Why is Umar Khalid still in jail? | South Central 43| Dhanya Rajendran

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Media Rumble: https://www.themediarumble.com/ Take a monthly subscription: https://www.thenewsminute.com/subscription Support the show: https://rzp.io/rzp/south-central For viewers outside India: https://buy.stripe.com/dR6bK841T9ll0GAeVg South Central Feedback Survey: https://forms.gle/fotHnLrY7uEVbzSB8 Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13h7ojN5jTc8lcikNgwfYO4Tk8-hOVjaF8QMlDhrrvbk/edit?tab=t.0 Recommendations: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SuGm5-JwvRc4SCazAtW9956IKfsy3RrTJOFMsvbhmGE/edit?gid=0#gid=0 00:00 - Introductions 03:03 - Media Rumble 04:47 - Headlines 09:58 - UAPA: Umar Khalid and Sharjeel 46:50 - Southern CMs and Secularism 1:20:43 - Recommendations In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss the long legal process endured by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and others who have been in prison without trial. The hosts are joined by lawyer and activist Shahrukh Alam and Poorna Ravishankar, lawyer and researcher whose focus area of study has been the Indian Constitution. In the second part of the discussion, the hosts discuss how political leaders in the South are navigating the thin line between secularism and faith. They are joined by Dr Meera Velayudhan, a writer, policy analyst, activist, feminist scholar, and former president of IAWS. She is the daughter of Dakshayani Velayudhan, the youngest and only Dalit member of the Constituent Assembly.