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01/12/2021

Ep 2: Patronage and Caste

In this episode, Host Yashoda Thakore takes us through the Devadasi history in the Telugu speaking areas. Reflecting on the Kakatiya, and Nayaka times the questions of who the patrons for the art were, what were the different contexts in which the devadasi performed, the idea of devadasi as a caste is discussed. This episode also features her conversation with Dr. Saskia (author of Nityasumangali) takes one through the temple practices of the devadasi and what it represented.Voices: Dr. Yashoda Thakore, Sampreeti MalladiGuest: Dr. Saskia Kersenboom See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
01/07/2021

Ep 1: The beginning

The first episode is the story of discovery, of reaching out, and the story of learning. Dancer, research, and a voice from the Kalvantulu community (hereditary dancer families from the Godavari region) Dr. Yashoda takes us through the idea of lineage and practice in the life of a devadasi weaving her personal journey with the voices of scholars. This episode like the blossom of a bud reveals the story before the flowering that follows. The figure of who the devadasi was, what she did, and where she was. Her conversation with Dr. Saskia (author of Nityasumangali) takes one through the temple practices of the devadasi and what it represented.Voices: Dr. Yashoda Thakore, Sampreeti MalladiGuest: Dr. Saskia Kersenboom See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
05/31/2023

Central Asia and Regional Power Play

In her debut episode today, senior journalist and host of this season of Beyond Nation & State, Smita Sharma is going to talk about a region which hardly finds mention or coverage in Indian mainstream media but it should. She was recently in Uzbekistan to cover a constitutional referendum under its strongman President Mirziyoyev. So why talk about Uzbekistan? Because the country is opening up and transforming at a great speed with implications for the region and India. The former Soviet republics in the Central Asian region- Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan - have large swathes of territory rich in natural resources and with geo strategic importance. The Central Asian countries are also the key driving force within the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation that India is chairing this year. PM Modi will host the SCO Heads of States and Governments in July. While in Tashkent- the beautiful Uzbek capital, Smita sat down to speak to a renowned journalist and analyst Dr. Beruniy Alimov, Founder and Director, New Media Education Center, Tashkent about what a changing Uzbekistan means for the region and how ties with India looked upon amid the influence of dominant players Russia and China. She also speaks with Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar in Delhi who is a retired diplomat who has served as Indian envoy in Kazakhstan, Sweden & Latvia. He is associated with several prominent think tanks including ORF and Ananta Aspen Centre. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
02/23/2021

Ep 5: Nationalist period

As “Her story of dance’ moves to the 19th century, Yashoda discusses how devadasis and their aesthetic representations were central to the National debate during India’s struggle for Independence. We see how people, reform movements, acts, Christian missionaries and marriage all come play around what became the identity of the devadasi. In her conversations with her Guru we see how the hereditary community viewed themselves and the ‘others’ who came to represent them. Prof. Suneeta Rani and Vidya Natarajan take us through interesting figures like Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy, Rukmini Devi Arundale and others who participated in this debate and the role they had to play in making the dance and dancing not of the devadasiVoices : Dr. Yashoda, Sampreeti MalladiGuest: Annabattula Mangatayaru, Prof. Suneeta Rani, Sri Vidya Natarajan. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
01/28/2021

Ep 3: Devadasi repertoire and Aesthetic Representation

In this episode, Yashoda takes us through some of Devadasi repertoire, its aesthetic representation and how that differs from that of Kuchipudi. It examines how the devadasi repertoire reflects the multiple contexts it traversed noting the influence of the Maratha courts of Tanjore, the English and the Zamindars who prevailed as patrons. The episode is interspersed with Yashoda’s interaction with Mrdangist, Sri Yendamuri Subbarao brings in the voices, opinions and experiences of one who has lived, performed and continues in the real and the aesthetic world of the devadasi. That interaction being in Telugu, the rest of the episode continues with Yashoda reflecting on her own experiences with the devadasis, what it taught her about herself and more importantly about how these women understood and viewed their world and the world outside.Voices : Dr. Yashoda Thakore, Sampreeti MalladiGuest : Sri Yendamuri Subba Rao See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
03/10/2021

Ep 6: Why Devadasi?

