In the first episode of the Mitti Pao podcast, we take a look at the politics around the second wave of coronavirus in India and the rise of the Tehreek-e Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) movement. While these may seem worlds apart, they ultimately share the same core - states unable and unwilling to ride the majoritarian and anti-rational tigers they fed. 

Sound and artwork credits: Natallia Khaniejo 

Timestamps (approximate)

00:00-04:00 - Introduction and general faffing

4:00-33:00 - India's second wave, sympathetic Pakistanis and India Today's Infographic Islamophobia

33:00 onwards - Tehreek-e Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and the spectre of blasphemy laws