Support LCA : https://www.patreon.com/azadi In this episode of LCA we discuss the life of Dr Meena, many heart breaking incidents of caste atrocities, role of social media, being bought up in an anti-caste household, and lastly the Bhima Koregaon case. Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Meena published two collections of poetry, Touch (2006) and Ms. Militancy (2010). From 2001-2002, she edited The Dalit,...

Support LCA : https://www.patreon.com/azadi Follow Jyoti Twitter : https://twitter.com/jyotinisha Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/jyotinisha/ Jyoti Nisha is an independent writer and filmmaker based in Mumbai. She is an experienced journalist, a trained academic writer, screenwriter and filmmaker offering 10 years of work experience in print, radio and TV. Her crowd-funded film, ‘B. R. Ambedkar Now and Then,’ explores Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s life symbolically, politically, and delves...

Siddhesh is one of the finest artists in the country. He uses his art to raise a voice on important issues. He is a thinker, philosopher, artist, and so much more. With Siddhesh we talk about the future of the Indian art movement. Can India ever truly have a renaissance? Why not? Why is the industry of art and craft underpaid? Who controls the art form of the country? Where will we find real artists? So much discussion packed in this episode. 3:50 to 6:50 Welcome Siddhesh 6:50 to 18:30 When...

Support LCA : https://www.patreon.com/azadi Follow Anurag Minus Verma : https://www.instagram.com/anuragminusverma/ Follow Anurag Minus Verma on Twitter : https://twitter.com/confusedvichar Anurag Minus Verma is one of the rising names of social media. He is a content creator, a multimedia artist, and a satirist. He creates quirky characters, does hilarious voiceovers, and mimics the power centers of our society. Through his mimicry, jokes, and characters he sends an interesting message to...

Support Lights Camera Azadi https://www.patreon.com/azadi Follow Yuvan Aves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a_naturalists_column/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Yuvan_aves How diverse is India’s education system? Is it really challenging a child to learn and understand diverse culture and viewpoints? What are gaps in our education? How are market forces disrupting the locals and the indigenous communities? Where is the climate movement headed? We try to answer these tough questions...

Support Lights Camera Azadi https://www.patreon.com/azadi Follow Suchitra. Twitter: https://twitter.com/suchitrav Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suchitravijayan/ https://suchitravijayan.com/ Have you ever wondered how life is at the borders? Far away from the elite urban spaces of the nation-state. Places where the force of constitution barely exists. How is life around these borders where national identities dilute? What is it like to be a part of a tribe near a Bangladeshi border or a...

Reach to Dr Joy : [email protected] What is climate change? Why is our climate changing? How is it affecting us? Why should we be worried? We discuss these critical conversations with Dr Joy in the 34th episode of LCA. 3:00 to 7:10 Journey of Dr Joy 7:10 to 12:40 How is climate and weather different? 12:40 to 18:28 What is climate and why is it changing? 18:28 to 21:26 Why are greenhouses important? 21:26 to 25:23 Why are we concerned now? 25:23 to 29:07 What kind of species are...

Follow Anshul Tewari Twitter : https://twitter.com/anshul_tewari Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/anshultewari/ How has social media shaped our culture and society in the past 10 years? How is it affecting our youngsters? What is the scope of progressive politics in the country? Why is it not reaching a wider audience? What are the shortcomings of the progressive movement? Tune in to understand the future of the progressive politics of India. 3:28 to 8:28 Life history of Anshul 8:28 to...

India’s moral compass is the Indian middle class. It defines how society should operate and behave. It believes in maintaining the old social order of caste and patriarchy. With Prashant, we explore how middle-class morality affects the health and well-being of our society. Follow Prashant Kanojia Twitter : https://twitter.com/PJkanojia Instagram : https://t.co/j6J9p5YIVX?amp=1 Bahujan Mag https://twitter.com/BahujanMag 4:00 to 9:20 Journey of Prashant Kanojia and his early heroes. 9:20 to...

The community culture is deep rooted in the Bania community. While this has helped the community grow and prosper this also leads to disempowerment of women, living in echo chambers, and deep rooted casteism. We critique this culture from a feminist lens and an anti-caste perspective, we try to unpack the Bania culture and what it comprises of. 4:00 to 6:11 Nioshi’s journey and introduction to her work 6:11 to 17:20 The caste, culture, of Bania Families. The childhood phase of a Bania...

Donate to Dalit Camera: https://www.dalitcamera.com/ Why is education important? Who needs education the most? Is the Indian education space inclusive or exclusive? Do you know what is the rationale behind reservation? Listen to this episode to understand the force of education. Education helps to enlighten the many and especially the one’s who needs it the most. 05:18 to 8:08 Introduction to Buffalo Intellectual’s editorial goal 8:08 to 9:28 Bahujan viewpoint of Upper Caste Liberals 9:28 to...

Cynthia works in policy advocacy for the rights of women and children from vulnerable sections of Indian society. Cynthia works with a Gender perspective. She was a State Programme Director, Mahila Samakhya Karnataka, a government project for the empowerment of women 2012-2014, with a budget of INR 300 million and 400 staff. She was invited on the Committee set up by the Government of Karnataka to amend the Panchayat Raj Act in 2014-2015, which passed into Law in late 2015. Follow Cynthia on...

Salman Anees Soz is an economic development expert, author, and commentator. He is a former World Bank officer with experience across a range of economic development issues in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub Saharan Africa, and South Asia 1.Status of the Congress Party 2.Economic situation before lockdown 3.Economic data reliability of India 4.BJP’s inexperience in economic management 5.Does the blame of bad economy roots to demonetization 6.NPAs during...

