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Tune into #TGV383 to get clarity on the above topic. Here are the pointers from Ruchira Sikdar Chatterjee's conversation with Naveen Samala on The Guiding VoiceIntroduction and context settingRuchira's PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY AND THE TOP 3 THINGS THAT HELPED IN Her SUCCESSToughest lessons learned in her entrepreneurship journeyHow difficult was it to restart her career? What kind of challenges did she face and how did she overcome them?What Kind of patterns did she observe while mentoring women restarters?A day in the life of an Agile coach & Agile Transformation LeadHow people can adapt to an agile mindset?About her YouTube channel - Moms on the MoveWITTY ANSWERS TO THE RAPID-FIRE QUESTIONSONE PIECE OF ADVICE TO THOSE those planning to restart their careersTRIVIA ABOUT Agile ABOUT THE GUEST:Ruchira Sikdar Chatterjee has an M.Tech in I.T. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata., a B.E. from VTU, Karnataka, Completed a French Language course from the University of Geneve(UOG), Switzerland, and a Course in Digital Media from NetGuru Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata.She had the experience of working in New York for a few years. Has a YouTube channel of her own. Was into entrepreneurship sometime back. Is a SAFE and CSM-certified Agile Transformation lead.Connect with her on LI:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruchira-sikdar-chatterjee/CONNECT WITH THE HOST ON LINKEDIN:Naveen Samala: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveensamalahttp://www.naveensamala.comIf you'd like to contribute to our mission, please donate (any amount of your choice) through Paypalhttps://paypal.me/NaveenSamlaIf you wish to become a productivity monk: enroll for this course: https://www.udemy.com/course/productivitymonk/TGV Inspiring Lives Volume 1 is on Amazon:Kindle:https://amzn.eu/d/cKTKtyCPaperback:https://amzn.eu/d/4Y1HAXj#TGV is available in Hindi & Telugu:https://youtube.com/@tgvhindi https://youtube.com/@tgvtelugu Audio:https://open.spotify.com/show/2wyLNGG0tsHucmhRauh4o3 (#tgvhindi)https://open.spotify.com/show/3fCfHwoFIiehHJSPcgoX4I (#tgvtelugu)FOLLOW ON TWITTER:@guidingvoice@naveensamala Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First, Indian Express' Amitabh Sinha speaks about India's historic moon mission Chandrayaan 3 which made India the first country to reach the southern region of the moon, and only the fourth country to have softly landed on the lunar surface. Second, Indian Express' Sweety Kumari speaks about the alleged ragging and subsequent death of a 17 year old student of Jadavpur University in Kolkata. (15:41)And in the end, Indian Express' Nirbhay Thakur discusses what the laws say about vehicles bearing caste stickers. (26:31)Hosted by Shashank Bhargava Written and produced by Utsa Sarmin, Shashank Bhargava, and Rahel Philipose Edited and mixed by Abhishek Kumar (Cover image shows a portion of Chandrayaan-3's landing site. Source: ISRO)

इस महीने की शुरुआत में, जादवपुर विश्वविद्यालय में प्रथम वर्ष के एक नाबालिग लड़के की रैगिंग की लड़ाई के बीच कैंपस हॉस्टल से गिरकर मौत हो गई, जिससे पीड़ित को गंभीर मानसिक और शारीरिक परेशानी हुई।कथित तौर पर छात्र हॉस्टल के उस कमरे से भाग गया था जहां उसे धमकाया जा रहा था और बालकनी के किनारे भटकता रहा, जहां सीनियर्स ने उसका पीछा किया। पुलिस ने कहा कि घबराहट की स्थिति में वह कथित तौर पर फिसल गया और गिरकर उसकी मौत हो गई। इसके अलावा, लड़के का शव बिना कपड़ों के पाए जाने के बाद यौन उत्पीड़न का मामला भी दर्ज किया गया है। बताया गया कि बदमाशी की घटना के दौरान अन्य छात्रों ने उसके कपड़े उतरवा दिए, जिसके बाद वह भागा और बालकनी से गिर गया। इसके साथ, मामले के संबंध में कुल गिरफ्तारियां 12 हो गई हैं, जिनमें पूर्व और वर्तमान छात्र भी शामिल हैं। जैसे-जैसे जादवपुर विश्वविद्यालय में रैगिंग की बहस तेज़ होती जा रही है, आपको भारत में छात्रों की सुरक्षा करने वाले रैगिंग विरोधी कानूनों के बारे में जानने की ज़रूरत है। सुनिए ABP LIVE Podcasts पर दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट के अधिवक्ता भारत भूषण को सिर्फ FYI में 

Mahira Kakkar: Off-Broadway: 7 Minutes, Waterwell; Here We Are, Theater for One; Addressless, Rattlestick; Opus, Primary Stages; Harper Regan, Atlantic; Romeo and Juliet, Public Theater; The Winter's Tale, TFANA; When January Feels Like Summer, EST; Henry VI, NAATCO; Arturo Ui, Classic Stage Company; Ms. Witherspoon, Playwrights Horizons; Clive, The New Group. Regional: Life of Pi, A.R.T.; Skylight, McCarter Theatre; Rafta Rafta, Old Globe; Our Town, OSF; Monsoon Wedding, Berkeley Rep; Bedroom Farce, Huntington Theater Company; Inana, Denver Center; The Crucible, Cleveland Playhouse; Five Mile Lake, McCarter Theatre; Comedy of Errors, Hartford Stage, Jesus in India, Magic Theater. Film/TV: “A Suitable Boy” (series lead), “Manifest” (recurring), “New Amsterdam,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Blacklist,” “Louie,” “Odd Mom Out,” “Sweet Refuge,” “Bite Me,” Hank and Asha (Napa Valley Film Festival Best Actress, Wild Rose Festival Best Actress, Slamdance Audience winner, Bronze Lens winner), “Law & Order,” “Orange Is the New Black.” Training: Juilliard, SITI, Harold Guskin; B.A. Jadavpur University. mahirakakkar.com Salma Qarnain is a versatile Pakistani American actor, thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in the adaptation of one of her favorite books. She is a two-time Helen Hayes Award recipient, an AUDELCO nominee, and an award-winning theater and film producer. She has performed across major networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, HBO, HBO Max, Hulu, Showtime), regionally, Off-Broadway, and Off-West End. Most recently, she produced the 2023 Oscar-qualified short film, Silent Partner (19 festivals / 4 Oscar qualifiers; 8 awards / nominations) and Speak Up Brotha!, which is premiering at the Oscar-qualifying Cleveland International Film Festival. Selected credits: Bars and Measures (Off-Broadway); Acquittal (Off-Broadway); Rain + Zoe Save the World (Off-West End); “That Damn Michael Che” (RECUR, HBO Max); “FBI” (CBS); “The Blacklist” (NBC); “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC); “For Life” (ABC). Graduate of Stanford, MIT, Harvard Business School. Proud member of SAG•AFTRA, AEA, Equity. Thank you to Roderick, Gary, Lolita, Max, Finn, Duncan, Benton, Patrick, A.R.T, and Annette for getting me here. Love you, X! For my sisters Ayesha, Sonia, and Zehra and my parents Qarnain and Rashida in the stars. IG: @salma.qarnain; salmaqarnain.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our guest today is the inspirational Madhura DasGupta Sinha, the Founder & CEO of Aspire For Her, a unique start-up to motivate women to enter and stay in the workforce. Madhura has been a banker for the last 25 years – holding leadership positions in IDFC, Standard Chartered, and ANZ Grindlays Bank, She completed her  MBA from XLRI and Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University. Madhura was one of the 12 women across India to be awarded the British Chevening Scholarship in 2003. Since its birth on Women's Day, 2020, the rapidly-growing community at Aspire For Her has become a movement for women, in India and across the world, getting together members, supporters, and mentors to unleash the trillion-dollar potential in the Indian economy. Madhura's work has been covered widely in the media including CNBC, NDTV, BBC, The Times Of India, New Indian Express, etc. Aspire For Her has been honored with awards from UN Women, Economic Times, T-Hub, NDTV, and International Advertising Association. Madhura was among the 23 of the Twenty-Three list published by the HR Association of India. She also is invited to speak at various prestigious forums including IITs, IIMs, Niti Aayog, G 20, UN Women, Global Fintech Forum, National Commission of Women, and many acclaimed podcasts.  Aspire For Her is proud to be part of the first-ever cohort of Women Founders launched by Google, India. Listen in as she shares her journey, her motivational moments, and what keeps her so positive all the time.   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-third-eye1/message

