Watch: The Tejpal verdict and the politics of power | Insight India

Watch: The Tejpal verdict and the politics of power | Insight India

On August 6, Tarun Tejpal, the former editor of the investigative news magazine Tehelka, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his junior colleague in 2013. But much of the discourse continues to be about Tejpal’s journalistic accomplishments, an alleged political vendetta against him, and whether the survivor’s account is credible. In this episode of Insight India, The Hindu’s Sonikka Loganathan speaks to Radhika Santhanam, Senior Assistant Editor and one of the writers of The Hindu’s gender newsletter, about power, politics, the myth of the ‘perfect victim’ and whether any of this matters in a court of law.

Published - August 15, 2026 09:00 pm IST