About this episode

The episode discusses the arrests of YouTuber Raavan for criticizing the Andhra Pradesh government and covers significant events in Kerala, including a landslide and political tensions regarding the Adani Group.

In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first dives into the repeated targeting of YouTuber Raavan, who has been arrested five times over speeches critical of the Andhra Pradesh government, including one containing a controversial remark about Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan. The hosts are joined by senior journalist C Vanaja and Prof Murali Karnam of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. In the second half of the episode, journalists Jisha Surya and Indulekha Aravind join the panel to discuss two major developments in Kerala - the recent landslide in Wayanad and the political confrontation between the UDF and the LDF over the Adani Group’s decision to sell their stake in Vizhinjam Port to a Switzerland-based company. Audio timecodes: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:32 - Headlines  00:10:42 - The arrest of YouTuber Raavan 00:48:26 - Wayanad Landslide and Vizhinjam Port controversy 1:08:08 - 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna

Guests: C Vanaja, Prof Murali Karnam, Jisha Surya, Indulekha Aravind

Topics covered

• policing dissent
• YouTuber arrests
• political confrontation
• landslide
• Adani Group
• Andhra Pradesh
• Kerala

Keywords

• Raavan
• Andhra Pradesh
• YouTuber
• politics
• landslide
• Adani Group
• Kerala
• policing dissent
• Pawan Kalyan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Adani Group, NALSAR University of Law

Places: Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Wayanad, Vizhinjam Port, Switzerland

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