This week on #NLHafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Kiruba Munusamy, Supreme Court advocate and activist.<br /><br />The conversation kicks off with Kiruba explaining the project she’s working on now, researching caste. She points out how a series of Supreme Court judgements, including as recent as 2018, dealt with cases of violence against Dalits by deciding against the #Dalitcommunity and the victims.<br /><br />Abhinandan asks whether the high occurrence of caste-based violence in Tamil Nadu is a reflection of the failure of Periyar’s movement. Jayashree talks about the media’s coverage of issues of violence against Dalits. She and Kiruba also discuss the 2021 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu, and the BJP’s chances. Moving on to the upcoming #BiharAssemblyelection, Anand analyses Bihar’s political history in the context of caste.<br /><br />This, and a lot more only on NL Hafta, streaming now on all leading podcast platforms: https://www.newslaundry.com/nl-hafta<br /><br />Timecodes: <br /><br />00:00 - Introduction and headlines<br />04:50 - Caste dynamics in India<br />29:55 - Caste and the media in the Hathras case<br />43:26 - Subscriber letters<br />55:25 - Hathras case, party dynamics in the Bihar state election<br />01:05:22 - Tamil Nadu politics<br />01:18:21 - Subscriber letters<br />01:29:37 - Supreme Court on Shaheen Bagh<br />01:50:52 - Subscriber letters<br />01:57:27 - Recommendations<br /><br />Sign up for our all-new media newsletter: https://bit.ly/StopPressNewsletter<br /><br />Support independent media and subscribe to Newslaundry: http://bit.ly/paytokeepnewsfree<br /><br />To watch this and many more videos, click on http://www.newslaundry.com/<br /><br />Follow and engage with us on social media:<br />Facebook: https://facebook.com/newslaundry<br />Twitter: https://twitter.com/newslaundry<br />Instagram: https://instagram.com/newslaundry
