Podcast appearances and mentions of Anand Patwardhan

Welcome to part 2 of our special event, “The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies”. The event, co-hosted by MIT Technology Review, brings together some of the leading voices in AI policy from the public and private sectors to role-play these complex issues. These AI leaders play roles in the US, China, and The EU, and enact policies that best align with their roles interests in the AI space. This episode contains the second and final phase of the game. We hope you enjoy this insightful episode.  Our Players: US Government Players White House (NSA, AI & Crypto Czar, Assistant to Pres. For S&T) - Doug Calidas, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) Government research institutions (funding) - Stephen Ezell Standards and governance (NIST, DOS, etc.) - Vivek Wadhwa, Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Engineering at Silicon Valley Regulatory and trade (DOS, Treasury, etc.) - Susan Ariel Aaronson, American author, public speaker, and GWU professor Department of Defense- Daniel Castro, vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) Commerce Department - Anupam Chander, Scott K Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center Intel Community and Cyber Defense - David Mussington, professor of the practice the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and currently serves as the CISA Executive Assistant Director Congress/State Department -  Cameron Kelly,  Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institutution China players Central Military Committee representatives - Rohit Talwar, founder of FastFuture Intelligence and cyber - Daniel Richardson, President of Indepth Global AI  Public/Private Industry - Sarah Myers West, co-director at AI Now Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)/Ministry of Industry and Information technology (MIIT) - David Lin, Senior Director for Future Technology Platforms at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) European Union Governance- Courtney Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Institute Military/Security - Gordon LaForge, senior policy analyst at New America Regulatory - Michelle Nie, EU Tech Policy Fellow at the Open Markets Institute Industrial and research policy - David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council Intelligence Agencies - Rumman Chowdhury, scientist, entrepreneur, and former responsible artificial intelligence lead at Accenture Civil Society  Large players (ChatGPT, META, Amazon, Microsoft) - Cody Buntain, Assistant Professor; Affiliate Fellow, UMD Honors College – Artificial Intelligence Cluster Medium players - Ramayya Krishnan, Dean, Heinz College Of Information Systems And Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University Open-source communities - Jay Lee, Clark Distinguished Chair Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Univ. of Maryland College Park Advocacy Organizations - David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council  Legal Community - Kahaan Mehta, Research Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy  Universities and academia Large universities - Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke Law Smaller schools - Anand Patwardhan, professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Medium Universities - Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher at MIT Technology Review Government laboratories (Defense, DOE, etc.) - Emily M. Bender, University of Washington Professor This material is distributed by TRG Advisory Services, LLC on behalf of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the U.S.. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to part 2 of our special event, “The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies”. The event, co-hosted by MIT Technology Review, brings together some of the leading voices in AI policy from the public and private sectors to role-play these complex issues. These AI leaders play roles in the US, China, and The EU, and enact policies that best align with their roles interests in the AI space. This episode contains the second and final phase of the game. We hope you enjoy this insightful episode.  Our Players: US Government Players White House (NSA, AI & Crypto Czar, Assistant to Pres. For S&T) - Doug Calidas, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) Government research institutions (funding) - Stephen Ezell Standards and governance (NIST, DOS, etc.) - Vivek Wadhwa, Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Engineering at Silicon Valley Regulatory and trade (DOS, Treasury, etc.) - Susan Ariel Aaronson, American author, public speaker, and GWU professor Department of Defense- Daniel Castro, vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) Commerce Department - Anupam Chander, Scott K Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center Intel Community and Cyber Defense - David Mussington, professor of the practice the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and currently serves as the CISA Executive Assistant Director Congress/State Department -  Cameron Kelly,  Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institutution China players Central Military Committee representatives - Rohit Talwar, founder of FastFuture Intelligence and cyber - Daniel Richardson, President of Indepth Global AI  Public/Private Industry - Sarah Myers West, co-director at AI Now Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)/Ministry of Industry and Information technology (MIIT) - David Lin, Senior