How does the Northeast view punishment postings? | In Focus
A\xa0high-profile Indian Administrative Service couple \u2013 Sanjiv Khirwar and Rinku Dugga \u2013 were shunted out of Delhi to Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh a few days ago. Their transfers came soon after \u2018The Indian Express\u2019 newspaper published a photo showing the couple walking their dog in New Delhi\u2019s Thyagaraj stadium at a time when athletes should have been using the sports facility\u2019s tracks.\nThe transfer orders likely flowed from an official desire to punish the couple for doing wrong. They also stirred up a hornets\u2019 nest by pointing to both Ladakh and Arunachal as dumping grounds for erring officials. It is not for the first time that a government has resorted to a punishment posting. In this episode, we decode this issue and the emotions that go with it.\nGuest: Pradip Phanjoubam, Imphal-based senior journalist and editor of the\xa0Imphal Review of Arts and Politics\nHost: Amit Baruah, Senior Associate Editor,\xa0The Hindu\nEdited by Ranjani Srinivasan