LCA Website : https://lightscameraazadi.in/ Follow Dr Sumeet Mhaskar : https://twitter.com/sumeetmhaskar Prof. (Dr.) Sumeet Mhaskar is trained in Sociology and Political Science. He holds a doctorate in Sociology from the Department of Sociology and St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. He obtained his M.A and M.Phil. degrees in Political Science from the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Prior to joining JSGP, he was based at the Centre for Modern Indian...

Visit LCA Website: https://lightscameraazadi.in/ Follow Nikita: https://twitter.com/glorious_gluten Follow Disha: https://twitter.com/WadekarDisha Follow CPA Project: https://twitter.com/CPAProjectIndia People and accounts you can follow : Christina Dhanraj, Kiruba Munuswamy, Asha Kowtal, Dalit women fight and the Blue Dawn Nikita Sonavane graduated with a B.A. (Political Science) degree from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and an LL.B. degree from Government Law College, Mumbai. She holds an...

Follow LCA Website : https://lightscameraazadi.in/ Follow Tejas on Twitter : https://twitter.com/h_tejas Satyashodhak : http://thesatyashodhak.com/ Tejas is a copy edior at EPW and runs a website called The Satya Shodhak. The website publishes translated versions of literary works on caste along with articles, essays, and other details on this topic. Books recommended by Tejas Dhananjay Keer's "Mahatma Jotirao Phooley: Father of the Indian Revolutionbiography of Jotirao Phule", Gail...

LCA Website: https://lightscameraazadi.in/ Follow Shivani Twitter: https://twitter.com/shii_vani Academia : https://jnu.academia.edu/ShivaniKapoor Prof. (Dr.) Shivani has a doctorate in Political Science from Centre for Political Studies (CPS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She obtained her Masters and M.Phil degrees also from CPS, JNU and her Bachelors in Journalism from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. Previously she was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the...

Visit LCA Website: https://lightscameraazadi.in/ Follow Zehra Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zehra.mehdi.771 Zehra is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and a doctoral candidate at Columbia University. Her research interests are political psychology, religion and identity politics, Partition literature, violence and trauma, and psychoanalytic anthropology. 1.Zehra’s work 2.Zehra’s work in detail 3.How your identity plays a role in your experience? 4.Relationship between upper caste men...

Visit LCA Website: https://lightscameraazadi.in/ Arati Kumar-Rao is a National Geographic Explorer, an independent environmental photographer, writer, and artist documenting the slow violence* of ecological degradation. She crisscrosses the South Asian subcontinent following a single-story, across seasons, sometimes over years, to chronicle South Asia’s changing landscapes and climate, and its effect on livelihoods and biodiversity. She communicates through photos, long-form narratives, and...

Music credits : Sare Jahan Se Achcha - Instrumental - by Praashekh & Abhishek Borkar Logo credits : Sunakshi, @indigofrizz (Instagram) Follow Mariyam Haider on Instagram: mariyamhaider19, Twitter: MariyamRaza Follow Sabika on Instagram: sabikaness Follow MBM on Instagram: mainbhimuslim On this 74th Independence, Lights Camera Azadi collaborates with Main Bhi Muslim which aims at bringing the Hindustani Muslim identity in the mainstream. Together we explore our relationship to our country...

Prof. Swati Chawla is a historian of modern South Asia. She will soon finish her PhD in history from the University of Virginia, with a dissertation focused on policies governing migration and citizenship claims in the Himalayan regions of postcolonial South Asia. 1. What is Digital Humanities? 2. The questions we ask in Digital Humanities space? 3. Swati’s history 4. Swati’s opinion on CAA 5. Histories that Swati teaches 6. How will the education system change post-pandemic? 7. Questioning...

Patralekha Chatterjee is a Delhi-based award-winning journalist-columnist, author, and consultant to international agencies focusing on development issues across multiple platforms. She has contributed to The Atlantic (Ideas), New Statesman, BBC.com, Liberation (Paris), The Lancet, British Medical Journal, Chicago Tribune, China Dialogue, The Christian Science Monitor, MSNBC.com, Citiscope, Quartz, The Economic Times, Mongabay, Gaon Connection, Business Line, The Hindu, The Asian Age and...

*Correction in the opening message: It is 15th June and not 18th June. Dr. Avinash Godbole is an Assitant Professor of International Relations and China Studies at JSLH, JGU. He focuses on China's Foreign Policy and Asia Strategy, the Party Studies, China's Minority Policies, and Energy and Environment policies. He has written extensively on these issues in Academic and Media publications. Previously he worked with ICWA and before that with IDSA. He is also a Visiting Faculty at the Naval...

Pranay Kotasthane heads research at the Takshashila Institution. Pranay started his career as a policy analyst focusing on geopolitics at the Takshashila Institution in March 2014. His research interests focus on geostrategy, geopolitics of the Indian subcontinent, and public economics. Pranay is currently working on the New World Order project, the Intelligence Reform project, and State Finances in India. He also tracks India’s foreign policy equations with Afghanistan and Pakistan. ...

An entrepreneur and an award-winning filmmaker, Yasmin Kidwai is an elected Municipal Councillor from Daryaganj (ward 55S) in the 2017 MCD elections. 1.Journey of Yasmin 2. Do documentaries make money? 3. No problem! 6 months with barefoot grandma 4. https://www.barefootcollege.org/ 5. Our differences and similarities 6. What was your motivation to get into politics? 7. What is the role of a municipal corporator? 8. Is MCD elections politics also as complicated like a State/National...