NL Hafta – Episode 69: Should sports bodies come under RTI?

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Desh Gaurav Sekhri, sports attorney, columnist for Economic Times, Business Standard and author of Not Out – The incredible story of the Indian Premier League joins us for this episode of Hafta to discuss whether sports bodies should come under RTI. Has IPL helped cricket grow in India? On Hafta we discuss the CBFC refusal to certify Udta Punjab, Tripura rewriting Indian History in its school textbooks and putting Marx in. We also discuss Arnab identifying Indian Mujahideen journos, the Twitter spat between Smriti Irani and Priyanka Chaturvedi, and a lot more. Bonus: three letters from listeners and a song too.

Mails for Hafta:

1. A review of #NLHafta from Karthik
2. A review of #NLHafta from Deegi Rai
3. A review of #NLHafta from Thomson Dcruz

References:

1. India Today: Bajrang Dal organises arm training camps in Noida
2. Newslaundry: Why Arnab Goswami is the delicious aloo pakoda of prime time
3. The Telegraph: Scientists block breast cancer cells from hiding in bones of mice, prompting hope for human trials
4. The Daily Beast: 50 Shades of Iran: The Mullahs’ Kinky Fantasies about Sex in the West
5. Arre: Mera Desh Badal Raha Hai
6. The Newshour Debate: Bajrang Dal Army Training to ‘Save Hindus’?

Five readings that Madhu mentioned:

1. NYT: Facebook’s Troubling One-Way Mirror
2. The Wall Street Journal: Facebook to Sell Video Ads on Behalf of Other Firms
3. Digiday: New York Times internal report: We read it so you don’t have to
4. Wired: Facebook Has Seized the Media, and That’s Bad News for Everyone But Facebook
5. NYT: Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic

Sorry for the bad audio quality of this week’s Hafta; the recording device had problems. Hope you enjoy the podcast!

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