Naveen Toshniwal was born and brought up at Calcutta, a city in east India. He did his schooling from St Xavier's & completed engineering from Jadavpur University, a well know institute in India. He shifted to Jaipur city in 1996, a well known tourist place. He is looking after family business, manufacturing of instrumentation and industrial cables. Naveen started learning grapho therapy from his father while he was studying at college. Further enhanced his knowledge by self-study and online courses. On motivation from friends & relatives, started pursuing this passion as part time profession. Have been invited by various institutes for awareness sessions and presentations, most prestigious invitation was by Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, in Central India. This is the top management college in India in private sector. After lockdown, Naveen was being invited regularly for online sessions by Amity University (Noida) , Parul University (Baroda) , Deshbhagat University (Punjab), Baba Institute of Technology (Vizag), RCM College (Bangalore), NSHM College (Calcutta), Jiwaji University (Gwalior), Rotary clubs in Jaipur & Kolkata, and several others. He is associated with training institutes and counsellors for one-to-one counselling & therapy all over India. Articles have been published by leading journals/newspapers and online channels in English, Hindi & Bengali languages all over India, Singapore, Srilanka & Bangladesh. Radio interviews broadcasted in vario us cities all over India & also international shows in Bangladesh, Srilanka, Canada & UAE. Contact Naveen Toshniwal: www.traitreader.com Dr. Kimberley Linert Speaker, Author, Broadcaster, Mentor, Trainer, Behavioral Optometrist Event Planners- I am available to speak at your event. Here is my media kit: https://brucemerrinscelebrityspeakers.com/portfolio/dr-kimberley-linert/ To book Dr. Linert on your podcast, television show, conference, corporate training or as an expert guest please email her at incrediblelifepodcast@gmail.com or Contact Bruce Merrin at Bruce Merrin's Celebrity Speakers at merrinpr@gmail.com 702.256.9199 Host of the Podcast Series: Incredible Life Creator Podcast Available on... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/incredible-life-creator-with-dr-kimberley-linert/id1472641267 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DZE3EoHfhgcmSkxY1CvKf?si=ebe71549e7474663 and on 9 other podcast platforms Author of Book: "Visualizing Happiness in Every Area of Your Life" Get on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3srh6tZ Website: https://www.DrKimberleyLinert.com Please subscribe, share & LISTEN! Thanks. incrediblelifepodcast@gmail.com Social Media Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kimberley-linert-incredible-life-creator/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberley.linert/

आदिपुरुष फिल्म रिलीज़ हो गयी है और आने से पहले से ही विवादों में घिरी हुई है।  रिलीज़ के बाद और ज़्यादा विवादों में घिर गयी है सिर्फ इसलिए कि रामायण के इस रूप को लोग देख और सुन नहीं पा रहे हैं। कंट्रोवर्सी चल रही है लेकिन हम इस कंट्रोवर्सी पर नहीं, भारतीय सिनेमा में Mythological Films पर एक नज़र डालेंगे और जानेंगे क्या कभी किसी Mythological Film को लेकर बवाल हुआ है जिस तरह अभी हो रहा है . मैं मानसी हूँ आपके साथ पर लेकर FYI जहाँ हमारे साथ हैं , Madhuja Mukherjee, Film Maker & Professor, Jadavpur University 

The peril of climate change is not new to Sundarbans. But in recent years, climate disasters, mostly in the form of cyclones,  are occurring all too frequently. What are the reasons for worsening climate change? How does this affect daily life? Must people brace themselves for future disasters? In this episode, Urvashi Sarkar spoke with Pintu Das who shares a first-person account of the 2009 Aila cyclone, and Prof. Sugata Hazra of Jadavpur University, Kolkata who studies climate change and rising sea levels in Sundarbans.See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

In this episode, Arunava Sinha talks about the methodology of translation and about 'Hospital' a novel which he translated from Bangla into English. Arunava Sinha translates Bengali fiction and nonfiction into English, and from English into Bengali. Over Seventy-five of his translations have been published so far.He won the Crossword translation award twice for his work. Besides India, his translations have been published in the UK and the US as well as in several European and Asian countries through further translation.He has conducted translation workshops at the British Centre for Literary Translation, UEA; University of Chicago; Dhaka Translation Centre; and Jadavpur University.Arunava Sinha currently teaches 'Creative Writing' at Ashoka University.Sanya Rushdie is the author of 'Hospital'. She received her primary education in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and then in Adelaide, Australia. She is currently a resident of Melbourne, Australia. She studied the biological sciences and psychology at Monash University, the University of Sydney, and Deakin University. Link to Buy 'Hospital' -https://amzn.to/43OvTQsArunava Sinha's books on Amazon -https://bit.ly/43StT9W*హర్షణీయం పాడ్కాస్ట్ గురించి మీ అభిప్రాయాన్ని ఈ క్రింది ఫార్మ్ ద్వారా మాకు తెలియ చేయండి. మీ అభిప్రాయం మాకు చాలా విలువైనది. ( feedback form) - https://bit.ly/3NmJ31Y*ఆపిల్ లేదా స్పాటిఫై ఆప్ లను కింది లింక్ సాయంతో ఆప్ డౌన్లోడ్ చేసి , ఫాలో బటన్ ను నొక్కి, కొత్త ఎపిసోడ్ లను ఉచితంగా డౌన్లోడ్ చేసుకోండి –స్పాటిఫై (Spotify )యాప్ –http://bit.ly/harshaneeyam ఆపిల్ (apple podcast) పాడ్కాస్ట్ –http://apple.co/3qmhis5 *మమ్మల్ని సంప్రదించడానికి harshaneeyam@gmail.com కి మెయిల్ చెయ్యండి.హర్షణీయంలో ప్రసారం చేసిన ప్రసిద్ధ కథకుల కథలు వినాలంటే కింది లింక్ ఉపయోగించండి. https://bit.ly/Storycollectionహర్షణీయంలో ప్రసారం చేసిన ప్రసిద్ధ కథకుల సంభాషణలు వినాలంటే కింది లింక్ ఉపయోగించండి. https://bit.ly/44v7CzWహర్షణీయంలో ప్రసారం చేసిన వనవాసి నవల అన్ని భాగాలు వినాలంటే కింది లింక్ ఉపయోగించండిhttps://bit.ly/vanavasinovelవనవాసి నవలలో భాగంగా దేశవ్యాప్తంగా పర్యావరణ వేత్తలతో జరిపిన సంభాషణలు వినాలంటే కింది లింక్ ను ఉపయోగించండి. https://bit.ly/Ecovanavasi***Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by Interviewees in interviews conducted by Harshaneeyam Podcast are those of the Interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Harshaneeyam Podcast. Any content provided by Interviewees is of their opinion and is not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrpChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

