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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 191: Ritual crimes in India, ‘targeted’ killings in Kashmir
Description: This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by independent journalist Srishti Jaswal and Dainik Bhaskar’s reporter Vaibhav Palnitkar. The discussion starts with Srishti’s cover story for the Caravan magazine on how “crimes of superstition” thrive in India. Giving examples, such as the Kathua rape case, she says, “Superstitions are not about lack of education. It’s about unawareness and embedded fear. It’s not recognised, it’s normalised.”Vaibhav talks about his report on “targeted” killings in Kashmir. “These are specific to minorities,” he says, explaining the prevailing fear in the valley and how it’s “more t...