About this episode

The episode discusses the shifting dynamics of India's political opposition and the complexities surrounding child sexual abuse and the proposed sex offender registry.

In this week’s South Central hosts, Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna explore the churning in the country’s political Opposition. From TMC's dwindling numbers to DMK's tricky balancing act on the delimitation Bill. The hosts break down the realignment with senior journalist and Author Neerja Chowdhury and journalist Arvind Gunasekar. Is this about principles, or just who's placing the better bet? Then, a hard conversation: child sexual abuse cases and the push for a sex offender registry. Vidya Reddy, Sannuthi Suresh and Subhashini from Thulir join to explain why a registry might do more harm than good, and what the real gaps in the system are. Audio timecodes: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:03 - Headlines  00:10:41 - Realignment of the Opposition Parties in India 00:42:53 - POCSO cases in India 1:16:05 - Recommendations Check out the list of headlines discussed in South Central Check out the recommendations and references from this episode . Support South Central: https://pages.razorpay.com/south-central Send your thoughts, suggestions, and criticism as well. Contribute to our reporting fund. Click here.   To check out our other shows, Click here   To not miss…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna

Guests: Neerja Chowdhury, Arvind Gunasekar

Topics covered

• political opposition
• child sexual abuse
• sex offender registry
• realignment of parties
• POCSO cases
• political commentary

Keywords

• India
• politics
• child abuse
• sex offender registry
• TMC
• DMK
• POCSO

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Thulir, TMC, DMK

Places: India

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