The xSDG Podcast: Recent Episodes
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On the xSDG podcast, we bring to you conversations with experts who are focused on making development more intersectionally inclusive. Listen in to understand key issues and ideas for impact.
About the Guest:
Porkodi Palaniappan is an Art Therapist and Founder of Better Chances. Better Chances works towards building inclusive societies where friends and neighbours support those with mental health issues live on their own. She also headed the Larrence Charitable Trust, a home for destitute children and was also involved in other activities related to child welfare during this job stint.
This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, mental health collective associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes. In 2019 they co-founded queer listening circle to enable healing spaces among community spaces.
You can also listen to this and more by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, spelt U_N_O_T_H_E_R which is available on both the Apple and Google app stores. To invite such experts to your organization for guest lectures or expert consultations, please also look at Belongg Circle, a platform that curates intersectional experts and makes it easy for a range of organizations to integrate such thinking in their work.
About the Guest:
Raviraj Shetty is an occupational therapist, children's book author, supervisor, library educator and a teacher who believes that all the problems of this world are rooted in the structural systems of oppression rather than in communities or peoples bodies and identities. His work is informed by Narrative practices, sensory integration, accountability practices, queer writings, children's books, his mother’s cooking practices and his communities ways of living. He is a teacher of Narrative practices and Early childhood development; and teaches in local and international workshops and diplomas. He supports the work of therapists and community health workers through supervision and consultation. Raviraj has published articles and is a peer reviewer for the Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy and has also co-curated Jugaad, a little book of know-hows by young people with disabilities about mental health and conceptualised Our Jugaad, a handbook of know-hows by mothers of disabled children. He has peer reviewed articles for international journals including Journal of Occupational science.
This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, mental health collective associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes. In 2019 they co-founded queer listening circle to enable healing spaces among community spaces.
You can also listen to this and more by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, spelt U_N_O_T_H_E_R which is available on both the Apple and Google app stores. To invite such experts to your organization for guest lectures or expert consultations, please also look at Belongg Circle, a platform that curates intersectional experts and makes it easy for a range of organizations to integrate such thinking in their work.
About the Guest:
Zehra Mehdi is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Religion, Columbia University working at the intersections of religion, politics, and psychoanalysis. Her doctoral dissertation studies how Muslims as persecuted religious minorities in India draw upon religion to perform the psychic work of verbalizing trauma, mourning losses, as well as staging political protest. Her research interests are political psychology, religious minorities and nationalism, trauma and violence, gender theory, psychoanalytic anthropology, and Partition literature. She has written articles in psychoanalytic journals on Islamophobia and secular psychoanalysis in India and contributed chapters in edited volumes on Winnicott and political theory, psychoanalysis and literature, and religious-political identities in the clinic. Her forthcoming articles are on psychoanalysis and nationalism in India, listening to injustice, and the need for political psychoanalytic anthropology.
This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, mental health collective associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes. In 2019 they co-founded queer listening circle to enable healing spaces among community spaces.
You can also listen to this and more by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, spelt U_N_O_T_H_E_R which is available on both the Apple and Google app stores. To invite such experts to your organization for guest lectures or expert consultations, please also look at Belongg Circle, a platform that curates intersectional experts and makes it easy for a range of organizations to integrate such thinking in their work.
About the Guest:
Rory Cahill is an experienced psychotherapist, lecturer and trainer specialising in a compassion-focused approach to wellbeing and counselling. He is a leading expert in the application of Compassionate Focused Therapy (CFT) in educational settings to improve both staff and pupil wellbeing. Rory takes a no nonsense approach to wellbeing cutting through the jargon and transforming evidence-based concepts into practical, understandable and effective solutions and interventions. His workshops can make a positive difference to individuals and teams working in a range of stressful environments including businesses, universities and the NHS.
This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, mental health collective associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes. In 2019 they co-founded queer listening circle to enable healing spaces among community spaces.
You can also listen to this and more by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, spelt U_N_O_T_H_E_R which is available on both the Apple and Google app stores. To invite such experts to your organization for guest lectures or expert consultations, please also look at Belongg Circle, a platform that curates intersectional experts and makes it easy for a range of organizations to integrate such thinking in their work.
About the Guest:
Nikita Sonavane is a legal researcher and lawyer based in Bhopal, India. She is the co-founder of the Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project, a litigation and research intervention focused on building accountability against criminalisation of marginalised communities by the police and the criminal justice system.
This series is hosted by Muda Tariq, Research Associate at Belongg. Muda graduated with a Bachelor's in Political Science, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. She is passionate about working on the intersections of gender, human rights, and conflict. She is also a fellow at the LedBy Foundation and the EU-funded ALLY Project.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
About the Guest:
Prof. (Dr.) Dalwai specializes in gender, sexuality, and law. Her Ph.D. thesis analyses the legal ban on dancing in the bars of Mumbai. In this work, she focuses on sexuality and law during globalisation in India with a specific reference to the caste capital of hereditary dancers. She has published in international journals and offered conference papers in many international conferences. Ms. Dalwai has worked as a lawyer with human rights organizations in Mumbai as well as health NGOs in rural Maharashtra. She envisioned and heads Development and Human Rights Institute (www.dhri.org ) a human rights education and exposure programme for students of western universities.
