Baobab, Redwood and Neem: Recent Episodes
Sameer Dossani
What hope is there for peace in a violent world? Join us every week for a story that gives us hope from South Africa, India or the USA.
बेओबाब, रेडवुड और नीम: पीस विजिल की इंटरव्यू श्रृंखला जो हमें प्रोत्साहित करती है कि हम न्याय और शांति के लिए काम करते रहें. आनंद क्रांतिवर्धन की कवितायेँ हमारे लिए ऐसे ही प्रोत्साहन का स्रोत्र हैं. पीस विजिल शांति शिक्षा का काम करती है.
HINDUTVA IN THE UNITED STATES: Pieter Friedrich on the Rise of Fascism in India and its Implications
John Dayal, a prominent Human Rights defender and journalist talks with our co-director Shirin on what Indian secularism means. The link to Dr. Bhagat's interview mentioned in the program is https://youtu.be/DSbunc4Jhec
Preserving India's Syncretic Sufi Bhakti Tradition - The "D" Word with Dr. Moazzam Siddiqui
What is the significance of the Sufi Bhakti Tradition? Dr. Moazzam Siddiqui explains the answers to this question as we discuss his life in The D Work.
THE HOPE OF INDIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY - BRN with Harbans Mukhia
Given the rise of communal politics, is there any reason to hope for India's future? Professor Harbans Mukhia says that the hope lies in India's rich tradition of historiography.
Neo Fascism and Economics - Prof Prabhat Patnaik on Baobab Redwood and Neem
In the 1930s international capital allied itself with fascism with disastrous results. Are we seeing something similar going on right now? Professor Prabhat Patnaik says "Yes and no." Here he joins our co-director Sameer Dossani to explain.
00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - Colonial Economics
08:49 - Economic Crisis and Fascism
19:26 - Capitalism's "Golden Age"
28:38 - The Neoliberal Regime
32:41 - The Bubble Economy
36:10 - Neo-Fascism as the saviour of Neoliberalism
42:00 - The Left Can't Imagine life Beyond Neoliberalism
Muslim girls and women clothes (hijab controversy, Karnataka) in The D Word.
In this episode we talk of clothing as an expression of religious identity.
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Ravish Kumar (Hindi): https://youtu.be/JytTqv2CZms
ये गीत शमीम कराहनी ने 30 जनवरी 1948 को लिखा, जिस दिन गाँधी की हत्या की गयी. शमीम कराहनी भारत के स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन के कवि थे. उनकी कविताएँ इतनी प्रभावशाली थीं कि वे स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन के दौरान, दिल्ली, लखनऊ और वाराणसी जैसे शहरों की सड़कों पर निकाली गई प्रभात-फेरियों में गाई जाती थीं. जवाहरलाल नेहरू ने उनके बारे में लिखा, "एक कवि को अपने जीवन को ही एक कविता बना लेना चाहिए। शमीम कराहनी ने भारत की स्वतंत्रता के गीत गाए हैं। मुझे आशा है कि वे ऐसा करना जारी रखेंगे और इस स्वतंत्रता का आनंद उठाएंगे". गांधी को मार कर भी गोडसे की विचारधारा नहीं जीत सकती अगर हम मिल कर उस का मुक़ाबला करें. ये मुक़ाबला है हैवानियत और इंसानियत के बीच का. शांति और भाईचारे की दमदार तरीके से रक्षा करें. अफवाहों और झूठी जानकारियों को फैलने से रोकें, अपने आस पास के लोगों को बदलें, दूसरे धर्म और जाती के लोगों से भी दोस्ती करें और उन्हें हमलों से बचाएँ. हिंसक भीड़ों का हिस्सा न बनें. खुलकर मानवता का बचाव करें. जो हमें हत्यारा बनाना चाहते हैं, उनसे दूर रहें और दूसरों को भी उन से दूर रखें.
Reason, Ram and Jai Bhim Comrade
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Raam Ke Naam on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GMT18TMNQbY
Anand Patwardhan has been making movies on social issues since the 1970s. Those movies include Reason, Ram ke Naam, Jai Bhim Comrade and many others. In this interview Anand Patwardhan talks about his career, his experience of censorship and some of the details around the making of Ram ke Naam and other films.
Journalism and justice have been the themes of John Dayal's work for nearly 5 decades. In this discussion he discusses how journalism has changed over the years, the long history of communal violence in India and the role that justice can play in providing hope for the future.
