In episode 10 of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna and Leena Reghunath are joined by public policy professionals Tara Krishnaswamy and Tushar Chakrabarthy, and lawyer Sandhya Raju, who practises in the Kerala High Court.

The panelists first discuss whether the union government is messing the finances of relatively richer southern states. Or are states themselves responsible for their fiscal woes? 

The conversation then turns to the sexual assault of a Dalit teen in Kerala’s  Pattanamthitta. The teen has accused 58 men of raping her.

Tune in for an in-depth discussion.

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Timecodes 

00:00:00:00 - Introductions 

00:00:48:00 - Announcements

00:02:24:00 - Headlines

00:06:39:00 - States vs Union

00:41:07:00 - Pattanamthitta rape case

01:11:03:00 - Recommendations

References

Rise of the cults reporting project

Paisa vasool? Decoding unfairness in Union’s tax devolution to south states

From childhood friend to 57 others: How a Kerala teen’s nightmare of abuse unfolded

An orchestrated nightmare: A sexual assault that unmasked Malayalam cinema

Franco judgment disregards the power bishops have within the church

Nicobar reporting project

Recommendations

Tushar Chakrabarthy

The Anarchy by Willam Dalrymple 

Sandhya Raju

Law & Gender Inequality: The Politics of Women' Rights in India by Agnes Flavia 

Tara Krishnaswamy

A drop in the ocean by Syeda Hameed 
Leena Reghunath

Palestine by Joe Sacco
Pooja Prasanna

History will judge the complicit 

Dhanya Rajendran

Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #MeToo Era 

There Is No Safe Word 

The Delhi Model by Jasmine Shah 

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