Director for Future Technology Platforms at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) European Union Governance- Courtney Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Institute Military/Security - Gordon LaForge, senior policy analyst at New America Regulatory - Michelle Nie, EU Tech Policy Fellow at the Open Markets Institute Industrial and research policy - David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council Intelligence Agencies - Rumman Chowdhury, scientist, entrepreneur, and former responsible artificial intelligence lead at Accenture Civil Society  Large players (ChatGPT, META, Amazon, Microsoft) - Cody Buntain, Assistant Professor; Affiliate Fellow, UMD Honors College – Artificial Intelligence Cluster Medium players - Ramayya Krishnan, Dean, Heinz College Of Information Systems And Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University Open-source communities - Jay Lee, Clark Distinguished Chair Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Univ. of Maryland College Park Advocacy Organizations - David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council  Legal Community - Kahaan Mehta, Research Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy  Universities and academia Large universities - Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke Law Smaller schools - Anand Patwardhan, professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Medium Universities - Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher at MIT Technology Review Government laboratories (Defense, DOE, etc.) - Emily M. Bender, University of Washington Professor This material is distributed by TRG Advisory Services, LLC on behalf of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the U.S.. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a very different episode of Siliconsciousness. Today, we are taking a creative new approach to discussing the future of AI. This episode comprises the first part of our special event, “The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies”. The event, co-hosted by MIT Technology Review, brings together some of the leading voices in AI policy from the public and private sectors to role-play these complex issues. These AI leaders play roles in the US, China, and The EU, and enact policies that best align with their roles interests in the AI space. This first episode contains the first phase of the game, as well as introductions from the editor in chief of MIT Technology Review Mat Honan as well as game controller Ed McGrady. We hope you enjoy. Our Players: US Government Players White House (NSA, AI & Crypto Czar, Assistant to Pres. For S&T) - Doug Calidas, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) Government research institutions (funding) - Stephen Ezell Standards and governance (NIST, DOS, etc.) - Vivek Wadhwa, Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Engineering at Silicon Valley Regulatory and trade (DOS, Treasury, etc.) - Susan Ariel Aaronson, American author, public speaker, and GWU professor Department of Defense- Daniel Castro, vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) Commerce Department - Anupam Chander, Scott K Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center Intel Community and Cyber Defense - David Mussington, professor of the practice the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and currently serves as the CISA Executive Assistant Director Congress/State Department -  Cameron Kelly,  Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institutution China players Central Military Committee representatives - Rohit Talwar, founder of FastFuture Intelligence and cyber - Daniel Richardson, President of Indepth Global AI  Public/Private Industry - Sarah Myers West, co-director at AI Now Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)/Ministry of Industry and Information technology (MIIT) - David Lin, Senior Director for Future Technology Platforms at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) European Union Governance- Courtney Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Institute Military/Security - Gordon LaForge, senior policy analyst at New America Regulatory - Michelle Nie, EU Tech Policy Fellow at the Open Markets Institute Industrial and research policy - David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council Intelligence Agencies - Rumman Chowdhury, scientist, entrepreneur, and former responsible artificial intelligence lead at Accenture Civil Society  Large players (ChatGPT, META, Amazon, Microsoft) - Cody Buntain, Assistant Professor; Affiliate Fellow, UMD Honors College – Artificial Intelligence Cluster Medium players - Ramayya Krishnan, Dean, Heinz College Of Information Systems And Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University Open-source communities - Jay Lee, Clark Distinguished Chair Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Univ. of Maryland College Park Advocacy Organizations - David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council  Legal Community - Kahaan Mehta, Research Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy  Universities and academia Large universities - Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke Law Smaller schools - Anand Patwardhan, professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Medium Universities - Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher at MIT Technology Review Government laboratories (Defense, DOE, etc.) - Emily M. Bender, University of Washington Professor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

