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Radical FuturesFrantz Fanon Stands for Revolutionary Love, Not Violence: Featuring Hassane MezineFrantz Fanon, the Martinican psychiatrist, prolific scholar, and active participant in the Algerian war of independence against France would have been 100 years old this year. He wrote about a wide range of topics yet it is his reflections on colonial violence and the counter-violence of the colonized that loom large even today, 64 years later.Despite filmmaker Hassane Mezine’s and my own fairly immersive knowledge about Fanon’s life and work, our conversation inevitably turns to Fanon’s theory about violence. Fanon believed that the colonized have the right to use violent means to fight their colonizers, and th...2025-07-211h 02
Radical FuturesFrantz Fanon at 100: Featuring Olivier Fanon [In French]Podcast was recorded in French. English subtitles are available in the YouTube video included below. Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist, scholar and revolutionary, would have turned 100 years old this year had his life not been cut short by leukemia at the age of 36. By then, Olivier Fanon, the son of Frantz and Josie Fanon, had already spent his childhood in Algeria, Tunisia, Ghana and other places where his parents were active participants in the anti-colonial struggle for Algerian independence. He was five years old when his father had a serious relapse and was flown to the US for advanced...2025-07-1649 min
Radical FuturesThe Repression of Palestine on Campuses: Featuring Maura FinkelsteinAnthropologist Maura Finkelstein had always incorporated Palestine in her university teaching and felt that, as an anti-Zionist, Jewish American academic, it was her moral obligation to do so. She knew well the type of repression and harassment that Palestinian academics experienced at US universities, but thought that being a Jewish scholar would likely protect her. Absurdly, Maura became the first tenured American academic to be fired for allegedly making Jewish students at the Muhlenberg College campus feel unsafe due to the “antisemitic” content of her coursework and social media posts. As Israel’s genocidal war on Palestine began e...2025-07-131h 03
Radical FuturesWhat Does It Feel Like To Be A Problem? Featuring Huda FakhreddineFor the last two years, Huda Fakhreddine has endured a barrage of harassment by the US government and her employer, the University of Pennsylvania, for the simple reason that she writes about, teaches and translates Palestinian poetry. The witchhunt for academics associated with Palestine is not new, but has ramped up immensely since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza in the autumn of 2023. The stage has been set over the years and the villains have been pre-decided. In December 2023, Harvard, Columbia and UPenn were questioned at congressional hearings supposedly investigating rising antisemitism on American cam...2025-07-061h 04
Cyrus SaysShaarang Shringarpure | Cricket Mimicry, Fund Management & Hilarious AccentsIn this fun-packed episode of Cyrus Says, Cyrus Broacha chats with Shaarang Shringarpure — a fund manager by day and a brilliant mimicry artist by passion! Watch as Shaarang recreates legendary cricket commentaries, from Tony Greig to MS Dhoni, and reflects on his journey balancing finance with millions of fans who love his impressions. From Sachin’s Desert Storm memories to Rohit Sharma’s dry wit, and insights on India's cricket retirements, this episode covers it all. Expect banter, brilliant accents, and sharp cricket talk that only Cyrus could host! 👉 Don’t miss Shaarang’s takes on Virat, Roh...2025-06-3059 min
Radical FuturesLiterary Anthology Shifts the Narrative on Yemen: Featuring Rim Mugahed & Laura KasinofThe mythology of the city of Sana’a writes itself: nestled in a valley; the charming, crumbling architecture; the winding alleys; and a history and heritage older than time itself. As Yemen’s largest city and its capital, a literary anthology through the lens of Sana’a seems like a natural choice. The Book of Sana'a joins an illustrious list of city fiction anthologies published by Comma Press in the UK. Their series titled "Reading the City" now includes over 30 books. Yet, Yemen today is at a political crossroads and exalting Sana’a did not sit well with many...2025-06-2642 min
Radical FuturesA Debut Novel Explores Anti-Blackness in Sudan: Featuring Reem GaafarWhen a little boy drowns in the Nile, a Sudanese village is forced to confront its racist past in Reem Gaafar’s debut novel A Mouth Full of Salt. Narrated through a choral protagonist, the novel weaves together the lives of villagers who are suddenly beset by a curse: the drowning is followed by another death, and cattle begin to contract a mysterious illness. The village is an allegory intended to reflect the broader history of Sudan. A Mouth Full of Salt moves across time, from the 1940s to the 1980s, allowing the reader to glimpse the tur...2025-06-1143 min
Radical FuturesHow to Be a Queer, Anti-Zionist, Pro-Palestinian Jew: Featuring Sim KernSim Kern’s journey as an outspoken and empathetic activist for Palestinian liberation began when they realized, as a teenager, that global warming would blow up our planet one day. Back in 1999, saving the environment was not a “mainstream” topic and for Sim, these early climate justice concerns became an entry point for understanding that our global system was catastrophically racist, colonial and capitalist. Nonetheless, Sim admits that it was particularly hard to unlearn Zionist indoctrination about settler colonialism, apartheid and occupation in Palestine that was part and parcel of growing up Jewish in the US. It is this journe...2025-05-2859 min
Radical FuturesPublishing on Palestine: Exploitation or Activism? Featuring Marcia Lynx QualeyWriter, editor, and publisher Marcia Lynx Qualey remarked that “the literature currently in the spotlight, in many languages, is Palestinian” while accepting the Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature in 2024. As Israel’s genocide of Palestinians continues, Marcia said that the demand for Palestinian literature has grown exponentially. Submissions to prizes and magazines have ballooned, as have requests from publishers asking Marcia’s advice on various manuscripts. These are not works necessarily written by Palestinians, but that “deal with Palestine in some way,” she added. Historically, writers, translators, and editors have struggled to get Palestinian writ...2025-05-1945 min
