Arrests & defamation: Bollywood in the dock in Modi’s India | The Listening Post
The Listening Post - En podkast av Al Jazeera
Aryan Khan, the son of one of India’s biggest movie stars, Shah Rukh Khan, was charged with possessing and trafficking drugs. We take a look at the drug bust that tells a story of the conflict between the Indian authorities and Bollywood.Contributors:Namrata Joshi - Journalist and film criticVivek Agnihotri - Film directorSucharita Tyagi - Film criticTejaswini Ganti - Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Film Studies, NYUOn our radar:Facebook is again in our news feeds, and once again for the wrong reasons. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Nic Muirhead about the continuing fallout from the whistleblower that has a consortium of news outlets on the company’s case.Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline and lifelineWe discuss Alarm Phone, the hotline for refugees at sea that is helping to get their stories heard.Contributors:Jacob Berkson - Activist, Alarm PhoneGiorgos Christides - Reporter, Der SpiegelGiorgos Kosmopoulos - Greece researcher, Amnesty InternationalNotis Mitarachi - Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum00:00 Intro02:12 Bollywood in the dock in Modi’s India11:17 Facebook whistleblower fallout13:45 Alarm Phone: The refugee hotline & lifeline24:05 End Note
