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Anand Vaidya
Author and scholar of South Asian democracy
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Episode: Future of the Forest: Struggles over Land and Law in India
Ashis Roy
Psychoanalyst and author of "Intimacy in Alienation"
IPS Kolkata, IPA London
Episode: Ashis Roy, "Intimacy in Alienation: A Psychoanalytic Study of Hindu-muslim Relationships" (Yoda Press, 2024)
Mukul Sharma
Professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University and author focusing on ecological perspectives related to caste.
Ashoka University
Episode: Mukul Sharma, "Dalit Ecologies: Caste and Environment Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Avishek Ray
Associate Professor of Cultural Studies
National Institute of Technology, SILCHA
Episode: Digital Expressions of the Self(ie): The Social Life of Selfies in India
Clara Joseph
Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
Episode: Clara A. B. Joseph, "India's Non-violent Freedom Struggle: The Thomas Christians (1599-1799)" (Routledge, 2023)
Subha Dayal
Historian of early modern South Asia specializing in the intersections of the Persianate and Indian Ocean worlds.
NYU Gallatin School
Episode: Subah Dayal, "Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India" (U California Press, 2024)
Kolby Hanson
Professor of Government and Global South Asian Studies at Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Episode: Kolby Hanson, "Ordinary Rebels: Rank-And-File Militants Between War and Peace" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Dr. Jeevan Baniya
Deputy Director of the Research Institute Social Science Baha in Kathmandu and expert in political science.
Social Science Baha
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Dr. Debaditya Bhattacharya
Lecturer at Jami Amelia Islamia University and expert on historical sociology of Indian higher education.
Jami Amelia Islamia University
Episode: Debaditya Bhattacharya, "The Indian University: A Critical History" (Orient BlackSwan, 2025)

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  • Breadth and depth in an underrepresented (podcast-wise) region

    The podcasts certainly have the format and flare of an academic 1-on-1, but do a major service to those interested in South Asia. There are very few other podcast sources on South Asia that cover the range of topics or dive into them as well as this does.

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Ashis Roy, "Intimacy in Alienation: A Psychoanalytic Study of Hindu-muslim Relationships" (Yoda Press, 2024)
Q: What motivated your writing of this book?
The book arose from a desire to explore the intimacy in Hindu-Muslim couples and suggest that they could represent a way forward for coexistence.
Future of the Forest: Struggles over Land and Law in India
Q: Can rights-based laws function as counter-hegemonic tools under current government frameworks?
While the moment for rights-based legislation appears diminished, the ongoing use of the Forest Rights Act suggests that they can still serve counter-hegemonic purposes, albeit within a changed political landscape.
Future of the Forest: Struggles over Land and Law in India
Q: What role does collective action play in shaping the implementation of the Forest Rights Act?
Collective action is crucial as it involves social movements that lobby for legal recognition and aid in both the passage and implementation of laws like the Forest Rights Act.
Future of the Forest: Struggles over Land and Law in India
Q: What does it mean to study a law anthropologically rather than legally or politically?
Studying a law anthropologically focuses on the gap between legal texts and practices, examining how laws are enacted or ignored in social contexts.
Future of the Forest: Struggles over Land and Law in India
Q: What is the essence of this act and why was it passed?
The Forest Rights Act was passed to recognize the tenure and use rights of forest dwellers, addressing historical injustices and landlessness caused by previous laws that marginalized these communities.

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