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Parenthoot with Neha#46: Love, Adoption & Feminism: The Politics of Parenthood & Marriage, ft. Sameena DalwaiIn this powerful episode, legal scholar, feminist thinker, and writer Sameena Dalwai joins host Neha for a deeply engaging, humorous, and thought-provoking conversation about love, partnership, adoption, and parenting beyond social scripts. Drawing from her lived experiences as a professor, activist, mother of two daughters (one biological, one adopted), and partner in an egalitarian marriage, Sameena brings rare candour and warmth to the complexities of raising children in modern India.In this conversation, Sameena narrates her unconventional journey — from an impulsive three-month courtship and minimalist wedding to adopting her younger daughter, navigating identity, and balancing activism with mother...
2025-10-211h 29
Research Radio#22: Why is the Judiciary Treating Reservations as an ‘Enabling Provision’ and Not a Fundamental Right?Debates over caste-based reservations in India consistently make front-page news. Dominant political parties and the judiciary perform vital roles in ensuring the implementation of this measure to address historic and enduring injustices, social exclusion, and deep-seated inequality in favour of Savarna castes in India. How well has the judiciary fared in ensuring that reservations are implemented?This week on Research Radio, Sameena Dalwai and Aabhinav Tyagi join us to discuss their work on the Indian judiciary and reservations. Dr Dalwai is with the Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat. She writes in Marathi and English on caste, gender, sexualit...
2021-03-3042 min