happening in Kairana? Is it mass exodus or mass hysteria? Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, News Editor, Scroll, joins us for this episode of NL Hafta as we discuss the news of the week. The team also talks about Kejriwal’s latest attack on PM Modi, The Indian Express’ accidental scoop and Orlando shooting. Bonus: a bad-jokes competition between Ranga Uncle and Abhinandan, three letters from our listeners and a song for our dear subscribers.

For reference:

1. A Review Of #NLHafta From Sachin Baghel, Dheeraj Kalgutkar & Kishore.
2. Gurcharan Das’ column: Arrogant liberals are doing a big disservice to liberalism
3. Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s column: Intolerant liberals?
4. The Indian Express‘ scoop on Ishrat Jahan missing papers.
5. The Real Food Podcast.
6. Longform Podcast.
7. Comedy Bang Bang Podcast
8. NYT: The Muslim Silence on Gay Rights
9. Political Scrapbook: A Journalist went to a Donald Trump rally and came back shocked. Here are his tweets
10. Radiolab: The Buried Bodies Case
11. Radiolab: The Political Thicket

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