What's your ism?

By: Sudipto Mondal The News Minute
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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 search of grand unified theories to solve the problems of the world.

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  • What’s Your Ism? Ep 27 ft. Kalpana Sharma on Feminism, Dharavi, and Himmat Magazine

    What’s Your Ism? Ep 27 ft. Kalpana Sharma on Feminism, Dharavi, and Himmat Magazine
    Nov 19 2024

    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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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • What's Your Ism? EP 26 ft. Shailaja Paik on Redefining Feminism and Dalit Identity

    What's Your Ism? EP 26 ft. Shailaja Paik on Redefining Feminism and Dalit Identity
    Oct 29 2024

    In Episode 26 of What's Your Ism? Sudipto Mondal speaks with Shailaja Paik, MacArthur 'Genius' Award winner and scholar, to delve into Dalit feminism, caste, and sexuality. They explore ‘Manuski,’ caste intersectionality, and the hidden stories of Dalit women in art like Tamasha. Episode releases tomorrow—stay tuned!




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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • What’s your ism? Ep 25 ft. Arvind Narrain on progressive isms for our times

    What’s your ism? Ep 25 ft. Arvind Narrain on progressive isms for our times
    Oct 22 2024

    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. Over two decades of human rights work and political organising, he has created his own unique ism combining Gandhi and Ambedkar


    Sudipto Mondal discusses the anti caste legacy of one of Bangalore’s oldest charities, human rights law, the Constitution and the relevance of Gandhi and Ambedkar today with Arvind Narrain in episode 25 of What’s Your Ism.


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    1 hr and 31 mins

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