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Professor Srila Roy from the University of the Witwatersrand explores the evolution of feminism in India and highlights the local impact of the global #MeToo movement. Hosts: Dr Amanda Gilbertson and Dr Amy PiedalueProducer: Simon PapagiorcopuloAudio Engineer: Gavin Nebauer

What is gender justice, and how can we work toward gender equality and security in India and across the world? In this episode, Dr Kikon, Lecturer in Anthropology and Development at the University of Melbourne some key features of gender justice in India and South Asia with Dr Amy Piedalue.

Land is many things to different people. In India, as elsewhere, it bestows status, is a source of livelihood, and I san asset that earns rents as well as profits. But how has the commodification of land resulted in legal, and sometimes violent contestations involving the state, landowners, corporations, and communities?

Many analyst believe the only way for India to meet rising energy demands will be to build dozens of new coal-fired power stations - much like China during its rapid economic development in recent decades. But is India ready to carve out a new path forward? Guest: Professor Rangan BanerjeeHost: Dr Jonathan BallsProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to you in a...

"'Education is like nectar of the gods' said one parent'... some people were willing work 16 hour days so that their children could remain in school" - Professor Craig JeffreyCREDITSHost: Professor Craig JeffreyProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to you in association with the Australia India Institute @ Delhi and founding partners L...

"There's never been an urban solution to a rural problem ... only the people on the ground know the solution to rural problems." This has been the driving principle of Bunker Roy, who in 1972 founded the Barefoot College, in the village of Tilonia in Rajasthan, India, with the mission provide basic services and solutions in rural communities with the objective of making them self-su...

"Magic has an incredible power to unite, to transgress cultural and social boundaries, and to create communities of feeling." - Professor Craig JeffreyCREDITSHost: Professor Craig JeffreyProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to you in association with the Australia India Institute @ Delhi and founding partners La Trobe University and the University o...

What is power and how does it operate in India today? Who commands power and how does power infuse politics and everyday social relations? And have power relations changed in India over time? CREDITSGuest: Professor John HarrissHost: Dr Trent BrownProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to you in association with the Australia India Institute @ Delhi and foundin...

Recent demonetisation efforts by Narendra Modi have attempted to address underlying issues of power and distribution in India. But have these measures addressed the problem of India's 'black economy' ? CREDITSHost: Dr Trent BrownGuest: Professor Stuart CorbridgeProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to you in association with the Australia India...

If India's bulging youth population can be harnessed in the next 20 years, it will set the country on an unprecedented run of economic growth. But how do you provide skills training to 400 million Indians by 2022? That's the task Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set for himself and his government. CREDITSHost: Dr Trent BrownGuest: Dr Divya NambiarProducer: Kog RavindranThis podcast is br...

Ram Guha and Gideon Haigh are two of cricket's most passionate fans. They also happen to be two of the sport's best writers. Listen in as they catch up for the first time in many years. This is one fascinating conversation you don't want to miss. CREDITSHost: Gideon HaighGuest: Ramachandra GugaProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to you in asso...

Historians often neglect India’s role in World War II. In his new book ‘India's War: The Making of Modern South Asia, 1939-1945’, historian Dr Srinath Raghavan explores India’s contribution to the war effort and the tremendous way in which the war impacted India. CREDITSHost: Souresh RoyGuest: Dr Srinath RaghavanProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to yo...

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi can claim to have restored India’s economic growth trajectory and built a remarkable international profile. He has positioned himself domestically as a leader who gets things done. However, he is seeking to make fundamental changes to the relationship between New Delhi and the states, between politics and business, and, more controversially, between society and...

Join us as political cartoonist Ajit Ninan from the 'Times of India' discusses the daily process of capturing the public discourse of the world's largest democracy. CREDITSHost: Sushi DasGuest: Ajit NinanProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to you in association with the Australia India Institute @ Delhi and founding partners La Trobe Universit...

Feminist icon and publisher Urvashi Butalia discusses the deep desire Indian woman have to change their lives and her role in giving these women a voice. CREDITSHost: Dr Dolly KikonGuest: Urvashi ButaliaProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to you in association with the Australia India Institute @ Delhi and founding partners La Trobe University and the Univer...

India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted India to have a mixed economy, one that assimilated the best of capitalism and socialism. Nearly 70 years down the line, many believe India adopted the worst of both worlds. From the 1990s onwards we’ve seen the emergence of cronyism in India, where governments act in a manner that benefits the privileged few. But is there hope for change?...

"I can't help imagining how a 100 rupee note might have been worth 80 rupees one month, 85 the next, then 90, 95 and finally the day came when real value and printed value aligned and it acquired its 'true worth'." - Professor Craig JeffreyCREDITSHost: Professor Craig JeffreyProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to you in association w...

Despite two decades of economic growth, more than 70 percent of urban Indian workers don’t have formal sector jobs. Entrepreneur Sahil Shekhar explores inefficiencies in the education and labor markets that prevent matching the right candidate with the right skills for the right job. CREDITSHost: Dr Trent BrownGuest: Sahil SekharProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is b...

"Youth across the world are putting their political effort into 'being the change they want to see in the world' – a phrase that is misattributed to Gandhi.""The Occupy Movement is a good example. Rather than spending time petitioning politicians, Occupy activists sought to build an ideal society – a ‘better tomorrow’ - realised through such activities as free yoga classes...

Much of the health economics literature in India has focused on the pervasive problem of malnutrition and infectious diseases. However, a topic that has garnered considerably less attention is the rising phenomenon of obesity. CREDITSHost: Souresh RoyGuest: Professor Pushkar MaitraProducer: Kog RavindranAudio Engineer: Gavin NebauerThis podcast is brought to you in association with the Australia I...

"Young people often reproduce pernicious systems. But they alsoundermine them. Even forms of political action that can be ushered quite quickly into the categories of ‘progressive’ or ‘retrogressive’ often contain within them contradictory impulses and potentials." - Professor Craig JeffreyCreditsThis podcast is brought to you in association with the Australia India Institute @ Delhi and...

As India continues its quest get one billion Indians online by 2020, filmmaker Andrew Garton discusses his new film 'Ocean in a Drop' which explore the impact of broadband internet on rural India. CreditsThis podcast is brought to you in association with the Australia India Institute @ Delhi and founding partners La Trobe University and the University of New South Wales. CreditsThis podc...