Bratati and Mayukh are a couple settled in the United States. Sayan is a research scholar, a hardcore academic and a lecturer of English at the Yonphula Centenary College, Bhutan. While Bratati and Mayukh have had their growing up at different parts of India, their connection to Bengal never ceased to exist. On the other hand, Sayan, born and brought up in the city of joy has Calcutta in every beat of his heart.

While the three of them stay away from their "home", nothing could diminish or question their Bangaliana. 

The Bongs here and there is a Saturday evening "adda" of 3 Bengali friends (often joined by some more friends and friends of friends) over a glass of run-n-coke. They take walks along their ideas of Bangaliana, Bengali cinema, music, food, history, art and a lot of other stuff. They talk about life in general and life in specific, about things they miss and things they don't, staying so far away from their "homes".

Special thanks to Mayukh and Bratai (who also run their own podcast Rum and Coke with Mayukh ) for collaborating with The Indian Hour.

In this podcast conversation Ritodhi Chakraborty, with respect his ecological research engagements reflects upon the various dimensions through which human beings colonize nature in the contemporary era. This podcast conversation took place during an apt time when the world is reeling under a severe pandemic.

The fourth episode of podcast series "Everyday Decoloniality: A Multicultural Initiative" will be published on 20th February 2020. In this episode, Dr. Sayan Dey interacted with Prof. Puleng Segalo with respect to the position and function of women in the South African academia.

In this episode of Everyday Decoloniality: A Multicultural Initiative, Shaheen K Moidunny, research scholar, University of Leeds will talk about Islamophobia, Decolonizing Islam and on Critical Muslim Studies.  Shaheen will talk about his research experiences with critical Muslim studies, the kind of research methodologies that challenge the globally normalized colonial research methodologies and the importance of creating awareness against Islamophobia and the need for decolonizing Islam.  The podcast will be moderated by Dr. Sayan Dey, (Lecturer in Department of English, Royal University of Bhutan)  Listen to more such amazing podcasts at www.theindianhour.com/podcasts

The Third Episode of the Podcast Series "Everyday Decoloniality: A Multicultural Initiative"will be LIVE on Nov 30, 2019 at 11:00AM.

In this episode, Dr. Sayan Dey will interact with Debadrita Chakraborty, a research scholar and graduate teaching assistant from Cardiff University on the systemic practices of colonially structured masculinity in contemporary India and the possibilities of decolonizing it.

In this episode of "Everyday Decoloniality: A Multicultural Initiative, Luthando Ngema, Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal talks about the importance, challenges and possibilities of decolonizing the university system with respect to her experiences in South Africa. She has spoken about how the university system in South Africa through its physical infrastructures, high fees, hierarchical administrative policies, flawed recruitment policies, syllabuses continue to function within the shadows of colonial ideologies. She has also spoken about the various initiatives that are being taken to overcome these problems.

Hello friends, I am Sayan Dey, currently working as a Lecturer in Department of English, Royal University of Bhutan and in this introductory episode I am going talk about my upcoming podcast series project titled ‘Everyday Decoloniality: A Multicultural Initiative.’ 

So, what is the central purpose of this project? What am I going to do in this podcast series? This initiative in India looks forward to engage discussions, debates, arguments and counter-arguments regarding the importance of decolonial thinking and doing in contemporary India. When several ex-colonies across the world have been consistently fighting against the still persistent social, cultural, religious, political, geographical and economic dominations by the colonial-western and colonially influenced westernized nation-states across the globe, India, somewhat, is still lagging behind in this collective exercise. 

Though, over the last decade, India has been making efforts towards decolonizing their regular modes of existence, yet it has remained limited within specific religious, social, cultural, communal and academic spaces. Therefore, this podcast series looks forward to make an effort to disrupt these narrow compartments of ideological engagements and develop a transcultural, transcontinental and collective platform of decolonial thinking and doing for every individuals in India who are already engaged or who wishes to engage with decoloniality.

In this podcast episode on The Indian Hour Podcasts, the much acclaimed Creative Director, entrepreneur, columnist and blogger Monidipa Mukherjee will be speaking on the internal war that we undergo between our real and virtual worlds.

With the advent of smartphones, tabs and even more sophisticated devices, are we, someway going far far away from our near and dear ones?

If you are fat, people take up the charge of making you believe how important it is to be slim because being beautiful is all about being slim. In this episode, Monidipa will be speaking on how important it is to be happy based on your own parameters and not what the self-righteous father figures of our society think because YOUR BODY IS YOUR BUSINESS.  #MyBodyMyBusiness #MoniMusings is the first podcast series by The Indian Hour (www.theindianhour.com). 

In this series, Monidipa Mukherjee, the much acclaimed creative director, blogger and food critic will be talking about the "Business of Living".   

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This 15th Aug 2019, we will be celebrating the 73rd year of our independence. While we keep on asking our conscience about the meaning of real independence, we often encounter questions like: Can I eat what I like? Can I be who I am? Can I speak what I want? Can I read what I love?  In this episode, Monidipa Mukherjee tries to answer the meaning of real independence and dreams of a glorious future.  #MoniMusings is the first podcast series by The Indian Hour (www.theindianhour.com). In this series, Monidipa Mukherjee, the much acclaimed creative director, blogger and food critic will be talking about the "Business of Living".