Newslaundry Hafta – Episode 21

Political commentator and journalist Kanchan Gupta joins us this week as we discuss the 40^th anniversary of the Emergency and the possibility of it coming around again. The team then discusses if​ the media coverage of Yoga Day went overboard. We also discuss whether the Charleston shooting was an act of terrorism or a hate crime.

For further reading:

– When India was forced to grow up by Salil Tripathi

– What Emergency Meant For Big Business in India by Srinath Raghavan

– What was the Army Doing During the Emergency?  by Jaskirat S Bawa

– Mastering the drill of democracy by Gopalkrishna Gandhi

– View from the newsroom by Jawid Laiq

– When you crawl, unasked by Kuldip Nayar

– I was law officer No 3 by Fali S Nariman