Newslaundry Podcast

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi​'s opinion that paternity leave will just be a 'holiday' ​for men​ brought out unexpected sides to all our panellists, particularly Anand Ranganathan​. ​We discuss ​OP Jaisha​'s Rio experience and how Big Media made primetime pantomime out of it. ​Over in France​, the police's crackdown on burkinis​ ​has everyone up in arms​. ​Madhu Trehan raises the most important question surrounding the​ Scorpene submarine leaks​.​​Did the recent JNU rape case ​get less media attention​ because the accused belongs to the Left?.And oh, we had an interesting five-page letter by a listener (but don't worry, we didn't read the entire letter out).​ All this and more, with Abhinandan Sekhri, Deepanjana Pal, Manisha Pande and the rest of our panel. Listen up! ​For reference links visit:http://www.newslaundry.com/2016/08/26/hafta-82-%E2%80%8Bis-maneka-gandhis-take-on-paternity-leave-on-the-money/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.