Hey, We Need To Talk Eleventh Column

A conversation with Burmese political activist, Thinzar Shunlei Yi, on the multi-layered crisis in Myanmar.

Punjabi writer and freelance journalist, Amandeep Sandhu, unpacks the ongoing farmers' protest in India beyond the mainstream media narratives and public discourse.

Angshuman Choudhury speaks to Shubhangi Agarwalla (Student, NLU Delhi; Arthur C Helton Fellow, American Society of International Law) and Prannv Dhawan (Student, NLSIU Bengaluru; Founding-Editor, Law School Policy Review; Intern, Bombay High Court) about the shifting patterns in India's relationship with the outside world under the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Angshuman Choudhury speaks to Punjab-based farmer and activist, Devinder Singh Sekhon, about the ongoing protests against three new 'farm bills' passed by the Indian Parliament in September 2020. Sekhon is also part of the Shambu Morcha protests in Punjab.

Angshuman Choudhury speaks to anti-caste activist and hip-hop artist, Sumeet Samos, about the alleged gangrape and murder of a 20-year old Dalit woman by four Upper Caste Thakur men in Hathras (Uttar Pradesh) and how it is a distinct caste-based crime, different from general instances of sexual violence against women.

In the second episode of this podcast series, Angshuman Choudhury speaks to researcher and analyst, Palden Sonam Gangchenpa, about Beijing's agenda of sinicizing China's most sensitive autonomous regions - Tibet and Xinjiang.