Episodes

  • Amit Varma on the art of long-form podcast

    Amit Varma on the art of long-form podcast
    Jul 12 2023
    Amit Varma, eminent writer, journalist and podcaster, talks about his art and his life with great candidness. Famous for his long-form podcast series, The Seen and the Unseen, Amit has managed to present listeners with a repository of curious and enlightening conversations, patient and unhurried in their spirit. Life lessons, inspiring ideas and Amit’s honest admissions - this episode has all these, and more.
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    17 mins
  • Rajani Mani: The declining bee population

    Rajani Mani: The declining bee population
    May 9 2023
    Float like a butterfly, pollinate like a bee. Rajani Mani would probably change the famous Ali quote as she fights for the rights of these productive critters through her documentary.
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    22 mins
  • Malati Rao : Tracing a Geshema’s Journey

    Malati Rao : Tracing a Geshema’s Journey
    Apr 13 2023
    As far as one could remember only men could earn the highest monastic qualifications. Malati Rao’s ‘The Geshema is Born’, follows the life of Namdol Phuntsok, the first woman ever to be awarded the Geshema degree.
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    21 mins
  • Paromita Vohra on Writing the Film 'Khamosh Pani

    Paromita Vohra on Writing the Film 'Khamosh Pani
    Sep 21 2022
    Filmmaker and writer Paromita Vohra will walk you through the experience of writing the 2003 film Khamosh Pani that spotlights violence on women during the partition and the impact on their lives following radicalisation in 1970s Pakistan. As we celebrate 75 years of independence and mark equal number of years of partition, this story deserves a revisit.
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    28 mins
  • Anirban Dutta Gupta : Films That Provide Tribal Agency

    Anirban Dutta Gupta : Films That Provide Tribal Agency
    Sep 7 2022
    Anirban Dutta Gupta talks about how he filmed the isolated Jarawa tribe in Andaman Islands collecting honey and hunting for pig. We have lessons to learn from their practices that also emphasize the need for tribal agency.
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    31 mins
  • Shrayana Bhattacharya : Shahrukh, Women and Economics

    Shrayana Bhattacharya : Shahrukh, Women and Economics
    Aug 25 2022
    Economist Shrayana Bhattacharya speaks about her book "Desperately Seeking Shahrukh" and how Shahrukh Khan transformed into a research method to understand the economic lives of women in India.
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    30 mins
  • Ojaswwee Sharma : Every Right Has a Gender

    Ojaswwee Sharma : Every Right Has a Gender
    Aug 11 2022
    Transgender people face many atrocities if they choose to live a normal life attending school and College. Ojaswwee Sharma talks about a documentary he made on Dhananjay who battled prejudices and attacks to fight for the empowerment of her community.
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    20 mins
  • Surabhi Yadav : Leisure is a feminist issue

    Surabhi Yadav : Leisure is a feminist issue
    Jul 27 2022
    Surabhi Yadav may be an engineer by education but it is her photography that has cast the spotlight on her. Through an Instagram page filled with pictures of women watching a movie, wearing a beauty mask, or eating an ice cream, she throws light on a gender-biased oddity.
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    24 mins