D'abord ingénieur puis ethnologue et cinéaste, Jean Rouch regarde la vie des autres pour raconter leur mode de vie, leurs rituels et leur cosmogonie. Jean Rouch, caméra au poing, inventeur du cinéma direct, avec du matériel léger pour filmer et enregistrer. Jean Rouch, père du cinéma ethnographique, père de la nouvelle vague, une référence pour Godard… Jean Rouch tombé amoureux d'un pays, le Niger, où il a décidé d'être enterré en février 2004. Jean Rouch, monument national, père du cinéma nigérien. Mais comment regardait-il les autres ? Et quels sont celles et ceux qui, aujourd'hui, s'inscrivent dans son héritage, ici et ailleurs dans le monde ? Autant d'interrogations à partager avec Laurent Pellé, délégué général du festival, à l'écoute de Moussa Hamidou, fidèle preneur de son de Jean Rouch et Anand Patwardhan dont le dernier film « The world is family » a été sélectionné, cette année (2024), au Festival Jean Rouch alors qu'il est censuré en Inde, son pays... Un entretien exceptionnel traduit par Marguerite Capelle.À découvrir :Le site du festival Jean RouchLe site du réalisateur indien Anand Patwardhan.

The creation of the Canadian Farmworkers Union, as it would come to be called, was the first step in a struggle that continues to this day.Because even now, farmworkers have far fewer rights than almost any other class of worker. And even today, the men and women who grow our food are subject to horrific working conditions and racial discrimination.But to understand why the situation remains so bad, we need to go back in time to a moment when there was progress and hope. A moment when it looked like things might truly change for the better.This is the first episode in a two-part series on farm labour. Featured in this episode: Raj ChouhanTo learn more:A Time To Rise by Anand Patwardhan & Jim MunroUnion Zindabad!: South Asian Canadian Labour History in British Columbia by Donna Sacuta, Bailey Garden & Anushay Malik“Charan Gill: An ‘Epic' Life of Advocacy” by David P. Ball in The Tyee“1983: The Year BC Citizens and Workers Fought Back” by Rod Mickleburgh in The TyeeCredits: Arshy Mann (Host and Producer), Jordan Cornish (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), André Proulx (Production Coordinator), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief) Additional music from Audio NetworkSponsors: Douglas, Athletic Greens If you value this podcast, Support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody. You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 22 January 2024, as India's prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Ram temple in Ayodhya, a 32-year old film was recirculated across India on social media platforms. Many Indians felt the need to watch and share the documentary Ram ke naam made by Anand Parwardhan in 1990. The film captured the mobilisation of hundreds of Hindu activists who were made to believe that Ram was born at the exact spot where the 16th century Babri Masjid stood and, as a result, wanted a temple built there instead of the mosque. The film was released in September 1992 just months before a group of militant Hindu activists illegally tore down the Babri Masjid. In this episode of State of Southasia, our assistant editor Nayantara Narayanan speaks to Patwardhan about the making of Ram ke naam, why India ignored its warnings about religious fundamentalism and what lessons it still holds three decades later. State of Southasia releases with a new interview every four weeks.

Anand Patwardhan, a well-known documentary filmmaker from India, presents his latest documentary, 'The World is Family,' which documents the oral history of India's freedom struggle through a collection of personal home videos featuring his parents, uncles, and extended family members, all of whom played active roles in India's fight for independence

Il 22 gennaio 2024 il primo ministro indiano Narendra Modi ha inaugurato nella città di Ayodhya il Ram Mandir, un tempio induista dedicato al dio Ram. Trent'anni fa, dove oggi c'è il tempio, si ergeva una grande moschea che fu demolita illegalmente da una folla di estremisti induisti. La spirale di sangue iniziata con la demolizione della moschea ha causato migliaia di morti e inaugurato una stagione di repressione contro la comunità musulmana che in India non si è mai interrotta. Per questo è importante ricordare la storia di come si è arrivati a realizzare il tempio di Ram: date, nomi ed eventi che hanno preparato il campo alla Nuova India di Narendra Modi. Gli inserti audio di questa puntata sono tratti da: Shri Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha LIVE, canale youtube Narendra Modi, 22 gennaio 2024; Agar Chua Mandir To Tujhe Dikha Denge 2021 Remix By Dj Upender Smiley, canale youtube Dj Upender Smiley, 8 maggio 2021; Banayenge Mandir – Dhol Tasha Bass Mix – Dj Satish and Sachin, canale youtube di DJ Satish & Sachin, 3 agosto 2020; Ram Ke Naam (In the name of God) – a documentary by Anand Patwardhan (1991), canale youtube di Kunal Kamra, 6 novembre 2019; Flashback Ayodhya: The Most Comprehensive Video of the Babri Masjid Demolition,1992, canale youtube The Wire, 13 gennaio 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a three-year hiatus induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival returned this year with a new curatorial team and a robust lineup of independent and art-house work from all over South Asia and beyond. One of the major international film festivals in the region, MAMI (as it is colloquially known) is a unique combination of corporate glitz and die-hard indie cinephilia. Sponsored in large part by Reliance Industries, the company owned and run by the richest family in India, and boasting major Bollywood figures on its board, the festival is nevertheless an oasis for formally and politically bold filmmaking in a cultural landscape dominated by commercial blockbusters and constrained by censorship policies. Devika attended the festival for the first time this year, as did curator and Film Comment contributor Inney Prakash. On today's episode, they discuss their experience in Mumbai and some of the highlights of the South Asia selection, including The World Is Family by Anand Patwardhan, Against the Tide by Sarvnik Kaur, Which Colour? by Shahrukhkhan Chavada, a program of short films by Amit Dutta, and more.

