Reporters Without Orders Ep 366: ‘Sexual abuse’ inside Isha Foundation schools, new e-waste policy

Reporters Without Orders

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by The News Minute’s Anjana Meenakshi and Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit.

Anjana talks about her report on Isha home schools being run by Jaggi Vasudev, where alleged cases of molestation and sexual assault unfolded. She explains how these misconducts led to traumatic experiences for some, but there is a lack of a grievance redressing mechanism within the organisation. She finds the functional body of the school to be an absurd way of spiritual business.

Shivnarayan reported on the legal fight between electronic companies and the government in the Delhi High Court over the new e-waste policy. Some electronic companies like Havells, Voltas, Dainkin, Hitachi, Bluestar, LG, and Samsung challenged the Indian government’s 2024 amendment to e-waste management rules, where the government fixed the minimum and maximum price caps for recycling their waste to meet their recycling targets. Companies argue that the government’s decision is arbitrary.

Tune in.

Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:23 - Isha home schools

00:16:38 - E-waste case

00:30:11 - Recommendations

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Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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