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Witnessing Partition from Kashmir: https://youtu.be/P6X4cG-KkiA
Aurangzeb and Shivaji: https://youtu.be/RVu8dwCR-wo
Ambedkar on Caste: https://youtu.be/QUFtjSO_KB8
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:17 - Aftermath of Partition
4:02 - Lessons Post WW2
7:14 - Science Stream
9:09 - Understanding communalism
12:10 - History of riots
15:30 - Can't be neutral on a moving train
16:46 - Choosing journalism
19:41 - Early lessons
22:20 - Criticising the young State
25:15 - Covering Communal Violence
28:23 - Role of Police
32:41 - Ghettoization
34:08 - Being an outsider
35:42.- Talking to Victims
38:50 - Journalism as complicit
43:44 - Hindutva Lab
48:53 - Perpetrators rule, victims traumatized
51:41 - Advice to young journalists
56:15 - Pro-government Stenographers
D for Disability. For Riffat Rasul Merchant, D is not just for difference, it's for disability. She has worked for years ensuring that those with a disability - a visible or an invisible disability - are seen and heard in a society that often ignores them.
Who were the women who led in 1857? Dr. Shamsul Islam takes us through some of the key women leaders in India's 1857 war of independence. Most people know about Rani Laxshmi bai, but she was not the only one who led in 1957.
Is is true that there was a Hindu Muslim Conflict in India? Not prior to the arrival of the British argues scholar and activist Prof. Shamsul Islam. Both Hindu and Muslim fought together in India's first war of independence. The notion that there is a historic conflict is largely manufactured.
How should we understand the psychology of neofascism? Why are some people more prone to support for the new dictators than others? What can psychology tell us about the current support for neofascism? Dr. Abhay Shukla explains.
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The New Dictators: https://youtu.be/lqb5Ab8GdGY
Why was Gandhi killed? https://youtu.be/h4sZzHwLGWw
Eyewitness account of India's Partition: https://youtu.be/P6X4cG-KkiA
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
0:48 Andhbhakht and the economy
7:29 Andhbhakht and COVID
13:22 Dr. Shukla's introduction
15:33 The Psychology of Neofascism
1:09:21 Peace Vigil as working beyond reason
1:10:30 QA
Do you know why Gandhi was really killed? Tushar Gandhi, author of Let's Kill Gandhi claims that there's a lot more to this story than most of us know about.
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India's Partition and Kashmir - Dr. Mohan Bhagat is a longtime friend of PeaceVigil who lived through India's partition when he was a teenager. His family was visiting Kashmir at that time. He shares his experience with PeaceVigil co-founder Shirin.
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0:00 Introduction
2:38 What was partition like?
6:08 Meeting the Mahatma
9:35 Protecting minorities in Jammu and Kashmir
10:32 Dr. Baghat's father
15:35 RSS and the Shakhas
17:45 Targeted for supporting Muslims
20:02 Casteism in the Shakhas
21:56 The refugee camps and violence
25:40 Did you feel anger against Muslims?
30:59 Article 370
33:31 Manufacturing hate
35:25 Indians in the US Capitol riots
36:00 Lessons from partition
41:26 Could anything have been done differently?
47:03 Were people more pro or anti Gandhi?
46:40 Would things be better without partition?
50:26 Dr. Bhagat sings
This is an excerpt from our Jan 30 programme on the anniversary of the murder of MK Gandhi.
On Jan 22, we had a chance to speak with Jagmohan Singh, the nephew of Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh about his recent time at the farmers' protest taking place outside of Delhi.
What is the communal mindset? Is it true that Hindus and Muslims in India have always been in conflict with each other? What can we learn from the popularity of the RSS today?
These are some of the questions Prof. Harbans Mukhia addresses in this amazing presentation.
Contrary to popular belief, millions of Muslims campaigned against the partition of India.
Professor Shamsul Islam, former political science professor at Delhi University takes us through the history of nationalism, the two nation theory and its Hindu and Muslim variants and also what the relevance of this debate is today.
For more details, do watch the full video.
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How were India's economic reforms connected with the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the subsequent anti-Sikh pogrom? Join us as Dr. Jagmohan Singh, the nephew of Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, explores what he saw when he investigated the 1984 violence.
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Welcome to Peace Vigil! Today’s podcast is Understanding Inequality - Webinar on Colonialism.
