In this episode, Chandu, Bela, and Pramod historicise the concept of sedition and laws made on it, the fundamentally antisocialist nature of these laws, the history of various colonial laws on sedition, and post independence history of these Black Laws. The primary focus among them is the history, nature, and analysis of the UAPA.

The music in this is from Ennio Morricone and Joan Baez's The ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti, a song about two Italian Anarchists who faced mistrial and were executed in the USA facing a prejudiced legal system.

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In this episode, Chandu and Bela discuss the proposed population control bill from the Indian state of UP, what it is like as a policy, the history of population control, and its politics.

In this episode, Chandu and Dhileep discuss the medical emergency of the second wave of the covid pandemic hitting India, and the political-economic causes of the same

Note: When this episode was recorded, events have evolved a bit since then in US policy, for one the US has now indicated it will support waivers on IP protection.

As was characteristic of 2020, even its recap is three months late. Chandu, Pramod, and Bela talk about their feelings about last year, and recap some major and some not so major events that happened

In this episode, Bela, Pinky, Dhileep, and Chandu discuss the political production and reproduction of hatred and how to think about it systematically.

After taking a month long break the pod is back. In this episode, Pinky, Bela, Pramod, and Chandu deviate from their usual political analysis and talk about something they rather like, food! They discuss some history, some culture, some politics of food, food in new/social media, the history and the battles of authenticity on it. Biriyani is discussed in some detail.

Music: Bhojohori Manna by Manna Dey, Pratham Kadam Phool

In this episode, Dhileep and Chandu discuss police brutality, abolition and justice, in context of police violence from Tamil Nadu to the United States

In this episode, Pramod, Bela, and Chandu discuss the cyclone Amphan and the response to it

Amphan relief contacts and details: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BmyPazZDnhSXLQ-UzCnLlDPuRUwDmaAE9wetAApV8sY

Bonus episode for May Day

In this episode, Bela, Chandu, and Pinky talk about the cultural and artistic depiction of pandemics and plagues in various ages and societies

Music: Danse Macabre

Painting: 'Self-Portrait After The Spanish Flu' by Edvard Munch

In this episode, Pramod, Bela, Chandu, Shiuli, and Dhileep talk about the asinine and baffling month long mismanagement of the pandemic, and the political conundrum therein

Happy May Day