In this episode, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna and Leena Reghunath are joined by feature filmmaker Don Palathara, senior sports journalist Sharda Ugra and social media influencer Aysha Mahmood.
The panel first discusses uptick in violent crimes in Kerala, and how the state is debating whether movies, drugs, or the internet were driving the youngsters involved in these incidents.
Don Palathara cautions against blaming any single medium, including cinema. He argues that cinema does not dictate behaviour, but is only a reflection of the society.
Aysha Mahmood believes that technology does impact people’s behaviour, particularly in children. “Our brain has been rewired to seek instant justice, instant dopamine hits, and instant gratification,” she asserts.
The conversation then shifts to the growing power BCCI wields over cricket, and the rising wave of hyper-nationalism in the sport. Speaking of the “deliberate amplification of nationalism” in Indian cricket, Sharda Ugra says, “This kind of jingoism has been amplified by the government at the centre, and by the broadcasters”.
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Audio Timecodes
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:02:05 – Subscribe & Support TNM
00:02:52 – Headlines
00:06:44 – TNM turns 11
00:08:03– Cinema ‘driving’ violence in Kerala
00:42:23 – Hyper-nationalism in cricket
01:05:51 – Letters
01:08:41 – Recommendations
References
Asianet Kumbh controversy: Kerala BJP gunning for Rajeev Chandrasekhar? | Powertrip #92
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
How Jay Shah destroying Indian Cricket…
Modi operandi: The politicisation of Indian cricket – Almanack
Recommendations
Aysha Mahmood
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Sharda Ugra
The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction Volumes
Don Palathara
Leena Reghunath
Pooja Prasanna
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Dhanya Rajendran
The Chat Room Behind the Pelicot Rape Trial
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