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South Asian Studies
September 6, 2019
The Ethics of Staying
Social Movements and Land Rights Politics in Pakistan
Mubbashir A. Rizvi
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
The military coup that brought General Pervez Musharraf to power as Pakistan's tenth president resulted in the abolition of a century-old sharecropping system that was rife with corruption. In its …
South Asian Studies
July 9, 2019
Islands in Flux
The Andaman and Nicobar Story
Pankaj Sekhsaria
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
One of the most consistent chroniclers of contemporary issues in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pankaj Sekhsaria's writings on the environment, wildlife conservation, development and indigenous communities have provided insights …
South Asian Studies
June 14, 2019
Indian Democracy
Origins, Trajectories, Contestations
A. Nilsen, K. Nielsen, A. Vaidya, eds.
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
More than 70 years after its founding, with Narendra Modi's authoritarian Hindu nationalists in government, is the dream of Indian democracy still alive and well? Indian Democracy: Origins, Trajectories, Contestations …
South Asian Studies
March 19, 2019
Cyber Sexy
Rethinking Pornography
Richa Kaul Padte
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
Parents, teachers, feminists, conservatives, lawyers, the concerned citizen – pornography raises everyone's hackles. Author Richa Kaul Padte approaches pornography with a combination of light-hearted camaraderie and intellectual curiosity instead. Taking …
South Asian Studies
January 9, 2019
Adivasis and the State
Subalternity and Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland
Alf Gunvald Nilsen
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
Almost a decade in the making, Adivasis and the State: Subalternity and Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland (Cambridge University Press, 2018) draws on collaboratively collected oral histories of two social …
South Asian Studies
December 7, 2018
Dreamers
How Young Indians Are Changing the World
Snigdha Poonam
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
49.91% of India’s population was below the age of 24 in the 2011 Census. By 2020 India will become the world’s youngest country with 64% of its population in the …
Food
October 5, 2018
Hungry Nation
Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern India
Benjamin R. Siegel
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
In his first book Hungry Nation: Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern India (Cambridge University Press 2018), historian Benjamin Robert Siegel explores independent India's attempts to feed itself between …
South Asian Studies
September 20, 2018
Dispossession Without Development
Land Grabs in Neoliberal India
Michael Levien
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
Historically ubiquitous at least since the 15th century and integral to the rise and consolidation of capitalism, land dispossession has re-emerged as a hot button issue for governments, industries, social …
Literary Studies
August 7, 2018
How I Became a Tree
Sumana Roy
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
Sumana Roy's first book How I Became a Tree (Aleph, 2017) is impossible to classify. Part-philosophical tract, part-memoir and part-literary criticism, the book is a record of her explorations in …
South Asian Studies
June 21, 2018
Transnational Reproduction
Race, Kinship, and Commercial Surrogacy in India
Daisy Deomampo
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
In Transnational Reproduction: Race, Kinship, and Commercial Surrogacy in India (NYU Press, 2016), Daisy Deomampo explores relationships between Indian surrogates, their families, aspiring parents from all over the world, egg …
South Asian Studies
April 6, 2018
Everyday Sustainability
Gender Justice and Fair Trade Tea in Darjeeling
Debarati Sen
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
In her new book, Everyday Sustainability: Gender Justice and Fair Trade Tea in Darjeeling (SUNY Press, 2017), Debarati Sen analyzes the paradoxes and promises of Fair Trade-organic tea production in …
Southeast Asian Studies
March 9, 2018
Owners of the Map
Motorcycle Taxi Drivers, Mobility and Politics in Bangkok
Claudio Sopranzetti
Hosted by Madhuri Karak
When the army brutally dispersed Red Shirts protestors in Bangkok's busy commercial district in May 2010, motorcycle taxi drivers emerged as a key force, capable of playing cat-and-mouse with security …