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Jan 17, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Anjana Meenakshi |Sudipto Mondal
Women of Lagacherla, the village in Telangana’s Vikarabad district, which witnessed large scale protests against land acquisition, go about their day-to-day chores at the crack of dawn: tending to the herd of goats, sending their teenage offspring off to schools. But in public squares and homes the men are missing. ‘It has been this way for more than two months," said 42-year-old Sugunamma, when TNM met her in the first week of January.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Sudipto Mondal
Ammu Joseph, a pioneering feminist journalist and founding member of the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), shares her inspiring journey on What's Your Ism? with Sudipto Mondal.The conversation explores her groundbreaking works in Indian journalism, early works in Eve’s Weekly magazine & the process that led to the formation of NWMI.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Sudipto Mondal
Sudipto Mondal features Gauley Bhai in this What's Your Ism? special. Their journey from Kalimpong to Bengaluru isn’t just about music—it’s about survival, resistance, and reclaiming identity. Their sound is a weapon, their songs a protest, and their stage a place of hope. Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Sudipto Mondal
In this episode of What's Your Ism?, Sudipto Mondal and Dhanya Rajendran host M.G. Devasahayam, a former IAS officer and army veteran, to discuss critical issues facing India today and compare it to the emergency era. From the flaws in EVM-VVPAT systems to the systemic destruction of democratic institutions, Devasahayam provides a hard-hitting analysis of India’s electoral process and governance.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Sudipto Mondal
In episode 28 of What's Your ISM?, Sudipto Mondal speaks with Nadira Khatun about her book, Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity: Production, Representation, and Reception. They explore Bollywood's layered depiction of Muslim identities, its evolution since independence, and how cinema reflects broader societal narratives. Nadira shares her insights on identity politics, underrepresentation, and the role of filmmakers in shaping perceptions.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Sudipto Mondal
In this episode of What's Your ISM?, Sudipto Mondal sits down with Journalist Kalpana Sharma to discuss her trailblazing career in journalism. They explore her early days with Himmat, a small but influential English-language weekly that stood for truth and justice during the post-Emergency era. Kalpana reflects on her work covering Dharavi and amplifying marginalized voices, as well as the evolution of feminism and the role of media in today’s social movements.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Sudipto Mondal
What's your ism? is a podcast about ideas and ideologies that claim to liberate the world and somehow always fall short. Along with his guests, Sudipto Mondal grapples with impressive sounding isms -- Marxism, Feminism, Ambedkarism, religious systems -- and their inherent contradictions in an attempt to understand academics, activists, politicians, artists, rebels and wannabe revolutionaries who are in search of grand unified theories to solve the problems of the world.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Sudipto Mondal
Our guest this time is hard to define. President of PUCL Karnataka, law scholar, Constitutional expert, author, one of the country’s pioneering LGBTQ+ activists, co-founder of the Alternative Law Forum and the legatee of a family that laid the first foundation for secular education in Karnataka.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Sudipto Mondal
How did the Modi government gain the Shompen tribe’s consent for the construction of two cities, a port and gas refinery on the Great Nicobar island? What does the Modi government’s plan to introduce carbon trading mean for the environment? How do the latest changes to the Forest Conservation Act threaten community forest? What to expect from the COP29 in November?
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Sudipto Mondal
How did the civilian administration in India gain an upper hand over the military? Why did Pakistan and Bangladesh fail to control their generals? Nehru was initially dismissive of the armed forces, why and how did his view evolve? What was Jinnah’s view of the military? Sudipto Mondal discusses the Poles Apart – a newly released book comparing the three major military powers of South Asia – with the author Dr. Aditya Sondhi.
