In this episode of NL Hafta, we talk about Bihar election results and how most TV news channels got it wrong. Then we move on to talk about sections of the Sikh community boycotting Diwali to protest against the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib and the scant media coverage this received. The team also discusses the Australian government’s decision to scrap religion classes in schools. We conclude the podcast with a discussion on Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani’s letter addressed to the party’s current leadership after the Bihar poll debacle. We also dedicate a special song to the party patriarch and BJP’s old guard.

For reference:

1. Global Summits: Where are we going? – Episode – 6
2. Arunabh’s piece: From the counting room to the newsroom: How TV channels messed up the Bihar election results
3. The Telegraph: Backroom boy who changed the rules
4. Letter From a Birmingham Jail
5. The New Yorker:  What We Think About When We Run
6. Twinkle Khanna: Why I am not a feminist
7. Radiolab Podcast: Staph Retreat
8. The Verge: T-Mobile is writing the manual on how to fuck up the internet
9. The Nation: The Strange, True Story of How a Chairman at McKinsey Made Millions of Dollars off His Maid
10. Mukul Kesavan’s piece: Head up and howling
11. Pankaj Mishra in The Guardian: Narendra Modi: the divisive manipulator who charmed the world

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