This week, documentary filmmaker Shilpi Gulati (Taala Te Kunjee, Qissa-e-Parsi) and film editor Vedant Joshi (All That Breathes, Fursat), join us to discuss the ethics of documentary films, and the impact of commercial filmmaking with series like The Romantics and Harry & Meghan. Here are the films we refer to during the episode: -Taala Te Kunjee -All That Breathes -Born Into Brothels -Tales of the Night Fairies -Something Like A War -Writing With Fire -An Insignificant Man -Lakshmi and Me -Nida Mehboob's Let's Talk About Sex -The Cinema Travellers And here is the link to the Vulture article Shrishti mentions: https://www.vulture.com/article/tv-documentaries-ethical-standards.html Respectfully Disagree is The Swaddle Team's very own podcast series, in which we get together to discuss and dissect the issues we passionately differ on.

Welcome to Back In Time, our brand new show hosted by Kunal Kamra. Kunal sits down with writers, filmmakers, journalists, lawyers and economists to, well, go back in time and discuss critical moments in independent India's history. In episode 1, Kunal revisits 1990s India with documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan. Anand takes us back to his time shooting Ram Ke Naam, which explored the sociopolitical climate leading up to the Babri Masjid demolition. Hindu fundamentalism drummed up wide support for the demolition, he says, adding specifically about BJP grandee LK Advani's mobilisation campaign, “Wherever the rath yatra went, people were being killed.” They also discuss how patriarchy and caste played into the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.Listen! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

On February 28, 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report focusing on the impacts of climate change and our capacity to adapt to them. This 3,000+ page document can help inform policymakers about the latest climate science and possible solutions. But what are the biggest takeaways from the report and where do we go from here? Dan and EESI Policy Manager Anna McGinn talk with Dr. Anand Patwardhan, previous coordinating lead author for the IPCC and co-chair of the Adaptation Research Alliance, about the main conclusions and how research can drive climate adaptation work forward.

In the first episode of season 2, PKP hosts Ankur and Raeesa explore the rich and vast history of documentary cinema in India, from pre-Independence to current times. Follow along as they uncover the historical events, themes, and political pressures that have shaped the Indian documentary landscape, as well as notable figures in the genre such as Anand Patwardhadwan, Nishtha Jain, the Films Division, and Vinod Chopra.Sources:An Encounter With Faces (Vinod Chopra): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Po-KB3FGUFilming Reality: The Independent Documentary Movement in India (Shoma Chatterji, 2015)IDA: https://www.documentary.org/feature/bollywood-long-rich-history-documentary-indiaIndia's Leading Documentary Filmmaker Has A Warning (NY Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/magazine/india-documentary-anand-patwardhan.html‘All of My Work Is Endangered': Anand Patwardhan on the Future of Documentary Films in India (ArtReview): https://artreview.com/all-of-my-work-is-endangered-anand-patwardhan-on-the-future-of-documentary-films-in-india/

Reason, Ram and Jai Bhim Comrade MORE INTERVIEWS LIKE THIS: Psychology of Neofascism: https://youtu.be/SmgByh6MUKAAnand Patwardhan filmography and webiste: http://patwardhan.com/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.

Reason, Ram and Jai Bhim Comrade MORE INTERVIEWS LIKE THIS: Psychology of Neofascism: https://youtu.be/SmgByh6MUKAAnand Patwardhan filmography and webiste: http://patwardhan.com/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.

