Recent Programs

“Rising Hatred and Intolerance”
Dr. Vibhuti Patel

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संवाद on “Rising Hatred and Intolerance’ with Dr. Vibhuti Patel Another series of Samvad went with a positive and enthusiastic response from participant as well as from our speaker. Dr Vibhuti Patel Sharing  her vision on “Rising Hatred and Intolerance” was extremely inspirational and has given all of us an opportunity to reflect. The way she had made it interactive and her exhaustively detailing out the every aspect of the construction. It was one of the best sessions so far in terms of interaction with the participants and their involvement considering the...

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“Understanding Sexual Diversities & LGBTIQA Rituparna Borah

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संवाद on “Understanding Sexual Diversities & LGBTIQA with Rituparna Borah. We continued our 8th संवाद on 11th of November, 2017. This time there was ‘A queer feminist activist ‘Rituparna Borah’ as a speaker spoken on Understanding Sexual Diversities & LGBTIQA Issues, She is a Co-founder of ‘NAZARIYA.’ She spoke well that, India has always been an abode of a multitude of tribes, sect, religions and communities, each unique in their own way, yet as a society we have remained intolerant of the long-existing diversity of sexual...

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“Human Rights & It’s Challenges”
Bhushan Oza

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संवाद on “Human Rights & It’s Challenges” with Bhushan Oza As samvad is open platform a to discuss with inspiring people, this time it was Bhusahan Oza A Lawyer from Gujarat High Court taking cases of Tribals, Dalits & Slum-dwellers. Spoke on the Rights of Human which they have never got in the Constitution, the discussion went liberate as time passed and question were asked from the crowd with their normal ideology. The dialogue on Human rights and its challenges was focused on critical questions and personal reflections from the participants and speaker....

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“Understanding Masculinity”
Anand Pawar

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संवाद on “Understanding Masculinity” with Anand Pawar The session with Anand Pawar on Understanding Masculinity was conducted on 8th July 2017. We experienced a very surprising weather change on that day. He wishes for men to experience a love that is willingly shared rather than the one that is forced out of someone out of fear. Anand initiated the dialogue with a strong statement, “Personal is Political”. He argued that men generally talk about business, Sensex and game night, they do not engage in conversations concerning equality, rights and freedom, peace and...

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“Environmental Degradation and Sustainability” (Rohit Prajapati)

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संवाद on “Environmental Degradation and Sustainability” with Rohit Prajapati. Our most recent SAMVAD took place on 13 May, 2017. Rohit Prajapati graciously took time away from his current struggles with the government in order to share his journey with us on the topic of Environmental Degradation and Sustain- ability. Rohit is a profound activist who has fought for many years to bring justice to common workers and to nature. Rohit peppered his fiery and impassioned speech with many videos to illustrate the truth he was revealing. We, the people living on this earth, are...

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“Uniform Civil Code & Muslims Women Rights” (Noorjahan Safia Niaz)

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  Uniform Civil Code & Muslim Women Rights with Noorjahan Safia Niaz. Our 4th SAMWAD, took place with the speaker Noorjahan Safia Niaz, co-founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA). Spoked about the traditional muslim clergy in the country and has been demanding Muslim personal law should be codified so that its provision were clear to everyone. However, the conservative clergy has claimed that the codification and banning of practices such as ‘oral talaq’ are the same as tampering with the Shariat and the Islamic way of life. The BMMA had recently published a report of a...

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