Radical FuturesA Doctor Tells The Story of Gaza: Featuring Carol Mansour and Muna KhalidiThe feature-length documentary A State of Passion (2024) co-directed by Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi takes us deeper into the unfolding war on Gaza through the eyes of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah. For almost two years, the extraordinary violence in Gaza has been broadcast live on our screens, even as those who strive to document it are being assassinated right in front of our eyes. Yet, the witnessing, documenting, archiving and narrating of the genocide of Palestinians continues, more and more from unlikely sources. Some of the most rigorous accounts of what is happening on the ground are coming from doctors...2025-05-0239 min
The Special Needs Children Podcast - with Chitra IyerEpisode 71- Chitra Iyer in conversation with Beverly Louis and Gauri Shringarpure- The Expert Speaks SeriesIn episode 71, our CEO Chitra Iyer is in conversation with Beverly Louis, founder of Mann- Centre for Individuals with Special Needs and co-founder of Karmann, a brand creating handcrafted quilted products by artisans with intellectual disabilities and autism. Joining her is Gauri Shringarpure, Chief Program Officer at Mann and a seasoned mental health expert with over 25 years of experience in consumer behavior, gender, and positive psychology.Together, they share how Mann is creating real impact through skill-building, inclusive employment, and emotional wellness for young adults with disabilities.2025-04-1737 min
BookRisingOtoniya J. Okot Bitek: Against ForgettingPoet and writer Otoniya J. Okot Bitek joins Bhakti Shringarpure to speak about her novel We, The Kindling. A beautifully assembled symphony of women’s voices breathes life into the cruel, two-decades history of the war waged by the Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda. Okot Bitek says that in a way she has always been working on this novel even if her first poetry collection might have been about genocide in neighboring Rwanda, and that it took her almost 15 years to be able to take stock of the difficult material emerging from this period. The question of form...2025-03-3058 min
It's Not You, It's The MediaMake Indian American Women Brown AgainThe hosts take a sharp, witty, and incisive look at the identity crisis of Indian American women in the public eye. From Kamala Harris to Mindy Kaling to Usha Vance, the hosts ask: why is the dominant representation of the Indian American woman so adjacent to whiteness? Why does she either perform hyper-assimilation or lean into fetishised exoticism? In an era where South Asian identity is being flattened into elite, upper-caste, and Hindu-coded narratives, how do we reclaim a more expansive, authentic brown identity?The hosts dissect Mindy Kaling’s on-screen self-erasure, Usha Vance’s conservative alliances, and...2025-03-0737 min
Chya PalikadeKamalakar SatputeKamlakar Satpute is an Indian actor who works primarily in the Marathi film industry. His well-known movies include Hyancha Kahi Nem Nahi (2007), Galegale Nigahle, and Fakta Ladh Mhana. He is also famous for his comedy skits. Kamlakar Satpute will share screen space with Smita Shewale, Chaitrali Gupte, Sharad Ponkshe, Aananda Karekar, and Falguni Rajni. His 2018 release includes the Marathi drama Gotya, starring Rajesh Shringarpure and Sayaji Shinde. He has also worked in many dramas across Maharashtra. You will definitely get to know something new about Kamlakar Satpute through this podcast, Chya Palikade.See omnystudio.com/listener for...2025-02-0309 min
LitHouse podcastA lasting curse: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Bhakti ShringarpureWhen British-Ugandan Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi wanted her debut novel Kintu published in Europe, publisher after publisher told her no – the novel was “too African”: It was neither about the colonial period nor about Idi Amin, the two things about Uganda that Western readers have heard of. And also, the characters had such complicated names. They couldn’t imagine any European readers would like to learn something new about Uganda and its history.Makumbi’s novel is an epic family saga, taking us through the history of Uganda – from the kingdom of Buganda before the arrival of the Europeans, and u...2024-12-1552 min
Litteraturhusets podkastEn blodets forbannelse: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi og Bhakti ShringarpureDa britisk-ugandiske Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi ville forsøke å få debutboka si Kintu (til norsk ved Johanne Fronth-Nygren) utgitt i Europa, fikk hun nei fra forlag etter forlag – romanen var «for afrikansk»: Den handlet ikke om kolonitiden, eller om Idi Amin, de to tingene ved Uganda vestlige lesere har kjennskap til. Dessuten hadde karakterene så vanskelige navn. For det er vel ingen europeiske lesere som har lyst til å lære noe de ikke vet fra før om ugandisk historie?Makumbi har skrevet en episk familiesaga som tar oss med gjennom Ugandas historie – fra kongeriket Buganda før europeerne kom, og...2024-12-1552 min
BookRisingHamza Koudri: On Family, Dance and Anti-colonial Revenge in 1930s AlgeriaWriter Hamza Koudri joins host Bhakti Shringarpure from Algiers to talk about his debut novel Sand Roses. A historical novel about the semi-nomadic Ouled Nail group in Algeria, it focuses on the women who are trained as dancers—but are also forced into sex work by the community at an early age. The novel follows twin sisters, dancers Salima and Fahima, who eke out a living in the town of Bousaada at the height of French colonialism, and inadvertently find themselves at the center of the violence of the French army. Koudri belongs to a small but growing community of...2024-12-0142 min