We're well into the 21st century, but Indian society seems stuck in ages past -- especially when it comes to the state of our women. Kavita Krishnan joins Amit Varma in episode 228 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss her evolution as a feminist, and what she has learned from her activism.  Also check out: 1. Fearless Freedom -- Kavita Krishnan. 2. Kavita Krishnan's speech in the anti-rape protests of 2012. 3. Kavita Krishnan on the Tarun Tejpal verdict. 4. Kavita Krishnan's Facebook posts on stalking and marital rape. 5. Gendered Discipline in Globalising India -- Kavita Krishnan. 6. Kavita Krishnan's Twitter thread on the Mahmood Farooqui case. 7. Films, Feminism, Paromita -- Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra). 8. Women at Work -- Episode 132 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Namita Bhandare). 9. Metrics of Empowerment -- Episode 88 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Devika Kher, Nidhi Gupta and Hamsini Hariharan). 10. The #MeToo Movement -- Episode 90 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Supriya Nair & Nikita Saxena). 11. An Economist Looks at #MeToo -- Episode 92 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 12. Misogyny is the Oldest Indian Tradition -- Amit Varma. 13. Men Must Step Up Now -- Amit Varma. 14. Over 1600 Teachers Died of COVID-19 After Poll Duty for Panchayat Elections -- Manoj Singh. 15. Enid Blyton on Amazon. 16. Little Women -- Louisa May Alcott. 17. To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee. 18. The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories -- Kate Chopin. 19. Max Beerbohm and James Thurber on Amazon. 20. Crime and Punishment -- Fyodor Dostoevsky. 21. House of the Dead --  Fyodor Dostoevsky. 22. Leaves From the Jungle -- Verrier Elwin. 23. Private Truths, Public Lies -- Timur Kuran. 24. Ram Ke Naam -- Documentary by Anand Patwardhan. 25. The City & the City -- China Miéville. 26. Remembering Chandu, Friend and Comrade -- Kavita Krishnan. 27. Revolutionary Desires: Women, Communism, and Feminism in India -- Ania Loomba. 28. Song of Myself -- Walt Whitman. 29. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman -- Mary Wollstonecraft. 30. Amit Varma's episode of The Book Club on Wollstonecraft's book. 31. Who Stole Feminism? -- Chistina Hoff Sommers. 32. The Blank Slate -- Steven Pinker. 33. Feminism for the 99% -- Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya & Nancy Fraser. 34. Resisting State Injustice -- Episode 120 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Jason Brennan). 35. Marxvaad Aur Ram Rajya -- Karpatri Maharaj. 36. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India -- Akshaya Mukul. 37. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism -- Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 38. A People's Constitution -- Rohit De. 39. Does India take its national symbols too seriously? -- Jan 2008 episode of We the People. 40. The Ideas of Our Constitution -- Episode 164 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhav Khosla). 41. Early Indians -- Episode 112 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tony Joseph). 42. The History of Desire in India -- Episode 161 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhavi Menon). 43. Young India -- Episode 83 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Snigdha Poonam). 44. The First Assault on Our Constitution -- Episode 194 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh). 45. Love jihad laws are a backlash to India's own progress -- Shruti Rajagopalan. 46. The Jackson Katz quote on passive sentence constructions. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader, FutureStack and The Social Capital Compound. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! And check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

