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#14 Surveillance Capitalism with Srinivas Kodali

Srinivas Kodali is an interdisciplinary researcher working on data, cities and the internet. He graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Madras with a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering. He has been associated with various internet…

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#13 India’s Foreign Policy with Omair Ahmad [English]

Omair Ahmad is an author. His last novel, Jimmy the Terrorist, was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize and won the Crossword Award. His last book was a political history of Bhutan and the eastern Himalayan region. He is concurrently the…

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#12 Ram-Kahani with Devdutt Pattanaik

Devdutt Pattanaik is an Indian mythologist, speaker, illustrator and author, known for his prolific writing on sacred lore, legends, folklore, fables and parables, and for challenging willful misinterpretations of ancient Indian scriptures, stories,…

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#11 [State Special] The Story of Assam with Aman Wadud

Aman Wadud is a human rights lawyer, who provides support to people who are at risk of being stripped of their citizenship rights in the northeastern state of Assam. As a result of his work as a lawyer and criticism of the authorities for not…

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#10 The Untold Tale of Human Rights with Harsh Mander

Harsh Mander is an Indian author, columnist, researcher, teacher, and social activist who works with survivors of mass violence and hunger, as well as homeless persons and street children. He is the Director of the Centre for Equity Studies, a…

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#9 [Mid-week Special] False Negative with Dr Manoj Malu

Dr.Malu started his training in GUM & HIV Medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital, London in 1998. Since then, he has achieved higher training in Bristol, Plymouth & Birmingham studying under prominent Sexual Health Consultants. Dr. Manoj Malu is an NHS…

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#8 The Mighty Indian Media with Meghnad

Meghnad is a columnist, public policy professional, and podcaster. He has his own show, Consti-tution, on the Newslaundry and is an influencer on Twitter with the handle @memeghnad. He also travels all over the country to conduct civics classes under…

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#7 The Science behind Extremism with Dr Sumaiya Shaikh – Part 2 [English]

In Part 2 we try to dig deeper into Dr Shaikh’s work. We learn about her neurological models, how she detects potential extremists in society? What goes into the mind of an extremist? How successful are her models? What if it gets into the wrong hands…

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#6 The Science behind Extremism with Dr Sumaiya Shaikh – Part I [English]

Dr Sumaiya Shaikh is an Australian Neuroscientist with a PhD in Medicine (Neurophysiology) from Sydney and currently holds a post-doctoral fellowship in Sweden. She has also conducted teaching for year 1-2 MBBS at Western Sydney University for over 5…

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#5 (Bonus Episode) The Art and The Artist with Wajid Khan

Wajid Khan is the representational nail artist from India. The nail-art is completely an unimaginable work of hammering more than 100 thousand iron nails into the acrylic sheet. It is a handmade work that takes almost three months to finish a single…

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