We're going nuclear today with Jayita Sarkar! Jay is a Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. Before settling down in Scotland, she was an Assistant Professor at Boston University and a Niehaus Fellow at Dartmouth College. She was also a Fellow with Harvard University's Weatherhead Initiative in Global History, an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, and a Stanton Postdoctoral Fellow, all also at Harvard. She received her Ph.D. in History from the Graduate Institute Geneva, an MA at the University of Paris IV, Sorbonne, and a BA and MA in Political Science and International Relations at Jadavpur University. Jay is the author of Ploughshares and Swords: India's Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War (Cornell), which was a 2023 Honourable Mention for the Best Book Award of ISA Global Development Studies Section. Her articles have appeared in Cold War History, the Journal of Cold War Studies, the Journal of Strategic Studies, and the Journal of Global Security Studies, among others. Her 2018 article in Nonproliferation Review entitled “U.S. Technological Collaboration for Nonproliferation: Key Evidence from the Cold War”  (With J. Krige) won the 2018 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Award. Her second book, Atomic Capitalism: A Global History, is under contract with Princeton University Press. Jay has received grants from the Stanton Foundation, The Hoover Institution, The Swiss National Science Foundation, and the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, to name just a few. She was recently granted a British Academy Award to support “Partition Machine,” an upcoming conference she has organized on territorial partitions. Jayita sits on the Editorial Board of Cold War History, the Editorial Advisory Board of Global Nuclear Histories Book Series at McGill-Queen's University Press, and the Board of Directors of the Arms Control Association. She is a member of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. On top of all that, she's a polyglot who speaks Bengali, English, and French fluently with a little German, Hindu and Urdu thrown in for good measure. Join us for a delightful and really interesting chat with Jay Sarkar - we'll talk India's nuclear policy, Glasgow v. Edinburgh, Scottish Straight Cats, Diego Maradona, and Pink Martini, among many other topics! Rec.: 04/21/2023

This Mehfil explores the exciting world of South Asian translation especially the regional and vernacular literature that has lately been garnering international attention and winning prestigious awards. In Translating South Asia, host Amrita Ghosh talks to two renowned translators from the neighboring countries of India and Bangladesh. The conversation is not only about translations from Bengali to English but also the reverse, and how it plays out in the publishing world in the subcontinent. Arunava Sinha and Shabnam Nadiya take us on their journey into how they began translating and how it became a vocation. They speak about their first books of translation and their initial experiences and challenges in the process. They also discuss how the translation scene has changed writing, publishing and readership on the Subcontinent, spaces that were initially reserved for Anglophone works. Nadiya talks about her latest translation of Shaheen Akhtar's rich novel, Shokhi Rongomela into Beloved Rongomela and the challenges she faced, along with some of the decisions she made during the intricate process of creating a Bengali worldview for the Anglophone readership. Ghosh talks to Sinha about his translation of the epic novel Dozakhnama by Rabisankar Bal and the challenges of translating an original consisting of multiple language presences such as Urdu and Bengali. In a rich conversation, the writers also discuss the space of politics within translation, the publishing industry and the importance and the limits of adhering to a political position within a work. The episode ends with Ghosh putting both writers to a quick translation test of the word and concept of “Mehfil!” Shabnam Nadiya is a Bangladeshi writer and translator based in California. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she was awarded the Steinbeck Fellowship (2019); a PEN/Heim Translation Grant (2020); and the 2019 Himal Southasian Short Story Prize. Her work has been published in Joyland, Asymptote, Flash Fiction International, Al Jazeera Online, Pank, Amazon's Day One, Chicago Quarterly Review,  Wasafiri, Words Without Borders, and Gulf Coast. Nadiya's translations include Leesa Gazi's novel Hellfire (Eka/Westland, September, 2020), Moinul Ahsan Saber's novel  The Mercenary (Bengal Lights Books, 2016; Seagull Books, 2018) and Shaheen Akhtar's novel Beloved Rongomala, 2022). Arunava Sinha is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Ashoka University. He translates classic, modern and contemporary Bengali fiction and nonfiction into English, and from English into Bengali. Over fifty of his translations have been published so far. He has conducted translation workshops at the British Centre for Literary Translation, UEA; University of Chicago; Dhaka Translation Centre; and Jadavpur University. Besides India, his translations have been published in the UK and the US in English, and in several European and Asian countries through further translation. His research interests are focused on the translation of fiction, non-fiction and poetry between the languages of India, including English. Amrita Ghosh is Assistant Professor of English, specializing in South Asian literature at the University of Central Florida. She is the co-editor of Tagore and Yeats: A Postcolonial Reenvisioning (Brill 2022) and Subaltern Vision: A Study in Postcolonial Indian English Text (Cambridge Scholars 2012). Her book Kashmir's Necropolis: New Literature and Visual Texts is forthcoming with Lexington Books. She is the co-founding editor of Cerebration, a bi-annual literary journal.To inaugurate our Mehfil which means a celebratory gathering in Urdu, we asked Uday Bansal to compose a small poem for us. It was read out by Amrita Ghosh at the start of the program.Tumhaari taal se betaal / Duniya tumhaari shaunq se ghafil

The relationship between England and India is a deep and complex one. In this episode the academic and author of Courting India, Nandini Das, takes us back to a significant moment at the very beginning of this relationship. She tells us all about Sir Thomas Roe, the courtier who led the first English embassy to India. Roe's mission was an exciting and a daunting one. Stories about the riches of India had long been exchanged in England and, when he stepped ashore in Surat in 1615, he was able to see the might of the great Mughal Empire for himself. In contrast, England was regarded by many as an island of little consequence. But, as Das explains, there was one figure that Roe was desperate to impress. This was the richest man in the world, the fourth Mughal emperor, Jahangir. In early 1616, after arriving in Ajmer, he would get his chance. Nandini Das is professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture in the English faculty at the University of Oxford. Brought up in India, she was educated at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata, before moving to England for further study. Her book, Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire is out this week. For more, as ever, visit our website: tttpodcast.com. Show notes Scene One: 10 January 1616, Mughal imperial court (durbar), Ajmer. The first meeting between Roe and the emperor, Jahangir. Scene Two: 24 May 1616, imperial private audience chambers, Ajmer. Roe desperately clings on to his English identity and has a problem with a runaway Englishman who wants to enter Mughal service. Scene Three: 18 December 1616. In the Mughal imperial procession (lashkar) across Rajasthan, following the emperor Jahangir. Roe Memento: A miniature portrait, belonging to Thomas Roe. People/Social Presenter: Peter Moore Guest: Nandini Das Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Ace Cultural Tours Theme music: ‘Love Token' from the album ‘This Is Us' By Slava and Leonard Grigoryan Follow us on Twitter: @tttpodcast_ See where 1616 fits on our Timeline

