Hindi language interview of NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar

Is diversity a bad word? Kusum Wagle was brought up in a joint Hindu-Muslim household in India. How has that influenced her life and work?

Our BRN co-hosts Shirin and Sameer guest host a radio show in Washington DC on the recent developments in India.

Was the Indian election a triumph of sectarianism over peace? We discuss with Irfan Engineer of the Centre for the Study of Society and Secularism in Mumbai, India.

In this episode of Baobab, Redwood and Neem, we interview Dr. Ram Puniyani who has been working for decades on building peace between people of different religions in India.

How do you stop the violence before it begins? Rabbi Gerry Serotta of the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington shares his views.

The role of doctors in our societies is changing. Once seen as defenders of society - especially the weaker people in society - today many doctors see themselves and business people. But what does the logic of what makes a healthy business practice have to do with what makes a healthy human being? 


Dr. Vikas Bajpai has been both a medical doctor and an advocate for social justice for most of his life. He's worked in towns and villages all over India as well as in mainstream institutions such as the Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy - whose Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health he currently works with. Join us as he leads us on a discussion of what it means to be a social justice champion and a medical practitioner in the 21st century.

Virginia Magwaza has been an advocate for human rights for more than four decades. She joins us today to talk about her own history in the anti-apartheid struggle and how the lessons she learned then translate into her current work advocating for the rights of queer people in southern Africa.

Can art really be a tool of resistance? Did the apartheid regime really fear black and brown South African musicians? What does it mean to be a musician and a poet in the era of state capture?

Join Shirin, Co-Founder of PeaceVigil.net and host of Baobab, Redwood and Neem, as she discusses these questions and more with Jeremy Karodia and Ayub Mayet. The duo have been making music together since the 1980s. Their songs address issues such as apartheid, global warming but also love and life in today's South Africa.