In the latest episode of NL Conversations, Newslaundry’s Mehraj D Lone speaks to Anand Patwardhan, one of India’s most prominent filmmakers and the director of documentaries like Ram Ke Naam, War and Peace, and Reason.Discussing the migrant worker crisis following the lockdown, Anand argues that the government is “incapable of feeling anything for the poor, anything for minorities, anything for people other than their own crony capitalist class.” He adds,“This has been their policy from day one, long before the coronavirus.” Anand is particularly impassioned in his criticism of the Babri Masjid judgement, suggesting that the Supreme Court “rewarded the people who demolished the Babri Mosque. When there is still a case going on about the demolition of the mosque, we know who the guilty are because they have said so themselves; they have hardly been reticent about the fact that they demolished the mosque.” He also discusses the historical context of the dispute, referring to a lesser-known pre-independence narrative of the site. Defending his conception of Mahatma Gandhi and Balasahab Ambedkar as “liberation theologists”, Anand suggests that recent criticism of Gandhi is ahistorical, especially with regards to the latter’s views on caste. He points out Gandhi’s campaigns against untouchability and his consistent advocacy of inter-caste marriages. He concludes, “Both Ambedkar and Gandhi were so important because both had to go hand in hand. One changing the law and the other changing hearts.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joining us this week is documentarian Anuradha Rana – Associate Professor, School of Cinematic Arts, DePaul University – as we discuss Alexandre O. Philippe’s Memory: The Origins of Alien and interview director Alyssa Bolsey and cinematographer Camilo Lara of Beyond the Bolex. Both films deal, albeit in very different ways, with behind-the-scenes looks at the art of filmmaking. From blood-curdling chest-bursting scenes to the perfect windup, rotating-lens-turret camera, we’ve got you covered. Group Review Documentary: MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN (Alexandre O. Philippe, 2019) Now playing in theaters and on demand Film Featured in Interview Portion: BEYOND THE BOLEX (Alyssa Bolsey, 2019) Currently playing in festivals Other Films and Sites Mentioned: Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) American Dharma (Errol Morris, 2018) The Brink (Alison Klayman, 2019) Doc of the Dead (Alexandre O. Philippe, 2014) The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (Errol Morris, 2003) Jodorowsky’s Dune (Frank Pavich, 2013) Kartemquin Films The Language of Opportunity (Anuradha Rana, in progress) Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Rob Epstein/Jeffrey Friedman, 2019) The People vs. George Lucas (Alexandre O. Philippe, 2010) Reason (Anand Patwardhan, 2018) 78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene (Alexandre O. Philippe, 2017) The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris, 1988) Twelve O'Clock High (Henry King, 1949) What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (Rob Garver, 2018)   Links to review and interview by Christopher Llewellyn Reed: Hammer to Nail review of Memory: The Origins of Alien Hammer to Nail review of Beyond the Bolex Film Festival Today interview with Alyssa Bolsey and Camilo Lara of Beyond the Bolex   Timestamps: 00:37 – Intro 05:58 – Group Discussion of MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN 19:43 – Chris interviews Alyssa Bolsey and Camilo Lara of BEYOND THE BOLEX 39:21 – Doc Talk Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com disinfo@fogoftruth.com Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst) Editing and shownotes by Christopher Llewellyn Reed

"Completely Illegal": Anand Patwardhan on Documentary Screening Being Stopped

In this episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, hosts Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri discuss Reason, Game Of Thones, some political songs and ad campaigns, and a lot more.They start off with Anand Patwardhan's Reason, a documentary split into eight parts, which they conclude is to attract a digital audience. The documentary is about the hate spread by Hindu organisations and how they're responsible for the murders of Govind Pansare, Narendra Dabholkar and Gauri Lankesh. Abhinandan says the film looks like it was made in the 1980s and calls it "boring". But he adds: "What I like about this is that I had followed the Dr Dabholkar murder, you see a lot of footage of him which I haven't seen on television … what was a revelation for me was what a brilliant and articulate man he was and how beautifully he debunked godmen and stuff.”Moving to Game Of Thrones, Rajyasree gives a sneak peek into the first episode of Season 8. She says, "All the characters were pretty much shown in the first episode." She also found it a little disappointing, considering the long wait for its release.The discussion moves to BBC's documentary podcast Mumbai Mirror, which is on the life and work of a newspaper before the elections. Both think it was very well put together. Rajyasree says it captured both feel and flavour, adding: "It's not just about election reporting ... it's mainly about the running of this newspaper."The conversation shifts to political music videos and ad campaigns like #MyFirstVoteForModi, Chunega Kya and Acche Din Blues. Both Abhinandan and Rajyasree intensely disliked #MyFirstVoteForModi—which is intended to reach out to young voters—and call it "terrible". On the flip side, Abhinandan praises Chunega Kya and Acche Din Blues in terms of their production value. On the latter, he says, "...it's an excellent piece of audiovisual communication, an excellent piece of cinema, the singing/narration is amazing."For this and a lot more, tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anand Patwardhan is a filmmaker who has been making documentaries on the socio-political reality of India for over four decades. His latest film, a four-hour and twenty-minute epic titled "Reason," chronicles India's shift from secular democracy toward Hindu fundamentalism and was shown at this year's True/False Film Fest. Although audiences in Columbia were able to see the film, Patwardhan has been fighting to show it in India, where he has been stymied by government censorship. Patwardhan sat down with Poh Lin Lee (star, "Island of the Hungry Ghosts") to discuss the importance of speaking out during their Field Session at True/False 2019.

