In Perspective

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'In Perspective' is The Swaddle's flagship podcast series, where academics reveal little-known facts about Indian history, society and culture. Producer: Aditi Patel Editors: Aditi Patel and Neha Tewari Original Interview Edits: Anahita Sachdev Cover Art: Hitesh Sonar Creative Director: Shrishti Malhotra Executive Producer: Karla Bookman

Episode Date
A New Dalit Womanhood in Colonial India, Education and Women’s Domestic Work, and More With Dr. Shailaja Paik
Jul 30, 2023
Sati in Colonial India, Feminist Utopias, and More With Lata Mani
Jul 23, 2023
Piro’s Resistance Literature, the Colonial Attack on Dais, and More With Dr. Anshu Malhotra
Jul 16, 2023
Decolonising Data Privacy, Digital Leisure, and More With Dr. Payal Arora
Jul 09, 2023
Women’s Bodies In Early Indian Art, Global Stereotypes About South Asian Art, and More With Dr. Seema Bawa
Jul 02, 2023
The Devolution of Heroines in Pakistani TV Dramas, Perceptions of Urdu, and More With Dr. Amina Yaqin
Jun 25, 2023
How Barbie Came To India, Toru Dutt’s Travel Narratives, and More With Dr. Inderpal Grewal
Jun 18, 2023
How Torture Is Used to Exercise State Power, Thangjam Manorama’s Murder, and More With Dr. Jinee Lokaneeta
Jun 11, 2023
The Hidden Dangers of Hysterectomies, Women’s Access to Sexual Healthcare, and More With Dr. Sapna Desai
Jun 04, 2023
Naga Feminist Narratives, How Militarisation Impacts Women, and More With Prof. Rosemary Dzuvichu
May 28, 2023
Why Environmental Impact Assessments Are Controversial, India’s Coastline Policy Problem, and More With Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon
May 21, 2023
The Mumbai Bar Dancer Ban, Rethinking Sex Work, and More With Dr. Chaitanya Lakkimsetti
May 14, 2023
Rethinking Traditional Masculinity, the ‘Ghar Jamai’ Stereotype, and More With Prof. Radhika Chopra
May 07, 2023
The Problems With the 1947 Partition of India, the Devaluation of History, and More With Dr. Priya Satia
Apr 30, 2023
Technofeminism, Digital Feminist Activism, and More With Dr. Usha Raman
Apr 23, 2023
How Colonialism Shaped India’s Attitude Towards the Environment, and More With Dr. Atreyee Majumder
Apr 16, 2023
How Brahmin Elite Shaped Indian Democracy, the Popularity of Right-Wing Political Parties, and More With Dr. Pavithra Suryanarayan
Apr 09, 2023
The Fear of Women Filing ‘False Cases,’ Child Sexual Abuse Laws, and More with Prita Jha
Apr 02, 2023
Colonial ‘Panic’ Around the Hijra Community and More With Dr. Jessica Hinchy
Mar 26, 2023
Women’s Travel in 19th century Bengal, Femslash Fanfiction, and More With Dr. Swati Moitra
Mar 18, 2023
The Jallikattu Ban, Farmers’ Debt and More With Dr. Aarti Sethi
Mar 12, 2023
The Sabarimala Verdict, Recognising Customs as Law, and More With Dr. Janaki Nair
Mar 05, 2023
Indian Lesbian Feminism, Political Friendships and More With Dr. Niharika Banerjea
Feb 26, 2023
Feminist Resistance in Kerala, the Sabarimala Temple Controversy And More With Dr. Jayakumari Devika
Feb 19, 2023
The Phulmoni Case, Child Marriage Debates in India and More With Dr. Ishita Pande
Feb 12, 2023
Humane Approaches To Imprisonment, Invisibilizing Women Prisoners in India and More With Dr. Mahuya Bandyopadhyay
Feb 05, 2023
How Sexual Policing Impacts Treatment of Women’s Traumas, the Unique History of Hysteria in India and More With Dr. Sarah Pinto
Jan 29, 2023
The Misrepresentation of Indian Coolie Women in Nationalist Discourse and More With Dr. Arunima Datta
Jan 22, 2023
What Was So Obscene About Ismat Chughtai’s ‘Lihaaf,’ the Role of Literature in Nationalist Discourse and More With Dr. Geeta Patel
Jan 15, 2023
Political Resistance Through Classical Dance, Questioning the ‘Ideal’ Body and More With Ranjana Dave
Jan 08, 2023
Matriliny in Kerala, Ravi Varma’s Art, and More With Dr. G. Anurima
Jan 01, 2023
‘Bad Women’ in Bangla Detective Novels, Zenana Stereotypes, and More With Dr. Shampa Roy
Dec 18, 2022
Tamil Women Writing About Desire in the 1920s, Casteless Marriage and More With Dr. Mytheli Sreenivas
Dec 11, 2022
Rituparno Ghosh’s Legacy, Media Censorship, Queer Indian Cinema and More With Dr. Shohini Ghosh
Dec 04, 2022
The Evolution of Girls’ Education in India and More With Dr. Divya Kannan
Nov 27, 2022
Debates Around Obscenity, Sexology in 19th Century India, and More With Dr. Charu Gupta
Nov 20, 2022
The Age of Marriage, Regulation of Sex Work in Colonial India and More With Dr. Ashwini Tambe
Nov 13, 2022
Empowering Women Online Through Consent and Anonymity and More With Dr. Anja Kovacs
Nov 06, 2022
Why We Romanticize Motherhood, Indian Women Going Childfree And More With Amrita Nandy
Oct 30, 2022
The Emergence of the Lesbian Movement in India and More With Dr. Naisargi Dave
Oct 16, 2022
The Birth of Cabaret in Bollywood, the Death of the Movie Poster And More With Dr. Ranjani Mazumdar
Oct 09, 2022
Sati, Debates on Women’s Consent in Colonial India and More with Dr. Tanika Sarkar
Oct 02, 2022
Indian Women’s Reproductive Rights Through the Ages and More with Dr. Sanjam Ahluwalia
Sep 25, 2022
The Woman Poisoner Stereotype, Anti-Abortion Laws in Colonial India and More with Dr. Mitra Sharafi
Sep 18, 2022
Who Benefits From Development in the Northeast and More With Dr. Dolly Kikon
Sep 11, 2022
How Indian Women Got the Right to Vote and More with Dr. Mrinalini Sinha
Sep 04, 2022
Sustainable Cities, Environmental Activism and More with Dr. Harini Nagendra
Aug 28, 2022
Queer Love in Pre-Modern India and More with Dr. Ruth Vanita
Aug 21, 2022
Why Feminists Are Accused of Betraying the Nation and More With Dr. Mary E John
Aug 14, 2022
The Unknown Feminists of India’s Independence and More With Dr. Vibhuti Patel
Aug 07, 2022