The podcast where we discuss the news of the week.
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal were joined by Anisha Sheth, associate editor of The News Minute, and Anuradha Bhasin, executive editor of Kashmir Times.
On the slew of terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir last month, Anuradha asks why are locals so dissatisfied that they aid terrorists. “There's scepticism over the future of the J&K legislative assembly…we can see a symbolic government with limited power over municipal issues and centre-controlled projects.” Abhinandan compares it to the Delhi government vs lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena equation.
On Karnataka refusing to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Anisha notes that the water-sharing dispute has cropped up despite normal rainfall. “No Chief Minister has ever taken an openly cooperative stand even though they quietly make under-the-table arrangements to share water among the states.” Manisha says it could be a strategy to deflect attention from the criticism of the Karnataka Reservation Bill for jobs quota.
The panel also discusses the allegations made in the Muda land scam and Muzaffarnagar police’s order to eateries on the Kanwar yatra route, asking them to display the names of their owners and staff.
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Timecodes
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:03:50 - Headlines
00:06:13 - Panel discusses Kanwar Yatra
00:11:08 - Back to headlines
00:17:13 - Terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir
00:30:33 - Anuradha’s recommendation
00:32:01 - Cauvery water dispute
00:41:40 - Karnataka bill for reservation in jobs
00:54:35 - MUDA land scam
00:58:58 - Anisha’s recommendation
01:02:40 - Letters
01:26:30 - Panel recommendations
References
NL Sena: NEET Exam Controversy
A Dismantled State : The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370
SC asks NTA to publish centre-wise NEET results
IIT-Delhi expert questions IIT-M claim of ‘no abnormality’ in NEET-UG 2024
Impact on Amarnath yatra, assembly poll plan: J&K attacks pose early test for Modi 3.0, opposition
Why Karnataka’s Bill on quota for locals in private sector should be dropped
People’s Linguistic Survey of India, The Languages of Karnataka, Volume 14, Part II
33,000 trees to be felled for proposed Kanwar pilgrimage route
Why Anant Ambani is so unique? by Shobha De
Siddaramaiah claims innocence in MUDA land scam: Why it’s not so simple
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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Produced and recorded by Aryan Mahtta, edited by Hassan Bilal and Umrav Singh.