Akshaya Mukul, journalist with The Times of India and author of the book Gita Press and The Making of Hindu India joins us to talk about his book and how he went about researching for it. Then we talk about writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards and the politics behind it. Then, has India indeed become more intolerant under the new regime? Finally, the song of the week: this time it is dedicated to the nation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

For Reference:

1. Aman Sethi’s review of Akshaya Mukul’s book Gita Press and The Making of a Hindu India: Engineers of the Hindu Soul
2. Aakar Patel’s review of Gita Press and The Making of a Hindu India: How wrong can right be
3. Article that Abhinandan mentioned: The white man in that photo
4. R Jagannathan’s piece in Firstpost: Unaware of his identity until now? Naseeruddin Shah does protest a bit much
5. Rupa Subramanya’s piece published on Newslaundry: Think India has become more communal under Modi? The numbers will disappoint you
6. Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s piece in The Indian Express: Shiv Sena wants to openly acknowledge that criminality and democracy have been fused
7. Aatish Taseer’s piece in NYT: India’s Great Educational Divide
8. Radio Open Source podcast: Demonic Males
9. Radio Lab podcast on Candid Camera and Allen Funt: Smile My Ass
10. The New York Times: Modern Love Series
11. Amit Shah’s interview with Rahul Kanwal.
12. Indian Malala’s story in Hindustan Times: Jharkhand Maoists kill 20-year-old girl who chose school over guns

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