#CutTheClutter: ‘Five Eyes’ — why ‘Anglosphere’ alliance is in news as India-Canada spar. And surprise guest on CTC

The ongoing India-Canada row over the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar has brought into spotlight ‘Five Eyes’, an “Anglosphere” alliance comprising the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In Ep 1314 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains what the alliance is, takes you back to its roots in World War 2, and the secrecy around its operations until about a decade ago. At the end of the episode, find a short conversation with ThePrint’s award-winning reporter Jyoti Yadav as she discusses her latest assignment tracking down Bhanwari Devi, and the nine-month-old girl whose marriage she tried to stop three decades ago.

 

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Bhanwari Devi was raped for trying to stop 1992 child marriage. ‘I curse her daily,’ says bride : https://theprint.in/ground-reports/bhanwari-devi-was-raped-for-trying-to-stop-1992-child-marriage-i-curse-her-daily-says-bride/1765956/

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Bhanwari Devi was raped for trying to stop child marriage, ThePrint traces that child who’s now 32: https://youtu.be/y70zQ5PVPJA?si=JVBPTlluR08ePsBm