It's Not You, It's The MediaFawning over KamalaSuchitra Vijayan, Bhakti Shringarpure and Madhuri Sastry dissect the media's coverage of Kamala Harris, focusing on the Democratic National Convention and the presidential debate. Coverage of Harris has focused on the portrayal of her as a youthful 'brat', excessive focus on aesthetics, and the lack of critical analysis in mainstream media. They explore the implications of her political identity, the gaslighting from the media, and the ongoing issues of racism in migration policies. The conversation culminates in a critique of the superficiality of political discourse and the need for accountability in journalism.Key-takeaways: The media's coverage o...2024-09-1846 min
It's Not You, It's The MediaAbout the podcastAre you questioning your reality? Do you feel gaslighted? It's not you, it's the media. Tune in each week. It's Not You, It's the Media. A podcast by the Polis Project. https://www.thepolisproject.com/Hosts:Suchitra Vijayan is a writer, photographer and activist. She is the founder and Executive Director of The Polis Project. For her first book, The Midnight's Border: A People's History of India, Suchitra traveled across the 9000-mile Indian border. A barrister by training, she previously worked for the United Nations war crimes tribunals in Yugoslavia and...2024-09-1000 min
BookRisingWhat's Wrong With the New York Times' Best Books List?Ainehi Edoro (Brittle Paper) and Bhakti Shringarpure (Radical Books Collective) discuss about the controversial New York Times' "100 Best Books of the Century list." A grandiose list claiming to represent the world and a diversity of voices, it happens to have 66 books by American and primarily white writers and only two African books, four Asian books and only 13 translated works. Ainehi and Bhakti explore what this means for the representation of the last 25 years of publishing in English. Originally streamed on Instagram LiveThey ask:Why are lists so captivating yet controversial?How do...2024-08-0553 minLitHouse podcastHistory In the Footnotes: Leila Aboulela, Maaza Mengiste and Bhakti ShringarpureHistory is written by the victorious. But do we not also need to hear the story from the other side, from ordinary people caught in the middle of historical upheavals, forced to pick a side, or just try to survive? To those relegated to the footnotes in the history books, or not mentioned at all.This can be said to be the starting point for the novels of Sudanese-Scottish Leila Aboulela and Ethiopian-American Maaza Mengiste, both writing about historical events in their home countries.The backdrop in Aboulela’s new novel River Spirit is the dramati...2024-05-121h 03Litteraturhusets podkastHistorien i fotnotene: Leila Aboulela, Maaza Mengiste og Bhakti ShringarpureHistorien skrives av seierherrene. Men trenger vi ikke også å høre historien fra den andre siden, fra vanlige mennesker fanget midt i historiens omveltninger, tvunget til å velge side, eller bare forsøke å overleve? Til de som forvises til fotnotene i historiebøkene, eller som aldri nevnes.Dette kan sies å være utgangspunktet i romanene til sudansk-skotske Leila Aboulela og etiopisk-amerikanske Maaza Mengiste, som begge skriver med utgangspunkt i sine hjemlands historiske begivenheter.I Aboulelas nye roman River Spirit er bakteppet den dramatiske tiden i Sudans historie på slutten av 1800-tallet. I løpet av få år gikk landet gjen...2024-05-121h 03
BookRisingGaslighting as Method and Ways to Resist ItGaslighting as Method and Ways to Resist It is the second conversation in a series centering the Warscapes anthology Insurgent Feminisms: Writing War (Daraja Press). Featuring Suzy Salamy, Suchitra Vijayan and Bhakti Shringarpure. Gaslighting is a term used to describe the process by which a person is manipulated into questioning their own reality. Defined as a "conscious intent to brainwash," gaslighting is understood as occurring primarily in interpersonal situations of domestic abuse. Victims of gaslighting find themselves questioning their sense of reality as well as their memories; they experience high levels of anxiety and they may begin...2024-05-051h 15
BookRisingUnlearning War in the ClassroomUnlearning War in the Classroom is our first conversation in a series centering the Warscapes anthology Insurgent Feminisms: Writing War (Daraja Press). Featuring Sherry Zane, Veruska Cantelli and Bhakti Shringarpure. Wars, conflict and histories of violence have been continually framed as binary narratives between winners and losers, nation and non-nations, and armies and non-armies. Additionally, in a saturated media landscape, violence and war is often represented as a form of entertainment and this generates a numbness about suffering, pain as well as the psychological and material costs of loss. Prevalent narratives of neutrality, both-sideism and objectivity can...2024-04-211h 10
Extra SaltyAre We Even Reading Books Anymore?Amrita Ghosh and Bhakti Shringarpure wonder if we have stopped reading actual, physical books these days. Books are certainly being published in large numbers but a majority of our reading seems to happen on phones, computers and tablets. Not only do we get our hobby fixes from podcasts, TV binging and social media scrolling, but important cultural conversations are also happening there. Arguing passionately against this theory is publisher and poet Naveen Kishore, who is celebrating 40 years of Seagull Books, a press that has brought us translated literature from everywhere in the world. Going against our perception that people on...2024-03-0846 min
Extra SaltyWhy Are We All So Sleep Deprived?Amrita Ghosh and Bhakti Shringarpure explore the sleep crisis impacting our entire world. Statistics about bad sleep are through the roof and sleep has become more than a self-help or social justice issue; it is actually a subject of human rights concerns. As we go through our daily life either a little fatigued or sometimes dead tired, the big questions here are how, when and why did everything start going wrong with our collective sleep? Sleep advocate, researcher and humanist thinker Ruhi Snyder brings sharp insights to the table and explains that our age of hyper-capitalism and shift work has...2024-02-1847 min
