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Join Pavan Srinath, Madhav Chandravarkar and Manasa Venkataraman in this episode of the Takshashila Podcast as they pit the right to free speech against the right to reputation. Madhav Chandravarkar and Manasa Venkatraman are the in house lawyers at The Takshashila Institution. They discuss the shortcomings of the existing defamation laws and suggest possible reforms. Further Readings: 1. Madhav Chandravarkar and Manasa Venkatraman in need for reform of defamation laws: http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/QyZpUVSMbHqKymUquA7yNK/The-need-for-reform-of-defamation-laws.html 2. https://speechbill.in/ 3. http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/tanmay-bhatt-lata-mangeshkar-sachin-tendulkar-criminal-defamation-law-2840071/ 4. http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/supreme-court-criminal-defamation-law-subramanian-swamy-2805867/ 5. http://www.thehoot.org/free-speech/judgements/awful-reasoning-and-tortuous-verbosity-9367 6. http://www.thehoot.org/research/books/slapp-and-tell-9419 External Audio used in this podcast: Background Music: Cool Ride. Cool Ride by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: audionautix.com/ Image used in this podcast: Free speech = reason = progress Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) Creator: Simon Gibbs [Flickr username]