Ali Javed is a Delhi-based thinker, researcher, and media entrepreneur leading Nous, shaping narratives on Indian Muslims & Islam through scholarship, strategy, and high-impact storytelling.
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Revisiting Hallaq’s critique of the modern state, the episode highlights how both the ‘Islamic polity’ and the ‘nation-state’ are often theorized through idealized, hypothetical models that never fully existed in practice. We trace the historical role of Jamiat, Deoband, and other Muslim institutions that emerged in periods of relative
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Is the crisis of secular politics merely operational or deeply ideological? We dissect the Bihar verdict, the exclusion of Muslim agency, and why the opposition must move beyond tokenism toward genuine power-sharing to survive.
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Dr. Shamsul Islam dives into RSS archives to challenge established narratives. From the origins of the Two-Nation Theory to the freedom struggle, discover what their own records reveal about India's past.
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Bihar is India’s third-most populous state — yet remains one of its most underdeveloped. But behind Bihar’s well-known struggles lies a story almost never told: the story of its Muslim citizens, especially in Seemanchal. Muslims make up 17% of Bihar’s population — one in every six people — but remain
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In this episode, we speak with Prof. Vipin Kumar Tripathi, a retired IIT Delhi professor advocating for communal harmony, secularism, and social justice. Shaped by his Gandhian freedom-fighter father and Muslim teacher Ahmed Baksh, Prof. Tripathi’s journey led him from academia to activism, sparked by the 1982 Lebanon attack
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In Assam, the state is "manufacturing foreigners out of floods." Dr. Ritumbra Manuvie unpacks how climate erosion, draconian laws, and digital hate converge to strip the vulnerable of citizenship, turning survival into suspicion.
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Muslims in India face exclusion across multiple fronts, particularly as right-wing Hindutva gains ground. Despite various efforts, resistance has largely failed to create an impact. This podcast critically examines the gaps, failures, and the urgent need for a meaningful intellectual response to counter Muslim marginalisation in the wake of rising
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Join us for a thought-provoking podcast featuring Maulana Ahmad Wali Faisal Rahmani, Ameer-E-Shariat of Bihar, Bengal, Jharkhand & Odisha and Secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. In this episode, we delve into the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 and explore Maulana Rahmani's strong opposition to the
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In this enlightening episode of Nous Network, we are honoured to host Dr. Syed Zafar Mahmood, President of the Zakat Foundation of India, former bureaucrat, and member of the Sachar Committee.
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Arun Kumar is a Retired Professor of Economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the author of 'Demonetization and Black Economy' (2018, Penguin Random House) and 'Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis: Impact of Coronavirus and the Road Ahead' (2020). https://youtu.be/vyFAyrZZErc In this
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In this in-depth podcast we explore of India's Citizenship Conundrum with Mohsin Alam Bhat. We cover the following points: - Who is a citizen, illegal migrant and a refugee? - Assam Accords - 2003 Amendment - Citizenship Amendment Act - 2019 NRC in Assam - Arguments For &
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Today, we're joined by Professor Irfan Ahmad, a prominent figure in Anthropology-Sociology, currently teaching at Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul. With a rich academic background, including a significant tenure at the Max Planck Institute, Professor Ahmad's work critically examines the interplay between philosophy, power, and society.