{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/64254b290e4e660011b4110d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Reporters Without Orders Ep 265: Amritpal Singh, casteism at IITs","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/1645827487952-8062f152f24638e2b8fc1418bed6ee64.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, it’s an all-<em>Newslaundry</em> panel as host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Gurmehar Kaur and Sumedha Mittal.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Gurmehar was in Punjab, <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/03/22/youll-take-our-interview-and-lie-on-tv-in-jalandhar-life-as-usual-distrust-of-godi-media\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reporting</a> on the police’s manhunt for radical leader Amritpal Singh. She explains how Singh rose to prominence and the situation on the ground. Sumedha adds, “Punjab has seen so much since Partition that it has created a vacuum. And people like Deep Sidhu and Amritpal Singh act as the ones who will rescue the state and fill that void.”</p><p><br></p><p>The discussion shifts to <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/03/28/stress-dropouts-suicides-unravelling-iits-casteism-problem\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sumedha’s story</a> on suicides at IITs and how casteism plays out on campus.</p><p><br></p><p>Tune in!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p>00:00:00 - Introduction</p><p>00:03:50 - Search for Amritpal Singh</p><p>00:25:50 - IIT suicides</p><p>00:42:01 - Recommendations</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><p><strong>Gurmehar</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.in/Small-Acts-Freedom-Gurmehar-Kaur/dp/0143442317\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Small Acts of Freedom</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.in/Young-Restless-Youth-Politics-India/dp/0143447157\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Young and the Restless</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08yblkf/episodes/downloads\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">I’m Not a Monster, Season 2</a></p><p><strong>Sumedha</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.primevideo.com/dp/amzn1.dv.gti.c13fae8b-d77e-4fb2-b8d6-f4635732d5f9?autoplay=0&amp;ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sparsh</a></p><p><strong>Akanksha</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Family-Man/0H3DDB4KBJFNDCKKLHNRLRLVKQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Family Man - Season 2</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/issue/265869\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Every Woman Is A Potential Witch</a></p><p><strong><em>Produced by Tehreem Roshan, recorded by Anil Kumar, and edited by Umrav Singh.&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}