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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 271: Wrestlers protest and government’s indifference
Description: This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar. The discussion begins with Avdhesh’s report on the wrestlers’ protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, and the late-night scuffle that broke out between the protesters and the Delhi police officials. In the conversation, Avdhesh reflects on his first-hand experience of covering the protest, also shedding light on the alarming prevalence of sexism and misogyny within the Indian wrestling landscape.Drawing parallels with the farmers protest that garnered worldwide attention, he says that the BJP government has repeatedly ignored voices of protest, a...