Kautilya lived in India from 375 to 283 BC. He ranks alongside Sun Tzu as one of the great early sages who wrote about the relations between polities, and thus also about wars between them. Kaushik Roy, Guru Nanak Chair Professor at Jadavpur University, India, joins Beatrice and Paul to discuss his work. Kautilya's approach to strategy included an understanding of inter-polity relations that assumed that one's ‘enemy's rear-enemy' would be a good ally against the shared enemy: in other words, ‘make friends with your enemy's enemy'. Meanwhile, insurgents would get support from other polities, and aggressors could be just, or just greedy. He thus paired ‘realist' views with moral elements. Also referred to as Chanakya or Vishnugupta, Kautilya was adviser to two successive emperors of the Mauryan Empire in India. He was thus not only a theoretician but also had considerable political influence. His main body of work is the Arthashastra, an ancient Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, political science, economic policy and military strategy. While one is hard-pushed to argue that he had a lasting influence on the following millennia of political or strategic thinking in India, his views are worth pondering, as they cast fresh light on strategy and on relations between states. Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Chair Professor in the Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India and a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. He obtained his PhD from the Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

This week on SA Voices From the Field, we interviewed Baishakhi Taylor about her own experiences working in Abu Dhabi, after years working in student affairs within the United States. Baishakhi Taylor is a member of the University's senior leadership team and oversees the Division of Student Affairs, which comprises the following departments: student life, the career development center, community outreach, spiritual life and intercultural education, the student health center, student success and well-being, and athletics.  Baishakhi holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Kentucky, a master's degree in Women's Studies from the University of Northern Iowa, and master's and bachelor's degrees in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India. She is fluent in several languages, including Bangla, Hindi/Urdu, and German. Prior to joining NYU Abu Dhabi, Taylor served as the Dean of the College at Smith College in Northampton, MA. She oversaw academic advising, international students, student affairs, residential life, student engagement, health and counseling services, athletics, career services, and disability services.  Baishakhi joined Smith College from Middlebury College, where she served as Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, and as Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies. During her tenure at Middlebury, Taylor co-led the Alliance for Inclusive Middlebury, a presidential committee charged with developing a strategic plan for making inclusion a priority for the institution. Prior to her work at Middlebury, Taylor served as the associate dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University and the program director of DukeEngage-Kolkata. She was also a member of the faculty at the Duke Center for South Asian Studies. Please subscribe to SA Voices from the Field on your favorite podcasting device and share the podcast with other student affairs colleagues!

BBC documentary screened at Jadavpur University; ‘Kashmir Files' in Hyderabad, US raid in Somalia kills senior IS figure, Pathaan box office day 2 collection: Shah Rukh Khan film collects ₹70 cr in Hindi and other top news in this bulletin.

Climate change is becoming a constant part of our lives. The tea gardens of West Bengal are not spared from it. West Bengal's Dooars region contributes around 25% of the nation's tea yield. Change in weather patterns such as drought, and floods have a massive impact on tea-producing areas. With climate change reducing the quality of tea yield, it is becoming difficult to get a higher price for the crops at auctions. Hence, farmers are at the receiving end of it. In this podcast, Piyashee Mallick talks about how climate change plays an important role in agricultural production in India, about climatic conditions that lead to the reduction of tea yield and the impact that it has. She also discusses if farmers should follow some different cropping patterns due to climate change in the region. Mallick is a research scholar at Jadavpur University, West Bengal. Her area of work is "Climate Change and its impact on agriculture. Tune in to BL Podcast for more such stories. ------ businessline Podcast is a daily series of podcasts from The Hindu businessline newspaper. In this series, we take a look at news that matter from around the world and stories to provide quick, critical analysis. Our reporters, analysts and experts provide context to help you understand what happened, why is it important and how it impacts you. Listen in as we decode a wide range of topics from politics, policy, Indian economy and the world of business. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/business-line/message

Self, No-Self, and Self-Consciousness: Some Classical Indian Views, A Webinar by Prof Stephen Phillips The question of what accounts for personal identity through bodily, emotional, and mental change is one of many topics related to the positions taken on the nature of subjectivity and self-awareness in classical Indian thought. “Enlightenment” and yogic practice is another. This talk takes up Vedānta, Yogācāra Buddhism, Nyāya, Cārvāka, and other classical views, the debate between Naiyāyikas and Buddhists in particular. Bio: Stephen Phillips is professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin and has been visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaii and Jadavpur University. Author of ten books, including Aurobindo's Philosophy of Brahman (Brill 1984), Classical Indian Metaphysics, “Refutations” of Realism and the Emergence of “New Logic” (Open Court 1995 and Motilal Banarsidass 1998), and Yoga, Karma, and Rebirth: A Brief History and Philosophy (Columbia 2009), named by Choice an “Outstanding Academic Title,” he has more recently written Classical Indian Epistemology: The Knowledge Sources of the Nyāya School (Routledge 2012), which presents classical Indian views in terminology suited for philosophy professionals. With Matthew Dasti, he published The Nyāya-sūtra: Selections with Early Commentaries (Hackett 2017), and with Dasti and Nirmalya Guha, a short text, God and the World's Arrangement: Vedānta and Nyāya Philosophy of Religion (Hackett 2021). Phillips teamed with N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya to translate the perception chapter of the monumental fourteenth-century Tattva-cintā-maṇi, “(Wish-fulfilling), Jewel of Reflection on the Truth about Epistemology,” by Gaṅgeśa (American Institute of Buddhist Studies 2004 and Motilal Banarsidass 2008), in 750 pages. In three volumes, about 2000 pages, a translation of the entire text has now been published by Bloomsbury (2020) in a solo-authored set including much historical and philosophic exegesis. A synopsis is available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/gangesa. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pankaj-jain/support

In this interview, Dr. Nader sits down with Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay to discuss the nature of consciousness and microtubule vibrations. From Dr. Bandyopadhyay's perspective, treating the brain with microtubule vibrations could benefit a host of mental, neurological, and cognitive conditions. Microtubule quantum vibrations appear to interfere and produce much slower EEG "beat frequencies" says Dr. Bandyopadhyay, and despite a century of clinical use the underlying origins of EEG rhythms have remained a mystery. Dr. Bandyopadhyay is a Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba, Japan. He possesses a Masters of Science in Condensed Matter Physics, Computer, Numerical Analysis, and Astrophysics from North Bengal University, as well as a PhD in Physics from Jadavpur University, where he worked on supramolecular electronics and multi-level switching. Make sure to listen to Part 1! Dr Bandyopadhyay | LinkedIn https://jp.linkedin.com/in/anirbanbandyopadhyay Dr Tony Nader | Instagram http://instagram.com/drtonynader Dr Tony Nader | Twitter http://twitter.com/drtonynader Dr Tony Nader | YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/DrTonyNader Dr Tony Nader | Facebook http://facebook.com/DrTonyNader

In this interview, Dr. Nader sits down with Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay to discuss the nature of consciousness and microtubule vibrations. From Dr. Bandyopadhyay's perspective, treating the brain with microtubule vibrations could benefit a host of mental, neurological, and cognitive conditions. Microtubule quantum vibrations appear to interfere and produce much slower EEG "beat frequencies" says Dr. Bandyopadhyay, and despite a century of clinical use the underlying origins of EEG rhythms have remained a mystery. Dr. Bandyopadhyay is a Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba, Japan. He possesses a Masters of Science in Condensed Matter Physics, Computer, Numerical Analysis, and Astrophysics from North Bengal University, as well as a PhD in Physics from Jadavpur University, where he worked on supramolecular electronics and multi-level switching. Part 2 Coming Soon! Dr Anirban | LinkedIn https://jp.linkedin.com/in/anirbanbandyopadhyay Dr Tony Nader | Instagram http://instagram.com/drtonynader Dr Tony Nader | Twitter http://twitter.com/drtonynader Dr Tony Nader | YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/DrTonyNader Dr Tony Nader | Facebook http://facebook.com/DrTonyNader

