Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi’s opinion that paternity leave will just be a ‘holiday’ for men brought out unexpected sides to all our panellists, particularly Anand Ranganathan. We discuss OP Jaisha’s Rio experience and how Big Media made primetime pantomime out of it. Over in France, the police’s crackdown on burkinis has everyone up in arms. Madhu Trehan raised the most important question surrounding the Scorpene submarine leaks. Did the recent JNU rape case get less media attention because the accused belongs to the Left? And oh, we had an interesting five-page letter by a listener (but don’t worry, we didn’t read the entire letter out). All this and more, as well as a song, with Abhinandan Sekhri, Deepanjana Pal, Manisha Pande and the rest of our panel. Listen up!
For reference:
- A Review of NL Hafta from Sujoy Lahiri, Ashutosh Anand, Jyoti Dubey and Ritesh Mishra
- The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap: Episode 7
- Revisionist History podcast: The Satire Paradox, Episode 10
- Catch News: After U-turn, Rahul Gandhi says he stands by his statement on RSS
- The Economic Times: Men will use paternity leave like a holiday: Maneka Gandhi
- Livefest Defence: 3 Reasons Why #ScorpeneLeak Is A BIG Worry
- Radiolab‘s podcast: Birthstory
- Orion Magazine article: Deep Intellect
- India Today‘s article: The Baby Factory
- Gawker: Even for a Minute, Watching Hulk Hogan Have Sex in a Canopy Bed is Not Safe For Work but Watch it Anyway
- Newslaundry: The Warning Signs In Gawker’s Shutdown
- News18: Sindhu Gets Over Rs 13 Crore Cash Reward, Sakshi close to Rs 5 Crore
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