This series is hosted by Muda Tariq, the Research Associate at Belongg. Muda graduated with a Bachelor's in Political Science, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. She is passionate about working on the intersections of gender, human rights, and conflict. She is also a fellow at the LedBy Foundation and the EU-funded ALLY Project.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
About the Guest:
Manjula Pradeep is currently the Director of Campaigns in Dalit Human Rights Defenders Network Project, which covers five states of India. Manjula has also founded the Wise Act of Youth Visioning and Engagement (WAYVE) Foundation (www.wayve.net.in) which works for the empowerment and rights of marginalized youth in India building their leadership and building awareness about Constitutional Rights.
Apart from that, Manjula is involved with the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights. She also served as a member of the executive group of the International Dalit Solidarity Network and the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the National Center for Advocacy Studies, India. She also represents issues facing Dalits and Dalit women in international forums, such as the United Nations and the European Union.
This series is hosted by Muda Tariq, theResearch Associate at Belongg. Muda graduated with a Bachelor's in Political Science, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. She is passionate about working on the intersections of gender, human rights, and conflict. She is also a fellow at the LedBy Foundation and the EU-funded ALLY Project.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
About the Guest:
M.R. Sharan is a graduate student in the Ph.D. programme in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. His primary fields of interest are development economics and political economy. He is part of a series of research projects in India and his work attempts to better understand the linkages between State policy, politics, citizens, and government. He has previously worked as a researcher at the office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, JPAL South Asia, and IGC India. He holds a B.A. (Honours) in Economics from Hans Raj College, and an M.A. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. He is the author of the novel Blue (Harper Collins, 2014).
This series is hosted by Muda Tariq, Research Associate at Belongg. Muda graduated with a Bachelor's in Political Science, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. She is passionate about working on the intersections of gender, human rights, and conflict. She is also a fellow at the LedBy Foundation and the EU-funded ALLY Project.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
About the Guest:
Kumam Davidson Singh is an ethnographer, writer, curator, and educator. He is the founder of Matai Society and co-founder of TCHP: A Queer Digital Anthology of Northeast India.
This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, Mental Health Collective Associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
About the Guest:
Gregory Cajete is a Native American educator whose work is dedicated to honoring the foundations of Indigenous knowledge in education. He worked at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico for 21 years. While at the Institute, he served as Dean of the Center for Research and Cultural Exchange, Chair of Native American Studies, and Professor of ethnoscience. He has also served as a Professor of Native American Studies and Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Cajete also designs culturally-responsive curricula geared to the special needs and learning styles of Native American students.
Dr. Cajete has authored five books: Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education (1994); Ignite the Sparkle: An Indigenous Science Education Curriculum Model (1999); Spirit of the Game: Indigenous Wellsprings (2004); A People’s Ecology: Explorations in Sustainable Living (1999); and Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence (2000).
This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, Mental Health Collective Associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
About the Guest:
Gopika Kapoor is a writer and autism consultant. She is the author of bestselling books Spiritual Parenting, Spiritual Pregnancy, Spiritual Relationships, and Spiritual Success published by Hay House India. Gopika has written for a number of leading publications and has been consulted on various communications initiatives with national and international NGOs. She has been awarded the Young FICCI Ladies Organization (YFLO) Women Achievers Award for exemplary writing. Gopika has authored the book- Beyond the Blue: Love, Life and Autism, a realistic, positive book for parents of children with autism, that includes her personal and professional experiences of dealing with the condition. To help other parents on this journey, she also consults with them individually.
This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, Mental Health Collective Associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
About the Guest:
Shivani Nag is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education Studies at Ambedkar University Delhi, India. She is also an education and language rights activist. Drawing on theories from cultural psychology and critical and feminist pedagogies, her research focuses on the inclusion, experience, and participation of children, adolescents, and young adults from marginalized and disadvantaged contexts in school and higher education.
This series is hosted by Saransh Bisht, Mental Health Collective Associate at Belongg. They are also a mental health practitioner who works extensively with queer persons on various psycho-social themes.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
On the xSDG podcast, we bring to you conversations with experts who are focused on making development more intersectionally inclusive. The podcast carries sub-series that cover inclusive food systems, law and justice, cities and much more. Listen in to understand key issues and ideas for impact.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, - available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
About the Guest:
Shipra Deo is the Director of Women’s Land Rights at Landesa India where she leads Landesa’s work for gender equal and inclusive land governance. In recent years she has done intensive research on inheritance by women and gendered aspects of land laws in India.
This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
About the Guest:
Dr Swain is a Research Associate at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University. He is the Assistant Director of the Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA) program of Tata-Cornell Institute. He has a multidisciplinary background spanning gender responsive food systems, male involvement, intimate partner violence and women's health, migration and communicable disease, and agriculture and nutrition in the Indian sub continent and East Africa.
This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
About the Guest:
Dr Shreya Sinha is a lecturer in Business and Society at Queen Mary University of London. Her research is focused on the political economy of agrarian change and development, with a regional focus on India. Previously, Shreya was involved with the TIGR2ESS project (Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies) at the University of Cambridge.
This podcast series is hosted by Amiya Chaudhuri, Research Associate at Belongg.
You can also listen to this podcast and more conversations on intersectional inclusion, by downloading Belongg’s app UnOther, available on the Apple and Google app stores. To connect with intersectional experts for guest lectures or consultations, check out Belongg Circle, a platform that makes it easy for a range of organizations and individuals to integrate intersectionality in their work.
*Please note that at the time of recording this podcast, Dr Sinha was Lecturer at the University of Reading's School of Agriculture, Policy and Development.