Reason, Ram and Jai Bhim Comrade

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Anand Patwardhan has been making movies on social issues since the 1970s. Those movies include Reason, Ram ke Naam, Jai Bhim Comrade and many others. In this interview Anand Patwardhan talks about his career, his experience of censorship and some of the details around the making of Ram ke Naam and other films.

Journalism and justice have been the themes of John Dayal's work for nearly 5 decades. In this discussion he discusses how journalism has changed over the years, the long history of communal violence in India and the role that justice can play in providing hope for the future.

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Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro
1:17 - Aftermath of Partition
4:02 - Lessons Post WW2
7:14 - Science Stream
9:09 - Understanding communalism
12:10 - History of riots
15:30 - Can't be neutral on a moving train
16:46 - Choosing journalism
19:41 - Early lessons
22:20 - Criticising the young State
25:15 - Covering Communal Violence
28:23 - Role of Police
32:41 - Ghettoization
34:08 - Being an outsider
35:42.- Talking to Victims
38:50 - Journalism as complicit
43:44 - Hindutva Lab
48:53 - Perpetrators rule, victims traumatized
51:41 - Advice to young journalists
56:15 - Pro-government Stenographers

D for Disability. For Riffat Rasul Merchant, D is not just for difference, it's for disability. She has worked for years ensuring that those with a disability - a visible or an invisible disability - are seen and heard in a society that often ignores them.

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How should we understand the psychology of neofascism? Why are some people more prone to support for the new dictators than others? What can psychology tell us about the current support for neofascism? Dr. Abhay Shukla explains.

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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
0:48 Andhbhakht and the economy
7:29 Andhbhakht and COVID
13:22 Dr. Shukla's introduction
15:33 The Psychology of Neofascism
1:09:21 Peace Vigil as working beyond reason
1:10:30 Q&A

Do you know why Gandhi was really killed? Tushar Gandhi, author of Let's Kill Gandhi claims that there's a lot more to this story than most of us know about.

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India's Partition and Kashmir - Dr. Mohan Bhagat is a longtime friend of PeaceVigil who lived through India's partition when he was a teenager. His family was visiting Kashmir at that time. He shares his experience with PeaceVigil co-founder Shirin.

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0:00​ Introduction
2:38​ What was partition like?
6:08​ Meeting the Mahatma
9:35​ Protecting minorities in Jammu and Kashmir
10:32​ Dr. Baghat's father
15:35​ RSS and the Shakhas
17:45​ Targeted for supporting Muslims
20:02​ Casteism in the Shakhas
21:56​ The refugee camps and violence
25:40​ Did you feel anger against Muslims?
30:59​ Article 370
33:31​ Manufacturing hate
35:25​ Indians in the US Capitol riots
36:00​ Lessons from partition
41:26​ Could anything have been done differently?
47:03​ Were people more pro or anti Gandhi?
46:40​ Would things be better without partition?
50:26​ Dr. Bhagat sings

This is an excerpt from our Jan 30 programme on the anniversary of the murder of MK Gandhi.

On Jan 22, we had a chance to speak with Jagmohan Singh, the nephew of Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh about his recent time at the farmers' protest taking place outside of Delhi.