As this series draws to a close, Yashoda looks at why the story of the devadasi is relevant even today. Prof. Sarkar takes us through the emergence of different Classical dances in India and how the undercurrents of devadasi tradition run through them. Yashoda reflects on her own attitude to 'her story' and what she sees as the way forward Voices: Dr. Yashoda, Sampreeti MalladiGuest: Dr. Rumya Putcha and Prof. Urmimala Sarkar This podcast series is a collaborative effort of Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad, Bol Hyderabad and Suno India. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
02/09/2021

Ep 4: Imperial influences

In this episode, Host Yashoda looks back at the how Imperial influences of the Islamic dynasties and colonisers found their way into the aesthetic representations of the Devadasis. It looks at the javali as an outcome of the zamindari patronage, a system that was established during the British rule. Yashoda’s interaction with Rumya Putcha navigates the contested terrain of the history of Kuchipudi and how devadasi art may have had a role in the construction of other performance traditions. VOICES: Dr. Yashoda Thakore, Sampreeti MalladiGUEST: Dr. Rumya Putcha See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
01/07/2021

Trailer - Her Story of Dance

The Kalavantulu community women were the guardians of an art that has since been appropriated into what is today seen as mainstream classical dance in South India. In this podcast series, Yashoda Thakore, a dancer and a member of the Kalavantulu community, will be taking us on a voyage of discovery, of the roots of her art.Together, the podcast will shine light on the stories of the long line of women who held the tradition, nurtured it, and embellished it with their devotion. There will be twists and turns in this journey. We will encounter issues of caste, regionality, language hegemony, and the attempts to appropriate and even alienate the art from the artistes who originally practiced it. This podcast series is a collaborative effort of Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad, Bol Hyderabad and Suno India. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
09/02/2021

కోతుల విన్నపం (Monkeys request to man)

ఇండోనేసియా అడవుల నుండి ప్రాణాలు కాపాడుకోవటానికి వేరే దేశపు పెద్ద అడవికి పారిపోయి వచ్చిన కోతుల గుంపును అడ్డుకున్న కొత్త దేశపు అడవి కోతులు, కొత్త కోతుల్ని రాజు దర్బార్ కు బందీ గా తీసుకు వెళ్ళాయి.కోతుల నాయకుడు వాలి వంట నూనె పంట అయిన పామాయిల్ చెట్ల పెంపకం ,నూనె తయారు పద్ధతులతో మరియు పామాయిల్ పెంపకం కోసం కట్ చేస్తున్న అడవులు, అడవి జంతువుల జీవితాలు ,అడవులు గాలి నీరు పర్యావరణం పరిసరాలు చివరికి మనుషుల furure ఎంతటి ప్రమాదం లో పడుతుంది చెప్పాడు.అంతే కాదు ప్రపంచం లోనే పెద్ద కార్బన్ సింక్ అయిన తమ దేశం ఎలా క్లైమేట్ చేంజ్ కి కారణం అవుతుంది చెప్పాడు. అంతే కాదు మనిషి స్వార్ధం తగ్గించుకుని వనరులను సంరక్షించడం చేస్తే అందరికీ మంచిది అంటూ ఒక విన్నపం రిక్వెస్ట్ లెటర్ ను పావురం తో పంపి జవాబు కోసం ఆశగా ఎదురుచూస్తున్నారు ఈ కథ లో. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
09/30/2022

Who were the Razakaars of the Hyderabad state? A brief history

Off-late, the word Razakaars is being thrown around in political circles quite often in Telangana. Referring to the militia under ex-MIM Leader Qasim Razvi in the Hyderabad state during its last Nizam, the Razakars have once resurfaced in the state's politics. The Hyderabad state, under its last Nizam Osman Ali Khan (1911-48), became part of India on Sept 17, 1948, more than a year after the British left. What happened in the last two years before that is needed to understand the Razakars, the Nizam and the annexation. Rakesh Kamal, Co-founder of Suno India, speaks with host Yunus Lasania to unravel the entire saga of the Hyderabad state in 1948. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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