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Omair Ahmad is an author. His last novel, Jimmy the Terrorist, was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize and won the Crossword Award. His last book was a political history of Bhutan and the eastern Himalayan region. He is concurrently the Managing Editor, South Asia, at The Third Pole. You can find him on twitter at @omairtahmad. 1.Omair’s tryst with International Relations 2.Projects he is...

Devdutt Pattanaik is an Indian mythologist, speaker, illustrator and author, known for his prolific writing on sacred lore, legends, folklore, fables and parables, and for challenging willful misinterpretations of ancient Indian scriptures, stories, symbols and rituals. In this episode, we discuss his book 'The Book of Ram'. 1. Why is Ram the most popular character of our lifetime? 2. Is Ramayan a...

Aman Wadud is a human rights lawyer, who provides support to people who are at risk of being stripped of their citizenship rights in the northeastern state of Assam. As a result of his work as a lawyer and criticism of the authorities for not following due process of law during the exercise of the NRC, Aman Wadud has been facing serious threats (both from the authorities and from anonymous users o...

Harsh Mander is an Indian author, columnist, researcher, teacher, and social activist who works with survivors of mass violence and hunger, as well as homeless persons and street children. He is the Director of the Centre for Equity Studies, a research organisation based in New Delhi. 1.How does an activist spend his day during lockdown? 2.What are Human Rights and why do we need it? 3.Accountabil...

Dr. Malu started his training in GUM & HIV Medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital, London in 1998. Since then, he has achieved higher training in Bristol, Plymouth & Birmingham studying under prominent Sexual Health Consultants. Dr. Manoj Malu is an NHS consultant in sexual health and has been working in the field of Sexual Health & HIV Medicine since 1998. 1. Dr Malu's journey 2. Types of testing, the d...

Meghnad is a columnist, public policy professional, and podcaster. He has his own show, Consti-tution, on the Newslaundry and is an influencer on Twitter with the handle @memeghnad. He also travels all over the country to conduct civics classes under the banner Democracy IRL. His articles have appeared and gone viral on BuzzFeed and other content websites. He is also the author of the book 'Parlia...

In Part 2 we try to dig deeper into Dr Shaikh's work. We learn about her neurological models, how she detects potential extremists in society? What goes into the mind of an extremist? How successful are her models? What if it gets into the wrong hands etc. We talk about radicalization in genral, the stages of ISIS's brainwashing mechanism, the deradicalization camp around the world. We also talk a...

Dr Sumaiya Shaikh is an Australian Neuroscientist with a PhD in Medicine (Neurophysiology) from Sydney and currently holds a post-doctoral fellowship in Sweden. She has also conducted teaching for year 1-2 MBBS at Western Sydney University for over 5 years. She has developed a laboratory paradigm to access and differentiate between the propensity to engage in retaliatory vs. appetitive aggression...

Wajid Khan is the representational nail artist from India. The nail-art is completely an unimaginable work of hammering more than 100 thousand iron nails into the acrylic sheet. It is a handmade work that takes almost three months to finish a single nail portrait. वाजिद खान भारत का प्रतिनिधित्व करने वाला नाखून कलाकार है। कील-कला पूरी तरह से ऐक्रेलिक शीट में 100 हजार से अधिक लोहे के नाखूनों पर हथौड...

In part two we talk about where countries failed to battle this pandemic. We also try to bust myths and debunk some misinformation and fake news. Dr Amit Gupta is a Neonatal Consultant the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford since 2009. He did his basic medical degree and postgraduate degree (MD) from Surat, India in 1998. At Oxford, he was an Associate Dean for Oxford deanery from 2012 to 2017 and...

In part one we talk about the Indian healthcare system, universal health care and its benefits, COVID-19's history and impact. Dr Amit Gupta is a Neonatal Consultant the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford since 2009. He did his basic medical degree and postgraduate degree (MD) from Surat, India in 1998. At Oxford, he was an Associate Dean for Oxford deanery from 2012 to 2017 and is currently Lead f...

In August 2019 Kannan resigned from the prestigious IAS to start his journey as an activist. He has worked in various part of the country starting from Mizoram and his latest assignment was in Dadra and Nagar Haveli. In this episode, he shares how the bureautic system of the country functions and the different dynamics of the job, including a public servant's complex relationship with the governme...

Anas Tanwir is an advocate in the Supreme court of India and founder of Indian Civil Liberties Union (ICLU) . He is fighting citizenship cases since 2014. He is most known for fighting the pro-bono cases of illegal detention of Indian citizens via NRC Assam. He is also instrumental in drafting the Anti-Lynching Act, 2017. In this episode, we touch the horrors of NRC Assam, the constitutional valid...