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Queerness and Storytelling in India

Hosted by Rajorshi Das

Episode 36 • September 22, 2024

Snehashish Das offers a critique of Western universalism and asks "us" to consider why we want to fit Indian icons like Bhimrao Ambedkar and Savitribai Phule into Western categories. They discuss the role of poetry by Kabir as well as interlocutors in their "field" to rethink ideas of gender, queerness, desire and subversion. They make a case for hope by referring to how Begumpura exists in the present, and shares their thoughts on appropriation.

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The Spark for a Movement

Lights | Camera | Azadi

Hosted by Vandit Jain

Episode 42 • July 2, 2021

Snehashish Das is an Ambedkarite, Ph.D. scholar at JNU, and activist at BAPSA. In this episode, we take a deep dive into understanding the conditions of a movement, how a revolution is slowly built, and the counter-forces to a revolution. The conversation also reflects on Snehashish's journey from a school run by the RSS to JNU, the vocabulary of the Bahujan movement, and its religious context. It further discusses the role of social media in shaping contemporary movements and their future trajectories.

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