Extra SaltyAre Women in Sports Still Being Marginalised?Amrita Ghosh and Bhakti Shringarpure evaluate a year's worth of sports scandals impacting women athletes in India and ask if women in sports matter at all. Women the world over cope with being marginalised in a lucrative sports industry designed for men. In India, it is much worse with issues such as poor coaching and sports facilities, zero or negative media coverage, and offensive gender scrutiny are pervasive. Meanwhile patriotic films glorifying women athletes are very popular, pointing to the fact that sportswomen are hyped as symbols but not treated well in real life. Journalist, film critic and runner...2024-02-1051 min
Extra SaltyCan We Ever Banish the Ghosts From Our Past?Amrita Ghosh and Bhakti Shringarpure ask an age-old question about the ways in which we deal with the good, bad and ugly from our past. Humans try their utmost best to cope with the burdens of past relationships, traumas and memories using methods like therapy or engaging with alternative healing through psychics, astrologers, tarot cards and sometimes by attempting to connect with those in the afterlife. Writer of ghost stories Jessica Faleiro joins the podcast from Goa and speaks about her childhood encounter with a haunted house that altered the course of her life. Not only does Faleiro write...2024-01-1246 min
Extra SaltyIs English the Best Language of Them All?Amrita Ghosh and Bhakti Shringarpure discuss the supremacy of the English language in South Asia. While there is immense pride in mother tongues and local languages, it is hard to imagine career and business success, literary and cultural currency, and social mobility without fluency in English. Can our polyglot subcontinent ever shake off this colonial domination over our minds and lives? Guest Daisy Rockwell won the International Booker Prize in 2022 for her translation of Hindi writer Geetanjali Shree’s novel Tomb of Sand into English. This prestigious award spurred debates about the ways in which it was English, after all...2024-01-0449 min
Extra SaltyWhat Happens When Caste Enters Mainstream Media?Amrita Ghosh and Bhakti Shringarpure discuss new films and television shows that have decided to tackle casteism and caste violence in India today. Films like Sairat, Article 15, Fandry or shows such as Dahaad have paved the way for mainstream conversations and debates about the pernicious and enduring caste system. While such social justice-oriented productions are indeed a welcome change, they raise important questions about precisely how caste is represented, narrated, depicted and visualised. Dalit writer and activist Yashica Dutt joins the podcast to speak about the ways in which the television series Made in Heaven recently plagiarised her work...2023-12-1949 min
Extra SaltyWhat Does Palestine Mean for India?Amrita Ghosh and Bhakti Shringarpure reflect on the entwined histories of India and Palestine as the world is witness to extraordinary levels of violence being inflicted on people in Gaza by an Israel backed by the US and other global superpowers. What does Palestine mean for India today when the official governmental affiliation seems to be with the state of Israel yet there is a collective memory of solidarities and friendship with Palestine? Historian and activist Vijay Prashad joins the conversation to offer a concise and inspiring history of India as an ally of Palestine going as far back a...2023-11-3045 min
Extra SaltyDoes Bollywood Have a Political Agenda?Amrita Ghosh and Bhakti Shringarpure ask if Bollywood these days can be seen as mindless entertainment or if it is peddling political agendas. The world’s biggest film industry has seen some massively successful blockbusters sprinkle their plots with allusions to Kashmir, British colonialism, terrorism, geopolitics, espionage and religion all heavily laced with an over the top patriotism. Lyricist, poet and Bollywood insider Husan Haidry joins the podcast to speak about a changing film industry. Haidry shot to fame after a performance of his poem “Hindustani Mussalman” and discusses the complex and contradictory nature of Bollywood which tends to negati...2023-11-2244 min
Extra SaltyWhat’s So Great About a Doll Called Barbie?Amrita Ghosh and Bhakti Shringarpure tackle South Asia’s new fixation: a busty, blue-eyed, blond doll named Barbie. A recent blockbuster American movie about this famous doll has had South Asians swooning over Barbie and showing up swathed in pink at movie theaters, all the while claiming to be smashing the patriarchy! But this fair and lovely doll was not particularly popular when toy giant Mattel launched her in the region in the late eighties. Pakistani writer and journalist Bina Shah weighs in on the class and gender politics around this expensive toy, and critiques the politics of white fe...2023-11-1350 min
Extra SaltyCan A Woman Really Travel Alone?Amrita Ghosh and Bhakti Shringarpure ask what happens when women decide to travel a world that seems explicitly designed for men. Even with privileged passports and upscale arrangements, can a woman ever truly feel safe traveling by herself? And what compromises do women have to make if they choose to be journalists or travel writers? Guest Suchitra Vijayan traveled 9000 miles across India’s vast border for her book Midnight’s Border: A People’s History of India. She shares the many challenges she overcame, the precautions she took, the amazing people she met along the way and ponders whether it was...2023-11-101h 08
BookRisingWriting Somalia: Nuruddin FarahNovelist, essayist and master trilogist Nuruddin Farah is one of the most important contemporary authors working today. In a writing career that spans more than five decades, Farah has published thirteen novels, dozens of essays and plays, all of which critically engage various dimensions of Somali history, culture and politics. Farah wrote his first novel From a Crooked Rib in 1970 and has not looked back since and has since penned three trilogies: Variations on the Theme of African Dictatorship, the Blood in the Sun trilogy and then the Past Imperfect trilogy. He has famously declared that he writes about...2023-10-0454 min