What are the roots of inequality? Join us as our three panelists - Bineshi Albert from the #USA, Rasigan Maharajh from #SouthAfrica, and Sameer Dossani from #India - discuss how the origins of the inequalities that divide us can be found in the #colonial origins of our societies.
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Welcome to Peace Vigil! Today’s podcast is Separate and Unequal: Education in South Africa.
What did education look like prior to #colonialism? What did it look like in the #colonial era and how did that pave the way for #apartheid in the 20th century? What damage did apartheid education do to the many societies that make up South Africa? And how are #ANC governments trying - and perhaps failing - to undo that damage?
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This is a recording of our live webinar with Dr. Anita Rampal discussing the past, present and future of the Indian education system.
As part of our series following the history of Bhagat Singh and his allies, this week's episode focuses on Subhash Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj)
Today we're in discussion with author and activist Subhash Gatade. In this conversation, Subhash goes deep into the origins and history of the caste system in India, current issues around the reaffirmation of caste in California and elsewhere, and the role of BR Ambedkar in helping us to better understand and fight against caste in India.
Today Achin Vanaik joins us for a discussion of how the BJP came to power in India and what the hopes are for a secular, pluralistic future.
Achin Vanaik is a writer, activist, and teacher who has been working for a secular and pluralistic India since the 1970s. Today he joins our own Sameer Dossani for a discussion on the failures and hopes of secularism in India.
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In this podcast we interview Dr. Vipin Tripathi, a leading campaigner for social change. Dr. Tripathi started working for communal harmony in the 1980s when the RSS and the BJP began getting more and more powerful. Here he discusses his early life, being influenced by Gandhi and much more.
Join us as we discuss the philosophy and life of Indian revolutionary, Bhagat Singh. The presentation is by Dr. Jagmohan Singh who is Bhagat Singh's nephew and longtime researcher on his legacy.
This episode features Dr. Jagmohan Singh, nephew of Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh and a researcher into the life and struggles of Bhagat Singh. Here Dr. Singh focuses on Bhagat Singh's family history. The next episode will go deeper into the events of his short life.
What did Gandhi learn in South Africa? This is the question which Peace Vigil co-founder Shirin explores in this episode.
We speak with doctor and public health activist Dr. Vikas Bajpai about the COVID-19 situation in India.
Professor Dinesh Abrol was on the JNU campus when masked thugs stormed the campus and beat up several students and teachers. He tells about the incident and the history of the right-wing assault on JNU.
We were fortunate to interview Prof. Dinesh Abrol about the recent violence that took place in JNU. Here he shares his insights and analysis in Hindi.
Is diversity a bad word? Kusum Wagle was brought up in a joint Hindu-Muslim household in India. How has that influenced her life and work?
Our BRN co-hosts Shirin and Sameer guest host a radio show in Washington DC on the recent developments in India.
Was the Indian election a triumph of sectarianism over peace? We discuss with Irfan Engineer of the Centre for the Study of Society and Secularism in Mumbai, India.
In this episode of Baobab, Redwood and Neem, we interview Dr. Ram Puniyani who has been working for decades on building peace between people of different religions in India.
How do you stop the violence before it begins? Rabbi Gerry Serotta of the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington shares his views.
The role of doctors in our societies is changing. Once seen as defenders of society - especially the weaker people in society - today many doctors see themselves and business people. But what does the logic of what makes a healthy business practice have to do with what makes a healthy human being?
Dr. Vikas Bajpai has been both a medical doctor and an advocate for social justice for most of his life. He's worked in towns and villages all over India as well as in mainstream institutions such as the Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy - whose Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health he currently works with. Join us as he leads us on a discussion of what it means to be a social justice champion and a medical practitioner in the 21st century.
Virginia Magwaza has been an advocate for human rights for more than four decades. She joins us today to talk about her own history in the anti-apartheid struggle and how the lessons she learned then translate into her current work advocating for the rights of queer people in southern Africa.
Can art really be a tool of resistance? Did the apartheid regime really fear black and brown South African musicians? What does it mean to be a musician and a poet in the era of state capture?
Join Shirin, Co-Founder of PeaceVigil.net and host of Baobab, Redwood and Neem, as she discusses these questions and more with Jeremy Karodia and Ayub Mayet. The duo have been making music together since the 1980s. Their songs address issues such as apartheid, global warming but also love and life in today's South Africa.