{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec3d9497cef7479d2ef4798/5ec3da2e7cef7479d2ef48b1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Hafta 185: PM's Independence Day speech, attack on Umar Khalid, #KeralaFloods and more.","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ec3d9497cef7479d2ef4798/9b34141036dc65247c67cbff51da1942.jpg?height=200","description":"In this episode of Hafta Jairaj Singh, founding editor of DailyO, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan and Manisha Pande to discuss the PM's Independence Day speech; what he mentioned, what he missed and what he should have spoken about. \n\nV S Naipaul passed away last week and the Internet was flooded with tributes to the writer. Abhinandan asks the panel if he was really a great writer? Abhinandan disagrees. \n\nThen the panel moves on to discuss attack on JNU student Umar Khalid outside Constitution Club of India, Narendra Modi's speech claiming a man made tea using gas from gutter sludge and devastating floods in Kerala. Listen up! There's more.","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}