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Category: News & Politics

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Description: This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, editor in chief of the News Minute, and Abhishek Baxi, a freelance tech journalist. The discussion starts with what’s playing out in #Karnataka – the #hijabrow, banning “religious texts” from schools, and the Twitter fight between actors #AjayDevgn and #KichchaSudeep on whether or not Hindi is India’s “national language”. Dhanya points out that India doesn’t have a national language, adding, “Most incidents from Karnataka are just noise turned into news by the media. But still, we can’t avoid it.” Abhishek talks about #ElonMusk’s takeover of #Twitter, saying he doesn’t think Musk is really a “free speech absolutist”. “He is not one...There were incidents in the past where he shut down the voices of his own #Tesla employees,” Abhishek says. “He is mostly a self-professed one.” The discussion spans the #HanumanChalisa row in Maharashtra, and a lot more. Listen to the full podcast: newslaundry.com/2022/04/30/hafta-378-karnatakas-religious-books-row-ajay-devgn-vs-kichcha-sudeep-musks-twitter-takeover Subscribe to Newslaundry: newslaundry.com/subscription?ref=hafta Follow and engage with us on social media: Facebook: facebook.com/newslaundry Twitter: twitter.com/newslaundry Instagram: instagram.com/newslaundry