Podcasts

India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana with mascots of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup before a match at Indore.  The tournament has seen the presence of women not just on the field but as umpires, match referees, officials and commentators.
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The Editors
The sports journalist discusses the lazy marketing of ICC Women’s World Cup, pay disparities between men and women cricketers and the change to the game in recent years
Podcast: Kamal Nayan Choubey, Tariq Thachil & Harsh Mander on the RSS and Adivasis
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The Editors
This is part of the second season of Partitions of the Heart: Conversations with Harsh Mander, a Himal Southasian podcast series produced in association with Karwan-e-Mohabbat.
Set in a fictional Himalayan town inspired by Kasol in Himachal Pradesh’s Parvati Valley, Amrita Mahale’s latest novel, 'Real Life' unfolds in a world where beauty and danger coexist, and where the characters’ search for escape becomes a confrontation with the self.
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The Editors
The Mumbai based author Amrita Mahale discusses her new novel ‘Real Life’ – delving into female friendship, obsession, Artificial Intelligence, and what it means to live freely in a world of control
In the Maldives, the majority of the media is online and most people rely on digital news websites for information. A new law now grants a government commission extensive powers to regulate such media outlets.
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The Editors
The journalist discusses how the government has pushed through a law with vague and broad language that can allow the persecution of critical media outlets
Podcast: Tanika Sarkar and Harsh Mander on the RSS, Hindutva and women
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The Editors
This is part of the second season of Partitions of the Heart: Conversations with Harsh Mander, a Himal Southasian podcast series produced in association with Karwan-e-Mohabbat.
Podcast: Aakar Patel, Rana Ayyub and Harsh Mander on Hindutva and the RSS under Narendra Modi
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The Editors
This is part of the second season of Partitions of the Heart: Conversations with Harsh Mander, a Himal Southasian podcast series produced in association with Karwan-e-Mohabbat.
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