Sarc Fighter: Living with Sarcoidosis and other rare diseasesEpisode 89 | What does your DNA have to do with Sarcoidosis? An FSR Town Hall.We don't know what causes Sarcoidosis, but we are getting closer and closer. A part of that research is coming from genetic experts at 23andMe. The genetics company has worked with thousands of people to study their DNA -- and to drill down to see if there is a connection between our genes and whether we get Sarcoidosis. Their findings were presented at an FSR Townhall forum hosted by Sarc Fighter Podcast Host John Carlin. The panelists include:
C. Ann Scott- Woman of Color Patient Advisory Committee, Foundation For Sarcoidosis Research, Dr. Courtney Montgomery- Director of the Sarco...2023-06-051h 13
BookRisingColor of Publishing 3, perspectives from the United KingdomIn the third episode of Color of Publishing, we focus on publishing perspectives from the United Kingdom with two prolific editors and writers, Margaret Busby and Ellah P. Wakatama. Host Bhakti Shringarpure engages the two experts in a wide-ranging conversation about the history of publishing in the UK, questions of diversity and representation, book acquisitions, taste and culture-making, and structural racism. Busby and Wakatama have been witness to the long arc of how publishing has evolved and they speak about the transformations they have witnessed in the business over the years but they also recall the times when diversity...2023-05-3047 min
BookRisingColor of Publishing 2, perspectives from the United StatesIn the second episode of Color of Publishing, we focus on publishing perspectives from and about the United States with Elizabeth Méndez Berry (One World Books) and Porscha Burke (Random House). Host Bhakti Shringarpure engages the two experts in a wide-ranging conversation about book acquisitions, editorial processes, taste and culture-making, equity, and structural racism as it impacts the publishing industry and the book market. Méndez Berry and Burke speak openly about what brought them to publishing and the challenges they encountered in the industry with regards to race as well as gender. PEN America’s scathing report Read...2023-05-301h 03
BookRisingColor of Publishing 1, debrief of the PEN America ReportOn October 17th 2022, PEN America published a report titled “Reading Between the Lines: Race, Equity and Book Publishing” with the goal to expose and explore the fact that the publishing industry has “entered a moment of moral urgency about the persistent lack of racial and ethnic diversity among employees and authors.” In our three-part series focused on this crisis in publishing, we debrief listeners on this report and gather perspectives from publishing professionals in the United States (Elizabeth Méndez Berry & Porsche Burke) and the United Kingdom (Margaret Busby & Ellah P. Wakatama). In this episode, Bhakti Shringarpure and Suchitra Vijayan b...2023-05-2347 min
Champagne SharksCS 522: Decolonize Hipster w/ Gregory Pierrot pt 1
Today Trevor sits down with Gregory Pierott to discuss his newest book Decolonize Hipsters. Gregory Pierrot is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut at Stamford. Along with Decolonize Hipsters, he is also the author of, The Black Avenger in Atlantic Culture (UGA Press, 2019), and co-editor of An Anthology of Haitian Revolutionary Fictions (UVA Press, 2021). He is also a translator, and co-host of the Decolonize That! webcast series with Bhakti Shringarpure. His writing has appeared in Africa Is A Country, L.A. Review of Books, Libération, Public Books, Warscapes and scholarly journals such as The African A...2023-04-2350 min
BookRisingShifting Geographies of the Self: Margo Jefferson and Victoria Adukwei BulleyWriter Margo Jefferson and poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley join BookRising host Bhakti Shringarpure to talk about their recent books which won the Rathbones Folio Prize 2023. The authors speak about crafting aesthetically innovative, genre-bending and political works. They also weigh in on particular challenges for Black women in the world of publishing and the importance of mentoring and camaraderie among writers.Margo Jefferson is a writer who worked as a theatre and book critic for Newsweek and the New York Times, and her writing has appeared in several publications including Vogue, New York Magazine and New Republic. She...2023-04-0434 min
BookRisingHow To Write About War 2: Battleground BollywoodIndia is home to the world’s largest film industry that instrumentalizes soft power to generate all kinds of imperial fantasies and aspirations. It has historically been plagued by a pernicious nationalism wherein the othering, vilification and downright humiliation of religions, races, ethnicities and castes is normalized. A recent spate of blockbusters as well as several smaller films on streaming platforms have become cultural battlegrounds that work to manufacture an ideological consensus about violent interventions in Kashmir and other occupied regions, sustain hostilities with neighboring countries and foster malevolent forms of Hindu nationalism. Panelists:Azad Es...2023-02-261h 03
BookRisingHow To Write About War 1: Reporting on UkraineAre you shocked and distressed about the way in which war and displacement is being represented, reported and talked about right now with the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Writers, journalists, activists, scholars, Bhakti Shringarpure, Nadifa Mohamed, Suchitra Vijayan and Billy Kahora think through this difficult topic. Recorded on March 25, 2022, they intervene in the moral and political crisis around the writing, reporting, representing and filming of war and all the extraordinary violence, plunder and displacement it perpetuates. Bhakti Shringarpure is a writer and educator who co-founded and edited Warscapes magazine for ten years before it transitioned into the...2023-02-251h 03
BookRisingBreaking Down the 2022 Booker PrizeLiterature experts Bhakti Shringarpure and Ainehi Edoro discuss and dissect 2022's shortlisted Booker Prize novels in advance of the winner announcement for the world's most prestigious literary prize. The shortlist includes Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Ireland), Treacle Walker by Alan Garner (UK), The Trees by Percival Everett (USA), The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Sri Lanka) and Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout (USA). Ainehi Edoro is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she teaches and researches on African literature, political theory...2022-10-141h 10
