Ishita Tiwary’s book, published by Oxford University Press in 2024, offers a groundbreaking exploration of India’s analog video era. Through interdisciplinary methods—including oral histories, archival research, and recovered tapes—it reconstructs the evolution of analog video culture. The book also provides crucial insights into the socio-political landscape of the time, addressing gaps often found in digital media studies. Dr. Ishita Tiwary is an Assistant Professor of Film Studies and the Canada Research Chair at the Department of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal. She also leads the research lab “Raah.” Her research focuses on video cultures, media infrastructures, migration, contraband media practices, and media aesthetics. Her work has been featured in Bioscope: South Asian Screen Studies, International Journal of Cultural Studies, JumpCut, Post Script: Essays in Film and Humanities, Culture Machine, MARG: Journal of Indian Art, and various edited collections on media piracy, video history, and streaming platforms.

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🔴 Can You Hack Indian EVMs? | CHE#58 | Bangla Podcast ft. Subhashis Banerjee 🔴

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Can Indian Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) be hacked? 🤔 Does VVPAT matching actually ensure transparency? 🗳️ Is India's electoral process truly beyond manipulation? ⚖️ What about voters' lists—are they foolproof or prone to tampering? And why does an EVM’s battery charge matter in elections?

Prof Subhasis Banerjee (ex HOD CS IIT Delhi) of Ashoka University has been studying Indian elections for many years now. He also served as a member of the Citizens' Commission on Elections, whose mandate was to evaluate & suggest improvements in India's electoral process. In this episode, we piggyback on Prof Banerjee's sagacious wisdom to hopefully debunk several shibboleths about Indian elections.

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Autism in India - From Denial to Empathy | Bhismadev Chakrabarti

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What is autism, and how do we move from misunderstanding to empathy? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Bhismadev Chakrabarti, a leading neuroscientist specializing in autism and social behavior.

The process of socialization in human beings has us responding to social stimuli and reinforcing those behaviours that are labelled as 'desirable' by our milieu. On the flipside, our species (Homo Sapiens) also abounds in agents who inherently don't find social interactions rewarding, therein upending the antecedents which frame 'social behaviour' for the rest. In other words, the process of mimicry that helps in forming affective social bonds doesn't come as naturally to individuals in the Autism Spectrum. Thus, acceptance and / or empathy plays a key role in not only appreciating the unique tapestries of the minds of such people, but in also leveraging these differences to strengthen the collective.

Join us as we dive deep into autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with renowned neuroscientist Dr. Bhismadev Chakrabarti. In this episode, we debunk myths about what ASD is, discuss cutting-edge technological innovations designed to support children with autism, and dive into pilot studies in India assessing their impact. Dr. Chakrabarti also makes a compelling case for empathy in autism research and care, highlighting why understanding emotions is key to meaningful progress.

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In this episode, we are honoured to host Dr Manas Ray, a renowned cultural theorist and storyteller, who revisits his childhood as a refugee in the vibrant yet tumultuous Netaji Nagar of Kolkata. From the struggles of displacement to the shaping of a unique cultural ethos, Dr. Ray offers an intimate glimpse into his personal experiences and reflections. Join us as we explore the profound stories that illuminate not only his past but the larger tapestry of post-Partition India.

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Today we are joined by Anirban - the founder of “ the Painted Sky “ which is an art-based training organization and the “ UBQT Design Thinking School “ (one of the first design thinking schools in India). He has been an executive coach and an experienced facilitator in various art-based behavioural programs for many corporate clients across geographies. He has also mentored different organizations in empathy-led leadership at various levels. In this episode, we delve deep into the nuances and mindset of design thinking and its applications along with how our country’s leaders and administrators can adapt this to solve “human problems “ with empathy. Do tune in for this engaging “adda” with Srinjoy and Souvik.

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Manu Bhagavan is a historian and professor of history and human rights at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is also a senior fellow at the Ralph Bunche Institute. Bhagavan's research focuses on 20th-century India, intellectual history, human rights, and constitutional history.

In this episode we discuss about his latest book ‘Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit’ published by Penguin India, which tells the untold story of India's First Woman Cabinet Minister, the First Woman to lead the UN General Assembly - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, popularly known as Madame Pandit. Watch the author in conversation with Srinjoy and Souvik.

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Indian politics today - a ringside view

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In this unique episode, we discuss the evolving situation in the unprecedented situation in Bangladesh, with Sharmee Hossain, a Bangladeshi and Soumik Pal, an Indian, both faculties of North South University in Dhaka.

Note: This was recorded on August 10, 2024

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While the festivities around the national election just came to an end, there were many facts that did surprise/puzzle/mesmerize us. For example: amateurs like ourselves were much closer to predicting the accurate outcome (see here: https://youtu.be/fKMHjVM9L50?si=I_tmG_VDaQVDH_AP for our data-based prediction for Bengal) than the poll giants; despite all the social media hype CPIM is yet to open their account in Bengal for the second time in a row; surprise turn around of UP; limitation of political gymnastic appeared to have limitations as manifested in Maharashtra, and many other things.

In this episode we gathered a couple of political observers/commentators, Amitava Gupta, Chief Sub-editor at ABP and Adil Hossain, Faculty (Anthropology) at Azim Premji Univ and had a free-flowing discussion around this uniquely mesmerizing election.

Hosted by: Pratyay Mukherjee and Srinjoy Ganguly

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Like many, Kasturi and Dwaipayan, an independent documentary filmmaker couple, were shell-shocked when the 2019 election results came out, especially by the huge surge in support for right-wing politics in West Bengal. From then on, they dedicated themselves totally to building long-term socio-cultural fronts to resist the neo-fascist right-wing hegemony. Using their forte in documentary film-making, they delved into making a unique documentary, called A Bid for Bengal, which not only captures this unprecedented phenomenon in its current avatar, but explores the deep rooted connection between Bengal and right-wing ideologies in a not-so-distant past. Their objective approach demonstrates how the gory, forgotten communal history of Bengal is being used systematically to achieve certain political goals currently for a desperate electoral conquest.

Hosted by: Mekhla Bhowmick and Pratyay Mukherjee

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