What’s going on with the EPF? Vivek Kaul (author, journalist and economic commentator) joins us this week and demystifies the budget. No mysteries as far as JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail order is concerned. Everyone on the team has an opinion. What is a mystery, however, is the Ishrat Jahan case and none of the revelations are making anything clearer. And it’s the battle of the speeches: Rahul Gandhi versus Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Guess whose speech Madhu Trehan liked more? Actually, don’t guess. Listen to this week’s Hafta and find out. Bonus: join in as we do a sing-along to welcome our new managing editor Deepanjana Pal to the Newslaundry fold.

For reference:

1. Newslaundry – Kanhaiya Kumar may be out on bail, but he’s definitely not free
2. Real Time with Bill Maher
3. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court justice, dies at 79
4. Global Policy Forum: Water Privatisation
5. Aakar Patel’s piece in The Times of India.
6. Newslaundry – Who needs the sedition law? The police more than the judiciary
7. Sandeep Pai’s report: Delayed NREGA payments drive workers to suicide
8. Ordos: The biggest ghost town in China
9. How the World Bank breaks its promise to protect the poor
10. How the changing media is changing terrorism
11. Economic Survey – 1
12. Newslaundry – Call to arms: BJP organises 200+ rallies against ‘desh drohis’ in Delhi
13. Twitter’s Account Suspensions Are Surprisingly Effective Against ISIS
14. Wild gorillas compose happy songs that they hum during meals

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