In this episode, Chandu, Bela, and Pramod historicise the concept of sedition and laws made on it, the fundamentally antisocialist nature of these laws, the history of various colonial laws on sedition, and post independence history of these Black Laws. The primary focus among them is the history, nature, and analysis of the UAPA. The music in this is from Ennio Morricone and Joan Baez's The ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti, a song about two Italian Anarchists who faced mistrial and were executed in the USA facing a prejudiced legal system. We also would like to inform our audience that due to the ..read more

In this episode, Chandu and Bela discuss the proposed population control bill from the Indian state of UP, what it is like as a policy, the history of population control, and its politics ..read more

In this episode, Chandu and Dhileep discuss the medical emergency of the second wave of the covid pandemic hitting India, and the political-economic causes of the same Note: When this episode was recorded, events have evolved a bit since then in US policy, for one the US has now indicated it will support waivers on IP protection ..read more

As was characteristic of 2020, even its recap is three months late. Chandu, Pramod, and Bela talk about their feelings about last year, and recap some major and some not so major events that happened ..read more

In this episode Chandu, Bela, Jasmine, Dhileep, and Pinky explore the landscape of the politics of representation in India, its optics, limitations, and structural consequences. Be our patron: https://www.patreon.com/MaterialAnalysis ..read more

In this episode, Bela, Pinky, Dhileep, and Chandu discuss the political production and reproduction of hatred and how to think about it systematically ..read more

After taking a month long break the pod is back. In this episode, Pinky, Bela, Pramod, and Chandu deviate from their usual political analysis and talk about something they rather like, food! They discuss some history, some culture, some politics of food, food in new/social media, the history and the battles of authenticity on it. Biriyani is discussed in some detail. Music: Bhojohori Manna by Manna Dey, Pratham Kadam Phool ..read more

In this episode, Dhileep and Chandu discuss police brutality, abolition and justice, in context of police violence from Tamil Nadu to the United States ..read more

In this episode, Chandu and Bela, along with new regular panelist Pinky, discuss and analyse the phenomenon of poor bashing prevalent in Indian media, societal, and political discourse ..read more

In this episode, Pramod, Bela, and Chandu discuss the cyclone Amphan and the response to it Amphan relief contacts and details: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BmyPazZDnhSXLQ-UzCnLlDPuRUwDmaAE9wetAApV8sY ..read more