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What's your ism is a podcast about ideas and ideologies that claim to liberate the world and somehow always fall short. TNM's Sudipto Mondal and his guests grapple with impressive sounding isms -- Marxism, Feminism, Ambedkarism, religious systems -- and their inherent contradictions. An attempt to understand academics, activists, politicians, artists, rebels and wannabe revolutionaries who are in ... more

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In the final episode of the special What’s Your Ism sub series titled “Epar Opar Hahakaar”, TNM Executive Editor Sudipto Mondal sits down with political scientist Dr Navine Murshid, who authored the book “India’s Bangladesh Problem”.

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Who picks Bengaluru’s garbage? And why are Bengali Muslim workers among the most vulnerable labourers in Indian cities today?

In this episode of What's Your Ism?, Sudipto Mondal speaks with trade unionist and human rights activist R Khaleemulah abou... more

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One of West Bengal’s most controversial poll seasons just concluded, with the Bharatiya Janata Party defeating the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government. 

This election season was different than usual because of the special intensive rev... more

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What does justice really look like for India’s working class and oppressed communities? This week on What’s Your Ism?, Clifton D’Rozario, lawyer, CPIML leader, and long-time grassroots activist, joins host Sudipto Mondal to talk about fighting evicti... more

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From Mandela to Mamdani, and from Trump to Malema, this is a global story of resistance, betrayal, and unfinished revolutions.

In Episode 47 of What’s Your Ism?, journalist Nic Dawes speaks with Sudipto Mondal about the promises of liberation, the p... more

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Who are the real hands behind India’s clean cities? Sudipto reflects on the civic workers we rarely see, Dalit and migrant labourers who segregate waste, drive garbage trucks, and often live without rights or recognition. This episode follows the mon... more

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What happens when movements don’t speak to each other? In Episode 45 of What’s Your Ism?, Sudipto Mondal is joined by Du Saraswathi — who has spent decades bridging Ambedkarism, Marxism, and feminism. A conversation about caste, cleaning, theatre, an... more

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In this Reflections episode, we return to Dandakaranya — a region where governments change, but the war stays the same. From banned militias reborn in uniform, to Maoist martyrdom that costs young Adivasi lives, this episode unpacks the contradiction... more

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Recent Guests

Navine Murshid
Author of India's Bangladesh Problem; commentator on South Asian politics and religion
Author/Academic
Episode: The Bengali Muslim and the Bangladeshi Dalit | Dr Navine Murshid and Sudipto Mondal | WYI
R Khaleemulah
Trade unionist and human rights activist based in Bangalore
All India Socialist Union of India (AISU)
Episode: Who Picks Bengaluru’s Garbage? R Khaleemulah on Migrant Workers & Hate Politics | WYI EP 50
Clifton D'Rozario
Central Committee member and Karnataka State Secretary of CPIML Liberation, Vice President of All India Central Council of Trade Unions, and General Secretary of All India Lawyers Association for Justice
CPIML Liberation
Episode: Land, Labour, and Liberation ft. Lawyer & CPIML Leader Clifton D’Rozario | What's Your Ism EP 48
Nicolas Dawes
Executive director, The City
The City
Episode: Mamdani’s rise, Trump’s threat, and South Africa’s post-apartheid warning: Journalist Nic Dawes
Du Saraswathi
Author, actor and activist
Episode: Dalit Labour, Muslim Migrants, and the City: What’s Your Ism? Reflections
Degree Prasad Chauhan
Former PUCL Chief of Chhattisgarh, Adivasi Dalit leader
Chhattisgarh Association for Justice and Equality (and related movements)
Episode: What’s Your Ism? 43 ft. Degree Prasad Chouhan | Adivasis in the Maoist War: Fighters or Fronts?

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Who Picks Bengaluru’s Garbage? R Khaleemulah on Migrant Workers & Hate Politics | WYI EP 50
Q: How did you become a left activist after coming from SIO?
Khaleem describes his journey from student organizations to leftist activism, moving from Urdu-speaking communities to Kannada linguistic spaces, and entering full-time labor rights work through APCR and local unions.
Who Picks Bengaluru’s Garbage? R Khaleemulah on Migrant Workers & Hate Politics | WYI EP 50
Q: Dakhni is a language related to our land. You have a mother tongue, right?
Khaleem explains the linguistic landscape, noting Dakhni Urdu as a variant and describing his own background navigating Urdu and Kannada, with language shaping identity and activism.

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