In this week’s episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna speak with author Ramachandra Guha about India’s annual air pollution crisis, the debate around Deepavali firecrackers, and why lasting solutions keep eluding governments.
Guha discusses how vehicle emissions, stubble burning, industrial pollution and construction dust add to the problem, and why governments have failed to act despite having scientific expertise. The conversation also explores how religious sentiment and misinformation have complicated the debate, and why the issue disappears from public and political conversations within weeks.
In the second conversation, Dhanya and Pooja are joined by author R Kannan and Deccan Herald assistant editor Sivapriyan ETB to examine Vijay’s TVK government after six months in office. The panel looks at the government’s U-turns, the question of how long the public will tolerate governing lapses, and the challenges before TVK as it looks to the local body polls and beyond.
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