Support LCA https://lightscameraazadi.in/support-lca/https://www.patreon.com/azadiFollow Subhajithttps://twitter.com/subhajit_nSubhajit Naskar is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University. He has completed an integrated MPhil/Ph.D. from the Centre for South Asian Studies of the School of International Studies (SIS) at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and a Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Hyderabad. He is focusing his research on Caste embeddedness in bhadralok Culture of Bengali Society, Religion and Moral questions, Upper Casteness, Untouchability, Critical race theory, and Intersectionality. 3:10 Subhajit's life story16:20Understanding the reality of Bengal25:50Refugee of Bengal36:25Jyoti Basu46:05Voting patterns of the marginalized section59:20Anti-Caste Movement in IndiaMarichjhapi massacrehttps://thewire.in/history/west-bengal-violence-marichjhapi-dandakaranya

Intro Music Credit: Bansure Raga by Doug Maxwell SHOW HIGHLIGHTS (0:01:49) Current Trends in Kathak Research for Academia (0:09:05) How Kathak has picked up movements from other dance forms (0:10:47) The case for the Bengal Gharana (0:23:16) spreading awareness on the Bengal Gharana (0:25:23) How you choose a Taal (0:30:59) Portrayal of Durga (0:40:03) How poeple were affected by the portrayal (0:44:31) How do you teach Abhinaya to your students (0:48:22) The importance of formal education for a career in dance (0:53:46) The 5 types of Student Interactions Amita di has (1:08:27) How to make Kathak more accessible, and build an audience EPISODE LINKS Amita Dutt | Facebook BIO Amita Dutt, Uday Shankar Professor of Dance at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, has been serving the world of Kathak for more than three decades. Groomed in the strictest classical traditions under Pdt. Birju Maharaj, Prof. Bela Arnab, Pdt. Vijay Shankar and other leading maestros of the premier Kathak gharanas, Amita dances with a hypnotic force and subtle sensitivity combining rhythmic virtuosity with delicate expressiveness, commendable, ‘taiyaari' with mastery in ‘abhinayanga'. In her art we find a successful blend of tradition and talent, environmental totality as well as breathtaking dynamism. Her innovative, analytic mind has also constantly encouraged her to experiment with new ideas - thus expanding the boundaries of Kathak. Having her roots in Calcutta, Amita has performed far and wide across three continents. Among her innumerable dance recitals in prestigious dance and music festivals, mention may be made of the Khajuraho Dance Festival, the Konark Festival, Utsav Mahakaleshwar, Rajgir Mahotsav, the Biswa Banga Millennium Festival, the First South Asian Festival of SAARC Countries, the India Festival in USSR, the American Dance Festival, Uday Shankar Festival, Sarat Chandrika Festival, North American Bengali Conference, Nritya Nitya Utsav, the Young Choreographers Festival, Nir Mahal Tourism Festival, Bishnupur Tourism Festival, the India Festival at Singapore entitled Incredible India @ 60, China Kunming International Culture and Tourism Festival and many more. During the Autumn Festival of 1990 at Darjeeling, when the President of India, Sri R. Venkataraman, came as the Chief Guest, the Governor of West Bengal Prof. Nurul Hassan invited Amita to present her traditional dance and choreographic composition Durga. She also performed for the official government function for the Golden Jubilee of Indian Independence at Patna (1997). During the visit of the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe to Kolkata, Amita performed in the lead with her University troupe in her own choreographic creations on Tagore's songs. She has also popularized her dance by performing at academic conferences and institutions. The Governor of Bengal Sri Narayanan invited her to present her dance before the King of Bhutan HM Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk at the Raj Bhavan Kolkata on October 5, 2010. In addition to giving solo recitals, Amita has been experimenting with new choreographic patterns blending pure Kathak movements with popular songs and innovative themes and has staged a number of very successful choreographic productions including Durga, Chitra Jhankar, Nazrul nana Chande, Biswa Beena Robey, Bhanusingher Padavali, Geetanjali, East West Encounter, Nrityanajali, Joyodhwani, Amrapali, E ki Madhura Chanda, Swadesh, Mother, Celebrating Light, Dash Avatar, Celebrating Light, Varsha and Basant-Bahar. She has given three recitals for the National Programme of Dance on Doordarshan. Her performances have also been telecast over various channels innumerable times both in India and abroad including USA, Germany, Hungary and the former USSR. Her interviews over the radio and the television in various parts of the world have spread the message of Kathak far and wide. Besides being an excellent dancer Amita is also a brilliant student of English Literature and a Gold Medalist of the Calcutta University. Her academic background has helped her to popularize her dance form through her prolific publications in major books and journals such as Bhakti in Indian Classical Dances (Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad), Desh Binodon 1987 (Special Issue on Dance), The Statesman Festival Number 1990, Special Independence Golden Jubilee Issue of Desh and Dance Specials of Nandan. Papers on major aspects of dance written by her have been published in various departmental Journals of Rabindra Bharati University and Gauhati University and in Rabindra Bharati University Convocation Volumes 2005 and 2006. Amita's Kathak Mahotsav (monograph) was published by Kathak Kendra, New Delhi and she is a regular contributor to the dance sections of The Statesman, Aajkaal and Bartamaan and has written for The Hindustan Times, Sananda, Pratidin, Business Economics, Dainik Statesman, West Bengal and Paribartan. She is a regular columnist for Maashik Basumati with a special page – Prantik - assigned to her for each issue. She has written papers for innumerable journals of major Universities. Her conference paper - The Resurgence of Indian Classical Dance in the Twentieth Century: Colonial Inheritance or Indigenous Self Fashioning? - presented at an international seminar of the Department of English, Calcutta University, has been published in the volume ‘Colonial and Post Colonial Perspectives: Context, Text, Intertext'. Edited by Krishna Sen & Tapati Gupta. (Published by Das Gupta and Co. Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata. 2007.) Her article Bhakti in Indian Dance features in the volume ‘Religion and Art' edited by J.K.Sadani and published by Bharatiya Sahitya Samsad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. 