Cut from our documentaries, explainers and conversations. Each one links back to the full episode it came from.
2:05What turns ordinary people into a violent mob? And how does hate speech travel from words to the streets? In this conversation, author and journalist Dayashankar Mishra speaks to senior journalist Bushra Khanum about his latest book, Akhlaq: Bharat Mein Mob Lynching Ki Vistrit Zameeni Padtaal. Th…
2:05What turns ordinary people into a violent mob? And how does hate speech travel from words to the streets? In this conversation, author and journalist Dayashankar Mishra speaks to senior journalist Bushra Khanum about his latest book, Akhlaq: Bharat Mein Mob Lynching Ki Vistrit Zameeni Padtaal. Th…
2:05What turns ordinary people into a violent mob? And how does hate speech travel from words to the streets? In this conversation, author and journalist Dayashankar Mishra speaks to senior journalist Bushra Khanum about his latest book, Akhlaq: Bharat Mein Mob Lynching Ki Vistrit Zameeni Padtaal. Th…
1:09Why write about lynching when so few are willing to speak about it openly?
1:09Why write about lynching when so few are willing to speak about it openly?
1:09Why write about lynching when so few are willing to speak about it openly?
1:16"Step away from elections until you're given a fair share."
1:16"Step away from elections until you're given a fair share."
1:16"Step away from elections until you're given a fair share."
1:46“If there is an informed intervention, then you can do that to the machinery.”
1:46“If there is an informed intervention, then you can do that to the machinery.”
1:46“If there is an informed intervention, then you can do that to the machinery.”
1:00"The real challenge is no longer preserving symbols—it is defending citizenship."
1:00"The real challenge is no longer preserving symbols—it is defending citizenship."
1:00"The real challenge is no longer preserving symbols—it is defending citizenship."
1:36“Activism will be more fruitful and more effective only when we gain conceptual clarity.”
1:36“Activism will be more fruitful and more effective only when we gain conceptual clarity.”
1:36“Activism will be more fruitful and more effective only when we gain conceptual clarity.”
2:00“The Khilafat movement was anti-colonial in tenor.”
2:00“The Khilafat movement was anti-colonial in tenor.”
2:00“The Khilafat movement was anti-colonial in tenor.”
1:32“Wounds heal, but there will always be scars.”
1:32“Wounds heal, but there will always be scars.”
1:32“Wounds heal, but there will always be scars.”
1:07“We have all given our blood for this reality: that our nation-state will be India based on this contract.”
1:07“We have all given our blood for this reality: that our nation-state will be India based on this contract.”
1:07“We have all given our blood for this reality: that our nation-state will be India based on this contract.”
1:30“Composite nationalism, if we understand it, betrayed its own idea.”
1:30“Composite nationalism, if we understand it, betrayed its own idea.”
1:30“Composite nationalism, if we understand it, betrayed its own idea.”
2:09“First time, Shia and Sunni organizations came together to oppose creation of Pakistan.”
2:09“First time, Shia and Sunni organizations came together to oppose creation of Pakistan.”
2:09“First time, Shia and Sunni organizations came together to oppose creation of Pakistan.”
0:47“A genuine discussion about terrorism is possible only by bringing the nation-state and nationalism to the centre.”
0:47“A genuine discussion about terrorism is possible only by bringing the nation-state and nationalism to the centre.”
0:47“A genuine discussion about terrorism is possible only by bringing the nation-state and nationalism to the centre.”
1:25“The Khilafat movement was the first really India-wide mass mobilisation.”
1:25“The Khilafat movement was the first really India-wide mass mobilisation.”
1:25“The Khilafat movement was the first really India-wide mass mobilisation.”
2:05"Zakat was not simply an act of individual charity."
2:05"Zakat was not simply an act of individual charity."
2:05"Zakat was not simply an act of individual charity."
2:29"For Hindutva, Muslims have to remain 'the other'—without that, it cannot survive."
2:29"For Hindutva, Muslims have to remain 'the other'—without that, it cannot survive."
2:29"For Hindutva, Muslims have to remain 'the other'—without that, it cannot survive."
1:33"Why should we go to Pakistan? We chose India because it promised equal citizenship under the Constitution."
1:33"Why should we go to Pakistan? We chose India because it promised equal citizenship under the Constitution."
1:33"Why should we go to Pakistan? We chose India because it promised equal citizenship under the Constitution."
