How home disappeared: Twenty years after the Gujarat pogrom
Twenty years after the Gujarat pogrom, Suchitra Vijayan speaks to Zahir Janmohamed about the moment, his experience on the ground and his work since. The conversation delves into the deep seated anti-...
31 Mai 202248min
Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India: A conversation with Mytheli Sreenivas
In this conversation, Urvi Khaitan sits down with Mytheli Sreenivas to discuss her book, "Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India'. The book explores colonial administrators, postcolonial...
19 Mai 202252min
India's Undeclared Emergency: Suchitra Vijayan in conversation with Arvind Narrain
In this conversation, Suchitra Vijayan speaks to Arvind Narrain about his book India's Undeclared Emergency: Constitutionalism and the Politics of Resistance. They touch upon the provisions in the con...
17 Mai 202248min
The extrajudicial excesses of Pakistan's military: A conversation with Ahmad Waqas Goraya
In this conversation with Francesca Recchia, Pakistani activist Ahmad Waqas Goraya speaks about the repercussions facing those who dare to criticize the military establishment in Pakistan, his own per...
15 Apr 202240min
Negotiating Survival: Francesca Recchia in conversation with Ashley Jackson
Francesca Recchia speaks to Ashley Jackson about her book Negotiating Survival: Civilian–Insurgent Relations in Afghanistan. Based on over 400 interviews with Taliban and civilians, this book tells t...
22 Mar 202249min
Legacies of French colonialism in India: Suchitra Vijayan in conversation with Jessica Namakkal
Suchitra Vijayan sits down with author Jessica Namakkal to discuss her book "Unsettling Utopia". The book presents a new account of the history of twentieth-century French India to show how colonial p...
1 Mar 202259min
Data privacy and surveillance in India: Suchitra Vijayan in conversation with Prasanna S.
Suchitra Vijayan speaks to Prasanna S. about data privacy in India, the state's use of the Pegasus spyware to surveil voices of dissent and what it means for civil rights in the country. The discussio...
24 Feb 20221h 6min
RAW, ISI and loss of life over the years: Francesca Recchia in conversation with Adrian Levy
Francesca Recchia speaks to Adrian Levy, co-author of The Forever Prisoner: The Full and Searing Account of the CIA’s Most Controversial Covert Program. Based on four years of intensive reporting, on ...
22 Feb 202250min