2007. Her contributions in cultural encyclopedias include ‘Some Indian Dance Forms: Kathaka, Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi' in Aesthetic Theories and Forms in Indian Tradition Vol. VI Part I (Ed.) Kapila Vatsayan & D.P.Chattopadhyaya - A Project of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, Centre for Studies in Civilization, New Delhi, 2009 and three sections: ‘Kathak Dance: Origin and Variations of Gharana', ‘Technique of Kathak Dance' and ‘Hasta Mudras in Indian Dance' in Vol. VI Performing Arts in Indian Culture: Encyclopaedic Survey in Eight Volumes edited by Jaikishandas Sadani, Bharatiya Vidya Mandir, Jaipur & Kolkata, 2008. Amita's moving deliberations in seminars and conferences all over the world in academic conferences and other forums have helped to spread the message of her dance. The Tagore Festival at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA featured Amita as the Key-note Speaker (Tagore on Education) as well as the star performer (2004). The Peking University, Beijing, China invited her to perform on Tagore in their conference on “Understanding Tagore” (2010). A dedicated teacher, Amita's students include National and State Scholarship Awardees, University Gold Medalists and successful performers. Amita has been the research advisor of many research scholars including Fulbright scholars. As Artistic Director of Ananda Chandrika, an organization (with a Government Partnership) for research and productions on dance, Amita has choreographed and presented many innovative dance programs and documented many dance productions. Amita has served as Judge and Member of the Jury in important national events such as National Kala Utsav organized by the NCERT, Ministry of Human Resource Development, in National competitions organized by the Ministry of Culture and Pdt. Birju Maharaj ji's Kalashram and in state level competitions organized by the Ministries of Information & Culture and Sports & Youth Affairs, WB. In an attempt to popularize and make available authentic training of Kathak all over the world, Amita has embarked on a program of teaching through the television and the web. She has been the Resource person for 36 episodes on Kathak covering the entire Bachelor of Performing Arts Foundation Course in Kathak as prescribed by the University Grants Commission and produced by the Educational Multi Media Research Centre, Kolkata, for the University Grants Commission - Consortium for Education Communication scheme. This project is still continuing with more episodes under preparation for the Bachelor of Performing Arts 2nd Year, 3rd Year and 4th Year Courses. These courses are available as CDs from the UGC-CEC office at Delhi and are telecast often on the Indian television Doordarshan National and UGC network and on the EMRC website. These programs have received citations in the 19TH UGC-CEC All India Educational Video Competition held at New Delhi in Oct-Nov 2007 in the categories Best Programme in E-content and Best Presenter / Anchor Person. Amita was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by Prasar Bharti (Doordarshan) in November 2015. She has been the Head of the Department of Dance (2001-2003 & 2014) and the Dean of the Faculty Council of Undergraduate and Post Graduate Studies in Fine Arts (2006-2010) at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Her associations with other major Universities as Resource Person, Expert, Visiting Fellow and Examiner include Visvabharati (Santiniketan), Indira Kala Sangit Vishwa Vidyalaya (Khairagarh), M.S.University (Baroda), Punjabi University (Patiala), Calcutta University, Banaras Hindua University, North Bengal University, Bhatkhande Music Institute Deemed University, Jadavpur University, Kalyani University, Tripura University, Bharatidasan University (Tiruchirapalli) and University of Burdwan. She has also given Lecture Demonstrations at various Universities in USA including the Universities of Arizona, Duke, Yale, Purdue, Ohio, Miami, Delaware, Fayetteville State, Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Tulsa and Central Florida. Amita has been teaching Online through the Massive Open Online Course titled Foundation Course in Kathak (June to December 2020, July to December 2021) and Junior Course in Kathak (January to June 2021) hosted on MHRD's SWAYAM portal with EMMRC, St. Xavier's College as the Regional Nodal Agency. These courses are supported by the Consortium for Education Communication (CEC) and the University Grants Commission (UGC). Amita was awarded the Shiksha Ratna Award for 2017 by the Government of West Bengal, Department of Education for her contribution to Higher Education and the Parul Shiksha Samman 2017 by the University of Calcutta. She was also awarded the Anupama Award 2017 for her contribution to Women's Empowerment by Turnstone Global. She was invited by the Government of the United States to the prestigious American Dance Festival where she performed, taught in Master Classes and attended an Arts Management Course. Subsequently she has also contributed to her field as an organizer and manager. She was the Convener, Culture of the Bishwa Banga Millennium Festival and the Artistic Director of the Kathak Mahotsav 2000. She has also been the Coordinator for UGC Refresher Courses on Performing &Visual Arts at her University. Amongst the innumerable awards and honours conferred on her, mention may be made of the titles of Singar Mani, Nritya Urvashi, Nritya Sagar, Nritya Jyoti and Nritya Bharati. She has been honoured at the North American Bengali Conference and the Mayor of Cincinnati, USA gave her the Keys to the City thereby making her an Honorary Citizen and also called that day, May 15, 1994, Amita Dutt Day. In November 2004 she received the Governor's Commendation in recognition of her contribution to Art from Brad Henry, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, USA. On May 26, 2014, she was conferred the Uday Shankar Award – Lifetime Achievement Award for Dance - by the Government of West Bengal. Always eager to serve society and the downtrodden, Amita has given innumerable performances for social service causes – both to create awareness and collect funds. She is an active member of the Rotary Club of Calcutta, having served in the capacities of Editor, Director and Chairperson. She is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and is the wife of the Past District Governor of Rotary International, Dr. Amitava Mookerjee. She is the Founder Director of the Performing Arts Therapy Centre at Rabindra Bharati University where research is conducted and training is given to serve the ailing and the impaired through dance, drama and music. She has been the Chairman of the Special Cell for Women's Issues at Rabindra Bharati University for five years and has taught on issues of Women's Empowerment at various Universities and Institutes. She is the External Expert for Committees on “The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013” for several divisions of Indian Oil Corporation Limited and La Opala RG Ltd. Scholar, choreographer, danseuse and professor, Amita's main aim is to popularize her dance and she has never turned down an opportunity to spread the message of her art at home or abroad. She has given innumerable performances for academic institutions and conferences and social service causes. Amita's present passion is to establish the Bengal Gharana of Kathak. Over the last 150 years Kathak has become a part of the cultural heritage of Bengal. Innumerable performers, teachers and students of Kathak are spread all over the state. Amita wants to crystallize Bengal's contribution to Kathak - which also features her Kathak creations - and lay the foundations of the Bengal Gharana of Kathak.