Maed in IndiaWhere Did They Go? - SmalltalkAs we wrap up our series ‘Where Did They Go?’ we head back to episode 136 of the show from September 2018. Mae was joined by R&B neo-soul act Smalltalk, and she asked them about the story behind their band name, and how the songs came together for their debut EP ‘Tacit’. They also thoroughly enjoyed guitarist Siddharth’s school teacher voice, vocalist Samarth and bass player Yohan’s food blog, and other shenanigans. For their performance, they brought in a special guest - rapper and hip hop artist Enkore along! Take a look at our episode artwork! You’ll see t...2022-10-021h 05
BookRisingChinelo Okparanta: On Literature for Social JusticeNigerian-American writer Chinelo Okparanta joins host Bhakti Shringarpure for an episode of BookRising as part of our Trailblazing African Feminists series. Okparanta was born in Nigeria and moved to the United States when she was 10 years old. She rose to prominence with her short story collection Happiness, Like Water (2013) which was a bittersweet reflection on the lives of Nigerian women living in Nigeria and in the US. Her next book Under the Udala Trees (2015) told the story of desire between two young girls as the war rages in 1960s Nigeria. This novel of queer, forbidden love established Okparanta as...2022-10-0256 min
BookRisingRadical Publishing Futures 8: Bakwa MagazineThe 8th episode of the Radical Publishing Futures series features Dzekashu MacViban, writer, editor and founder of Bakwa Magazine. Guest host Bhakti Shringarpure speaks with him about how it all began and the ways in which they adapt to the changing publishing landscape. Bakwa magazine was founded in 2011 in Yaoundé, Cameroon with the goal of infusing energy into the literary and cultural life of the country. Bakwa publishes in English and remains a staunchly print publication while creatively navigating the challenges posed by large, corporate digital platforms. Bakwa innovates constantly with projects such as the Bakwa Magazine Reading Series, Ba...2022-09-1433 min
BookRisingVéronique Tadjo: A Radical Literary ImaginationWriter, poet and painter, Véronique Tadjo joins host Bhakti Shringarpure for an episode of BookRising as part of the Trailblazing African Feminists series. Tadjo was born in Paris and grew up Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire. She holds a PhD in African American Literature and Civilization and has juggled an academic career with writing as well as painting. She has held faculty positions at the University of Abidjan and Witwatersrand University in South Africa. Tadjo has a prolific output with ten children’s books that she illustrated herself, six novels and three volumes of poetry. Tadjo attr...2022-08-1735 min
BookRisingRadical Publishing Futures 6: Andariya MagazineFor the 6th episode in our Radical Publishing Futures series, host Bhakti Shringarpure meets up with Andariya's co-founder Omnia Shawkat in Khartoum, Sudan. Andariya was founded in 2015 in both Sudan and South Sudan, and eventually branched out into Uganda. Andariya focuses on "contemporary life" in the two Sudans and in East Africa, more broadly. They describe themselves as a "bilingual digital cultural multimedia platform and cross-cultural enterprise," and publish simultaneously in English and Arabic. Their mission is to reach a wide and multi-generational population within East Africa while solidifying the place for East African stories in the wider world...2022-07-1434 min
BookRisingUbah Cristina Ali Farah: Somalia in Italy and a Reckoning with Colonial HistorySomali-Italian writer Ubah Cristina Ali Farah joins host Bhakti Shringarpure for an episode of BookRising as part of the Trailblazing African Feminists series. In this wide-ranging and intellectually rigorous conversation, Farah speaks about living in Somalia and Italy, and the ways in which Italy has only recently begun to reckon with their colonial past. She is the author of three novels: Madre piccola (Little Mother, 2007), Il comandante del fiume (The Commander of the River, 2014) and Le stazioni della luna (Phases of the Moon, 2021). Farah also writes plays, poetry, librettos for operas as well as academic work, and has been...2022-06-2346 min
Race &Building Solidarities Series: Monumental Landscapes w/ Kate Beane, Lydia Waithira Muthuma, and Bhakti ShringarpureOur guest series "Building Solidarities," organized by Dr. Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi and students in the course "Colonial Practices," was originally staged as a series of discussions at Barnard College and Columbia University Institute of Comparative Literature and Society in the fall of 2020. The series was conceived as a form of mutual pedagogy between the campus and the public, through dialogues on urgent questions about constructed environments, urban life, and ecologies. This episode considered landscapes of monumentality through iconoclasm, replacement, and renaming of built and natural structures in Nairobi and Minneapolis.2022-05-261h 05
BookRisingJennifer Makumbi: Reclaiming African Women's HistoriesJennifer Nansubuga Makumbi joins host Bhakti Shringarpure for an episode of BookRising that features trailblazing African feminist writers. Makumbi is a Ugandan writer and has published two critically acclaimed novels Kintu (2014) and A Girl is a Body of Water (2020). She is also the author of a collection of stories titled Manchester Happened (2019) and the recipient of prestigious awards such as the Kwani Manuscript Prize, the Windham-Campbell Prize and the Jhalak Prize.Makumbi is known her for brilliant storytelling skills and her epic multigenerational novels that often feature spirited women protagonists. Yet, the path to getting her historically...2022-04-011h 01
BookRisingRadical Publishing Futures 4: Seagull BooksFounded in 1982, Seagull Books is one of the most important names in radical, independent publishing today with an impressive list of over five hundred books of translated works as well as publications by world renowned writers and poets that include Nobel laureates and Booker prize winners. Seagull publishes several special series dedicated to a wide range of themes and geographic regions. Seagull celebrates its 40th birthday this year! Host Bhakti Shringarpure speaks to founder Naveen Kishore about his extraordinary and prolific journey. A poet, writer, photographer and theatre practitioner, Kishore joined us from Kolkata, India. He spoke...2022-03-2348 min