Anand Patwardhan is a filmmaker who has been making documentaries on the socio-political reality of India for over four decades. His latest film, a four-hour and twenty-minute epic titled "Reason," chronicles India's shift from secular democracy toward Hindu fundamentalism and was shown at this year's True/False Film Fest. Although audiences in Columbia were able to see the film, Patwardhan has been fighting to show it in India, where he has been stymied by government censorship. Patwardhan sat down with Poh Lin Lee (star, "Island of the Hungry Ghosts") to discuss the importance of speaking out during their Field Session at True/False 2019.

Episode 37: In this special episode, a conversation with celebrated Indian documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan about his latest work Vivek/Reason.

In the second episode of Anything But Bollywood, Neha RT will be talking to indie documentary filmmaker and founder of Parodevi Pictures, Paromita Vohra. She is the force behind Agents of Ishq, and has directed films "Unlimited Girls", "Q2P" "Partners In Crime' and "Cosmopolis' to name a few. 02:47 - Early Days + Influences 08:25 - Working with Anand Patwardhan 12:24 - Working in Bombay, Channel V, Soaps, Different Forms 14:09 - "Annapurna" 16:45 - On interviewing for documentary 22:41 - On Feminism, "Unlimited Girls" 39:25 - "Morality TV and The Loving Jihad" 46:43 - On Copyright, "Partners In crime", On Love 53:02 - "Q2P" 1:02:16 - "Cosmopolis", "Forgotten City" 1:05:58 - Funding 1:12:08 - "Connected Hum Tum" 1:21:47 - Moments of Failure 1:28:58 - "Agents Of Ishq" 1:49:21 - Future Projects, Film Recommendations LINKS - Follow Paromita Vohra on TWITTER! - Check out Paromita's FILMS! - Check out AGENST OF ISHQ! Film Recommendations (trailers) - Something Like A War by Deepa Dhanraj - In The Mood For Love by Wong Kar Wai - Chronicle Of A Summer by Jean Rouche - Titli by Yash Raj Films You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Underground, Overground, Xenomorphs Free We destroy more childhood favourites this week - you have been warned. Our packed "Off the Shelf" section features the 2009 cult horror The Loved Ones, the Iranian new-wave classic The Apple, and Anand Patwardhan's gripping nuclear documentary War & Peace. After that, we calm down and return to Earth with the inimitable Ginger in Beware of Mr Baker. Our Film of the Week is the climactic part of Marvel's phase 2 in Ant-Man.

Curated by The Otolith Collective. Followed by response and audience discussion with Anand Patwardhan, Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar and Salil Tripathi.

Curated by The Otolith Collective. Followed by audience discussion with director Anand Patwardhan.

Curated by The Otolith Collective. Followed by response and audience discussion with Shirin Rai, Anand Patwardhan, Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar.

Curated by The Otolith Collective. Followed by response and audience discussion with Anand Patwardhan, Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar and Kate Hudson.

Curated by The Otolith Collective. Followed by response and audience discussion with John Akomfrah, Anand Patwardhan, Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar, Sushrut Jadhav and John Akomfrah.

Curated by The Otolith Collective. Followed by response and audience discussion with Anand Patwardhan, Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar.

Curated by The Otolith Collective. Followed by response and audience discussion with TJ Demos, Anand Patwardhan, Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar.

Curated by The Otolith Collective. Followed by response and audience discussion with Janna Graham, Anand Patwardhan, Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar and Salil Tripathi.

Curated by The Otolith Collective. Followed by response and audience discussion with John Akomfrah, Anand Patwardhan, Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar, Sushrut Jadhav and John Akomfrah.

Film screening is curated by The Otolith Collective. Followed by response and audience discussion with the director Anand Patwardhan, Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar and Pankaj Mishra.

Anand Patwardhan has spent three decades making documentaries on important political and social issues. Raam Ke Naam, made a year before the Mumbai riots informed the people of the brewing animosity prior to the riots and motivations of political parties that ultimately led to the drastic actions of the Hindu militants. His documentary Father, Son and the Holy War explores in two parts the possibility that the psychology of violence against the other may lie in male insecurity, itself an inevitable product of the very construction of manhood. spite of winning National and International awards for his documentaries, Anand has battled severe censorship for virtually all of his films through decade long battles with the government to ensure his documentaries be aired on National Television. From patriotism to matriarchy to Gandhi, his activism through his chosen medium of documentaries, Anand speaks about this and a lot more.