Hafta 78: Is it Barkha vs Arnab or the media vs Arnab?

After the apex court allowed a rape survivor to terminate her pregnancy post the mandated 20 weeks, we asked our panel: Shouldn’t abortion be a woman’s prerogative? Is it Barkha vs Arnab or the media vs Arnab? What led Irom Sharmila to break her 16-year-long fast? Why Prime Ministers, from Nehru to Modi, have continued with Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts (AFSPA)? Why are AAP and BJP always at loggerheads? Kishalay Bhattacharjee, journalist, author & consulting editor with Newslaundry, joins Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Deepanjana Pal & Abhinandan Sekhri to discuss all this & a lot more. We also have an extra on the American elections, in which our panel talks about the Republican and Democratic Conventions, and which is the greatest country on the earth.

For Reference:

1. Hafta 78 Extra: Is America the greatest country?
2. Be a part of Project #JanaGanaMana
3. A Review of NL Hafta from Saugat Majumdar and Rajiv Rao
4. The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap: Episode 3
5. Newslaundry: Irom Sharmila’s Struggle Isn’t Over
6. CNN – News18: Barkha Dutt talks to Bhupendra Chaubey
7. How to Deal With Pro-Pakistanis & Anti-Indian’s: The Newshour Debate on Times Now
8. Barkha Dutt’s Facebook post on Arnab Goswami
9. Newslaundry: Anand Ranganathan interviews Devinder Sharma – Part 1 and Part 2
10. NPR podcast: Paying for the Crime
11. Newslaundry: #DalitAtrocity: We aren’t brave enough to face the truth
12. BBC One Panorama: Trump’s angry America
13. Newslaundry: Morality Syndrome
14. The Atlantic: Students’ Broken Moral Compasses
15. Firstpost: Burhan Wani-wali azadi? Leftists have succumbed to narrow view of Kashmir
16. The Independent: We love to talk of terror – but after the Munich shooting, this hypocritical catch-all term has finally caught us out
17. Aeon: Euphemise this

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