2 episodes
Radio Club: Unscripted Radio Club, DAIICT
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- Education
In a series of conversations with various guests including students, professors, speakers and people from around, RJs of Radio Club, DAIICT talks about anything and everything!
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LGBTQ+: from Closeted to Pride | Panel Discussion
This panel of distinguished guests and activists will discuss about the current status of pride, ground realities, challenges and legalities of the Queer community, hosted by RJ Dharmin.
Panelists:
Manvendra Singh Gohil: Born into a Royal Rajput family of Rajpipla Gujarat, Manvendra Singh is the worlds first openly Gay prince. He is a human rights activist and chairman of , “Lakshya Trust”, which works for HIV/AIDS education and prevention.
Rahul Upadhyay: While pursuing civil engineering at IIT Gandhinagar, Rahul pulled up all resources to make Gandhinagar's first ever queer Pride happen. Its huge success, catapulted Rahul as a queer champion and be part of the prestigious Interpride in multiple roles.
Dr. Shweta Garg: Shweta Rao Garg is an artist, writer, and academic based in Ahmedabad. She is an associate professor at DAIICT and her standpoint as a feminist, and as a gender studies scholar, shapes her subject matter and forms.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
7:40 - Coming out
14:50 - First parade
18:10 - Mental health and coming out
26:20 fear about LGBTQ+ (grey shades in everyone)
28:30 - Structural changes in Academia
33:55 - Madras high court verdict
41:00 - Training the trainers
46:05 - Cover reveal: The Tales from Campus
50:40 - Gender Cell appreciation
1:04:55 - Struggles of LGBT+ students
1:10:00 - How can one try to accept themselves
1:14:45 - Role as an ally
1:18:50 - Inspirations for Manvendra sir
1:22:35 - Legalities regarding LGBTQ+
1:33:50 - Challenges due to COVID
1:41:15 - AIDS awareness
1:47:55 - Response to humours
1:50:30 - Conclusion -
01 The F- word of the 21st century w/ Prof. Shweta Garg
Professor Shweta Garg is an associate professor at DAIICT, is a writer and an artist. On the occasion on International Women's Day, she talks about feminism with Riddhi Tanna, on the misbeliefs and other aspects of Gender inequality as well as the status quo on the topic.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:01:26 - What is Feminism?
0:08:34 - Portrayal in media
0:13:48 - Equality v/s Equity
0:16:10 - Toxic Muscularity
0:22:00 - Scenario in Corporate World
0:27:26 - Women in Academia
0:28:49 - Pseudo Feminism
0:32:20 - Anonymous form confessions on Gender bias
0:53:24 - QnA with audience
1:11:07 - Conclusion
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