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This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Seema Chishti, a veteran journalist and editor at The Wire.

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This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Dr Rajesh Rajagopalan, a professor of international politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

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This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Raman Kirpal are joined by academic Zoya Hasan and former chief election commissioner Dr SY Quraishi.

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This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist Nirupama Subramanian and multimedia artist Anurag Minus Verma.

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This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by senior advocate at the Supreme Court, Menaka Guruswamy.

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This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by senior advocate at the Supreme Court, Menaka Guruswamy.

The conversation began on the criminal code of India as Menaka deconstructed the criminal manual and the definition of ‘criminality’ in India. She delved into why the country needed a rigorous reform of the criminal code to move beyond colonisation.

The panel also deliberated on the protective nature of judicial custody over police custody. “As a society, not only are we interested in crime being addressed, but we are also interested in [ensuring that] the innocent [are] not being put away for things they didn’t do,” said Menaka. The conversation then moved to the addition of organised crime to Indian criminal law and its implications for hate crimes and incidents of mob lynching in the country.

The discussion then shifted to Chandrayaan-3’s historic Moon landing and its celebration across the country. Manisha drew attention to the “amazing” speech by ISRO chief S Somanath, while Abhinandan took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address and said it was for the world and not just the country. 

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00:02:49 - Headlines 

00:16:40 - Criminal Code

01:08:54 - Chandrayaan-3 landing

01:22:30 - Subscriber letters

01:34:47 - Recommendations 

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This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by author Tushar Gandhi. The conversation begins with Tushar recounting the police action against the silent march in Mumbai to commemorate the Quit India Movement, and the “insecurities” of the Maharashtra government. The panel divulges how a peaceful march is perceived as more dangerous by the state than one involving hate speech and people armed with weapons. The discussion stirs to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech, which Abhinandan views as “pale” and “a bit under confident” in comparison to his earlier speeches. “Even an Independence Day speech is not about the nation, it is about Modi’s electoral prospects,” says Tushar, while the panel highlights the significance of Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge’s absence from Independence Day celebrations at Red Fort as a mark of protest. Dwelling into the times of the independence movement, Tushar talks about his great grandfather Mahatma Gandhi’s relations with noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore. He also sheds light on how Maharashtrians view “Bapu” and the manoeuvres to show Gandhi and Ambedkar as adversaries. Jayshree asks Tushar about the fake news and hate campaigns against Gandhi. Abhinandan delves into how Indian history has suffered from a chronic ignorance of truth. Meanwhile, on the floods and the consequent devastation in Himachal Pradesh, Raman highlights the inadequacies of Modi’s Har Ghar Nal campaign, and the purported absence of scientific approach in the infrastructure projects in the sensitive Himalayan region. This and a lot more, tune in!

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00:05:15 - Headlines 

00:14:03 - PM Speech on Independence day

00:41:36 - Gandhi’s Legacy

01:10:45 - Himachal floods

01:21:47 - Subscriber letters

01:32:50 - Recommendations 

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This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande are joined by professor Jabin Jacob and public policy expert Meghnad S.

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This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist Maneesh Chhibber and advocate Shahrukh Alam.

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This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Shardool Katyayan and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by senior journalist Arati Jerath.

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