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Hafta 139:  BHU, #TakeAKnee, Yashwant Sinha, Mahmood Farooqui and more

Hafta 139: BHU, #TakeAKnee, Yashwant Sinha, Mahmood Farooqui and more

FromNL Hafta


Hafta 139: BHU, #TakeAKnee, Yashwant Sinha, Mahmood Farooqui and more

FromNL Hafta

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Length:
3,965 minutes
Released:
Sep 29, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Siddhant Mohan, journalist and photographer from Varanasi, joins us to discuss the BHU students' protest in Varanasi. Abhinandan Sekhri, Anand Ranganathan, Anand Vardhan, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Siddhant talk about the protests in BHU. Who were the students responsible for all the chaos? Was there violence? The Hafta Gang discusses Yashwant Sinha's criticism of the economy. Yogi Adityanath will be celebrating Diwali in Ayodhya this year. Is there a political motive behind this? Why are NFL players protesting and when did they start kneeling down? Also, the Delhi High Court acquitted Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui of rape charges case for allegedly raping a US researcher. Listen up, there is a song dedication in the end too. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Sep 29, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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