NL Hafta – Episode 67: From Demonic Possessions to Modi in Kerala

Since the first episode of Chase – Newslaundry’s documentary series in association with ScoopWhoop – has come out, Manisha Pande talks to us about her experience of exploring demonic possessions in India. Trump’s Indian fans hold a hawan ceremony for him. Trupti Desai enters Haji Ali, but doesn’t reach the sanctum sanctorum. Why is The Indian Express not talking about how photojournalist Ravi Kanojia died? Should news organizations have better measure to avoid these accidents? And Adi Godrej has spoken out against government policies. Here’s why this is a big deal. We also ponder on the question of prohibitions and if they’re MK Gandhi’s fault. Should prohibitions be removed from Constitution? Why has the national media ignored the dynasty politics inside DMK? Who got it wrong in Kerala: Modi or Media or both? We discuss all this and a lot more.

Bonus: we’re reading out mail from Hafta listeners, so leave us a comment and yours might be the one we read out in the next Hafta. Also, don’t miss the song we’ve dedicated to Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar.

References:

1. Newslaundry: Hindus for Donald Trump
2. Sumit Pande’s piece on news18.com.
3. Kumar Vishwas’ song: Ek Nasha
4. Siddhartha Mukherjee’s piece in The New Yorker.
5. Empirical Zeal: The crayola-fication of the world: How we gave colors names, and it messed with our brains
6. Columbia Journalism Review: A better way to report on sexual assault
7. NYT: Obama’s Gorgeous Goodbye
8. The Indian Express: Adi Godrej first to speak out: Beef ban, prohibition are hurting economy
9. The Indian Express: DMK doesn’t know how to use me…won’t vote this time: MK Alagiri
10. Abhinandan’s suggested reading.

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