57: Abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir

The lads step out of their comfort zone for this one. In this episode, they try to inform themselves and listeners alike, the many changes that are taking place in Jammu & Kashmir. With hardly any laughs, they actually clean up good, in this rather grown-up, sense-making, information load of an episode. Don't say we didn't warn you.Segments:1) Summary of the situation and abrogation of Article 3702) Government's reasons for doing this3) PM's speech on the matter and BJP's strategy4) Why Article 370 existed in the first place5) How the Government went about with the abrogation6) Potential impact of this on the people of J&K7) Reasons for insurgency in J&K8) Potential method to gauge success or failure of this moveAdditional content for those looking for a deep dive.Shekhar Gupta’s analysis of the PM’s speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPx9PO1hSPU&t=631s The PM’s speech itself is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0bNYhPJnxk&t=716s + Music credit - Simon D’Souza+ Write to us - [email protected] music credit - Burhanuddin