NL Hafta – Episode 39

Saurav Datta, senior special correspondent at The Quint, and freelance columnist Rajyasree Sen join us for this episode of NL Hafta. The team discusses Times Now’s National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) debate and whether the NJAC is a bad idea as compared to the collegium system. We, then, go on to discuss “Award Wapsi” and Chetan Bhagat’s recent comment on Twitter pertaining to historians. We also talks about interesting reads that came out in the news media over the last week. The team wraps up with a special dedication to ladies celebrating Karva Chauth.

For Reference:

• Arun Jaitley’s Facebook post.
• Garnville Austin’s book: Working a Democratic Constitution.
• Times Now’s The National Debate: Legislature Vs Judiciary debate
• Saurav Datta’s article on The Quint about Times Now’s The National Debate: Judiciary vs Govt: Did Humpty Dumpty Judges Rewrite Constitution?
• Aatish Taseer’s Interview in The Times of India. 
• Soutik Biswas’s report for BBC: A night patrol with India’s cow protection vigilantes
• The Indian Express: Her diary: A day in the life of a cow in Noida, Uttar Pradesh 
• RenoMania.com article that Abhinandan mentioned.
• Outlook Magazine’s special edition.
• FirstPost: Abhishek Bachchan shows twitter troll the art of graceful comebacks
• The Quint: Abhishek Bachchan Trolls a Troll and Kicks Ass At It
• NDTV: In Abhishek Bachchan vs Twitter Troll, a Win For the Dhoom Star
• Newslaundry article on Shakti Kapoor’s press release: The Shakti Of PR
• Sumit Kumar’s new book: Amar Bari Tomar Bari Naxalbari

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