Yogendra Yadav is wrong. SP Singh’s Aaj Tak was never a perfect picture of caste diversity

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Aaj Tak newsroom predominantly consisted of non-Brahmin Savarna individuals. And the appreciation of Mrinal Pande is selective, ignores complex questions.

Jitendra Kumar
Jitendra Kumar

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