Mini-Episode - India's Citizenship Laws with Suchitra Vijayan

02/19/20 • 24 min

In this episode we’re joined again by Suchitra Vijayan - director and founder of the polis project, talking about CAA and NRC - India’s new citizenship laws. These laws offer accelerated citizenship for specific minorities from specific countries - which might end up fracturing the “secular” nature of the Indian democracy, and open the door to the establishment of a theocracy - an idea that that underpins the actions of India’s ruling party - the BJP.

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Episode 16 - 54 Punjabi Proverbs with Jvala Singh

In this episode, Shabd interviews Jvala Singh, about his great research work and translation of Sikh historical texts. Jvala is the creator of Manglacharan which, in his own words, is a project dedicated to shedding light on the treasure trove of knowledge passed down by our ancestors, which has not yet been translated into English. For the past ten years, Manglacharan has provided translations of passages from important theological and historical texts within the Sikh tradition. They discuss the Suraj Prakash Granth, one of the most important historical Sikh texts, the context for it and how Sikh scholarship has changed through the years. Finally, they talk about Jvala’s new book - “54 Punjabi Proverbs” which contains 54 Punjabi proverbs transliterated and translated into English, and the story behind it.

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Episode 17 - Understanding Mental Health with Shuranjeet Singh

In this episode, Shabd interviews Shuranjeet Singh, about understanding mental health and the organisation he founded Taraki, which works alongside Panjabi communities to raise awareness around mental health and create community structures of support. They also talk about Shuranjeet’s experience of mental health as a student, mental health in capitalism, the current paradigm of understanding mental health, and Taraki’s unique way of approaching it.