Hafta 123: NDTV raids, farmers’ protest and more

The week started with the news of Central Bureau of Investigation raiding the residence of NDTV Co-Founder Prannoy Roy. Questions were raised on the motivation of the raids — is the government trying to muzzle dissenters?

Siddharth Varadarajan, the founding editor of The Wire, joins us as we analyse the CBI’s case against NDTV. We also discuss Arnab Goswami’s strange obsession with The Wire.

Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan also discuss farmers’ protest in Madhya Pradesh, Trump pulling out of the Paris agreement and more.
And there’s a song dedicated to Rahul Gandhi!

For reference:

1. A review of #NL Hafta from Anoop Aggrawal, Tarun Chandrayan and Swapnil
2. The wire: In Kashmir, India Is Witnessing Its General Dyer Moment
3. Daily O: Why Partha Chatterjee comparing the human shield incident to Jallianwala Bagh is uncalled for
4. Newslaundry: The R word in the case against NDTV
5. The New Indian Express: Against fraud? Or against freedom, Mr Roy?
6. Newslaundry: IT commissioner Srivastava responds to charges against him
7. Caravan: Have Radhika and Prannoy Roy undermined NDTV?
8. Newslaundry: When do religious caste identities matter in a news headline
9. Stitcher‘s podcast: China’s One Belt, One Road: Will it reshape global trade?
10. Newslaundry: Indebted to Reliance: NDTV’s  holding company
11. Radio Opensource‘s podcast: American Socrates: The Life and Mind of Noam Chomsky
12. Newslaundry: To be an Army kid in the fifties
13. Washington Post: Why the world no longer cares about Kashmir
14. The Guardian: Oldest Homo sapiens bones ever found shake foundations of the human story
15. Indian Railways: The Weaving of a National Tapestry by Bibek Debroy, Sanjay Chadha, Vidya Krishnamurthi
16. Economic Times: Why does Kerala beef get North India’s goat?

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