In this episode, we discussed the various facets of anti-hijab politics and Muslim identity with Heba Ahmed and Shireen Azam. Heba is Ph.D. Student at the Centre for Political Studies, JNU. Her thesis is on Bihari labour migration in colonial Calcutta. Pursued M.Phil from the same center in JNU and MA in International Relations from Jadavpur University. Shireen Azam is a PhD researcher at the University of Oxford, where she works on caste among Indian Muslims. She co-runs India Ink, a platform that creates videos on Indian history based on academic research, in an attempt to counter right-wing and Brahminical history writing in India. This podcast doesn't have any corporate funding or support so the contribution by listeners is very important for its survival. Please support it here: 1. Patreon (Most preferred medium): https://www.patreon.com/anuragminusverma 2. BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Anuragminus 3. InstaMojo:(UPI/Gpay/PayTm) : https://www.instamojo.com/@anuragminusverma/ 4. PayPal (ONLY People living outside India can pay through it): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/AnuragMinusVerma?locale.x=en_GB Please rate the podcast on Spotify. Shireen's Twitter: https://twitter.com/shireenazam Heba's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Heba__Ahmed Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minusverma/?hl=en Music Credit

Episode 14 - Dr Oindrila Ghosh - Thomas HardyIn this episode I'm joined by Dr Oindrila Ghosh where we discuss her extensive research on the works of Thomas Hardy. We discuss how her interest in literature began in her education in India, from high school into PhD and beyond. Particularly, we talk about how broadening the academic field to "non-Western" countries is particularly useful in Victorian Studies, and how her experience as an Indian academic has helped her to consider new ways of reading Hardy's work.About my guest: Oindrila is currently Associate Professor, Department of English, Diamond Harbour Women's University. Her doctoral thesis, awarded by Jadavpur University, was on the Treatment of Motherhood in the Shorter Fiction of Thomas Hardy. She has been awarded the Charles Wallace India Trust, UK, Short Research Grant twice (2009, 2019), for Pre and Post Doctoral Research respectively. She had been invited twice to Dorchester as Speaker and Session-Chair by the Thomas Hardy Society, UK, at their Biennial Hardy Conferences in 2014 and 2016. She has also been the recipient of the prestigious Frank Pinion Award in 2014 given by the Hardy Society. She was an invited as Speaker on ‘Hardy's Unpublished Correspondences in the Dorset County Museum' at the Arts and Humanities Research Council sponsored (AHRC) Workshop on ‘Institutions of Literature' at the University of York, UK, in December, 2017. She was a Post Doctoral UGC Associate at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla in 2016, 2018 and 2019. Apart from a number of notable, and often-cited, essays on Hardy in International journals, she has three edited volumes to her credit: Protean Images: A Study of Womanhood in Victorian Society and Literature (2017) and An Enigma Called Emily: Reassessing Emily Bronte at 200 (2019) and Visitation, Deception and Contestation: Interrogating Gender and the Supernatural in Victorian Shorter Fiction (2021). She has just been awarded a fellowship at the University of Surrey for 2022-2023. For more information on Oindrila's work, check out the links and details below:https://dhwu.academia.edu/oindrilaghoshCheck out Oindrila's latest publication:Vision, Contestation and Deception Interrogating Gender and the Supernatural in Victorian Shorter Fiction)Episode Credits:Episode Writer, Editor and Producer: Emma CatanMusic: Burning Steaks (by Stationary Sign) - obtained via EpidemicSoundCheck us out at the following social media pages and websites!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorianlegaciespodcastTwitter: @victorianlegac1Instagram: @victorianlegaciespodcastWebsite: https://emmacatan.wordpress.com/victorian-legacies-podcast/Email: victorianlegacies@gmail.com

This is episode #7 of the podcast and it's Thursday, the 9th of December 2021. In today's show, I am talking to Mr. Sayantan Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Hiralal Mazumdar Memorial College for Women, affiliated with West Bengal State University. He is currently involved in research in the Department of Sociology at Jadavpur University in Kolkata. Mr. Ghosh explores the Sociology of Smell, the study of smell and society, literature and society, Indian social thinkers, philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, study of religion and society. He is a passionate researcher of the sense of smell, hoping for a better future (or, as he likes to say), more fragrant future of humanity. He believes that we, as human beings, depend much more on our senses than we think, particularly on our sense of smell - as we judge and make decisions based on smell. It is not so much about knowing aspects of the external world, as it is about knowing one's own self. In our discussion, we touch on many important aspects such as logic and sensations in the Western vs. the Indian traditions, smell and language, smell and its connection to structural inequalities and urban planning, as well as sense impressions as they contribute to perception in people with sensory impairment. We conclude hoping for a multi-sensory future, addressing ways (including technological ones) to bring more awareness to our senses, especially to the sense of smell. Here is the show.Show Notes:- The sense of smell: Western view. vs.  Indian traditions (Vyasa and Kalidasa): the separation b/w logic and intellect, on one side, and emotion, feeling and sensation on the other.- ‘Indryas': the gate of knowledge- Smell and language: olfactory vocabulary of English and Bengala- The importance of the senses in everyday life (in our occupations, the way we move around, what we eat, and in our intimate moments): How do we interact with different smellscapes and how are these shaped by culture? (i.e., as in Indian culture: food/spices, incenses in temples, etc.)- The sense of smell and its connection to structural inequalities: the ‘unsmellables'- Smell and the city: urban planning as well as olfactory planning- Sense impressions and their contribution to perception (e.g., in people with visual impairment, etc.)- The hope for a multi-sensory future: self-awareness and the senses, and ways (including technological ones) to bring more awareness to our senses, especially to the sense of smellLinks:Professor Ghosh can be reached through his LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sayantan-ghosh-66106a228/) and his academic webpage (https://hmmcollege.ac.in/index.php/Frontend/faculty?id=22)

“What about the artist sentiment. … Where are we? Where do we stand as a society?” - Onir Today I interviewed Onir. Onir is an Indian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor. He is best known for his film My Brother...Nikhil, based on the life of Dominic D'Souza, starring Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla and Purab Kohli. It was one of the first mainstream Hindi films to deal with AIDS and same-sex relationships. He won the Indian National Film awards for Best Film (Hindi) for the anthology “I AM” in 2011. I AM is considered as one of the first and largest crowd funded and crowd sourced film through social media in India. The film dealt with single motherhood, child sexual abuse, displacement and LGBTQI rights. Born as Anirban Dhar in Samchi, Bhutan, Onir spent much of his childhood going to the cinema. Earlier, Onir studied comparative literature from Jadavpur University in 1989, he received a scholarship to study film editing at SFB/TTC in Berlin. He later returned to India and worked as an editor, scriptwriter, art director, music album producer and song/music video director. Together with Sanjay Suri, Onir started Anticlock Films, a production company that concentrates on promoting young directors and new ideas. His last release was "Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz" which is currently streaming on Netflix. Onir has received the Diversity Award from Film Victoria Australia and La Trobe University at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2019. In this episode we speak about how: His experience as a gay filmmaker in India Creating stories with heart that transcend boundaries How audiences have changed and how that effects art Then my character Carmella talks to him about his inspiration. Instagram - @ianonir and @anticlock_films If you enjoyed this podcast, could you please kindly consider leaving a short review on your podcast outlet. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really make a difference in helping share the podcasts with other people.  

Sabarna Roy is a trained Civil Engineer and passed out with a First Class Honours Civil Engineering Degree from Jadavpur University in 1988. He is presently working as Senior Vice President and is in the 26th year of his employment with Electrosteel Group. Sabarna Roy is engaged in giving leadership to Business Development, Applications Technology and certain key Strategies in the Electrosteel Group. He has a technical book, titled: Articles on Ductile Iron Pipelines and Framework Agreement Contracting Methodology published by Scholars' Press in European Union with two of his Co-authors, which have been translated into 8 major European languages. He has been visiting national and international conferences to talk on various matters concerning ecology and environment. He is a firm believer in Paris Climate Accord and believes in lowering the Carbon Footprint in the industry to reverse the climate change effects on the planet. He is an active participant in the multifarious activities of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, Confederation of Indian Industries, Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Indian Geographical Committee of International Water Resources Association, Calcutta Business School, Engage India, and JIS Group of Institutions. Sabarna Roy is an author of critically acclaimed bestselling literary fiction of seven published books. They are: Pentacles; Frosted Glass; Abyss; Winter Poems; Random Subterranean Mosaic: 2012 – 2018; Etchings of the First Quarter of 2020, and Fractured Mosaic. His literary works have been published by Leadstart Inkstate, Mumbai. He is a Goodreads author with present rating of 4.05 with reviews and ratings in excess of 2,500 and on Amazon, he is rated between 4 and 5 with reviews and ratings in excess of 2,000. He has been covered by all prestigious national and international media including The New York Guardian, Nigeria Tribune, Kathmandu Tribune, Financial Nigeria and The Guardian Post, and he is on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabarna_Roy). He was an invited speaker on the opening day at the Noida International Literary Festival 2019 and a panelist at the Tata Steel Literary Meet on the opening day at a session, which discussed the Dark Side of the Mind. He was the Guest of Honor at Aaveg 2021 Literature Festival at Lucknow. He has, during the Pandemic, attended many Literary meets, and discussions, on various video conferencing platforms. He has been awarded the Literoma Laureate Award in 2019, Literoma Star Achiever Award 2020, Random Subterranean Mosaic: 2012 – 2018 won the best book of the year 2019, the A List Award for excellence in fiction by the NewsX Media House, Certificate for The Real Super Heroes for spreading a spirit of positivity and hope during the COVID-19 Pandemic from Forever Star India Award 2020, and the Certificate for Participation in the Indo Russian Friendship Celebration 2020, the Literoma Golden Star Award 2020: Lifetime Achievement, and the Certificate of Appreciation for featuring in the Hall of Fame of Literoma International Symposium on Literature & Festival 2020, and the Times Eminent Writer of the Year award by The Times of India Group in Kolkata in February 2021.