BookRisingRadical Publishing Futures 3: Interlink BooksIn this episode of the Radical Publishing Futures series, host Meg Arenberg sits down with Michel Moushabeck of Interlink Publishing based in Northhampton, Massachusetts. Interlink Books is especially known for its award-winning cookbooks, but also publishes a wide range of titles in literary translation, history, politics, and travel, as well as multicultural children's books. In the course of their conversation Meg and Michel discuss how Michel's background as a Palestian exile and a student activist from a literary family led to his founding of Interlink, how publishing cookbooks has helped pave the way for publishing international literature and how th...2022-03-1531 min
BookRisingMaaza Mengiste: African Literary Tourism is OverWriter and photographer Maaza Mengiste joined host Bhakti Shringarpure in the studio to discuss the expanding boundaries of African literature today. While the days of African literary tourism are behind us, there still remain significant challenges to overcome in Western publishing. Recent focus on literature from East Africa illustrates that the region's unique literary output often grapples with difficult histories of war and violence. Though Mengiste resides in the US, she continues to produce writing about her home country, Ethiopia, and offered carefully considered answers about what may constitute Ethiopian literature today. Maaza Mengiste is an Ethiopian-American...2022-01-2844 min
BookRisingTsitsi Dangarembga: Is there a Divide between Literature and Politics?Novelist, filmmaker and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga joined host Bhakti Shringarpure from Harare, Zimbabwe. Dangarembga was awarded the 2021 PEN Pinter Prize which honors literary merit as well as fierce political commitment. The conversation explored the shape and state of "literature engagée" or the literature of commitment today and Dangarembga said that she sees no choice but to narrate the reality of Zimbabwean society and people. She admitted to be shaped by feminist thinking at an early age and strove to develop her writing style with the goal to introduce a "new kind of character to the world." Dangarembga also spo...2022-01-0851 min
BookRisingLeila Aboulela: Writing Muslim LivesSudanese writer Leila Aboulela spoke with host Bhakti Shringarpure about East African and Sudanese literature, about Abdulrazak Gurnah's Nobel prize win, on writing about Muslim lives and Muslim cultures, and the ways in which the exciting shifts in readership across the Muslim world are shifting publishing paradigms. She commented on the ways in which the events of 9/11 and the ensuing wars altered the reception of books by her and other Muslim authors. Leila Aboulela is a writer from Sudan and currently lives in Aberdeen, Scotland. She has published five novels, two short story collections and many radio...2021-12-1250 min
BookRisingBreaking Down the 2021 Booker PrizeAinehi Edoro (founder and editor-on-chief of Brittle Paper) & Bhakti Shringarpure (creative director of the Radical Books Collective) decided to break down the power, prestige, history and significance of the Booker Prize. They also discussed the six nominated novels and revealed their favorites. With the Booker prize announcements only one week away, Edoro and Shringarpure will soon find out if their predictions were accurate. This event originally took place on Instagram Live and this podcast carries the recording.2021-12-121h 02
The AIAC PodcastReading Africa, Africans reading2021 is being roundly pronounced as “a great year for African writing.” From Zanzibar-born Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Nobel award to South African Damon Galgut nabbing the Booker—the list of African and diaspora writers winning prestigious literary prizes this year is long. Does this represent a paradigm shift in global literature, typically dominated by Western authors? Do these victories do anything to advance African publishing and literary culture? Joining us in this week’s AIAC Talk to unpack these themes, are Ainehi Edoro, Bhakti Shringarpure and Leila Aboulela.2021-11-241h 10
The AIAC PodcastBooks, Books, BooksAnakwa Dwamena, our new books editor, and literary scholar Bhakti Shringarpure join us for a discussion on African books and publishing.2021-06-151h 07The AIAC PodcastWhat Is Decolonization For?As the literary scholar and a regular contributor to the site, Bhakti Shringarpure, recently wrote on Africa Is a Country, “Decolonization has taken over our social media timelines with a vengeance. With hundreds of thousands of ‘decolonize’ hashtags, several articles, op-eds, and surveys on the subject—and plenty of Twitter fighting over the term—one thing is clear: decolonization is all kinds of trendy these days. So, we are naturally forced to ask: What counts as ‘authentic’ decolonization in 2020?” For some, decolonization, and its attendant concepts like “decoloniality,” have become something of an empty signifier, too much of a catch-all to meaning...2021-03-301h 33
SEASON 3 - REWIRE LIFE IN 1 1/2 MINUTES WITH HIRA MEHTASEASON 2 - EPISODE 18 - SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVEL., CAMPAIGN JASMINE FLOWER & BOLKI SHAALA WITH SHRADDHA SHRINGARPUREMeet Shraddha Shringarpure from Mokhada district and listen to her share about her work in the region about her NGO, Diganta Swaraj Foundation. Her unique BOLKI SHAALA (speaking school) project and CAMPAIGN JASMINE FLOWER (employment to women through cultivating the flower) are commendable. Also understand what is truly needed in terms of social work support.2021-01-1145 min
the bioinformatics chatHow 23andMe finds identical-by-descent segments with William FreymanIn this episode, Will Freyman talks about identity-by-descent (IBD): how
it’s used at 23andMe, and how the templated
positional Burrows-Wheeler transform can find IBD segments in the presence of
genotyping and phasing errors.
