Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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The hosts open by criticising selective outrage of how videos of Kanwariya vandalism get suppressed while other violent content circulates freely, questioning whether “the heavens will fall” is really the right legal test for restricting speech.

This spirals into a broader conversation about the Kanwar Yatra and the yearly disruption it causes, comparisons to Ganeshotsav-era crowd dominance in Bombay, and a class-based reading of why ordinary people (not just the elite) are now fed up with a panelist citing an incident in Lucknow where a school bus with children was attacked during the procession.

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