Rohan Venkat and Emily Tamkin are joined by Manisha Pande – standing in for Tom – to discuss the relationship between the media and the elections in India, which have begun in earnest. Is mainstream TV news still dominating the political cycle? Or are alternatives emerging, as the population becomes more digitally engaged?

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Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:

Emily recommends “The One Thing Trump Knows He Wants in a Running Mate” by Jamelle Bouie in the New York Times.

Rohan recommends “‘No Muslim can win, now or in the future’: In Assam’s Barpeta, delimitation fears confirmed” by Rokibuz Zaman in Scroll.

Manisha’s recommendations can be found here, here, here, and here.

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