Links:
Fast and robust identity-by-descent inference with the templated positional Burrows-Wheeler transform
(William A. Freyman, Kimberly F. McManus, Suyash S. Shringarpure, Ethan M. Jewett, Katarzyna Bryc, the 23andMe Research Team, Adam Auton)
23andMe research
If you enjoyed this episode, please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon.2020-10-2742 minThe AIAC PodcastDecolonizing African LiteratureWhat if you survey African literature professors to find out which works and writers are most regularly taught? Literary scholars Bhakti Shringarpure and Lily Saint sought to find out for their article “African Literature is a Country”, the first in a series on the site that asks how we decolonize African Literature studies. The co-authors sent out a survey to their colleagues and found they mostly teach works by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and J.M. Coetzee. The majority of writers that make the cut are from Nigeria and South Africa. In short...2020-10-131h 23
Ufahamu AfricaEp. 95: A conversation with Oumar Ba about international justiceA lot is happening in the news! Kim and Rachel highlight some of the things they're seeing in their news feed, including: ECOWAS and Mali, African responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Takondwa Semphere's recent review of Beyonce's "Black is King." Kim interviews Oumar Ba, whose new book about the International Criminal Court highlights his expertise in international justice. Books, Links, & ArticlesStates of Justice: The Politics of the International Criminal Court by Oumar BaCold War Assemblages: Decolonization to Digital by Bhakti ShringarpureAmílcar Cabral: A Nationalist and Pan-Africanist Revolutionary (Ohio Short Histories of A...2020-10-0341 min
Gol GappaEp. 22: Golgappa with Tejas Shringarpureतेजस शृंगारपुरे आपण सतत बाहेर काहीतरी शोधत असतो पण कधी कधी आपल्या लोकांशी गप्पा मारण्यातही मज्जा असते. असाच एक आमचा मित्र तेजस येत आहे खूप पर्सनल गप्पा मारायला फक्त गोल-गप्पा वीथ तृप्ती खामकर वर. On Golgappa, Trupti is joined by our very own IVM Podcasts' audio head Tejas Shringarpure. You guys might not know him but, he's responsible for making your favourite podcasts sound good. Listen to the episode to know more about his journey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2019-06-1246 min
Maed in IndiaSmalltalkR&B, Soul act, Smalltalk headline this episode with their debut EP, Tacit. They talk about the story behind their band name, food-blogging, strange building names, and more. They also bring in a special guest, hip hop artist Enkore to collaborate on a couple of songs (new and unreleased of course). Set List: ‘Come Back (It’s Not Broken)’ ft. Enkore (00:21 - 06:11) ‘Context’ (14:59 - 20:34) ‘You Don't Even’ (34:38 - 43:45) ‘Freedom’ ft. Enkore (59:24 - 01:02:50) Follow Smalltalk: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smalltalksounds/ Instagram: https...2018-09-231h 04
Maed in IndiaLadies CompartmentThis week, the headliner is a blues, jazz, pop band, Ladies Compartment. Featured on the show is brand new unreleased music exclusively from these gals. And of course the usual unadulterated banter where we discuss everything - the universe, constipation, feminism, colours, and more. SET LIST: ‘Don’t Waste Your Time’ (00:36 - 07:14) ‘Mountain Song’ (20:19 - 23:17) ‘Logo Song’ (31:19 - 34:35) ‘It Gets Easier’ (53:08 - 56:30) MUSICIANS: Ramya Pothuri (guitar & vocals): https://www.facebook.com/ramyapothurisinger/ Aditi Ramesh (keys & vocals): https://www.facebook.com/aditirameshmusic/ Aarifah Rebello (d...2018-09-1659 min
Nostalgia TrapMapping the Face of War w/ Bhakti ShringarpureBhakti Shringarpure is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Warscapes, an online magazine that features interviews, fiction, non-fiction, poetry and art from regions of conflict around the world. In this conversation, she talks about her youth in India, her work with poet Ammiel Alcalay in graduate school, and why Warscapes avoids the clickbait format of mainstream digital media. In discussing recent outrage about Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza, Shringarpure explains how the urgent tone of social media distorts our perceptions: “I think it’s not a new moment. Those things, the brutality toward children, the right to mai...2018-07-2556 minNostalgia TrapMapping the Face of War w/ Bhakti ShringarpureBhakti Shringarpure is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Warscapes, an online magazine that features interviews, fiction, non-fiction, poetry and art from regions of conflict around the world. In this conversation, she talks about her youth in India, her work with poet Ammiel Alcalay in graduate school, and why Warscapes avoids the clickbait format of mainstream digital media. In discussing recent outrage about Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza, Shringarpure explains how the urgent tone of social media distorts our perceptions: “I think it’s not a new moment. Those things, the brutality toward children, the right to mai...2018-07-2556 min
CIO Leadership LiveSanjay Shringarpure, CIO, E.& J. Gallo WineryIn this episode, host Maryfran Johnson talks one-on-one with Sanjay Shringarpure, CIO at E.& J. Gallo Winery, about the changing landscape of IT and innovation technologies in the agriculture industry, the challenges of recruiting talent, and more.2018-05-041h 02
Dead Pundits SocietyEp. 45: Black Panther and the Faux-Radical Mainstream w/ Leslie Lee IIIJoining me this week to talk about Black Panther is Leslie Lee III, co-host of Struggle Session Podcast. We discuss his view of the movie, itself, and the state of black radical politics in the wake of its record-breaking reception. There are most definitely spoilers in this episode, but I’m confident that those who haven’t seen the movie (really??) will still enjoy the episode, so have no fear if you have been living under a rock.
Check out Leslie’s article here:
-“Did Anyone Else Pick Up on the Disturbing Messages in Marvel's 'Black Panther’?” https://www.alternet.org/cul...2018-03-161h 12
The Funambulist PodcastBHAKTI SHRINGARPURE /// From Timbuktu to Fort de France: The Iconic Power of Monuments' DestructionConversation recorded with Bhakti Shringarpure in New York on August 13, 2014
http://the-archipelago.net/2014/08/17/bhakti-shringarpure-from-timbuktu-to-fort-de-france-the-iconic-power-of-monuments-and-of-their-destruction/2014-08-1845 min