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Audio podcast: Why the BJP government is targeting Amnesty International

by admin|24 July 202124 July 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer July 24, 2021 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Over the past few days, as the media blew the lid off the Pegasus internal surveillance operation, the Bharatiya Janata Party government...

Why should the state regulate marriages?

by admin|08 July 202108 July 2021|All Indians Matter

Tushar Gandhi July 8, 2021 One would never have thought that with who you fall in love with or marry would matter to anyone but the couple and their immediate families. But, like everything else in ‘New’ India, even this...

Audio podcast: Mamata destroys myth of Modi invincibility

by admin|08 May 202108 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer May 8, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. The recent Assembly election results have put the wind back in the Opposition’s sails. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which hoped to increase...

Audio podcast: Amid under-reporting of cases, India gasps for breath

by admin|01 May 202101 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer May 1, 2021 Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. At the time of making this episode, India had reported 18 million cases since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. As if that wasn’t...

Audio podcast: Why the NRC is a threat to the idea of India

by admin|24 March 202124 March 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer March 24, 2021 The National Register of Citizens, or NRC, makes it extremely tough to prove citizenship – often disregarding documents generally considered valid for it. Those excluded from the NRC are to be lodged in detention centres,...

Audio podcast: What is the ‘Gupkar Gang’?

by admin|11 December 202024 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer December 12, 2020 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. A new term has been introduced into the political lexicon – ‘Gupkar Gang’. What exactly is the meaning of this term coined...

Audio podcast: The UAPA sword hanging over our freedoms

by admin|21 September 202024 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer September 22, 2020 Podcast transcript Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. The recent arrest of Indian student activist Umar Khalid (pictured above) brings into focus yet again the controversial and draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, better...

Audio podcast: Facebook allowing hate speech undermines India’s democracy

by admin|24 August 202024 May 2021|All Indians Matter

Podcast transcript Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. The Wall Street Journal recently exposed how Facebook turned a blind eye to hate speech by BJP lawmakers and Hindutva groups in India. Former Facebook employees told the newspaper that the...

Even the RSS grudgingly acknowledges Rahul as he turns 50

by admin|20 June 202020 June 2020|All Indians Matter

Sujata Anandan June 20, 2020 The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) loves to play the “politics of paradox”. Which means they stand at each end of the pole but sit on neither end, suitably confusing not just their critics but also...