Iran’s 1979 revolution challenged Western systems of power and inspired alternative models such as Islamic economics in parts of the Muslim world. Despite decades of sanctions, pressure and regional conflicts, Iran continues to be seen by many as a symbol of anti-colonial and anti-imperial resist…
1:13:08How independent is the judiciary in India today? And what happens when citizens begin to lose confidence in the institutions meant to protect their rights?
2:44:36In this conversation, Dr. Harish S. Wankhede joins Ali Javed to examine the political and cultural legacy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and the evolution of the Dalit movement. They discuss how Ambedkar imagined Dalits as political subjects at a time when they were denied even basic human dignity, and how…
3:25:59What does it mean to renew Islamic thought in an age of modernity? In this conversation, Dr. Waris Mazhari discusses his new book, Fikr-e-Islami Ki Tajdeed (Renewal/ Reconstruction of Islamic Thought), with Ali Javed. The conversation explores the diversity within the Islamic intellectual traditi…
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