Hafta 152: Kulbhushan Jadhav, Anant Hegde, Malegaon blast, RK Nagar bypoll and more

Union minister Anantkumar Hegde apologised in Parliament amid protests over his comment that his party, the BJP, will “soon change the Constitution”. Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, Atul Chaurasia and Raman Kirpal dissect his comment and also address the ongoing tension between Islamabad and New Delhi over the meeting of Kulbhushan Jadhav with his family. Abhinandan tries to find some similarities between the Pakistani and Indian media, while Raman sheds some light on the 2G scam and shares his experience when he went to cover the fodder scam case of Lalu Prasad Yadav. They also talk about the Adarsh scam and Maharashtra’s former CM Ashok Chavan. Lastly, they talk about south Indian politics and how Jayalalitha’s video triggered a controversy just before the RK Nagar bypoll. Listen up, there are two song dedications in the end too – one for our dear subscriber “Womaniya” and the other is a tribute to Mirza Ghalib.

References links:

Newslaundry: A review of NL Hafta by Bimal, Prateek, Vivek, Rajat, Harjant and Dhiraj

Abhinandan Sekhri

Mirza Ghalib Poetry

Video: Bazeecha-e-atfal 

Text: Bazeecha-e-atfal hai duniya mere aage

Manisha Pande

ScoopWhoop: Diminishing Returns

Conde Nast Traveller: Are you travelling or simply collecting places?

Anand Vardhan 

Economist: How Luther went viral?

Atul Chaurasia

The Indian Express: Two nations and a black hole

Raman Kirpal

Book: Daughter Of Destiny: An Autobiography

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Produced by Shubham Mishra. Recorded by Anil Kumar.