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Audio podcast: ‘My name was listed on Bulli Bai; I feel dehumanised’

by admin|19 January 202219 January 2022|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer January 19, 2022 All Indians Matter speaks to Sadaf Jafar, who was among the Muslim women targeted through the Bulli Bai app - she and several others were 'listed' for auction. The posts were clearly meant to harass...

Audio podcast: Attacks against Christians on the rise in India

by admin|18 December 202118 December 2021|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer December 18, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. A few days ago, members of Hindutva organisations attacked a church in Haryana’s Rohtak district, alleging that it was the site of...

Audio podcast: Why are right wingers so afraid of stand-up comedians?

by admin|04 December 202104 December 2021|All Indians Matter

By Ashraf Engineer December 4, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. What is it about comedy and stand-up comedians that gets the Sangh Parivar and right-wingers so wound up? Recently, several shows...

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...

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