Hafta 81: Is the Amnesty issue seditious?

The PMO deleted tweets, which was new, and the PM brought up Balochistan in his Independence Day Speech, which was not new. The Amnesty issue escalated as did Arnab’s temper on Newshour. Meanwhile, athletes like Sakshi Malik shone despite the gloom and doom that is sports infrastructure in India. Consulting editor, Anand Ranganathan unleashed his philosophical side about death. Madhu Trehan, Abhinandan Sekhri Deepanjana Pal & Manisha Pande stayed down-to-earth while discussing discuss Olympics, Patanjali, and American athletes getting mugged. Bonus: one of the coolest fan mails Hafta has received. Don’t miss the song dedicated to listener Vikas Thakur.

For references:

1. The Awful and Awesome entertainment Wrap: Episode 6
2. A Review of #NLHafta from Vikas Thakur, Anupam S and Chandan Kumar
3. Firstpost: Gone too soon: Brain behind @AapChutiyeHain, Akhil Mehta commits suicide, Twitter mourns
4. The Indian Express: The @PMOIndia Twitter mess: Should govt be held responsible for data erasure?
5. Mother Jones: This Is What’s Missing From Journalism Right Now
6. Quartz: India’s Olympians deserve a medal just for putting up with their country’s officials
7. Newslaundry: Kashmir, Assam, Manipur — the death worlds in India’s borderlands
8. Article about the American swimmers in Rio Olympics, 2016
9. And the update: Police discredit Ryan Lochte’s robbery story, say swimmers owe Rio an apology
10. American swimmer apologises for ‘not being more careful and candid’
11. The Indian Express: Salman Khurshid says Modi’s reference to Balochistan ruins case on PoK, Congress doesn’t agree
12. Newslaundry: Want to end the caste system? Marry for love
13. Ammara Ahmad’ s Letter from Pakistan on #IndependenceDayIndia: A thought for Partition survivors for Newslaundry

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