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Welcome to Umeed – a word meaning 'hope'. We're the official podcast of Swabhimaan, an initiative under the Centre of New Economics Studies. If you've ever wondered how gender and sexuality influence the world around, you – from economic policy to grassroot activism – this is the space for you. Prepare to be challenged, inspired, and ignited.

This year on International Women’s Day, we launch a new project under Umeed - ‘Every Sexism Project’. We chose this day as it a day that celebrates conversations around gender, but this no way limits our project to cisgendered experiences. Our aim is to have talk to diverse voices and be inclusive of different narratives.

If you have ever felt that invisible nudge towards 'acting your gender'? Or seen unfairness play out just because of someone's identity? Or being forced to fit into society’s binaries? That's what we're unpacking this year under this project. We want to hear voices from our own campus O.P. Jindal Global University on everyday sexism and gender discrimination. Because hope starts with honest conversations.

Today's Episode is the first one of the three-part series between Swabhimaan's Everyday Sexism Project and JGU Girl Up Society. This series is a three-part deep dive into JGU Girl Up's amazing work on campus. For the first episode in the series, Jui from Team Swabhimaan is engaging in a discussion with Nikeeta, the General Secretary and Manavi, the Editor-in-Chief of JGU Girl Up.

In this episode of Vichaar, we talked to Mr. Raqib Hameed Naik who is a Kashmiri journalist, his work focuses on censorship of the State and the State's attempt to persecute religious minorities. The discussion in the episode centred on the experiences of journalists and their loved ones due to censorship by the state. We looked at how living experiences of truthful reporting by journalists have led to continuous harassment and scrutiny by the state to censor their work. This also inherently impacts their safety as well as their loved ones. The discussion also narrates the current landscape in journalism and the systemic change that has occurred in the reporting of news over the years, which is due to the growing majoritarian government in our country.

In this podcast, we had a wonderful conversation with the author of the book, "How to Love in Sanskrit", Anusha Rao. In this we learned the beauty of Sanskrit literature and the way it demonstrates the emotion, we know as love, an emotion seen and written about in every language of the world.


Ms Anusha Rao is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, and this is her book which details the way Sanskrit literature has evolved. Sanskrit has too often been regarded as the sacred language of the gods, yet it is love that has been the overwhelming obsession of Sanskrit writers for over 3,000 years.

How to Love in Sanskrit is an invitation to Sanskrit love poetry, bringing together verses and short prose pieces by celebrated writers like Kalidasa and Banabhatta, Buddhist and Jain monks, scholars, emperors, and even some modern-day poets.

Join us as we navigate the complex landscape of history and identities, gaining insights from Ms. Rao extensive background and shedding light on the multifaceted dimensions of Poetry in the Sanskrit world and how they changed the way we see the world and the word, Love

Tune in for a captivating dialogue that transcends boundaries and deepens our understanding of lingual dynamics

The Kerala Model of Development is a unique approach to economic and social development that has been successful in the state of Kerala, India. It is characterized by strong social indicators, such as high literacy rates, low infant mortality and birth rates, and a longer average life expectancy, which are comparable to developed countries. The model is based on wealth and resource redistribution programmes, high levels of political participation and activism, and a focus on investing in people rather than markets. However, the model is in decline because of several reasons such as lack of industrial growth, brain drain, aging population etc. In this discussion, we aim to discuss what can be done to bring Kerala back on track and ensure an upward growth trajectory.

Welcome to Umeed – a word meaning 'hope'. We're the official podcast of Swabhimaan, an initiative under the Centre of New Economics Studies. If you've ever wondered how gender and sexuality influence the world around, you – from economic policy to grassroot activism – this is the space for you. Prepare to be challenged, inspired, and ignited.

This year on International Women’s Day, we launched a new project under Umeed - ‘Every Sexism Project’. We chose this day as it a day that celebrates conversations around gender but this no way limits our project to cisgendered experiences. Our aim is to have talk to diverse voices and be inclusive of different narratives.

If you have ever felt that invisible nudge towards 'acting your gender'? Or seen unfairness play out just because of someone's identity? Or being forced to fit into society’s binaries? That's what we're unpacking this year under this project. We want to hear voices from our own campus O.P. Jindal Global University on everyday sexism and gender discrimination. Because hope starts with honest conversations.

For today’s episode, we are having some insights on the Everyday Sexism Project from Team Swabhimaan. Our Team member Savya Atrey is going to engage in a discussion with two of our very own Swabhimaan members Suhani Sharma and Adya Manchanda.

The Caption would be - “ Welcome to Umeed – a word meaning 'hope'. We're the official podcast of Swabhimaan, an initiative under the Centre of New Economics Studies. If you've ever wondered how gender and sexuality influence the world around, you – from economic policy to grassroot activism – this is the space for you. Prepare to be challenged, inspired, and ignited.

This year on International Women’s Day, we launched a new project under Umeed - ‘Every Sexism Project’. We chose this day as it a day that celebrates conversations around gender but this no way limits our project to cisgendered experiences. Our aim is to have talk to diverse voices and be inclusive of different narratives.

If you have ever felt that invisible nudge towards 'acting your gender'? Or seen unfairness play out just because of someone's identity? Or being forced to fit into society’s binaries? That's what we're unpacking this year under this project. We want to hear voices from our own campus O.P. Jindal Global University on everyday sexism and gender discrimination. Because hope starts with honest conversations.

For today’s episode, Adya from Team Swabhimaan is engaging in a discussion with Ashish Bayya, a first-year graduate student at the Jindal Global Law School (JGLS)