A cultural genocide is under place in China, against the Uyghur muslims, who are being detained in camps.
Category: Interview/Lecture
Migration Problem in Bihar and Punjab.
By Supriya Migration is a way to shift from one place to another for living and for work. Migration of people from their home to another city / state / country is called migration. It happens due to job, shelter and some other reasons. Migration is not a new word…
Jayanti Rajbhar: working for gender equality in Azamgarh
She is soft but not weak, the second name of strength is woman, you are the one who has given birth to this world and death has kneeled itself in front of you
Manipur Filmmaker: Haobam Pawan Kumar
Manish JaisalAssistant Professor at Mandasaur University The director, screenwriter, producer Haobam Pavan Kumar, a resident of Imphal, Manipur, has brought together an aspect of the history of Indian cinema that a film audience and the film’s greats will never forget. Pawan, who was a disciple of Manipuri cinema’s Areebam Sharma,…
Sabar: A denotified nomadic tribe in Purulia
A community which was once chased by the police, who were boycotted even by the villagers, why in the present day the district collectors are calling them and asking for help during the Corona epidemic? Who are these 20 youths, who are teaching children of their own community, who are…
29 April webinar: States of Control – the dark side of pandemic politics by Transnational Institute
In our next Wednesday webinar at 4pm (CET) on 29 April, we will turn our lens on the state. In response to an unprecedented global health emergency, many states are rolling out measures from deploying armies and drones to control public space, to expanding digital control through facial recognition technology…
The Reality of the Virtual: Enacting not Planning Utopia
The following is an excerpt from the documentary The Reality of the Virtual (2004), featuring a lecture delivered by Slavoj Zizek. The excerpt concerns itself with a contemporary phenomenon where one encounters guilt on not being able to experience enjoyment. This is juxtaposed against a sociohistorical environment where the inverse…
International conference on Contours of Women’s paid and unpaid work
From 12th to 13th July, Tata Institute of Social Sciences hosted an International Conference on the Changing Contours of Women’s Paid and Unpaid Work. The conference was organized by the School of Management and Labour Studies & School of Development Studies in partnership with ActionAid Association (AAA), Citizens’ Rights Collective…
Lamka, Manipur: Mary Beth on Conflict, Law and Patriarchy
Interview taken in May 2017. In conversation with Mary Beth Sanate, secretary of the Rural Women’s Upliftment Society (RWUS), a civil society group in Churachandpur, Lamka that works to empower women in matters of food security, livelihoods and human rights. The interview was taken with the help of Ronica Vungmuankim, a TISS Criminal…
Dr. Parthasarthi Mondal at student’s protest- The operational vision and mission of TISS
Transcribed by Divya Mahatme Student in St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai Dr. Parthasarthy Mondal, a faculty in Tata Institute of Social Sciences speaks on the Operational vision and mission of TISS on 2nd March 2018 during student’s protest. Following is the transcription of this lecture- Figures which are favourable to a…
KP Sasi: Unwritten Knowledge, Third Cinema, and Human Political Power
(Transcription of Video- Ambedkar Bhagat Singh National Media Fellowship 2017 Orientation) In 1957 when the Communist government came to power, they did not know what to do with power. They were only opposing. With critical consciousness, you can oppose everything. But what about taking about responsibility- the social responsibility, in…
The Dalai Lama speaking in TISS on ancient Indian knowledge and love
His Holiness Dalai Lama had delivered a lecture on the topic of ‘Secular Ethics’ in Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on 14th August, 2017. Following is the transcription of that lecture- I always used to feel that the ancient Indian knowledge about emotions is not only ancient one but…
Kuffir Nalgundwar and Yogendra Yadav at Sameeksha in TISS
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLeH8meLBdn0v4YvMmVKIhyvhdn4wwICdR&layout=gallery[/embedyt] More Videos will be uploaded here…
A constitutional battle won in Gadchiroli
Lavari, Gadchiroli Interview transcribed by Pallavi Wardhan After fighting for two straight years against Government, an adivasi village Lavari, in the Gadchirolli district finally tasted victory by receiving a compensation amount of Rs. 1 crore 11 lakh 26 thousand, for construction of project from Raipur to Wardha. The project which…
Murali Karnam: layers of power in law and society
Murali Karnam, Layers of Power in law & society 1: What is Mass? Are people and citizen same? Murali Karnam, layers of power in Law & Society 2: beyond Law there are rules.. Murali Karnam, layers of power in Law & Society 3: recognising privilege to reinforce or to overcome…
Ambedkar Bhagat Singh National Media Fellowship for university students
Journalism in India has freedom movement embedded in it. It was the tool used by many revolutionaries to express their dissent during the freedom struggle. We often forget the role of Bhagat Singh and Dr. B.R Ambedkar in their important intervention in print media, when they started writing not only…
Gopal Guru: Getting bored is the negative condition to think
Jan 14 2017, TISS, Mumbai: In the annual event of School of Media and Culture Studies, Frames of Reference, Gopla Guru as a keynote speaker talked on Compression of Time and Space in the condition of Globalization. The theme of this year of the event was Neoliberalising Cultures: Media. Markets….
Reflections on Angela Davis’s Talk in Mumbai
Ananya (Public lecture at TISS and KC college, Mumbai) Solidarity represents promise. There is a possibility to unite different peoples, communities across imperceptible borders in their struggles. This unity enables communities to point towards seemingly unrelated forms of oppression and subjugation, to “see” and understand the overarching structures that have…
Society & Sustainable Development in Himalayan States: Perspectives, Problems & Prospects
Amit Rathi TISS Criminal Justice Fellow [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.thesabha.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Paper-National-Conference-Dehradun.pdf” title=”Society & Sustainable Development in Himalayan States: Perspectives, Problems & Prospects”]
National Seminar On Two Decades of 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act (Panchayat Raj)
Amit Rathi TISS Criminal Justice Fellow [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.thesabha.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/National-Seminar-LKO.pdf” title=”National Seminar On Two Decades of 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act (Panchayat Raj)”]
Interview: People’s watch Mathew Jacob
Rishita Sankrit Student at Kirori Mal college, Delhi Rishita Sankrit (RS)- What is People’s watch (PW) to you on a personal level? Matthew Jacob (MJ) -See, People’s Watch is 20 years’ old organization, it was started in 1995; an organization which basically looks at various aspects of human rights. In…
Sudha Bharadwaj : Sexual Violence in the name of national security
23.06.2016: P.A Sebastian Memorial Lecture at Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work On 16th July, Bastar was completely shut. This event was not “news” in Delhi or Mumbai but was an important affair for the adivasis and a strong portrayal of the common sentiment that they are experiencing at this…
Kamal Shukla: Tata and Essar greed funded war like situation in Chhattisgarh
I have been a journalist in Bastar for 28 years. For the first time, I am observing that people belonging from or connected to the adivasis, progressive people, people from communist parties, and people from various organizations (jan sanghaton) have come together for Bastar Bandh. Currently, we find ourselves…
Alan Badiou : How to change the world? – Happiness against Satisfaction
Alan Badioau (Nexus Conference ‘How to Change the World?’ Keynote lecture Alain Badiou, part 2, 2 December 2012, Amsterdam) How can you change the world? By becoming a subjective part of the consequences of a local event. At the different level. To fall in love can be change in the world. But…