Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's Podcast

In this series of conversations, the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy speaks with queer academics, lawyers, and activists on marriage equality and beyond. The series touches upon the relationship between queer movements and the law, the need for community consultation, the importance of legal recognition to intimacies beyond marriage, demands of the transgender community, and the future of family law in India.

The first conversation on Vidhi Beyond Marriage Equality is with Pawan Dhall, a queer activist, archivist, and author from Kolkata. Shreyashi (Vidhi) speaks with Pawan (Varta Trust) on the marriage equality matter before the Supreme Court of India, and the need for community consultation on the concerns of diverse members of the queer community in the country.

Resources mentioned in the video:

Humjinsi: A Resource Book on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Rights in India - https://www.slic.org.in/publication/h...

Counsel Club archives - https://vartagensex.org/cc-archives/

Queer Friendly Lawyers Network- https://vartagensex.org/qfln/

Mentioned books - https://vartagensex.org/world-of-books/

Credits for the videos and the images used:

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Rainbow Flag LGBT Pride Month 2023 by Bordo

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Protests in Mumbai against regressive provisions of the Transgender (Protection of Rights Bill), 2018

Speaker: Madhukar Banuri, Founder and Director, Leadership for Equity

Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

This podcast series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

This interview series is based and born from Vidhi’s report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative.

Video design and editing by: Asad Ali

Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar

Research Team:

Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Ankit Vyas, Independent Researcher, (Formerly) Program Coordinator, Inequality and Education, Oxfam India

Host: Pooja Pandey, Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

This podcast series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

This series is based and born from Vidhi’s report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative.

Video design and editing by: Asad Ali

Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar

Team:

Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Namya Mahajan, Co-founder, Rocket Learning

Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

This podcast series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

This podcast series is based and born from Vidhi’s report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative.

Video design and editing by: Asad Ali (Instagram)

Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar

Research Team:

Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Praveen Kumar, Director, Law Foundation

Host: Pooja Pandey, Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

This interview series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

This interview series is based and born from Vidhi’s report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative.

Video design and editing by: Asad Ali

Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar

Research Team:

Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Mridusmita Bordoloi, Associate Fellow, Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research

Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

This interview series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

This podcast series is based and born from Vidhi’s report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative.

Video design and editing by: Asad Ali

Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar

References/ Reading List

Find the full reading list here: https://bit.ly/3J450k6

Research Team:

Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Leena Bhattacharya, PhD Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

This podcast series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

This interview series is based and born from Vidhi’s report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative.

Video design and editing by: Asad Ali

Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar

References/ Reading List

Please find the full reading list here: https://bit.ly/3ER85S7

Research Team:

Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Madhuri Dhariwal, Associate Director- Learning Platforms, Indus Action

Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

This podcast series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

This interview series is based and born from Vidhi’s report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative.

Video design and editing by: Asad Ali

Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar

Research Team:

Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy)

Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Vidhi's Lest We Forget report on 'COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Women in Delhi' closely examines the issue of vaccine hesitancy from a gendered lens and advocates the need to tailor immunisation programmes for better addressing the health concerns of women.

Here Kashish Aneja, an advocate with global expertise in health laws, engages in discussion with Lakshita Handa, Research Fellow at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy on the various aspects of vaccine hesitancy and how immunisation programmes can be made robust for all sections of the society.

The Report can be accessed here: https://vidhilegalpolicy.in/research/covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-among-women-in-delhi/

Dr. Louise Tillin and Ritwika Sharma discuss the idea of Federalism in India and how it has continuously been tested and challenged.

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