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Welcome back to Boatcast! As our boat drifts peacefully along the historic backwaters, we take a deep dive into a side of colonial history that is rarely talked about—the complex, fragmented, and fascinating world of French India. Recorded live at the Muziris International Spice Route Conference, our host sits down with Dr. Akhila Yechury. Dr. Yechury is a brilliant historian and Professor at the...

..Welcome back to Boatcast! As our boat gently floats along the historic waters of Kochi, we dive into the incredible, seafaring world of the Western Indian Ocean. Recorded live at the Muziris International Spice Route Conference—which brought together maritime experts from 22 countries—our host sits down with Dr. Chhaya Goswami. Dr. Goswami is an acclaimed maritime historian, author, and Associat...

(00:00) Introduction to Boatcast & The Muziris Spice Route Conference (00:41) Welcome & Setting Sail on the Water (01:33) Introducing Maritime Historian Dr. Chhaya Goswami (02:16) From Kutch to Academia: Overcoming Society & Pursuing History (03:46) Exploring the Archives: Finding Kutch's Footprints in Zanzibar (04:36) Gujarati Maritime Traders, Customs Control, and the Sultan (05:...

Welcome back to Boatcast! As the waters sway and the waves keep coming, we step into a fascinating conversation about linguistics, hidden colonial trajectories, and how history morphs the languages we speak today. Recorded live from Kochi at the Muziris International Spice Route Conference—which brought together maritime experts and scholars from 22 countries—our host is joined by Dr. Hugo Cardoso...

Welcome to the maiden voyage of Boatcast — a podcast on a boat where we gently float through history, culture, and untold stories! ⛵🌏In this special premier episode, recorded live from the waters of Kochi during the Muziris International Spice Route Conference, we sit down with renowned historian and author, Dr. James Onley (Chair in Gulf and Middle Eastern Studies at the American University of...

Prof. Dr. Micheal TharakanHistorian and scholar of Development Studies. Former Chairman of the Kerala Council of Historical Research (KCHR).Held the Ramakrishna Hegde Chair at the Institute of Social and Economic Change (Bangalore).Was a professor at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in Trivandrum. Served as Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University and briefly of Calicut University. Switched fr...

Sharon Veettil, Managing Director of The Muziris Project

Sreekala SivasankaranFormer Associate Professor, Janapada Sampada Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. PhD in West Asian Studies from School of International studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Academic, poet and theatre activistSpecialized in the history of Jewish community in Kerala.

Prof. M. V. NarayananFormer Vice Chancellor, Sree sankara University of sanskrit, kalady. Areas of his research include: Cultural studies, popular culture, theatre and performance studies and traditional Indian theatre. Prof. Narayanan obtained doctoral degree from the university of Exeter, UK.He was a Fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced Study.

Prof. P. Sanal Mohan, Former Professor of history at Mahatma Gandhi university. His areas of specialization include: colonial modernity, social movements and questions of identity dalit movements and Christianity in India. He combines history and ethnography in his research. He is the author of "Modernity of Slavery: Struggles Against Caste Inequality in Colonial Kerala", a work that gar...

Reshmi Sateesh is a multi-dimensional artist known for her melodious singing and work across film and music.- She is a trained Carnatic musician from a young age.- She studied film at the Satyajit Ray Film Institute and has worked as an audiographer, playback singer, associate director, and actress (including a "female dominant role" in the film 22 Female Kottayam).- While studying socia...