As the West Bengal elections come to a close, we look back at one of the most remarkable events in the past few months, the birth of the Indian Secular Front. Led by a Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui, it protests the lack of development of oppressed castes and tribes and minority religions in the state. It represents these varied backgrounds among its party leadership and the candidates fielded this election.  But is there a need for Muslim, Dalit, Adivasi unity in West Bengal? In this episode, our reporter Suryatapa Mukherjee speaks to Abdul Matin, an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and Political Science in Jadavpur University of Kolkata.  Matin explains how since Independence, West Bengal has increasingly moved away from a political discourse based on caste to one based on religion. He says this brand of “communal politics” benefits both the Trinamool and the BJP. West Bengal ministers holding important portfolios across Congress, Left Front and Trinamool rule have been exclusively upper caste despite upper castes making up only 13% of the population in the state.  We also discuss the prospects of the Indian Secular Front in this election before results are announced on May 2. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

Subhajit Naskar is Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Support my work and help me to continue this podcast. Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Anuragminus Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/anuragminusverma In this podcast we discussed : Similarities in culture of JU and JNU. How caste operates in the elite spaces and educational institutes. Meaning of term ‘Bhadralok culture.' How does the caste operate in a different form in this Bhadralok culture? Why there isn't any political alternative led by Bahujans in Bengal. Story of Jogendra Nath Mandal Babul Supriyo's visit in JU and the whole controversy around it. The detailed explanation of term ‘ Bhadralok Politeness' Support me on Patreon if like my work : https://www.patreon.com/anuragminusverma Twitter account of Subhajit Naskar : https://twitter.com/subhajit_n

How to build a super career in Marketing- Indranil Chakraborty- IIM Lucknow | Unilever | Storyworks Career Conversation with Indranil Chakraborty (IC) -- an alumnus of Jadavpur University and IIM Lucknow who has spent ~20 yrs in marketing roles at Unilever , TTSL, Mahindra Resorts. Later he became an Entrepreneur @ Storyworks In this free wheeling discussion, we discuss about his schooling at St Edmund Shillong, key takeaways in terms of value based education, English speaking skills, an outgoing personality. Then we ask why he opted for the Engineering+MBA combination as the 'hot formula' for success - was it as popular in the 80s as much as its today. He said that it was a lot of sequential events, thus a lot of luck and serendipity played its role We also touched upon his views on having work experience before MBA We move to how his marketing & sales experiences were at HUL across locations like Nepal, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata etc. We asked about whether brand management is as glamourous as it sounds from the outside. He demystifies a lot of concepts surrounding the field of Marketing. Also talks about the importance of having a good first boss who can mentor you well, as much as an employer brand and pay. But he realizes that that may not always be possible, but if possible, one must do due diligence. Also, he explained why marketing companies are willing to pay top dollar for graduates from the IIMs, less to do with whats actually taught there and more to do with the character traits one exhibits as he/she reaches there and the filtration process. He shared his experiences trying to set up the Build a Bear brand https://www.buildabear.com/ as a franchisee in India. He then shared how the shift from a Lux/Lakme and Breeze to prepaid SIMs and holiday experiences were, from a marketing standpoint. Then he explained how the transition to Storyworks happened, a lot of luck and serendipity played its role, the initial resistances, He then shared his views on whats better - Job or Entrepreneurship, his take on the recent startup funding scenario ; how the ones that are going to solve unaddressed problems will survive. He also wondered whether the path to profitability being secondary as the focus is on building companies for IPOs/valuation instead of for consumers. Recently we had the WorldMentalHealthDay and he also was kind enough to share his experience with overcoming bipolar disorder during his HUL days, how the company was very supportive and how the stigma surrounding mental health must be replaced by the societal realization that seeking external help for mental health issues ( chemical imbalances) are as normal as someone having a doctor being consulted for a toothache or an injury. The usual approach of people saying 'Hey come one, cheer up, lets go for a movie just doesnt work' He spoke about his views on Youth and their career aspirations, acknowledging that the current generation is more informed as well as ambitious. But also has to overcome a sense of entitlement and also realise that growth comes at its own pace automatically once you keep working hard. LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/indranil-chakraborty-ic-54ab791/

Consider a scenario where a group of agents, each receiving partially informative private signals, aim to learn the true underlying state of the world that explains their collective observations. These agents might represent a group of individuals interacting over a social network, a team of autonomous robots tasked with detection, or even a network of processors trying to collectively solve a statistical inference problem. To enable such agents to identify the truth from a finite set of hypotheses, we propose a distributed learning rule that differs fundamentally from existing approaches, in that it does not employ any form of ``belief-averaging". Instead, agents update their beliefs based on a min-rule. Under standard assumptions on the observation model and the network structure, we establish that each agent learns the truth asymptotically almost surely. As our main contribution, we prove that with probability 1, each false hypothesis is ruled out by every agent exponentially fast, at a network-independent rate that strictly improves upon existing rates. We then consider a scenario where certain agents do not behave as expected, and deliberately try to spread misinformation. Capturing such misbehavior via the Byzantine adversary model, we develop a computationally-efficient variant of our learning rule that provably allows every regular agent to learn the truth exponentially fast with probability 1. About the speaker: Aritra Mitra received the B.E. degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, and the M.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, in 2013 and 2015, respectively, both in electrical engineering. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. His current research interests include the design of distributed algorithms for estimation, inference and learning; networked control systems; and secure control. He was a recipient of the University Gold Medal at Jadavpur University and the Academic Excellence Award at IIT Kanpur.

The New Elizabethans: Amartya Sen the Nobel-winning laureate known as the Mother Theresa of economics for his work understanding and fighting the causes of poverty. Best known for his work on the causes of famine, his book Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation, argued that famine occurs not only from a lack of food, but from inequalities built into mechanisms for distributing food. Sen also helped to create the United Nations Human Development Index which is used to rank countries by standard of living or quality of life. Now working as Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University, he began at the tender age of twenty-three by setting up a new economics department at Jadavpur University in Calcutta, but he has also held professorships at Delhi University, the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. When in 1998 he was appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, he became the first Asian academic to head an Oxbridge college. In the same year he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in welfare economics. The New Elizabethans have been chosen by a panel of leading historians, chaired by Lord (Tony) Hall, Chief Executive of London's Royal Opera House. The panellists were Dominic Sandbrook, Bamber Gascoigne, Sally Alexander, Jonathan Agar, Maria Misra and Sir Max Hastings. They were asked to choose: "Men and women whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands and/or given the age its character, for better or worse." Producer: Clare Walker.