Podcasts

A close-up photo of a laptop screen displaying the ChatGPT website by OpenAI. The screen shows the headline “ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue” on a dark background, along with a brief description of the model’s purpose. The right side features a stylised pink and black abstract design of its logo.
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The Editors
A conversation with the tech journalist and writer Vauhini Vara on the ways in which human language can be used to serve our purposes, independent from, and in opposition to, the goals of powerful big ...
Seema Chishti & Harsh Mander on media-fuelled Islamophobia
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The Editors
This is part of the first season of Partitions of the Heart: Conversations with Harsh Mander, a Himal Southasian podcast series produced in association with Karwan-e-Mohabbat.
Indira Gandhi at a public function in 1973.
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The Editors
The political scientist delves into the complexity and contradictions of the Emergency, and examines its legacy
A black-and-white photo of Jerry Pinto in a white shirt holding a microphone and gesturing emphatically with his arm extended forward. He is speaking to an audience in an indoor setting, with blurred figures and furniture visible in the background.
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The Editors
A conversation with the renowned writer and editor Jerry Pinto on Bollywood and the nation-state, the art of translation, and lessons of a life in literature and teaching
Mohamed Muizzu stands behind a wooden podium with the Maldives behind him on the right at his oath-taking ceremony as president of the Maldives in 2023.
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The Editors
The journalist says that, despite some development, the Maldives’ political culture under Muizzu is one of corporatised corruption, political intimidation and control through gangs.
Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India: A podcast with Harsh Mander
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The Editors
The peace activist Harsh Mander hosts conversations on Indian Muslim history and experience amid a crisis of Islamophobia and anti-minority hatred fuelled by the rise of the Hindu Right
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